The Week contest: Singing summit
This week's question: President Trump has announced that his summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is back on again after the tyrant sent him a "very nice" letter. If Broadway were to stage a musical about the meeting between the two flamboyant and mercurial leaders, what title should it have?
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THE WINNER: "Less Miserable (Than An Actual War)"
Greg Martin, La Crescenta, California
SECOND PLACE: "My Fair Dictator"
Ruth Kolp, Bettendorf, Iowa
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THIRD PLACE: "(Bad) Hair"
Dabney Moore, Pebble Beach, California
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"The Kim and I"
Suzanne Brooks, Queechee, Vermont
"Gentlemen Prefer Bombs"
Paul Barstow, Rancho Palos Verdes, California
"How to Succeed in Diplomacy Without Even Trying"
John Yates, Irmo, South Carolina
"Singing in the Acid Rain"
Carson Skemp, La Crosse, Wisconsin
"The Lyin' kings"
Barbara James, Bedford, Massachusetts
"Men of La Macho"
Phyllis Klein, New York City
"Les Deplorables"
Norm Carrier, Flat Rock, North Carolina
"Hello, Folly!"
Michael A. Hirst, Davis, California
"Bragtime"
Stuart Burkhoff, Great Neck, New York
"Brag-o'doom"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vermont
"Show Boating"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
"Nuclear Spring Awakening"
Joe Valetti, San Leandro, California
"The Traducers"
Mac Connor, San Jose, California
"Donnie Get Your Un"
Peter Nam, San Francisco
"War and Hairpiece"
Katie Holler, North Bergen, New Jersey
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