I thoroughly approve of anything that encourages people to sing show tunes, so this is fine with me:
Belting out classic numbers from hit musicals can boost the brain function of people with Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers who worked with elderly residents at a US care home.
Over a four-month study, the mental performance of patients who took part in regular group singing sessions improved compared with others who just listened.
In the sessions, patients were led through familiar songs from The Sound of Music, Oklahoma, The Wizard of Oz and Pinocchio.
The sessions appeared to have the most striking effect on people with moderate to severe dementia, with patients scoring higher on cognitive and drawing tests, and also on a satisfaction-with-life questionnaire at the end of the study.
Good. I hope a lot of those people were late for work, and that it cost their Global Corporate Overlords some money.
Anyway, if memory serves me, and that’s debatable, contrast these people happy enough to listen to others singing and dancing for a few moments, with the crowd of utterly glum people marching along to their deplorable jobs to the tune of “Eleanor Rigby”/”I Look at all the Lonely People” from – what was it – the “Yellow Submarine” Beatles movie?
Be assured, our Global Corporate Overlords like miserable, glum, hopeless people far better than happy people who break away from Them (the GCO) for a few minutes to listen to an upbeat song.