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Can ball gowns be socially acceptable to wear in public again?
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It’s been 16 years since it came out and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets still scares the crap outta me…
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That moment in Wicked when Elphaba rises majestically into the sky on her broom, singing “So if you care to find me, look to the western sky”….. I felt that.
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Wicked characters as Troubled Birds
Elphaba
Glinda
Boq
Fiyero
Crope and Tibbett
Avaric
Nessa
Morrible
Nanny
Liir
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my sister, young and impressionable: i like this song! what is it from?
me, a god, full of theatrical knowledge and wisdom: well, allow me to introduce you to the world of musicals. you see-
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Yo… can straight ppl even see Wicked? With their heterosexual eyes???
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Let he who always sleeps 8 hours cast the first stone…
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something just hit me for the first time. Wicked is Glinda’s narration of the events to the people of Oz/to herself, and it never really occurred to me how unreliable she is as a narrator. Not only that, it means every scene where Elphie is alone is completely Glinda’s own imagining, or her vision of what Elphaba later recounted (including The Wizard and I, I’m Not That Girl and No Good Deed). She could just be making up entire events etc to make the story appear sensible to the people of Oz, including the entire Elphaba/Fiyero romance, to cover her own tracks and her own relationship with Elphaba.
I always considered Gelphie to be a non-canon ship but it never occurred to me that actually it is believably completely canon because Glinda is just lying to us so that she can become Glinda the Good without losing the support of Oz. She’s recounting why the Captain of the Guard/her fiancé ran away/was killed, and why everything went down with the Wizard and the press secretary and trying to paint herself and Elphie in the best possible light without ignoring their “friendship”, because she’s made a promise, because she’s trying to be and do better.
Wicked has just been completely reframed in my mind, all because of Glinda, that sneaky, funky little lesbian
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“Professionally Filming Broadway Shows Will Mean That No One Will Ever Pay to See Live Productions.”
Um, excuse me? Have you ever met any musical theatre fans? They are some of the most tenacious fans you will ever meet. Of course they’re gonna still pay to see it live. There’s a totally different experience between watching the filmed version, and getting to experience the electric energy of being in the space where your favorite show is actually being performed.
People purchase albums by their favorite artists, and still shell out more cash to see the artist perform live. Why would theatre be any different? Some argue that if you’ve seen the filmed version, you’re not not going to have any interest in paying to see the same thing again. This is fundamentally untrue. Live theatre is always fresh—casts rotate, lines are delivered slightly differently, audience energy fluctuates, so there’s always differences between productions. And, for theatre fans, nothing beats the excitement of sitting in a theatre waiting for the cast to put their hearts and souls into the production you’re about to see.
Not to mention that what often holds people back from seeing Broadway productions is the astronomical cost. So, if these people are able to access the professionally filmed versions of shows, it might actually inspire them to purchase cast albums, merch, etc. And, finally, any person who has even the slightest interest in watching a pro shot of a show is almost certainly going to come away feeling inspired by the performance. And, who knows, that may encourage them to get involved with their own local theatre, thus cultivating more support for live theatre.
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theatre challenge → 2/4 costume designs: WICKED ( designed by susan hilferty )
“ If you look at the Elphaba dress up close, you’ll see that it’s not black. It’s actually filled with color. The color that I was responding to was from looking at stones in the earth and gems. The design of her dress is layers that are built with over 40 yards of fabric that are stitched together to have a continuous sense of being from the earth. It’s created to look like the lines you would see in a chunk of earth. ”
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conventional writing wisdom: foreshadowing has to be SUBTLE.
Beggar Woman: hey, don’t I know you, mister? 😵
Fiyero: life is painless for the brainless 😄
Gabe: feeling like I’ll live forever 😛
Audrey: I dream we’ll go somewhere that’s green 😊
Elphaba: when people see me, they will scream!! 😆
Hamilton: I couldn’t seem to die / Burr: wait for it 😏
Javert: *says fall/fell/fallen eight times in his big Act I solo* 😤
J.D.: Ich Lüge 😘
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I have peaked. This is it. I will never top this. I am so proud of myself you dont even know.
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what musical theater fans got arrested for
The Book of Mormon: swearing too joyfully in public and disturbing the peace
Chicago: don’t ask unless you want a seven-minute jazz number
Dear Evan Hansen: wrong place at the wrong time (alternatively: accidentally breaking into private property. They just wanted to check out the pretty field framed with trees.)
Falsettos: chopping fruit threateningly
Hamilton: writing so much White House fanfiction that the Secret Service got scared
Heathers: they were just quoting song lyrics, but it was interpreted as a threat
Legally Blonde: their perm was intact
Les Misérables: …you already know.
Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812: spooking pets, setting off car alarms, and shattering windows while trying to sing “Petersburg”
Newsies: protesting injustice (alternatively: arrested for their own good, as they were attempting the choreography and someone had to stop them)
Next to Normal: pole dancing on a subway
The Phantom of the Opera: swinging from a public chandelier
Rent: testing whether it’s really possible to hack an ATM
Spring Awakening: offending closed-minded adults in positions of power
Waitress: taking the blame for something they didn’t do
Wicked: standing up for their beliefs no matter what
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My opinion on bootlegs
I don’t think you rich people that live in New York City get the fact that there is literally no way some of us can see a musical. We would need to buy tickets to the show, a plane to ticket (or drive there but that would take hours if not a day or days), and a hotel room. I don’t have that kind of money. Nor do I think I will EVER have that kind of money. Some people have to have their money to, I don’t know, live. Most fans of musicals have never seen said musical live. So I’m sorry that we want to also have the privilege of seeing a show that makes up happy (Now this is the part you people that are about to comment need to hear:) But there are laws against it, so we should respect that. But if I’m being totally fucking honest if I find a bootleg for my favorite musical I’m going to watch it. Call me fucking disrespectful if you want but I know I’ll never get another chance to see it.
And that’s the tea on that
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Elphaba–I’m sorry, but somebody has to say it: You are out of control!
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But what if….and stick with me here….all Broadway shows were filmed professionally to make them accessible to everyone?
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