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I just watched Matilda (2022) and have feels
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I was starring in a play version of Matilda as the dad but when it was my time to show up on the stage, I couldn't find my hat and I panicked so much I woke up.
Before this I burned the stage down to make it more "movie accurate".
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Matilda (2022): a summary
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#no i will never shut up about this#they are so important to me#roald dahl's matilda the musical#matilda wormwood#matilda the musical#matilda musical#roald dahl#tim minchin#im aware that Miss Honey teaches more subjects because she's a primary school teacher#but the way they bond over reading makes her feel like an English teacher#and if anything that makes it more queer coded
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Poorly summarizing musicals
A bunch of queer teens learn to embrace the cringe after one of them nearly starts the robot apocalypse
4 people die because this girl was good at forgery
The last one but without death
Choir group dies, what happens next will surprise you!
American history but with rapping
Demonic Ghost becomes friends with a gothy teen… and then tries to marry her.
First grader has telekinesis
#musicals#bmc#be more chill#heathers musical#heathers#mean girls#ride the cyclone#Rtc#hamilton musical#Beetlejuice#matilda musical
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Shoutout to Miss Honey from Matilda fr, gotta be one of my favorite genders
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I believed that I
Would never be able to rely
On anybody else.
And I was sure that I
Would just have to learn to survive
All by myself.
And one day I opened my eyes,
And looked up to find
That the sky had turned blindingly blue,
And right by my side, there was you
Quietly taking a stand
And you are holding my hand.
Still Holding My Hand, Tim Minchin
We watched the Matilda musical on Netflix again on Good Friday.
I adore Tim Minchin - not only is he an amazing actor and comedian, but an incredible musician. So many of his songs have a bittersweet feeling that make them nestle in your brain and make you think and feel things. I've had this song stuck in my head for days, with my brain constantly telling me that this is such an Inuyasha and Kagome song and I had to do something about it. So this is the result.
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Not enough people talking about the netflix adaptation of the Matilda musical! Anyway heres some choreo that blew me away
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Mrs Phelps is so obviously worried about Matilda and the way she is just about jumping out of her metaphorical and literal seat every time Matilda progresses in her story like child I know the protagonist is in trouble let me help her fictional butt let’s go to the police right now yes yes right now no don’t go away I know things aren’t right at home
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Now that it’s been a week since I've watched Roald Dahl's Matilda: The Musical, here are all my thoughts (as someone who loves the musical and played Bruce once):
THE BABIES SINGING IN THE OPENING NUMBER WAS THE CUTEST SHIT I'VE EVER SEEN
The cast was INCREDIBLE!! Emma Thompson was terrifying! Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough were hilarious! Lashana Lynch was so endearing! AND I WANNA SEE ALISHA WEIR IN MORE STUFF BECAUSE SHE ATE IT UP
I want to give credit to the makeup team for Trunchbull's makeup because even though I knew it was Emma Thompson, they did such a good job of realistically transforming her into someone else. Her appearance wasn't a joke in the same way that it is in the musical. Her character in the stage version is definitely pretty misogynistic and transphobic because they play into her masculinity by having a man play her. Here, it's just a way of adding to her character, but it isn't what makes her scary.
All of the changes worked so well in adapting it for the screen. It wasn't just a copy-paste (couch cough everybody's talking about jamie) Examples of the changes that really worked:
Getting rid of Michael Wormwood. It makes sense since the Wormwoods clearly hate kids.
Giving Lavender a pet newt (very Chekhov's Guncore)
Including telekinesis throughout the whole story instead of just showing it a few times in the 3rd act. This includes Nigel asking Matilda if she has TK, Matilda messing with the doors in the cake scene, exploding the chokey, THE FUCKING CHAINS
Having the Spain news earlier in the story, causing a catalyst of events. Matilda is enraged, she sings I'm Here, she explodes the chokey (which was BONE-CHILLING), it gives Trunchbull a reason to make more chokies, and now Matilda is so emotional that she can take her powers to the extreme with the chalkboard and the chains and throwing Trunchbull out the window. All of this gave much better pacing in the story and made it all connected.
Having more scenes outside of the classroom (the cake scene and The Smell of Rebellion) and putting Ms. Phelps' library in her car. It's quirky and also gives them an excuse to put the storytelling scenes in pretty locations.
Giving Ms Honey a bike while her co-worker had a car, foreshadowing her being poor.
Putting Matilda's bedroom in the attic made so much sense because the Wormwoods obviously did the bare minimum for their child.
The students' drawings in Ms Honey's cottage
SO MANY FANTASY SEQUENCES! BRUCE!! WHEN I GROW UP!!! QUIET!!!!
All of the kids were so adorable (and ridiculously talented!)
The storytelling sequences!!! Interweaving it with the real world worked so well, like Matilda making it a real story for school but also clearly using it to cope. And putting them in a real circus made me more empathy for the Honeys, which lacked in the stage version because it always felt very thrown-in to me. Like, I genuinely got nervous during the stunt with the dynamite. It also made "I'm Here" even more emotional. Carl Spencer was amazing as Magnus and I teared up a bit. Also the parallels of I'm Here vs My House, helping Matilda put the pieces together.
