The Pirates of Slaughterhouse-Five
There's one tiny, rather unimportant detail from Slaughterhouse-Five that I can't take my mind off of. It's near and dear to my heart, and while I know it doesn't matter to most of you, nor will you remember that it even happened, it's very important to me that you all receive the correct information. "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here" is not a song from Pirates of Penzance . I know the chances of any of you remembering even reading those words are very low, which I understand. The majority of the world, unlike me, doesn't have an affinity for comic operas written in the 1800s. To be entirely fair, Pirates of Penzance is one of Gilbert and Sullivan's more famous operas. It's well known more in the theatre world than the non-theatre world, but if you've heard of Gilbert and Sullivan, Pirates is most likely the show you've heard of. And if you know any of the music, you probably know "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major...