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millenari · 7 months

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This is what I meant in my last post abt this version of Macavity trying very hard to be simultaneously more and less provocative btw.

It’s kind of fascinating-- there's a big chunk of Cats that does little to no storytelling beyond 'check out this cool character who’s part of the Jellicle club' and yet Macavity is one of the few songs that’s actually trying to tell the audience something vital to the plot: Demeter knows Macavity.

It's important that the audience learns this-- not only that there is a story between those two, but also what that story is. If Cats doesn't establish that connection, then it'll just look like Macavity is snatching up random ensemble cats during his and Munk's fight. This song establishes the connection between Dem and Mac, and gives the audience a big fat reason why Mac is targeting her specifically: their relationship was sexual. You cannot escape from the fact that their relationship was sexual in 98 Macavity.

And this gives Mac a motive! It characterizes him as a villain, it establishes why he's even interrupting the Ball in the first place, it establishes why he targets Demeter, & it establishes why Demeter specifically seems terrified of him. Without the context this song provides, Demeter might as well just be a random ensemble cat who gets the responsibility of yelling 'Macavity' for each scare.

See: Macavity and Demeter had a sexual (maybe romantic) relationship > Macavity wants to get Demeter back > Macavity interrupts the Ball and takes Deuteronomy (and attempts to take her along the way) > Misto has to bring back Deuteronomy. This song sets up a big chunk of what Cats' plot/conflict is.

But tswifts bomba/dem Frankenstein (Demetaylurina if u will) is very obviously not in a relationship with Macavity; she works for him. He's her boss. She's not even a Jellicle, there's no reason we need the relationship between these two cats to be explained to the audience.

The stage play certainly doesn’t bother establishing the relationship between Macavity and the 2-3 henchcats that help him kidnap Deut! Their relationship doesn't matter, Demetaylurina herself doesn't really matter either, all she does is drug the cats (which is its own weird thing, plot-wise) and she only does like 2% of that job, most of it is M&R and the rigged moon prop.

And then you can say 'well she doesn’t matter to the plot but her relationship with Macavity can still be explored, not everything has to be plot-relevant’ which is true, there are big chunks of Cats that’s pretty much just exploration of non-plot-relevant cats' relationships. But the song doesn't explore their relationship. Because their relationship in the movie pretty clearly isn't sexual, and yet Demetaylurina still acts and sings in this provocative manner that (tries to) mirror the stage version. Like I said in the other post, the choreo that slings it in the audience's face that Demeter (and Bomba) had a sexual relationship with Macavity is gone, so their relationship is comparatively pretty sexless. But there's still this sexuality to the song that tswift just tries to jam in there with her voice and sort-of dancing that serves absolutely no storytelling purpose.

All of the sexuality in regular Macavity is very pointed-- both Bomba and Demeter have this sexual tension between themselves & Macavity, which is impressive bc he’s not even present. That 'there’s no one like Macavity' line where Demeter smacks a hand on her inner hip is an excellent example-- and it loses all of its oomph in tswifts version.

By all definitions, if they wanted to rework Bomba/Dem to being Macavity's henchcat instead of his former lover, then the song should've reflected that-- make it a menacing jazzy song like the original M&R!

But they don’t do that. The song is still sexual, or at least it tries to be: instead of the very potent, very pointed sexual aspect between these two characters in the stage play, you get Demetaylurina just kind of putting off sexiness into the world with no target and no goal, it’s just. there. It doesn't have any storytelling aspect to it and frankly it feels like the bargain version of most Demeters and Bombas-- and that's not even a dig at tswift, because again Dem and Bomba actresses are working with this actual story, dynamic, and history that they're given to act out to the audience as vividly as they can. Meanwhile tswift is just. Being sexy. Her character has no background, no meaning, no dynamics with other characters, no history. She’s just there. Being passively sexy.

Except it’s not passive because you can tell she’s trying very hard to come off that way.

It's just… odd and janky.

#cats fan on main #sorry if the volume is too quiet #2019 negativity #jelliclerants

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rfamess · 4 years

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This cured my boredom for a little bit. Was making a few new music playlists and thought.. hmm. I wonder what kind of music the RFA listens to? So, I made this. For no reason at all.

