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  <title>Comments for Anti-Wal-Mart Show Discounted By Critics</title>
  <subtitle>Shoppers bite back.</subtitle>
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    <published>2007-09-06T04:05:18Z</published>
    <updated>2008-05-01T11:23:10Z</updated>
    <title>Anti-Wal-Mart Show Discounted By Critics</title>
    <summary>, but the closest New York City residents are going to get to the Wal-Mart experience is... a musical! Yes, with singing and dancing! After a year of retooling to transfer it from its semi-professional beginnings in Wisconsin to its latest incarnation Off-Broadway, &quot;Walmartopia&quot; opened this week to mostly poor reviews.</summary>
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      <name>Chris Walters</name>
      
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      <![CDATA[<p><!--<img alt="con_walmartopia.jpg" src="http://consumerist.com/images/resources/2007/09/con_walmartopia.jpg" width="300" height="220" class="left" />--> Sure, it's a clich

, but the closest New York City residents are going to get to the Wal-Mart experience is... a musical! Yes, with singing and dancing! After a year of retooling to transfer it from its semi-professional beginnings in Wisconsin to its latest incarnation Off-Broadway, "Walmartopia" opened this week to mostly poor reviews.</p>

<p>The husband and wife team behind the "musical on a mission" <a href="http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=14&aid=73267">have cited the books "Nickel and Dimed" and "Selling Women Short" as sources</a>, but it might just be better to read the books, based on reactions to the show, which include descriptions like "<a href="http://jerseybeat.blogspot.com/2007/09/attention-wal-mart-shoppers-by-jim.html">ham-handed satire</a>" and "<a href="http://baltimore.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=21105">bland and witless</a>."</p>

<p>As far as effective agitprop goes, it looks like South Park still holds the award for most entertaining spin on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Wall-Mart_This_Way_Comes">pleasures and dangers</a> of the super-mega-corporation. Or, as one review puts it, "Bad art never helped anyone's cause."</p>

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Resources:<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Selling-Women-Short-Landmark-Wal-Mart/dp/0465023169/ref=sr_1_1/104-7264368-1883901?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189031728&sr=8-1">"Selling Women Short"</a> at Amazon<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nickel-Dimed-Not-Getting-America/dp/0805063897/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-7264368-1883901?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189031915&sr=1-1">"Nickel and Dimed"</a> at Amazon<br />
<a href="http://www.walmartopia.com">walmartopia.com</a></p>

<p><br />
<a href="http://theater2.nytimes.com/2007/09/04/theater/reviews/04walm.html?ex=1346644800&en=ea94fc8cd338e4b7&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink">"Attention, Shoppers: Anguish in Aisle 4"</a> [New York Times]<br />
<a href="http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=14&aid=73267">"Creators Of 'Walmartopia' Discuss Show's Success"</a> [ny1.com (video)]<br />
<a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/11471">"Walmartopia"</a> [Theatermania.com]</p>

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(Photo: Carol Rosegg)</p>]]>
      
