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We couldn’t find any lobster costumes, and a whirling freestyle in the middle of a school week was not gonna happen. So – with some extra input from a few media sources to cover instrumental sections – this is our parody rendition of “Under the Sea”, one of our old Disney favourites for its sheer joy and energy. It was composed by Alan Menken (with cracking lyrics by Howard Ashman) for the 1989 animated “The Little Mermaid” and won an Oscar. Of course, the calypso lobster’s forlorn plea for an alternative path falls on deaf ears. Which brings us to free speech.
It’s been a scary time in lots of ways in the US, with the temperature cranked up again by shocking murders and reckless responses, and sadly now the First Amendment (for decades a place of some bipartisan accord) seems to be creaking. As we were working on the arrangement, we learned that Jimmy Kimmel’s show had been reinstated by Disney – which is great news, having loved meeting him in 2020 albeit under bizarre pandemic circumstances – though we gather that much is still unclear about how the matter is going to play out. Here’s hoping that enough uproar is generated that Trump and co. think again about making their predictable/alarming move on limiting freedom of expression.
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P.S. Please note: for anyone whose kids watch, Ben forget to put special characters in the swear word at the death of the song, so heads-up on that.
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LYRICS:
We see that the US media
Is facing a service break
The satirists being shut up there
By censorship of the state
What’s up with the First Amendment?
Got speared in the culture war!
The time for the jokes has ended
George Orwell’s back in the drawer!
Freedom of speech
Freedom of speech
It’s a dead letter
When you upset the
Autocracy
Used to define the USA
Now gotta watch out what you say!
Don’t be critiquing
Or public speaking
Nod and agree
A smear might make you unhappy
There’s insults from bots and trolls
Abuse, when it lands, feels crappy
(I had to look up “cuckold”!)
But if you get slurred as “Nazi”
And want to retaliate
It’s not the best self-defence, see,
To mimic a fascist state (uh oh!)
Freedom of speech
Freedom of speech
No more displeasing, only appeasing the FCC
They say it’s “easy way or hard”
He’s such a teaser, Brendon Carr!
Wielding his muzzle
Networks don’t struggle
Heel on the leash
Hypocrisy (hypocrisy!)
Hypocrisy (hypocrisy!)
Free speech believers
Pulling the levers
Of the “thought police”
Using the regulator’s sway
Pressuring outlets what to say
Kimmel, near cancelled …
Colbert dismantled …
Goebbels-style glee
The left like to carp
The right like to bait
There’s truth in some lies
There’s threat in some hate
There’s innocent barbs
There’s hooks that incite
It’s hard trying to find the line (Yeah!)
In history’s eyes
The ratings are in:
The sicker the mind,
The thinner the skin
From Caesar to Mao
From Stalin to now
Their ego’s quick to blow
Yeah, freedom of speech (fire in the breach)
Freedom of speech (fire in the breach)
When it gets weaker
You can browbeat a
Democracy
Just when you need a calmer stance
Up pops red hot Vice President Vance
Gives Europe sermons
While he pulls U-turns
Freedom of speech
Making things ‘great’ there
Stifling debate there
Freedom of speech
Each little measure
Building the pressure
Cow all the papers
Rat out your neighbours
Wish you all luck there
Seems pretty f&*ked there!
Freedom of speech
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Published: September 23, 2025
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