Manly Musicals?

Since time immemorial, men have always been concerned, funny enough, with their masculinity. Masculinity, strictly speaking, isn't entirely about having the proper equipment under the hood, though the propensity to reduce everything to automotive metaphors certainly helps one case for being masculine. If one were to believe the editors of Cracked, male concerns regarding their manhood extend even to their justifications regarding that bastion of gender ambiguity, the musical.

While the writing is, as befits this curiously unrepentant humor site, petulantly juvenile, there is the occasional glimmer of what might evolve into wit, as in the case of their argument for the musical "Hair":

The Story:
A troupe of political-activist hippies attempt to change the world through song.

Why Guys Fear It:
It can be argued that the play consists primarily of a troupe of political-activist hippies attempting to change the world through song.

Why You'll Survive It:
If this play were a dude, it would be the troubled loner who can't seem to stay out of harms way. Purveyors of the show' early runs dealt with bomb threats, legal hassling and suspicious fatal arson, all of which earn Hair a fair share of street cred. Also:

Live, on-stage nudity.

The rest of the article is just as silly, but oddly entertaining. Enjoy!