History YMMV / CommentaryTheMusical

* AuthorsSavingThrow: "Nobody's Asian In The Movies" can be read as a sideways acknowledgement/apology for Joss Whedon's ''{{Series/Firefly}}'', a TV series drowning in chinoiserie and yet has no Asians in the main cast, with exactly ''one'' Asian character getting a speaking role in the entire series (including the spin-off movie ''Film/{{Serenity}}'').

* HoYay: At the beginning of "Better Than Neil" Nathan admits to lying awake at night, thinking of Creator/NeilPatrickHarris. A few lines later he asks what he's wearing.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The only reason "Nobody's Asian in the Movies" is hilarious and a fan favorite is that it's humor comes from it's spot-on, disheartening satire of whitewashing in Hollywood, which it was ''still'' guilty of by 2008 and didn't get much better in [[TheNewTens the next decade]], including in Joss Whedon's own projects. The lyric about "an American Indian played by a Mexican," in particular, is a sobering reminder of exactly how bad it can get, as while people of certain ethnic backgrounds don't get cast at all, Indigenous Americans aren't even cast as ''themselves.''

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The only reason "Nobody's Asian in the Movies" is hilarious and a fan favorite is that it's humor comes from it's spot-on, disheartening satire of whitewashing in Hollywood, which it was ''still'' guilty of by 2008 (including in Joss Whedon's own projects) and din't get much better in the next decade. The lyric about "an American Indian played by a Mexican," in particular, is a sobering reminder of exactly how bad it can get, as while people of certain ethnic backgrounds don't get cast at all, Indigenous Americans aren't even cast as ''themselves.''

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The only reason "Nobody's Asian in the Movies" is hilarious and a fan favorite is that it's humor comes from it's spot-on, disheartening satire of whitewashing in Hollywood that has been going on throughout it's history and was ''still'' guilty of by 2008 (including in Joss Whedon's own projects). The lyric about "an American Indian played by a Mexican," in particular, is a sobering reminder of exactly how bad it can get, as while people of certain ethnic backgrounds don't get cast at all, Indigenous Americans aren't even cast as ''themselves.''

* HoYay: At the beginning of "Better Than Neil" Nathan admits to lying awake at night, thinking of Creator/NeilPatrickHarris. A few lines later he asks what he's wearing.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: People have pointed out that while "Nobody's Asian in the Movies" is pretty clearly satirical, it's also disheartening that ''everything in the song is true'', and that the only reason it's funny at all is that it's commenting on a problem Hollywood (including Joss Whedon himself) still hasn't fixed. Possibly also a sideways acknowledgement/apology for ''{{Series/Firefly}}'', a TV series drowning in chinoiserie and yet has no Asians in the main cast, and only one with any lines in the entire series plus the movie ''Film/{{Serenity}}''.
** There's also the line about "an American Indian played by a Mexican," a stinging reminder that, while Asians are hardly cast at all, Indigenous Americans aren't even allowed to play ''themselves.''
** HeartwarmingInHindsight: The singer of this song (Maurissa Tancharoen) is one of the producers of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', a series that has two Asian women in leading roles. (Creator/ChloeBennet as Skye/[[spoiler:Daisy Johnson]] and Creator/MingNaWen as Melinda May.) So even if Maurissa had to produce it herself, at least there is ''one'' show out there that's making an effort to amend this.

* EarWorm: The refrains from "The Rap" and "Heart (Broken)" will be in your head for '''days'''. Also "Ninja Ropes".
** AllOfThem, really.

* PainfulRhyme: In "Ninja Ropes," the titular Flash game is ''always'' rhymed as if it were called "Ninja Rope" - with "hope," "dope," etc.
** In "Nobody's Asian in the Movies," the line "groupie in the chorus" is rhymed oddly. At first, it's like this "if there is a part there for us/it's the groupie in the chorus" (for us/chorus). However, later on, you get "if your movie is a bore/just watch the groupie in the chorus", (bore, just/chorus)... "Commentary (Reprise)" lampshades this with the lyrics "The lazy phrasing betrays how well this pays".

* [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Crowning Music Of Funny]]: It's called ''Commentary: the Musical''. Honestly, what did you expect?

