Wannabe stripper Shawntel Jessie Withers finally gets a moment to show off her talents as her redneck husband Chucky Kyle Cooper watches in disgust. Dwight's dope addict mistress Zandra Lauren M. Dominatrix Baby Jane Erika C. Miller and nappy fetishist Montel Jared Pugh give in to their primal desires as witnessed by Montel's girlfriend Andrea Katie Kitani and a television studio audience. Jerry Springer Warren Draper awakens in an unfamiliar location after a particularly dramatic ending to an episode of his show - but his assistant, Steve Wilkos David McCormick is there to help him through it.
Jerry Springer Warren Draper finds himself in a tight situation when his studio audience and guests turn against him.
Not that making a musical out of this three-ring circus of the worst of human nature is an unworkable concept, but using opera as the preferred musical form?
The result is a salty, explicit, jarringly funny look, with religious overtones, at sensationalism and reality TV. Miller but also on his slutty, drug-addict mistress Laura M. Hathaway with a transvestite Matthew Ballestero ; a pink-clad dominatrix in high black boots Miller ; a diaper-wearing guy Jared Pugh with a fetish for being treated like a baby; and a tall, leggy brunette Jessie Withers who aspires to a career as a pole dancer.
Among its sights are Springer being led around in a dog collar on a leash, the diaper man Pugh as Jesus, and a smackdown between Jesus and Eve Withers. With the songs, prosaic moments of the TV-show taping are transformed into full-blown production numbers, expertly choreographed by Kelly Todd and elaborately lit by Shevelenko.
