part 367 bears and wolves oh my

[aphanon_meme]

YOU DID IT, I'M SO PROUD OF YOU. Well, it's been a year. I hope it was a good one for you--and that 2018 is even better! And maybe we'll finally get that fansub of even one of the musicals... just maybe.

Enjoy part 367!

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Re: there's going to be a Kabuki play of Naruto

[zeetee]

YES

grover keeps tripping on his robes and destroying the set and is exhausted by the end but darnit he gave it his all

Re: there's going to be a Kabuki play of Naruto

[(Anonymous)]

AND IT COULD BE CALLED

"There's a Monster at the End of this Play"

Re: there's going to be a Kabuki play of Naruto

[zeetee]

ANON, I LIKE THE WAY YOU THINK

GROVER [addressing audience] Oh!! Did you not hear the name of the play? There is a monster at the end of this play! You must leave, it might be scary!!

[audience laughs but stays put]

[music continues]

GROVER: NO NO STOP THE MUSIC, IF THE MUSIC CONTINUES SO WILL THE PLAY AND IT WILL BRING US CLOSER TO THE END OF THE PLAY, WHERE THE MONSTER IS!!

[et cetera, throughout 5 acts]

Re: there's going to be a Kabuki play of Naruto

[(Anonymous)]

YESSSSSS GROVER.

And the final curtain is a large mirror


it is YOU, audience, who were the monsters all along

/TWILIGHT ZONE PLAYS

Re: there's going to be a Kabuki play of Naruto

[zeetee]

WHAT A TWIST

(that is one hundo percent the original ending of Cabaret, by the way)

Re: there's going to be a Kabuki play of Naruto

[(Anonymous)]

Is

is it really

omg

Re: there's going to be a Kabuki play of Naruto

[zeetee]

YEAH my Nana was in the Kit-Kat band back in the 60s, and the set for the nightclub included a big mirror. Throughout the show it wasn't super well-lit, so the audience being dimly reflected in it just kind of added to the illusion of a packed nightclub. (Apparently Nana and the gals in the band used to watch it to see what famous people were in the audience.) But in the final number when the whole nightclub sings while suddenly wearing nazi armbands, the mirror is lit up, displaying the distorted faces of the audience enjoying the spectacle, turning them into a reflection of the populace who ignored or encouraged the rise of nazi ideology in Germany.

I so dearly wish that show had been filmed beyond that one Tony's performance...

Re: there's going to be a Kabuki play of Naruto

[(Anonymous)]

Whaaat that's so cool that she was in the 60s production!! Was it the Broadway production? :O

That's a really brilliant and sobering effect.

I know there's a professional recording of the '87 Broadway revival with Joel Grey out there, but I don't know if it keeps that staging.

Re: there's going to be a Kabuki play of Naruto

[zeetee]

Yup, the Broadway production! You can see her on the piano in the 60s Tonys performance when they wheel the Kit Kat Band onstage 'u'

Right?? Like, the modern ones going to a concentration camp is definitely shocking, but I feel like the original has a different message to give.

Hm! I wonder... my mom's so (understandably!) picky about versions of Cabaret that she hasn't even opened the shrink wrap on our VHS copy of the 70s movie, so she probably hasn't tried the 87 one :'D

Re: there's going to be a Kabuki play of Naruto

[(Anonymous)]

What!!! That is really really cool! I'm going to go watch that Tonys performance now!

I think it was only aired on TV. I found it on Youtube!

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNGeN41ycNw

part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph5tahV0a4g&t=1113s

Maybe download it in case it gets removed, I haven't seen this anywhere else before!

I agree about it having a different message! I'm not sure how I feel about the London '93 revival/Broadway '98 revival/'14 Broadway revival take on the show. It almost feels like a completely different story.

Re: there's going to be a Kabuki play of Naruto

[zeetee]

Ehe, thanks, anon! ;u; I hope you like it!

Ooh, thanks!! /bookmarksss, Looks like they kept the mirror and those ridiculous cat outfits, but not the armbands, huh... oh wow, the characters casually making excuses for ignoring the nazi rise is chilling!

Yeah, I understand the various changes (the later introduction of LGBT themes is actually MORE canon than the 60s version, since the book it was based on had gay themes awkwardly stepped around in the first musical) (a subtle You, The Audience, Is Culpable In Your Passivity theme is not interesting or shocking the fifth time around, I guess, though I think the US could use another round of it these days) butttt I reserve the right to be v v biased towards the one with my nana in it, ahah

Re: there's going to be a Kabuki play of Naruto

[(Anonymous)]

Oh wow, what a difference! And what a wonderful performance. And your nana!! :) :)

(a subtle You, The Audience, Is Culpable In Your Passivity theme is not interesting or shocking the fifth time around, I guess, though I think the US could use another round of it these days)

I might just be reaching, but I wonder if the reason why the theme in the end was not subtle in the '93 London revival/98' Broadway revival is because of the passage of time.

In the 1960s, most of the audience would have had some sort of personal living memory of Nazi Germany/WW2, either as an adult or older teen or even a child. So the theme of turning it on the audience: your passivity makes you complicit, look to yourselves! was subtle but not so subtle that the audiences wouldn't recognize the message. Remember what we experienced--passivity helped it happen.

But by 1993, the bulk of the audience would not have had the personal living memory Nazi Germany/WW2. And their greatest exposure to WW2 would have likely been in relation to concentration camps--lots of books, survivor interviews, TV shows, movies, made in between the 60s and 1993 (and then 1998) made it the most visual symbol of the result of the Nazi rise to power. So instead of turning a mirror to the audience and reminding them of what passivity does, it's a reminder to the audience of what happened.

but that's just my interpretation!

Re: there's going to be a Kabuki play of Naruto

[zeetee]

Isn't it great? :D My mom's favorite part is everyone stomping at the end of the song, it jolts you and reminds you that there's something more going on behind the frivolity. Also she used to be running around downstairs as a little girl, so she could hear it above her.

I completely agree, that's a really thorough analysis! It makes a lot of historic sense that the changes happened when they did. I still think the passivity narrative is important, but it definitely dosn't mean the modern narratives aren't!