i see so many fans of Soley the bmc broadway production here and look i know itâs easier to access content for and objectively has better set design ect but guys. guys. you can rip the two river version out of my cold dead hands. to me the broadway ver. exaggerates so many personalities in a way that i⌠do not like⌠not because theyâre necessarily bad portrayals but because to me they come across as all garish and kind of obnoxious whereas in the two river theyâre far more relatable and feel more like normal flawed teenagers which really gives the wackiness of certain plot points and moments time to shine. same goes for stuff such as costume design and stuffâ i know itâs a silly criticism to have, but everyone in the broadway version dresses kind of like theyâre going to an old jojo siwa concert LMAO. though actually broadway jenna and loser geek whatever slap you guys can have that.
but also in the broadway production lowkey everyone just kind of comes off as unlikable??? lmao??? and the jeremy christine kiss at the end holy shit i could write an entire essay on how that diminishes the entire plot of the musical and crushes christineâs character to smithereens. plus jeremy has sooooo much work to improve still at the end of the show and fix his own mindset which is why suddenly having christine like him back right there and then pretty much rewards him for just saying âoopsiesâ (and i say this as a stagedorks enjoyer)
the changes in script and line delivery ect also make characters like michael so much less likeable imo, his original character was great because he was laid back and didnât really care which is why MITB hit so hard, and in contrast broadway michael feels a lot⌠softer? like heâs been reduced to a more anxious and dependent sort of ray of sunshine character when originally he wasnât really like that? (i could also say they watered down brookeâs character a lot but i wonât even get into that right now)
none of this is to say that you canât enjoy broadway bmc, hell, i still watch it now and then because itâs fun and wacky and easier to access than two river! but if you havenât given the original production a chance (the half of it you can find on youtube i guess LMAO) or at least listened to the cast recording i highly recommend it!
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The (Disputable) Macdonald Hall Timeline:
since the dawn of time, fans of this niche canadian book series have been plagued by Gordon Kormanâs insistence on making the boys time at school timeless, and by proxy, providing no clear passage of time. at all.
wikipedia helpfully provides the only indication of age is âtoo young to shaveâ but technically, this isnât true. in that same book (This Canât Be Happening) Boots indeed recalls âhis Grade 8 field tripâ which would imply they are in grade 9.
this is literally impossible.
i was personally driven insane by this notion.
so, i decided to make an obviously entirely factual timeline for all 7 books in the franchise (and graduation for fun because they donât mention it in book 7, which means itâs not their last year yet) based on comments made throughout the story.
the START dates for the books are all absolutely accurate, but the length is a little fishy (pardon the pun) because unfortunately they almost never confirm how long itâs been since the start of the book by the end.
the holiday dates are based off of the modern toronto school calendar as well as me asking people i know who went to school in canada in the early 80s so while they may not be EXACT, theyâre as close as weâre gonna get.
so without further ado, bruno and boots antics now helpfully provided with dates:
feel free to send an ask if you want to see any of my evidence for the start of books that ARENâT right after summer or the length of certain stories cause iâd be happy to tell you!
and yes i did use apple calendar for this, i think it makes me look even more insane and thatâs pretty funny
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watching people discover the book after getting used to the musical is so funny because yeah those are two completely different stories LMAOOO
So today I was kinda bored and decided to read the "Be More Chill" book to see if there were any differences between the book and the musical.... and OH BOY WERE THERE SOME DIFFERENCES!!! I wrote down some of them, enjoy (beware spoilers obviously)
Jeremy has humiliation sheets to quantiatively determine how much of an incel he is
Madeline is now Elizabeth?
Who tf is Mark, why does he exist, and why is Jeremy friends with him?
Everyone knows Jeremy wrote the letter to Christine, but now he wants to give her a chocolate shakespeare bc he is a total flirt (TM)
Jeremy's mom is around and has a divorce lawyer-ing firm with his dad now
Michael is a white boy with an asian girl fetish
JEREMY IS A THEATER KID! JEREMY IS A THEATER KID! JEREMY IS A THEATER KID! JEREMY IS A THEATER KID! JEREMY IS A THEATER KID!
Mr Reyes doesn't microwave his own hot pockets, he uses child labor to do so instead
Christine is super angsty like she needs an anger management therapist or smth
Michael's brother got a squip apparently and is going to Brown University
Oh btw, Jeremy's dad doesn't even wear underwear around the house he just lets his son see his junk?
Michael also has a knee fetish apparently???
Sadly, the play is the actual Midsummer's Dream and not a Midsummer's Nightmare about Zombies
Ok Christine is no longer angsty?
