Bowling Green Musical

POPC 3650, Youth and Popular Culture, April 28, 2010: In the midst of a class discussion about folk beliefs and oral tradition, and the perplexing spread of the erroneous rumor of STDs at Bowling Green State University, a "spontaneous" musical erupted... (Only the students who sang knew this was going to happen; it was a surprise for everyone else.)
Lyrics by Dr. Montana Miller, Department of Popular Culture
(based on "Gee, Officer Krupke," from West Side Story (one of the many musicals we studied in class this semester)
Prospective student and admissions officer played by former POPC students who were "visiting" class that day.

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• BGSU
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• Bowling
• Green
• State
• University
• Ohio
• flash
• mob
• college
• impromptu
• song
• parody
• prank
• Montana
• Miller
• popular
• culture
• STD

[flyermontana]

Thanks for a great semester, Youth Culture students! Now go out there and combat those misguided folk beliefs... remember, symbolic assaults and creative strategies of resistance!

[jpstaszel]

Love it. Pop culture, show tunes and performances = one kick ass educational experience and a wonderful environment of embodied learning! As always you ROCK!

[tamerbelles]

PURE AWESOME! Proud alumna right here! Combines my love for pop culture classes, musicals, and de-bunking the myth that we all have herpes! Props to you all! :)

[cozeygirl315]

That would have been fun to do last spring semester when I had you Dr. M.

[regardingjohn]

Sweet!

[nmessmo]

This is hilarious :)

[MarMar627]

That was the one day I regret sitting in the front row!

Loved this. I'm going to miss this class!

[xoiiaresiiox]

This was a great creative solution in effort to de-myth the BGSTD rumor, which is evident in the subtitles and description. I am glad this topic was addressed, and by making this Youtube video, we might be able to counteract the rumor!