"Nunsense" is a filmed live production of a musical comedy by Dan Goggin that first ran off Broadway on Dec. 12, 1985. The show ran for 3,672 performances over 10 years. It then was adapted for TV. This film of the show aired in 1993. It was recorded at the Frauenthal Theatre in Muskegon, Michigan. The copyright of the film and DVD recording is 1994, held by Bristol-Meyer Squibb. The DVDs are produced by SRO Entertainment, under license from DLT Entertainment Ltd., and distributed exclusively by KULTUR International Films. While it isn't a movie per se, it is a film of a stage show that is much like a musical and comedy revue.
A sequel and more films were made into a series over the next several years. The plot is a staged benefit show by the fictional Little Sisters of Hoboken - the last five remaining nuns of their order. It is being done in order to raise enough money to pay for the burial of the last four of their colleagues. While these five sisters were away at a bingo party, the rest of their convent - 52 sisters, all died of food poisoning from a tainted vichyssoise (cold potato soup) made by their cook, Sister Julia, Child of God. Such word play of names, parodies and metaphors are part of the script for this show. A couple of the characters are Sister Amnesia who can't remember anything, and Sister Myopia, the archery instructor.
The cast do a fine job, with Rue McClanahan leading the charge as Rev. Mother Mary Regina. This is an unusual type of stage show and film, in that it incorporates the theatre audience, as the very audience in attendance at the supposed benefit show. The musical aspects, with the nuns singing and dancing are good. The comedy is fair in places, but in some places the script may seem to some to go beyond humorous irreverence to slight religious mockery.
The show is an expansion of Goggin's greeting card line that he called Nunsense. The credits give special thanks to the Dominican Sisters Marywood Motherhouse in Grand Rapids, Michigan. And, they list a religious consultant, Fr. Damian Amantia, T. O. R. Those who attended Catholic schools should have a few chuckles. Others may not get some of the references and intended comedy.
A sequel and more films were made into a series over the next several years. The plot is a staged benefit show by the fictional Little Sisters of Hoboken - the last five remaining nuns of their order. It is being done in order to raise enough money to pay for the burial of the last four of their colleagues. While these five sisters were away at a bingo party, the rest of their convent - 52 sisters, all died of food poisoning from a tainted vichyssoise (cold potato soup) made by their cook, Sister Julia, Child of God. Such word play of names, parodies and metaphors are part of the script for this show. A couple of the characters are Sister Amnesia who can't remember anything, and Sister Myopia, the archery instructor.
The cast do a fine job, with Rue McClanahan leading the charge as Rev. Mother Mary Regina. This is an unusual type of stage show and film, in that it incorporates the theatre audience, as the very audience in attendance at the supposed benefit show. The musical aspects, with the nuns singing and dancing are good. The comedy is fair in places, but in some places the script may seem to some to go beyond humorous irreverence to slight religious mockery.
The show is an expansion of Goggin's greeting card line that he called Nunsense. The credits give special thanks to the Dominican Sisters Marywood Motherhouse in Grand Rapids, Michigan. And, they list a religious consultant, Fr. Damian Amantia, T. O. R. Those who attended Catholic schools should have a few chuckles. Others may not get some of the references and intended comedy.