Chess - Commie Newspapers Lyrics

1988 Broadway
Chess the Musical - Commie Newspapers Lyrics

FLORENCE:
Well we can't complain
that you've been ignored by the press.

FREDDIE:
What'd they say? What'd they say?

FLORENCE:
They're not too polite...

FREDDIE:
They say I'm a shit?

FLORENCE:
Well, yes. They pulled you to pieces...
In five different languages,
The Times: "You thrive on unpleasantness."

FLORENCE: (In French)
"Le Monde: Freddie Trumper, La Honte des 'cheques."

FREDDIE:
I can't believe that they don't see my game.
I'm like that tennis player, what's his name?
They love to hate me and for us,
That's dollars!

FLORENCE: (In German)

FREDDIE:
Hey look here's some piece that
Some idiot's written on you.

"Florence Vassey: petite,
Hungarian-born personal assistant."

"His gentle companion..."
Ha! If they only knew.

FLORENCE:
What do you mean?
I'm always gentle with you, Freddie!

FREDDIE AND FLORENCE:
"She stands by her champion."

FREDDIE:
I like this!

FREDDIE AND FLORENCE:
"Whose demands
Are so infantile."

FREDDIE:
I don't like this.

FLORENCE:
If you don't like it then it's up to you.
They like the Russian they could like you too.

FREDDIE:
Commie newspapers!

Of course the bastards all support the Russian.

FLORENCE:
But Sergievsky seems a sweet opponent.
So why do you abuse him all the time?

Freddie, I love you very much but please,
Just for once, don't go on about the Russians
At the press conference, okay?

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SYNOPSIS
The Story of Chess
Merano
Commie Newspapers
Press Conference
Anatoly & Molokov
Where I Want to Be
Diplomats
The Arbiter
Hymn to Chess
Merchandisers
The Arbiter (Reprise)
Quartet (A Model of Decorum and Tranquility)
Florence and Molokov
1956 – Budapest is Rising
Nobody's Side
Mountain Duet
Florence Quits
Pity the Child
Embassy Lament
Heaven Help My Heart
Anatoly and the Press
Anthem
One Night in Bangkok
One More Opponent
You and I
The Soviet Machine
The Interview
Someone Else's Story
The Deal
I Know Him So Well
Talking Chess
Endgame
You and I (Reprise)
Anthem (Reprise)