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Passivocalia

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Nov 24, 2005
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The entire Austrian cabinet stands assembled, for today is a day of terrible significance. Today, Austria must decide how to maintain its freedom, and, God willing, take away the freedoms of some others. Both Chancellor KURT SCHUSCHNIGG and President WILHELM MIKLAS are in attendence. The meeting is called to order.

The title theme for Rent begins playing. The Government bursts into a flurry of movement.
Then everyone except KURT and WILHELM freezes in a group.


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[KURT]
How do you run a German Reich
When the most German-minded
Would rather see it die?



Ethnic states, sovereign lands,
Vaterland
And now this demand:
“Let us unify!”
Anschluss!

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[WILHELM]
How do you rule a fascist state
When the countries you hate
Are the ones who ensure your right to “be”?
You sit and you cower
When you once had the power
To bring foes to their knees!



[KURT]
Now we’re payin’ the cost

[WILHELM]
For that war that we lost

[KURT and WILHELM]
How we gonna stop
How we gonna stop
How we gonna stop
This Anschluss?

[KURT]
We disband the Heimwehr


[NOTE: moved political slider once to the left; government is now Paternal Autocrat]

[WILHELM]
How do you arm the lot
When your manpower’s shot
And your resource lands are fresh new regimes?



[KURT]
How can you retake your place
So far back in the race

[KURT and WILHELM]
So far back it’s obscene?



[KURT]
You claim ethnic cores

[WILHELM]
[approaches the map of Europe, making a mark south of Austria] Like Trento –

[KURT]
[also approaches the map, making a mark to the north] And Tábor!



[KURT and WILHELM]
How we gonna stop
How we gonna stop
How we gonna stop
This Anschluss?

[Lights go over from Austria and east toward Hungary, to Regent MIKLÓS HORTHY DE NAGYBÁNYA, who's on a phone]

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[MIKLÓS]
Benito, listen
It’s me – Miklós
You know, the regent of Hungary
Hey hey hey! (How’s Ethiopia?)
Well you should know that Austria’s invading



But Benny – do you really want old Austria back?
He won’t declare war
He won’t declare war
Hitler won’t attack ---
They haven’t taken every core (exactly)
But it doesn’t really look very bright
You got our back, right?
 
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[Lights move south to Ethiopia, to Emperor HAILE SELASSIE, who is commanding a group of beleaguered troops]

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[HAILE]
How do you make nations work
When land’s seen as some perk
By each two-bit jerk
(Less two-bit than you)
‘The League of Nations’
Some operation
Everyone to your stations!
They’re attacking!
What’s there to do?

[KURT]
[at the map]
They’re routed!


NOTE: King George V lives just long enough to see Europe descend into chaos.

[HAILE]
Getting pounded!
[He flees.]



[KURT and WILHELM continue studying the map. Crosscut to ARTHUR SEYSS-INQUART, on a phone]

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[ARTHUR]
Adolf, mein Führer – you sound mad
I don’t believe those guys, after all you’ve worked for
That “Fatherland Front” thinks Nazis are dirt –They’ll see
We have all their best interests in store

[lights fall on the Austrian Cabinet, Ethiopia, Hungary, and Arthur's location. The following is sung in unison]

[ARTHUR]
Forces are gathering
Forces are gathering
Can't stop the Reich
Forces are gathering

[HAILE]
Ugh...
Ugh...
Ugh... it's insane
Ugh...
Ugh...
Ugh... my kingdom for a plane!

[KURT]
The cavalry charges the lines with
fierce derring-do



[MIKLÓS]
Benito--I'm not an army person

[WILHELM]
The infantry inspires fear
with eighteen-year-old guns

[MIKLÓS]
I'm a freakin' admiral

[KURT]
March on to the future with your past
glories all avant-guarde

[MIKLÓS]
Hello?

[KURT and WILHELM]
And inspire a new generation with obsolete dreams

[MIKLÓS]
Hello?

[no longer singing in unison.]

[The phone rings during the meeting. KURT picks it up.]

[KURT]
Hello? Benito?
--We’re at war?
No, wait, don’t go!
[stares at silent phone]



[KURT and HALF OF CABINET]
How do you leave past defeats behind
When the future keeps finding ways to mark you out
Modernising to a new rally cry
No free Austrian can rightly shout:
Anschluss!

[WILHELM and OTHER HALF OF CABINET]
How can you connect in an age
After defeat, partition, depression
Your own people disown?

[ALL AUSTRIANS]
What binds an empire together
When the shifting flames of modernity
Swallow it whole?

[ARTHUR]
Gain the upper hand
When united we stand!



[WILHELM]
Draw on power of past

[KURT]
If you want it to last!

[ALL AUSTRIANS]
Time to act tough – before they call our bluff

[KURT and WILHELM]
We’re all gonna stop

[KURT, WILHELM, and HALF OF CABINET]
We’re all gonna stop

[KURT, WILHELM, and OTHER HALF OF CABINET]
We’re all gonna stop

[KURT, WILHELM, and ENTIRE CABINET]
This Anschluss
Your Anschluss
No Anschluss
Anschluss Anschluss Anschluss
We’re not gonna Anschluss!

[KURT and WILHELM]
‘Cause everything is Anschluss
 
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That was dad-gum good! Keep it up! :D :D
 
Oh my! Awesome start!
 
This is impressive.

Haile = Tom Collins?
? = Mimi?
 
Awesome :p
 
Very strange, yet very good. :D
 
good luck agienst Italy. and good AAR. :)
 
Tambourmajor said:
Now if this AAR isn't Broadway worthy... :D

*picks up phone*

Hello, is this Broadway?
Yeah, i'm callin' from Norwa...
Yes i know it's on freaking Christmas Eve, but there's something important here
There's a new musical that us strategy freaks have composed
Yeah, if you want a script i could e-mail you the link
Ok, thanks
A pleasure, bye

They're gonna check it out :D :D :D
 
kenneththegreat said:
*picks up phone*

Hello, is this Broadway?
Yeah, i'm callin' from Norwa...
Yes i know it's on freaking Christmas Eve, but there's something important here
There's a new musical that us strategy freaks have composed
Yeah, if you want a script i could e-mail you the link
Ok, thanks
A pleasure, bye

They're gonna check it out :D :D :D

YEAH! We is gonna be famous!! w00t! Plucked from near obscurity!