The new song wasn't my favorite but it was a really nice finishing touch. Even though the circus at the school didn't logically make sense it was so fun
The only things I disliked: I wanted more of the already incredible stuff. More of the Wormwoods, who were absolutely hilarious, especially Mrs Wormwood. I really missed "Loud" (though removing it helped with the pacing). I wanted a bit more of Bruce (they didn’t give him the high note in Revolting Children 😭), and I would've liked Ms Honey to be a bit more affectionate with Matilda.
Anywho I want snort this movie like cocaine
#summer says stuff#matilda the musical#matilda 2022#matilda musical#roald dahl's matilda the musical
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There is something so profound to the Matilda lyrics "you were just holding my hand, you were just there for me" because it implies that it's still my own responsibility to change my story, but it's so so so so important to have someone/some people to stand by you and JUST be there for you while you rewrite it.
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It's No secret i'm a theater kid, I'm a annoying, weird, queer theater kid. And as a theater kid, I love to sing every musical song in my tiny little bean brain. And in honor of my end-of-the-year theater showcase tonight, I give you; The Rise Boys Musical Headcannons! ( Because in my world they are all theater nerds )
Gay Kid ( Leo )
Ride The Cyclone: There is no way My guy has NOT Listened or watched this Musical ( If you haven't; Go watch it on youtube. ) He Is A Noel kinnie ( Probably? Idk. ) And His Favorite Songs are Noel's Lament and What The World Needs ( To Which He has choreographed both.)
Mean Girls: Not only does he LOVE The Og Mean Girls; He Loves The Musical As Well. He Jams to the whole playlist at 2:AM. His Favorite songs are Sexy, Revenge Party, And Stupid With Love. And He always blasts Stupid With Love Whenever he gets a little gay crush on a guy he saw for 5 seconds.
Dear Evan Hansen: The Musical My guy listens to whenever he gets depressed :( . His Favorite Songs Are obviously Sincerely, Me. And Waving Through A Window.
A.U.T.I.S.M. ( Donnie. )
Hamilton: The Ultimate Nerd Musical, For The Ultimate Nerd. This Guy Has Been singing this soundtrack 'Non-Stop' ( Get It? ) Ever Since it went on Broadway. Favorite song's are pretty basic though. ( Non-Stop And Satisfied.) But Still Good.
Beetlejuice: HFIJBNHJJNJKFJN BEST MUSICAL EVER!!- Anyways, This Is the Ultimate Musical For Me And Donnie. He Is a Beetlejuice Kinnie. Favorite songs are Say My Name And That Beautiful Sound.
Heathers: I'm Saying it right here; Donnie Is a JD Stan. Favorite Songs are Freeze Your Brain and Lifeboat.
Teddy Bear. ( Raph. )
Anastasia: He Loves The Book, The Movie, And the Musical. Favorite song is Paris Holds the Key ( To Your Heart.) He Be Working Out To this Shit.
The Greatest Showman ( Yes It's A Musical ): I Used to LOVE This Movie, Raph Secretly watches this movie every night before he goes to bed. Favorite Songs are Obviously A Million Dreams and The Other Side.
DR FEELINGS!! ( Mikey )
Six: Katherine Howard Stan!!! This Is How Donnie got him to learn history Lol. Favorite Song Is All You Wanna Do
Percy Jackson Musical: He Loves The Books, And The Series, So Of course He loves the Musical! D.O.A And The Campfire Song are his top picks <3
Matilda: I actually watched a off-broadway Version Of This- Again, He Read the book so He likes The Musical. He says all the songs are his favorite.
That's all I got Lol, Sorry That It looks Rushed, It Is. I didn't have enough time to go into depth for all of them, enjoy!
#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rise of the tmnt#rise season 3#rottmnt#tcest dni#tmnt#rise donnie#rise leo#save rottmnt#rise mikey#rise raph#musicals#six the musical#hamilton musical#matilda musical#a bunch of other musicals
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I just listened to the Matilda soundtrack for the 84th time and I came up with an idea. And of course it's related to TF2.
The song "My House" but it's scout singing about how he feels at home at base even if the space he's living in isn't really ideal. And spy secretly listening only to blow his own cover by singing the dad's parts.
The song just reminded me of them SO much.
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Matilda 2022 - Naughty
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Oh, you wanted to be Matilda as a child? How's that queerness and neurodivergency going for you?
#roald dahl's matilda the musical#matilda wormwood#matilda musical#matilda the musical#roald dahl#tim minchin#this is 100% a self callout btw
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I’m watching the Matilda musical movie rn, and like, I saw the American movie so many times as a child and love it so much. But this movie (and I assume the original stage production of the musical too) really drive home how both Matilda and Miss Honey are manifesting trauma from being abused.
Like the story has always been about that, and I don’t know how deep the original book goes into it bc I’ve never read it, but Matilda having dark thoughts, and being afraid to speak to adults in front of her parents, and actively thinking up lies to authority figures about how much her parents love her, and having multiple adults showing genuine concern for her and suspecting she might be abused… like there’s a whole song about how she dissociates when yelled at. It just makes even the over the top, British-humor-y abuse in the movie feel real.
I don’t know. I am just distraught over this movie rn, and I’ve never been distraught over the plot of Matilda before even though I’ve seen the other version so many times.
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Will actually never be over how the Matilda musical starts at ‘lol isn’t it ridiculous when parents act like their precious child is a special little miracle’ and ends at ‘actually all children are precious special miracles who deserve love and respect so jot that down’
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