South Pacific - Lovensheimer, Jim (Assistant Professor of Musicology, Assistant Professor of Musicology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN)

South Pacific: Paradise Rewritten offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at how Rodgers and Hammerstein diluted the radical social and political content of the musical South Pacific between its conception and its Broadway opening in order to ensure its commercial success, resulting in a work that remained edifying but that did not offend its audiences.