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Ben Brantley of ''[[The New York Times]]'' noted: "There's not a show in town that more astutely reflects the state of this nation than ''Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson''… [which is] both smarter and cruder than your average Broadway fare";<ref>[http://theater.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/theater/reviews/14bloody.html] ''The New York Times''. "Ideal President: A Rock Star Just Like Me," by Ben Brantley. October 13, 2010. Retrieved August 31, 2021.</ref> whereas fellow critic [[Charles Isherwood]] of the ''[[The New York Times|Times]]'' said the musical "taps most directly into the vein of snarky post-collegiate humor epitomized by ''The Daily Show'' and ''The Colbert Report''… and panders cheerfully to the taste for ribald humor that is a primary ingredient in the more frat-boyish elements of late-night comedy."<ref>''The New York Times,'' December 10, 2010 [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/theater/12history.html "Theatrical Stumbles of Historic Proportions"], by Charles Isherwood. Retrieved August 31, 2021.</ref>
A San Francisco critic of that city's production, however, referred to the musical as "an unmistakable exercise in American self-loathing,"<ref>[http://www.bayareacriticatlarge.com/2012/10/bloody-bloody-andrew-jackson-san.html] Bay Area Critic-at-Large: ''Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson'' at San Francisco Playhouse: A Capsule Review. October 13, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2021.</ref> while ''[[Power Line]]'' blog critic Scott Johnson of Minneapolis–St. Paul
==Awards and nominations==
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