Okay no one asked me why the West End revival is the gayest version of Heathers but I wanted to give evidence so here it is.
First off, let's start with the actually canon queerness. I'm talking about New Wave Girl and Stoner Girl. This only turned up in the OG West End cast, so I'll lay it out: during Me Inside Of Me, New Wave puts her arm on Stoner's shoulder, but when Stoner goes to hold her hand she pulls it away:
BUT THEN during the section of MIOM that sings "And you and you and you and youuuuu!" Stoner point to New Wave specifically (just below Ronnie and JD):
Then this happens:
Next, I shall call to the stand the fact that Duke and McNamara's relationship prior to Chandler's death - specifically, defending Duke against Chandler - is a lot more pronounced. As Duke takes Chandler's solo in Candy Store, McNamara is clearly worried and apprehensive about how Chandler will react, even miming telling Duke to get away before she gets hurt.
And later on, rushing to help Duke when she's shoved.
(I know this happens in the Bway version too, but it just hits different here because of how aggressive Chandler was)
Later, during Never Shutting Up Again, McNamara doesn't join in at all. The second Duke steals Veronica's diary, McNamara is by her side, helping her.
And then can be seen standing uncomfortably out of the way for the remainder of the song.
In the Broadway version, she joins and even adds to the lies and rumors during the reprise of Blue, contrasting to this version.
Also during Never Shutting Up Again, Heather Chandler's ghost is clearly angry. She's scowling at Kurt and Ram, throwing her hands up, stalking off, showing very obviously that she's annoyed at what's happening with the lies. She may be a mythic bitch, but they were messing with her Veronica and she was having none of it.
I couldn't get good images of this. I'm not even a big Chansaw shipper, but I found this so cute.
Finally, at the end, Duke takes Veronica's hand and reciprocates her hug.
This is something Broadway Duke doesn't do. Duke was on the edge of becoming the next Chandler, but in that moment, she decided to take whatever chance at normalcy she had and stay with Veronica and McNamara.
Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.
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west end heathers has everything
jamie muscato
british people trying to do american accents and failing adorably
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i say no
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that little rasp/growl thing jamie muscato does with his voice
carrie hope fletcher
sick instrumentals
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