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bakers father doesn’t even need to speak in riddles. he wasn’t cursed to do that or anything, he’s just like that

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I want black girls and women to be safe.

I want black girls and women to be happy.

I want black girls and women to be protected.

I want black girls and women to be loved.

I want all the best things for black girls and women.

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TIKTOK HAS DIED!!!! TIKTOK HAS DIED!!!!

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gloria hendry in james bond franchise (1973), black caesar (1973)

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obsessed with these photos of stephen sondheim and bernadette peters

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HIS FACE WHEN EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT!!!

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everything in this life is temporary. except that fandom hyperfixation from when you were 14. that thang will be with you forever there's no escaping.

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Boy, you wanna come to my motel, honey?

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"If I were orpheus I wouldn't look back"

But we look back everyday- rechecking emails, making sure a friend is still behind you, checking to see if you remebered to pick up your keys. It's second nature, a habit of care.

It was second nature for him too. He looked back, not out of weakness, but love. For what is love, if not to look back?

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Armand wasn’t even that weird stage managers are just like that

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Here’s me performing Moments in the Woods at my school MT show case!!!

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Kate Bush dressed as a bat, 1978

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*puts hands on hollywood exec's shoulders, staring unblinking into their eyes* listen to me. you will never get people who hate musicals to like musicals by making your musical less of a musical. if you hide the fact that your film is a musical in the advertising, you're going to get a lot of low ratings from people who hate musicals and went into your movie not expecting a musical and got one anyway. people who hate musicals will hate them no matter how realistic and diegetic and lowkey you try to make it. they will hate musicals even if you completely excise anything complicated, over the top, silly, or even slightly challenging. they will hate musicals even if you cut half the songs. they will hate musicals even if you cast that a-lister who can't sing worth a damn. stop trying to market to people who hate musicals. they're a lost cause. your audience should be people who love musicals. this half-assed middle ground pisses off both camps. just embrace the fact that your movie is a musical. lean into it. don't try and trick musical haters into coming to your film when you could be marketing to the theater kids. better cringe than a coward.

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Clips of "Your Daddy's Son" performed by Nichelle Lewis from the NYCC production of Ragtime.

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