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saw a picture that reminded me of them

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Angel

Rachel Zegler in Evita

dir. Jamie Lloyd

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Rebecca Caine

Phantom of the Opera

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The Les Mis performance for Trump just reminds me of how utterly hollow, toothless, and meaningless all “political” broadway musicals are. It’s especially weird because the original novel Les Miserables was an extremely specific and radical leftist political statement when it was published, and still is radical in many ways today— the musical has just sanded away all its rough edges into toothless hollow platitudes that anyone can consume and feel like it validates them. It’s frustrating how such a relevant political work has been converted into something so empty, so determined not to say anything. All the novel’s systemic criticism/satire of the police is eliminated, the rebellion is made generic and non-specific, the politics sanded away into nothing. The original novel was written as a call to action against Napoleon III, a “president” who declared himself emperor and began dismantling democratic institutions; the modern musical is written so that a president who is doing the same things can watch it and feel that he is the hero.

People criticize Hamilton, but at least when Hamilton did a performance where Mike Pence was in attendance in 2016 they stopped to address him directly and urge his administration to have compassion for immigrants. Hamilton might be liberal or “not leftist enough” but that’s radical in the extremely conservative billionaire-funded world of Broadway, where every musical is carefully designed to be utterly devoid of any coherent political statement.

And the actors, artists, and everyone involved in the performance were too spineless to even address Trump directly, the way that the Hamilton performers did. They make so much money off the shallow aesthetic of revolution while ignoring even the fundamental basics of the political statement that the original novel was written to send.

I don’t know how these performers do it—- the cowardice and hypocrisy would eat me alive.

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出来操逼

大妈

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Found this in my drafts! I assume i didn't like it much when I first put it there? But now it doesn't seem too bad, perhaps because it's been 20 years since I've colored something.

Leroux vs key characters I guess.

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And listen to the music of the night.

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POTO OLC🥺

He's everywhere.

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Marjan Shaki, my beloved as Helene von Wittelsbach

Marjan only played in Elisabeth's Japan tour in Osaka (March to May 2007)

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A Rebecca Caine inspired Christine sketch💖🥺💖

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Definitely my favorite Christine

Rebecca Caine - Christine Daae

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that one jim and pam scene.. i miss them it’s time for my annual the office rewatch

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Actually I don’t think “cheatings” in fanfics or between virtual characters are big deals, I mean, they are NOT cheating in real lives! Characters doing things are not moral is fine! It is just like when you are playing games, I don’t know,you are shooting others in video games doesn’t indicate anything about your personality, killing people in games is definitely not equal to having violent tendency in real lives!

Any way this is just something comes to my mind when I was watching Love never dies musical.

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Cuteeeeeeeee

found this in my ancient tumblr folder haven't seen it in a while

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Little biscuits<3

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Baby girl

Mary Philbin with some fan mail at Universal Pictures in 1922. She was a Wampas Baby Star that year but had not yet played her most famous role, aspiring opera singer Christine Daae opposite Lon Chaney in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925).

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Saturday, May 17, 2025 • 9 p.m. EST: John Cudia, Jennifer Hope Wills & Adam Monley (U.S. Tour 2006)

Please join me this weekend for a very very talented, fan-favorite pairing. Watch as John Cudia whips innocent partygoers with his cape! Marvel at Kimilee Bryant, a former Christine, as Carlotta! And find out how Jackhammer Meg™ earned her nickname!

As always, the stream will be on cy.tube and shy anons are welcome. For more info, please see the Saturday Streams FAQ! Link and password will be posted here at 8:45.