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A CUTE KIND OF FRAUD COURTESY OF THE 'ALTAR BOYZ'

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Go to www.bestmusical.com. The site claims that it will find the "best musical" for you. It asks you to put your hands onto your computer screen to measure your "metaphysical temperature." It then claims to be narrowing your "best musical" from 30 to 20 to 5 to then a final section. And every time it comes up with ALTAR BOYZ. It also asks for your contact info beforehand so they can no doubt send you email offers and advertisements.

Do we this take this a joke - or a fraud - or clever advertising?

Since I doubt anyone buys into the "metaphysical temperature" bit, I'll go with a joke that also serves as cloying yet clever advertising.

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I've used that site, and I can say I have never gotten one scrap of email in my inbox from Best Musical.com. So either my spam blocker is just that good, or they don't send you things. I found it pretty funny but there's no denying it's a publicity stunt or advertising scheme.

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