From “Oklahoma!” we learned that corn stalks reach as high as an elephant’s eye, but in the feel-real-good, maize-centric musical “Shucked,” now at Segerstrom Hall, quirky jokiness stacks up way higher than that.
Skeptical? Here are a few of its countrified non sequiturs.
“When we were kids we would make sand castles with grandma … ’til grandpa started hiding the urn.”
“But like the fast food cashier said, change is never easy.”
“If you get drunk before you get your driver’s license picture taken, you’ll look normal when they pull you over.”
Now if you feel some of the fun in this vehicle just got road killed by those spoilers, not to worry, writer Robert Horn’s cheery, appealing script is jammed with literally dozens more.
It’s not often the case but this time, there’s plenty of com

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