{"id":166,"date":"2015-07-11T20:16:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-12T02:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/?p=166"},"modified":"2020-12-07T20:19:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T03:19:09","slug":"lyrics-the-creation-of-man-the-scarlet-pimpernel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/11\/lyrics-the-creation-of-man-the-scarlet-pimpernel\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyrics: The Creation of Man (The Scarlet Pimpernel)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>English translation of lyrics from the Takarazuka production of the Broadway musical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Percy:<\/strong><br>You know the peacock, don\u2019t you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dewhurst:<\/strong><br>It has a gorgeous spread of tailfeathers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Percy:<\/strong><br>Which, the male or the female?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ffoulkes:<\/strong><br>Only the male has fancy tailfeathers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Percy:<\/strong><br>And what about the lion?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ozzy:<\/strong><br>The male has the mane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>[Dialogue break]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Percy:<\/strong><br>All the male animals<br>Are more fashionable than the females<br>Their manes and feathers have great appeal<br>But humans are the only ones<br>Where the women wear makeup<br>And compete with their gowns and accessories<br>Why can\u2019t a man be fashionable?<br>Don\u2019t lose to the peacock and the lion!<br>With frills to our cuffs<br>And ribbons in our cravats<br>We\u2019ll be obsessed with improving our style<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>[Dialogue break]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to deceive our enemy<br>We must keep this up to the end<br>For the Lord created man<br>To compete in fashion!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leaguers:<\/strong><br>Fashion!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>[Instrumental break]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Percy:<\/strong><br>If we want to deceive our enemy<br>We can\u2019t be picky about the means<br>Don\u2019t forget the goal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>All:<\/strong><br>Whatever kind of gorgeous coat<br>Dress yourself stylishly<br>For that\u2019s why the Lord created man:<br>To be fashionable!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English translation of lyrics from the Takarazuka production of the Broadway musical. Percy:You know the peacock, don\u2019t you? Dewhurst:It has a gorgeous spread of tailfeathers! Percy:Which, the male or the female? Ffoulkes:Only the male has fancy tailfeathers. Percy:And what about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/11\/lyrics-the-creation-of-man-the-scarlet-pimpernel\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,4],"tags":[7,6],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}