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The reason that "Nobody's Asian in the Movies" is as funny as it is is that it's commenting on a problem Hollywood (including Joss Whedon himself) [[Film/TheLastAirbender still hasn't fixed.]] Possibly also a sideways acknowledgement/apology for ''{{Series/Firefly}}'', a TV series drowning in chinoiserie and yet has no Asians in the main cast, and only one with any lines in the entire series plus the movie ''Film/{{Serenity}}''.
** People have pointed out that while it's pretty clearly satirical, it's also disheartening that ''everything in the song is true''.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As funny as it is "Nobody's Asian in the Movies" is commenting on a problem Hollywood (including Joss Whedon himself) [[Film/TheLastAirbender still hasn't fixed.]] Possibly also a sideways acknowledgement/apology for ''{{Series/Firefly}}'', a TV series drowning in chinoiserie and yet has no Asians in the main cast, and only one with any lines in the entire series plus the movie ''Film/{{Serenity}}''.

** The singer of this song (Maurissa Tancharoen) is one of the producers of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', a series that has two Asian women in leading roles. (Creator/ChloeBennet as Skye/[[spoiler:Daisy Johnson]] and Creator/MingNaWen as Melinda May.) So even if Maurissa had to produce it herself, at least there is ''one'' show out there that is addressing her complaint.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As funny as it is "Nobody's Asian in the Movies" is commenting on a problem Hollywood (including Joss Whedon himself) [[TheLastAirbender still hasn't fixed.]] Possibly also a sideways acknowledgement/apology for ''{{Series/Firefly}}'', a TV series drowning in chinoiserie and yet has no Asians in the main cast, and only one with any lines in the entire series plus the movie ''Film/{{Serenity}}''.

** The singer of this song (Maurissa Tancharoen) is one of the producers of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', a series that has two Asian women in leading roles. (Creator/ChloeBennet as Skye/[[spoiler:Daisy Johnson]] and Creator/MingNaWen as Melinda May.) So even if Maurissa had to produce it herself, at least there is ''one'' show out there that is addressing her complaint.

** The singer of this song (Maurissa Tancharoen) is one of the producers of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', a series that has two Asian women in leading roles. (Creator/ChloeBennet as Skye/[[spoiler: Daisy Johnson]] and Creator/MingNaWen as Melinda May.) So even if Maurissa had to produce it herself, at least there is ''one'' show out there that is addressing her complaint.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As funny as it is "Nobody's Asian in the Movies" is commenting on a problem Hollywood (including Joss Whedon himself) [[TheLastAirbender still hasn't fixed.]] Possibly also a sideways acknowledgement/apology for ''{{Firefly}}'', a TV series drowning in chinoiserie and yet has no Asians in the main cast, and only one with any lines in the entire series plus the movie ''Film/{{Serenity}}''.

* HoYay: At the beginning of "Better Than Neil" Nathan admits to lying awake at night, thinking of NPH. A few lines later he asks what he's wearing.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As funny as it is "Nobody's Asian in the Movies" is commenting on a problem Hollywood (including Joss Whedon himself) [[TheLastAirbender still hasn't fixed.]] Possibly also a sideways acknowledgment/apology for ''{{Firefly}}'', a TV series drowning in chinoiserie and yet has no Asians in the main cast, and only one with any lines in the entire series plus the movie ''Film/{{Serenity}}''.
* TrueArtIsAngsty: Parodied, of course.
-->'''Creator/NeilPatrickHarris''': An Internet musical is a wacky idea that's zany! Where did it come from?
-->'''JossWhedon''': It came from pain.
** "Let's not talk to Joss. He's sad and confusing."
** Naturally, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgYdhm_q7lg&feature=related Joss Whedon's song]] is ''all'' about this.
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: In Felicia's pretensions, anyway.
-->Perfect, mysterious, comes from above
-->[[ShapedLikeItself Magic as a magic thing and lovely as love]]

-->'''NeilPatrickHarris''': An Internet musical is a wacky idea that's zany! Where did it come from?

* DeathOfTheAuthor: Heart (Broken), all about Joss harking back to the times when authors didn't have to reanimate themselves and explain their work to make some more money off the [=DVDs=].
* EarWorm: The refrains from ''The Rap'' and ''Heart (Broken)'' will be in your head for '''days'''. Also ''Ninja Ropes.''

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As funny as it is "Nobody's Asian in the Movies" is commenting on a problem Hollywood (including Joss Whedon himself) [[TheLastAirbender still hasn't fixed.]] Possibly also a sideways acknowledgment/apology for ''{{Firefly}}'', a TV series drowning in chinoiserie and yet has no Asians in the main cast, and only one with any lines in the entire series plus the movie Film/{{Serenity}}.

* DeathOfTheAuthor: Heart (Broken), all about Joss harking back to the times when authors didn't have to reanimate themselves and explain their work to make some more money off the DVDs.