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2007://1.296834-comment:2373581</id>
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    <title>Comment from Donkey404 on 2007-09-11</title>
    <author>
        <name>Donkey404</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>
I'm working on a direct transport system from Shanghai to Bentonville.
It will either be a floating conveyor belt or an undersea vacuum tube
system, like the ones that your bank's drive up window uses. I figure
it will save billions in freight, and in a few years I will be as rich
as the Walton family themselves. I'm accepting qualified investors now.</p>]]>
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    <published>2007-09-11T23:20:28Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2007://1.296834-comment:2333496</id>
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    <title>Comment from YokoOno on 2007-09-07</title>
    <author>
        <name>YokoOno</name>
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        <![CDATA[<p>
"they truly are evil.  and the smart people care."</p>
<p>
Oh, please.  I strongly suggest you get a grip.  I have multiple degrees, including one from an ivy league university, so that's your theory out the window.  </p>
<p>
The difference between you and me is that I don't just blindly follow what everyone else says and take it as gospel.  </p>
<p>
I assume you don't shop at K-Mart or Target, either, then?</p>
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    <published>2007-09-07T05:58:01Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2007://1.296834-comment:2329371</id>
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    <title>Comment from YokoOno on 2007-09-06</title>
    <author>
        <name>YokoOno</name>
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        <![CDATA[<p>
I used to work at their corporate office, and I've stated that many times.  </p>
<p>
However, I don't work there anymore, and I've never thought for a second they were perfect or anywhere near it.  But if you are going to go on and on and on about them being "evil," look at K-Mart and Target, too.  They do all of the same things, just on a smaller scale.  So get over yourself, kids.</p>
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    <published>2007-09-07T00:48:54Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2007://1.296834-comment:2326712</id>
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    <title>Comment from Stan LS on 2007-09-06</title>
    <author>
        <name>Stan LS</name>
        <uri>http://www.logicandsanity.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>
Didn't that book get savaged by the amazon reviewers?</p>
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    <published>2007-09-06T22:14:32Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2007://1.296834-comment:2326588</id>
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    <title>Comment from Youthier on 2007-09-06</title>
    <author>
        <name>Youthier</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>@<a href="http://consumerist.com/consumer/agitprop/anti+wal+mart-show-discounted-by-critics-296834.php#c2321836" rel="nofollow">beyond</a>: I think that "Employee of the Month" proved that this is a crap genre. </p></p>]]>
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    <published>2007-09-06T22:06:22Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2007://1.296834-comment:2325836</id>
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    <title>Comment from rmz on 2007-09-06</title>
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        <name>rmz</name>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>Chiming in here to say that Nickel and Dimed is a pretty good book.</p></p>]]>
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    <published>2007-09-06T21:15:29Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2007://1.296834-comment:2325472</id>
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    <title>Comment from Cowboys_fan on 2007-09-06</title>
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        <name>Cowboys_fan</name>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>As much as I hate wal-mart, I just cannot see such a musical being interesting at all. It may be a good work of art potentially, but definately not entertainment. I would be astonished if I saw it and enjoyed it.</p></p>]]>
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    <published>2007-09-06T20:53:26Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2007://1.296834-comment:2325182</id>
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    <title>Comment from kimsama on 2007-09-06</title>
    <author>
        <name>kimsama</name>
        <uri></uri>
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@<a href="#c2324846" rel="nofollow">King of the Wild Frontier</a>: Not sure if nhoj was dissing the books (or just the post), but I agree with you that <i>Nickel and Dimed</i> was damned interesting reading.</p>
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    <published>2007-09-06T20:21:39Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2007://1.296834-comment:2324846</id>
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    <title>Comment from King of the Wild Frontier on 2007-09-06</title>
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        <name>King of the Wild Frontier</name>
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@<a href="#c2322147" rel="nofollow">nhoj1962</a>: Nice try, but no cookie. Just because a bad musical is based off of a book doesn't mean that the book is bad. <i>Nickel and Dimed</i> made Amazon.com's Best of 2001. </p>
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    <published>2007-09-06T19:21:36Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2007://1.296834-comment:2324521</id>
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    <title>Comment from boandmichele on 2007-09-06</title>
    <author>
        <name>boandmichele</name>
        <uri>http://www.thefullmailbox.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>@<a href="http://consumerist.com/consumer/agitprop/anti+wal+mart-show-discounted-by-critics-296834.php#c2322175" rel="nofollow">YokoOno</a>: sorry but chicago7 is right. they truly are evil. </p><br />
<p>and the smart people care. the other people who don't care, are the ones who shop at walmart in the first place.</p></p>]]>
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    <published>2007-09-06T17:18:58Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2007://1.296834-comment:2322360</id>
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    <title>Comment from Chicago7 on 2007-09-06</title>
    <author>
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@<a href="#c2322175" rel="nofollow">YokoOno</a>: <br />
But YOU might be a shill for Wal-Mart. A little TOO defensive, I think.</p>
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    <published>2007-09-06T06:44:34Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from Chicago7 on 2007-09-06</title>
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        <name>Chicago7</name>
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@<a href="#c2322175" rel="nofollow">YokoOno</a>: </p>
<p>
Give it a rest, Mr. Serious. It's a joke.</p>
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    <published>2007-09-06T06:39:36Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from YokoOno on 2007-09-06</title>
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Oh, Chicago7, how fecking stupid can you get?  Truly evil?  Boring.  Get a new line, Wal-Mart haters.  No one cares.</p>
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    <published>2007-09-06T06:24:40Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from nhoj1962 on 2007-09-06</title>
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        <name>nhoj1962</name>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>You seem to cloak yourself in nobility by pointing out the theatrical piece skewering one of your favorite punching bags is a "piece 'o crap", then supply links to buy the books it was based on and the website of the production you just basically told us was "a piece 'o crap". </p><br />
<p>I love that you advocate for us readers, but don't do it gratuitously. This is not the kind of post I expect by Consumerist. </p></p>]]>
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    <published>2007-09-06T06:21:46Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from beyond on 2007-09-06</title>
    <author>
        <name>beyond</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>
Really, how exciting can a musical about Walmart be?</p>
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    <published>2007-09-06T05:41:43Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2007://1.296834-comment:2321811</id>
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    <title>Comment from Chicago7 on 2007-09-06</title>
    <author>
        <name>Chicago7</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>
Walmart paid off the reviews! How much you wanna bet?</p>
<p>
Hahahaha! They are truly evil. </p>
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    <published>2007-09-06T05:39:06Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from homerjay on 2007-09-05</title>
    <author>
        <name>homerjay</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p><br />
soooo... no Tony nod?</p></p>]]>
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    <published>2007-09-06T04:41:27Z</published>
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