If you recall, several posts below I wrote about some of the changes that FTL has undergone since its 2005 inception, including songs that were replaced and new scenes that were written altogether. Allow me to present another scene that has been removed from our upcoming version of the show - indeed, this song has been discarded altogether, apart from a brief snatch of melody evident in another musical number - for a couple of reasons: a) that the melody isn't terribly exciting or memorable, and b) this scene served as the opening to Act Two, which made for a rather lacklustre start to the second half of the show.
I personally am fond of the intention of this song: Joseph singing about his kid following his footsteps to become a carpenter, making rather comic and inadvertently ironic statements about all that his son would end up accomplishing. And I'm happy to report that we'll be conveying these sentiments with more humour and pathos in our upcoming new version, because truly, in retrospect, the original simply didn't work (kudos to our then cast for working with such uninspired material, arf arf!). Rest assured, our new Act Two opener is going to be bigger than this - more exciting, dynamic and dramatic! - so have a watch and listen to this song/scene now, because you won't be seeing or hearing it again. :)
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