Nvm she is angsty again that was quick
Jeremy goes "Heh-heh." a lot
According to Michael, all girls are shirt thieves and should never be trusted
Ok Christine is no longer angsty again and apparently she is very specific on how relationships are supposed to be formed bc of course she is
The whole Halloween party is now a school-sanctioned event
Is Jeremy a furry? what does "sometime tonight Iâve got to find pics on the Internet of girls with tails" mean???????
Instead of dressing up as Juliet, Christine dresses up as a prostitute angel for the halloween party
Btw michael knows all about the squip from day 1, his brother has one
Rich does his whole ITS FROM JAPAN moment at the halloween party instead of while pissing
Rich's halloween costume is marijuana
the squip is no longer "top secret can't even look it up on the internet shit" bc there's like 361 results for it on yahoo apparently
Jeremy's dad might have been gay for Ben Franklin
Instead of using his Bar Mitzvah money, Jeremy steals his aunt's beanie babies to finance his squip
LORE!! The guy from the lady's running shoes place who gives Jeremy the squip, his name is RACK LMAO
Jeremy keeps his squip-shenanigans secret from michael so we don't get the awesome sequence "try to say something cool" "i think i just blew my bar mitzvah money on a wintergreen tic-tac" "yeah not cool" :(
RACK instead of the squip says the "You can also set me to Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, Sexy Anime Female hehehehe" line. This change is devestating
"The gayer it feels, the better your posture" YOU HEARD IT HERE FOLKS GAY PEOPLE HAVE BETTER POSTURE
In the book, the squip can see into parallel universes bc quantum physics
Brooke is Anne
Jeremy flirts with Chloe instead of Brooke/Anne man they really changed a lot of stuff around yk
Eminem dies like immediately. That squip DEFINITELY killed him lol
Fun fact: Jeremy is NOT circumcised!
Apparently you just think about the squip turning off to turn it off wow
Jeremy now does pushups whenever he sees an attractive guy on tv instead of whenever he thinks about sex
SQUIPS CAN CONTROL YOUR DREAMS? THATS SO COOL!
lol the squip hates singing
Jeremy instead of the squip says "up up down down left right left right B A start"
wait Brooke is in the book? Then who tf is Anne???
Madeline is now Katrina?
The squip becomes murderous if you drink, i love it!
how does jeremy not know what a pheromone is but is perfectly able to memorize monologues about how humanity has stopped evolving?
Jeremy is a professional boxer and will punch you in the neck and make your gameboy say "dont fuck with me >:(" if you mess with him, remember that folks
Apparently the squip thinks acting like a dog is cute?
NOOO! Some dude named Jason Finderman is the one who has his parents on the run for money laundering and hosts the party instead of Jake
Huh, no optic nerve blocking of Michael? Maybe this version of the squip is actually trying to help Jeremy
Poor Jenna :( she just wanted to talk about how Elizabeth is a slut and Jeremy turned her down
Apparently the squip is also a certified drivers ed instructor! Who knew?
JEREMYS DAD SAYS THE N WORD OK ITS PROBABLY FOR THE BEST THAT ONE GOT CHANGED
Ok smth is up with Jeremy, why is he confessing to Chloe while on ectsasy that he constantly dreams of her with a tail? AND WHY IS SHE KINDA INTO IT??
Fun fact: ectsasy turns the squip spanish
Apparently Chloe's boyfriend in the book is named Brock. Imagine going through 9 months of pregnancy and deciding that your baby should go by fucking Brock lol
Hugging legs is Jeremy's coping mechanism
I love this version of the squip: "TODO LO QUE USTED ES BUENO PARA ES SEXO DEL INTERNET." lmao
btw rich has a belly button kink
Rich named his pp Li'l Cheese Head
No michael in the bathroom moment, instead its more of a michael in a bathtub with an asian girl moment
Michael, who is still buddies with Jeremy :), rushes to tell him of the rich fire
I think rich set the fire bc alcohol + squip = murderous rage in this universe not bc he was trying to get it out
YOOO CHRISTINE IS GONNA BE A PSYCH MAJOR
Jeremy gets a therapist bc his mom freaks out when he tells her about the squip but the therapist is also squipped lol
lol all hollywood actors have squips, awesome
The squip's plan is to have Jeremy confess his love to Christine during the play in front of everybody but she calls him a loser⌠oof
The squip plans to write Jeremy's life story in a book and then have it kill itself with mtn dew red :O
THE WHOLE STORY WAS A BOOK JEREMY/THE SQUIP WROTE FOR CHRISTINE????? AND THEN IT JUST ENDS??????
That was one way to spend like four hours
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