Stuyvesant’s got talent — for offending.
Students at the elite Manhattan high school hit a sour note at their annual SING! musical this year, stunning some audience members with shockingly crude humor, teachers at the school told The Post.
“It was just not appropriate for a family show,” gasped one gobsmacked educator.
In the space-themed freshman-sophomore production, the galled staffer recalled several raunchy jokes more suitable for a gin mill than a high-school auditorium.
“It was something like, ‘After last night, Uranus was totally destroyed,’ ‘Oh yeah, they really ripped apart Uranus,’ ” an educator told The Post. “I just think 14-year-olds making anal-sex jokes is in poor taste.”
The butt of the jokes wasn’t the only issue, a source said.
The educator described the casting in the junior SING! show as borderline “racist,” featuring “one of the few black students at the school” in a “subordinate role.”
“Whenever the white character wanted something done, he’d snap his fingers and say, ‘Go do this’ — so it was like a servant.”
The role was offensive enough that one of the alumni judges there to vote for the night’s best show walked out, the source said.
“These are bright kids. Give him a different part,” urged the teacher. “It left a bad taste in my mouth.”
The seniors weren’t much better, an educator dished.
“There were so many drug references — one of the characters walked around with a giant pipe, acting stoned. One of the jokes was ‘Are you taking your glaucoma medicine?’ ”
A senior who participated in SING! told The Post that adults are overreacting, particularly with any claim of racism.
“The part was written before it was cast and the directors chose the best actor. It shows a cultural shift that today’s kids are much more color-blind than older generations,” the student said.
Parents just don’t understand, the senior added.
“SING! is a production by teenagers with the majority of the audience being teenagers, as well,” the student said.
Stuyvesant and the Department of Education did not return requests for comment.