Elton John is writing a musical based on "Animal Farm." Everyone sing: Two legs good, four legs bad / the human race just makes me mad!
Exactly. It's just what everyone wants to see. People dressed up like My Little Pony on Ice performing an allegorical indictment of collectivism. With songs! Anyway, the play -
Hold on, the CIA did what? Apparently so. From the New York Times:
It gets better. Apparently the CIA had lots of money to spread around:
Le zing! Le irony! Never mind "Animal Farm" - a CIA agent whose job consists of funding art would make an excellement musical. Or play. Or movie. I call dibs on the novel.
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