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[–] 61 points 6 months ago (3 children)

They also lost most of their sovereign wealth fund investing in Leonardo the Musical.

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  • [–] [S] 51 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    oh god it's real

    The project, a highly fictionalized account of Leonardo da Vinci's creation of the Mona Lisa, was developed by Duke Minks, an advisor to the Republic of Nauru and former road manager for the 1960s pop group, Unit 4 + 2, along with the group's lead singer, Tommy Moeller. At Moeller's suggestion, Minks convinced government officials to invest £2 million in the production, in an attempt to diversify the country's wealth from its historic major export, marine deposits rich in phosphates.

    also

    The Political Butterfly Effect told the story of the musical's production and discussed its links with Nauru's decision to act as an off-shore asylum seeker processing centre for Australia.

    a play so bad you become a prison's prison

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