{"product_id":"0889290936745","title":"Reefer Madness","description":"The made-for-cable musical satire \u003ci\u003eReefer Madness\u003c\/i\u003e is based on the award-winning play of the same name, which in turn was inspired by the notorious -- and deliciously awful -- 1936 anti-marijuana film originally titled \u003ci\u003eTell Your Children\u003c\/i\u003e. A smarmy lecturer (Alan Cumming in the first of his three roles in the film) arrives in a typical small town of the late '30s to warn the populace of the dangers of the \"evil weed,\" bringing along a lurid propaganda film to dramatize his message. In broad, unsubtle, and hilarious strokes, the movie-within-a-movie shows how even a squeaky-clean pair of highschoolers named Mary Lane (Kristen Bell) and Jimmy Harper (Christian Campbell) can become hopeless dope addicts by succumbing to the lure of marijuana. \u003ci\u003eReefer Madness\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a savage skewering of the original black-and-white movie (some of the musical's campiest lines are taken directly from the earlier script!), but also a devastating attack on what playwrights Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney consider to be the real reason that the 1936 movie was made: to frighten the public out of their wits in order to keep them under the thumb of an oppressive government. Thus, the musical manages to take a number of not-so-veiled swipes at xenophobia, racism, McCarthyism, the Bush Administration's Homeland Security policy, and even the recent FCC clampdown on \"offensive\" TV fare (one of the film's highlights is a garish nightclub number featuring Jesus Christ). The ebulliently staged songs include \"The Stuff,\" \"Down at the Ol' Five and Dime,\" \"Lonely Pew,\" \"Listen to Jesus Jimmy,\" \"Mary Jane\/Mary Lane,\" \"The Brownie Song,\" \"Tell 'Em the Truth,\" and the title number. Officially titled \u003ci\u003eReefer Madness: The Movie Musical\u003c\/i\u003e, this film first aired April 16, 2005, on the Showtime cable service.","brand":"WILLETTE ACQUISITION CORP.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47086479212784,"sku":"0889290936745","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0889290936745_p0.jpg?v=1763897008","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0889290936745","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}