Marc Shaiman is a composer and lyricist known for an array of Broadway shows and films. Throughout his career, Shaiman has been nominated for seven Academy Awards, including “Best Score” nods for The American President, The First Wives Club, Patch Adams, and Mary Poppins Returns. He was also nominated for “Best Song” for numbers heard in Sleepless in Seattle and Mary Poppins Returns. However, our readers will probably know him best for his work on South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut, which earned him another Oscar nomination for writing “Blame Canada.” Recently, ComicBook.com had the chance to chat with Shaiman alongside his longtime collaborator, Scott Wittman, about their latest musical feat; “Save the City,” the song from the fictional show, Rogers: The Musical, seen in Hawkeye. During the chat, we asked Shaiman about the South Park movie, and if thinks they would have been able to create such an extreme musical now.
