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Musical CSI spoofs hit crime series

Fans of the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV series can take a break from the programs' sombre forensic detectives in favour of a three-act musical spoof of the hit show now playing in Edmonton.

Winnipeg resident Jim Van Dusen wrote CSI Moose Jaw: The Country Cases, which premiered in Winnipeg last spring and is now playing at the Jubilations Dinner Theatre in the West Edmonton Mall.

The premise of the musical is a crime convention set in Moose Jaw ? chosen because the small city would be unlikely to host any gory murders to distract the investigators. Predictably, chaos ensues and the detectives must solve a mystery, with the characters occasionally bursting into song.

Van Dusen said he picked the show because of its popularity and Moose Jaw because of its "instantly recognizable" status as a Canadian city.

"Plus, sometimes just the word Moose Jaw is funny," he told the Moose Jaw Times-Herald.

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Posted by thinkum at July 16, 2004 01:29 PM