sentences:  Essex played the character of Che, based on Che Guevara, in the original London production of the musical, and the song is sung from his point-of-view.Produced and arranged by Mike Batt, "Oh What a Circus" is a mid-tempo song, comparing the musical's title character Eva Perón's life with a circus, and calling her actions fraudulent.The song is a contrafactum, and shares its tune with the better known "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from the same show.