I watched Matilda: the musical on netflix. And loved it of course.
The music was great, the actors, both kids and adults were awesome and perfectly cast...
But one thing I really really liked, was that it wasn't just Matilda who stood up against Miss Trunchbull.
Even the older kids, the prefects, were warning the younger kids, not just to scare them, but to protect them.
When that first boy came running for help, Matilda told the other kids what to do, sure. But the other kids went along and helped her.
All the kids cheered for Bruce to finish the cake.
You could see they were hurting, but they weren't broken.
I loved how Miss Honey kept trying to stand up to the headmistress. First quietly, by making learning fun. But then by protesting, and trying to speak up for her students, more and more forcefully so as the movie continues.
I loved that in the scene leading to Trunchbulls defeat, it wasn't Matilda who gave the first push to the other kids to revolt. They all stood up to Trunchbull. Matilda's power lended the physical force the kids lacked. But Trunchbull had already lost before that, when the kids found strength in one another. Realizing that they were stronger together.
So that when we get the song 'Revolting Children' it's the kids' song. Instead of making it Matilda's song.
That it's Bruce who calls the entire school to revolt. And the older kids choice to join in before they even realize that Trunchbull is already defeated.
It goes against the idea of the lone hero saving the day, and instead shows how a person can inspire others to save themselves by working together.
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Hello! Your blog is pretty cool! Can Mrs. Trunchbull (from Matilda) kill Macbeth?
(I am so sorry if this was asked already and I missed it)
Yes, Agatha Trunchbull from Matilda could kill Macbeth!
She applies for the Gender Clause. She does claim that she was never a child and/or that she grew out of childhood very quickly, though this is most likely just something she has convinced herself of due to her vehement hatred of children, refusing to believe she ever could have been one, and not some sort of supernatural origin.
Thank you for your submission!
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ROLES I WANT DAVID TENNANT TO PLAY IN MUSICALS: THE MASTERLIST
Okay so I've divided this into three categories, which you shall see below!
Roles I Think David Could/Should Play NOW:
Charlie Guiteau in Assassins
someone in Brigadoon bc it would be funny
The Emcee in Cabaret
Ryuk in Death Note
The Man In The Chair in The Drowsy Chaperone
The Dysquith Family in A Gentleman's Guide to Love And Murder
Herbie in Gypsy
Hades in Hadestown
Frollo in Hunchback of Notre Dame (okay give him like five years)
The Baker in Into The Woods
Lord Chancellor in Iolanthe
Albin or Georges in La Cage Aux Folles (either one as long as the other is played by Michael Sheen)
Trunchbull in Matilda OKAY HEAR ME OUT (he could also do Mr Wormwood)
Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady
Fagin in Oliver
Tateh in Ragtime
Riff Raff OR Frank N Furter in Rocky Horror
Shakespeare in Something Rotten
Squidward in SpongeBob (im so serious)
Sweeney Todd (utterly delusional but I need it to happen)
The Wizard in Wicked
Roles I Think David Would Have Nailed When He Was Younger
The Balladeer in Assassins
anyone in Cats please it would be so funny (especially Munkustrap)
Connor Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen (like Campbell era come ON)
Motel in Fiddler on the Roof
Marvin in Falsettos (he MIGHT get away with that now not sure)
Monty in Gentleman's Guide
J.P. Finch in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
Molina in Kiss of the Spider Woman
Emmet in Legally Blonde
Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors
Edgar Allan Poe in Nevermore
Leo Frank in Parade
Narrator/Cat in the Hat in Seussical
Georg in She Loves Me
any character Christian Borle played in Spamalot
Tobias Ragg in Sweeney Todd
Roles David Quite Doesn't Have The Instrument For But I Would Watch Him Do Them Anyway Bc He Would Act The Hell Out Of Them:
Any Elder in The Book of Mormon (Younger)
Robert in Bridges of Madison County
Bobby in Company (Younger)
Jervis in Daddy Long Legs (Younger)
Lucheni in Elisabeth (Younger)
or death. Rudolph too tbh
Bruce Bechdel in Fun Home
Edward Rochester in Jane Eyre
Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde (younger)
Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar (younger)
Javert in Les Miserables
Christian in Moulin Rouge (Younger)
Pierre in Great Comet (this one actually kills me bc he and Phileas are so similar)
OR ANATOLE HOLY CRAP
Gabe in Next to Normal (Younger)
Erik in Phantom of the Opera
Mark Cohen in Rent (younger)
Noel Gruber or Ricky Potts in Ride the Cyclone (younger)
Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden
Joe/Josephine in Some Like It Hot
BURRS IN THE WILD PARTY OH I WISH THIS WERE REALISTIC IT WOULD BE SO GOOD
GOD this is long please spill the opinions so this was worth it
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Miss Trunchball from Matilda
She was a hammer throwing olympian, hammers is her whole thing. Hammers, murder, and traumatizing children. And if she's worthy to lift Amanda Thripp, surely Mjolnir is no problem.
......This is no ordinary hammer. That is all I will say.
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The other kids in Matilda were pretty chill about a ghost attacking the principal. I mean, yeah, she deserved it, but they were all quick to accept the windows strobing and chalk writing by itself and erasers flying all around. They weren't even freaked out, they were laughing! Good for them.
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