Pore Jud is Daid

Jud Fry is a lonely, quiet, brooding farmhand, who as far as we know, keeps to himself but all the while longs for Laurey, his employer’s niece. With the box social coming up that evening Laurey, knowing full well that Jud is in love with her, asks him to accompany her to the event merely to spite a handsome suitor she’s flirting with,  pretty boy Curly. Upon hearing this, Curly becomes jealous and visits the smokehouse where Jud lives. Curly begins to tell Jud how nobody cares about him and the only way he’ll be respected and receive love from women is if he kills himself. Curly sings a song that basically lays out the plan for Jud’s suicide and how beautiful his funeral will be – not an evil thing to do, right?  A rather comical song from R&H’s musical “Oklahoma!” where Curly (Gordon MacRae) draws a picture of what would happen if Jud (Rod Steiger) were to hang himself. Unbeknownst to Jud, who takes the idea very seriously (thus, the somber face throughout), Curly is teasing