The Fullerton Museum is hosting a Change the Game: A Rock Musical, on Sunday October 27th.

Jon Bruschke sees his new rock ‘n’ roll musical “Change the Game” as a way of communicating ideas espoused by Brazilian educator Paolo Friere in “Pedagogy of the Oppressed.” The 1968 book is widely regarded as one of the foundational texts of critical pedagogy, and proposes a pedagogy with a new relationship between teacher, student and society.

Brushke notes that even in democracies, what he calls “the very cynical game of current electoral politics” can lead even well-meaning candidates down a dark road.

“If you play politics only to win an election,” he said, “just to win, you end up having to compromise – and maybe sell out. Smear campaigns work, false claims flourish, and both can effectively get votes.

“But if you really want to change the world for the better, you have to do more than that. You need to win an election by appealing to the best parts of ideas and also then stay true to your mission once elected, even if it costs you money, or votes, or both.”