i dont need a partner, what i REALLY need is a friend who is aware of the existence of the black suits and love in hate nation cause i can't keep telling JUST the voices in my head about joe iconis !
Submit to me your Joe Iconis songs for a bracket. This will legally determine the best Joe Iconis song of all time. Please make a new submission for each song you submit.
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i really fucking love this song so i wanted more people to hear it. it's from the musical "the black suits" by joe iconis, and the two lead singers here are ben platt and jason hite. it's about a garage band you know the drill.
The evil henchmen archetype is usually pretty shallowly used and not explored much, and I myself don’t think too much abt characters of that type but the duality between the white suits and blacksuits is very interesting to me.
The blacksuits are driven by a need of survival almost, they don’t respect Hyodo as much as they fear him. They’re not exactly “evil henchmen” as much as they’re just “henchmen”, some of them even expresses sympathy and admiration for good hearted ppl like Kaiji. In a way it also fits the theme of Kaiji, where the characters are more relatable and down to earth.
However, the white suits are more fascinating to me in that they’re fiercely loyal to Washizu despite his abuse of them. They don’t exactly put a unique spin on the archetype, moreso exploring the psychology of an evil henchman.
Evil at its core is selfish yet these henchmen are selfless and loyal to a fault. They have completely sublimated themselves as Washizu’s dogs and are happy with it. They’re almost anti-Akagi in their loyalty, in that their individuality is virtually non-existent and they only exists as extensions of their boss.
I think what makes them stand out to me is because losing yourself is some of the most terrifying things to happen to someone personally. Even in relationships, we can only sacrifice and compromise so much yet these men consciously and consensually succumb to it and revels in it. It’s hard to wrap your head around and that’s why they continue to interests me as characters