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The Midnight Cabinet · EN
America: Terms May Apply
Ten American promises read aloud in dark satirical cabaret.
0:00 The American Dream Has an Adjustable Rate
5:03 Injection Nation
9:53 Thank You for Training Your Replacement
12:48 Your Degree Will Outlive You
16:35 The Art of the Dip
19:39 One Nation, Two Channels
23:12 Please Hold, Your Life Is Important to Us
28:13 The Side Hustle Has a Side Hustle
31:46 Act of God — Terms May Apply
36:18 I Paid Exactly What I Owed
Ten songs about the fine print under America's most familiar promises: own a home, look good, work hard, get a degree, trust the news, call for help, hustle, insure the house, pay what you owe.
Nobody in these songs is lying. Everything is disclosed. It's just disclosed very quietly, somewhere near the bottom of the page.
A dark satirical cabaret told from inside the supper club — Vegas swing, motivational brass, a call-centre waltz, a graduation march, and a gospel finale sung by a man who paid exactly what he owed.
The satire points up: at institutions, sellers and power. Never at the people standing in the queue.
Human ideas and creative direction: Neuro Gramophone
Music and visual production: AI-assisted
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