and tells him to look in her eyes, somehow magically making everything all right. She cleverly rationalizes her deception of their relationship by illustrating how this kiss could one day increase the population of their town and improve Hugos fathers undertaking business. He quickly complies and accepts this ridiculous fabrication. Sadly, this short spectacle demonstrates the fact that Hugo is controlled not by one force (his girlfriend), but by two (his friends).An illustrious dyad between the 2 genders is also presented, although disguised by the main plot - the reception of Conrad Birdie to Sweet Apple. While the women all seem to join together to create the finest welcoming in Sweet Apples history, the men are absolutely revolted, offended and appalled by the womens behavior. We Love You Birdie is sung by the women in the schools courtyard, while the men create their own mocking version of the tune We Hate You Conrad. This song expresses each groups regard, or repugnance, for Birdie. Musically, Lee Adams was able to use this active song to show the audience the passionate opposition that lies between the two sexes.My only complaint was that the musical seemed to contain two ridiculously silly and unnecessary subplots, neither which I felt helped to progress the main story (one regarding the technical struggle for time on the Ed Sullivan Show with the Moscow Ballet which threatened the appearance of Birdie and Alberts songs and the other regarding a pill that speeds up an organisms metabolism). Otherwise, I feel that this was a wonderful show. Director George Sidney seemed to be aware that the show was meant to be a spoof of the Elvis craze, and showed the ability of presenting the story in that type of light, joking manner. Lee Adams lyrics were very conversational and understanding, yet technical. Charles Strouse and Jonny Green were also able to prevail, using fast-paced melodies and utilizing the actors and actresse...
