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Mae West before she officially became a woman."

Unfortunately, "The Jazz Singer" wasn't the smashing success that the play that preceded it, "I Fry Fish During the Day and Eat Edible Panties By Night", was. This particular musical didn't last for very long on the Broadway stage due to overwhelming production costs, but the mark it left was indelible. Many critics complained of splitting headaches after so much as the opening number, "Lincoln Loved Watermelon." The box office soared. One patron was so offended by the lyrical content of the songs that they left the theater, only to return with a picket sign that read "________________ ."