What Kind of Music the RFA + V/Saeran Listen To:

Saeyoung/707:

- (I always see people writing that he’d listen to all star or other cringe meme songs because that’s what seems to be his entire personality, but I like to think he has more substance than that and listens to songs that don’t have to do with memes.)

- He definitely listens to rap/hip-hop.

- Can you not imagine him driving down the road in his cars, windows down, music blasting?

- He listens to his music uber loud in his headphones while working.

- His favorite artist is probably Tyler the creator, i mean, how could you not love him.

- Listens to Mac Miller when he’s sad :(

PLAYLIST:

Who Dat Boy - Tyler the Creator

Stutter - Freddie Dredd

Evil Fantasy - Freddie Dredd

Sweatpants - Childish Gambino

Bounce - Logic

Dead Wrong - Notorious B.I.G.

Movement - Oliver Tree

Stick to Your Guns - Watsky

Both - Gucci Mane

No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys

Can I Kick It - A Tribe Called Quest

No Limit - G Easy

Circles - Mac Miller

Broke Bitch - TMG (lol)

Bonfire - Childish Gambino

I THINK - Tyler the Creator

Good News - Mac Miller

I - Kendrick Lamar

FACE - Brockhampton

King Kunta - Kendrick Lamar

Lovely Things Suite: Knots - Watsky

Zen:

- (Similar to Saeyoung, I don’t believe Zens entire personality revolves around musicals, he probably doesn’t listen to them that often imo.)

- I like to think he’s a... well rounded individual when it comes to music

- Listens to anything and everything.

- I could see him listening to the same music as Seven, but is also very into 70s-90s rock like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the like.

- He runs listening to all of his music on shuffle and doesn’t have a specific playlist so there’s never a certain vibe to it— it really is all over the place.

- In addition to Seven’s playlist, here’s Zen’s

PLAYLIST:

Funny Face - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Santeria - Sublime

Badfish - Sublime

The Luck You Got - The High Strung

Dedicated to the One I Love - The Mamas and the Papas

Heart of Glass - Blondie

Come as You Are - Nirvana

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

Machu Picchu - The Strokes

Dirty Harry - Gorillaz

Love of Your Life - Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Adults Are Talking - The Strokes

Bailee - The Licks

Where is my Mind - Pixies

Hurt Like Mine - The Black Keys

Gap - The Kooks

Give it Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand

Hoops - The Rubens

Conquest - The White Stripes

Ten Cent Pistol - The Black Keys

Yoosung:

- Yoosung likes more upbeat music, maybe more new age/alternative pop

- Listens to music every time he tries to study, but usually get distracted by it and starts to sing along instead of actually doing his work

- Is probably trying to branch out of his style, Seven and Zen try to convince him to listen to their favorite genres

- The three of them always argue about who has the best taste in music lol

- He’s constantly wondering if his music is “manly” enough (it’s okay yoosung it’s just music)

- If this dude gets drunk and hears any of this music he goes absolutely wild and dances all over the place

PLAYLIST:

Bambi - Hippocampus

Turn - the Wombats

Paris - Magic Man

Chronic Sunshine - Cosmo Pike

Death of a Bachelor - Panic! At the Disco

Silvertongue - Young the Giant

Brazil - Declan McKenna

Unbelievers - Vampire Weekend

Baseball - Hippocampus

Australia - The Shins

Prune, You Talk Funny - Gus Dapperton

Honeypie - JAWNY

Alien Boy - Oliver Tree

Satellite - Guster

So Young - Portugal. The Man

Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

Circles - Post Malone

Unbearably White - Vampire Weekend

Tiny Umbrella - Coast Modern

Way it Goes - Hippocampus

Electric Feel - MGMT

Jumin:

- this guy has 2 modes and that’s it: classical bitch or music that has words

- He appreciates the fine art of classical music and listens to it when he has work to get done or when he’s trying to relax.

- If he’s in a good mood he’ll put on a playlist that includes “music with actual lyrics!”

- It’s a dad playlist. Billy Joel, Billy Joel, Billy Joel, Elton John, The Beatles, Billy Joel.

- He likes Billy Joel. Jumin has a dad personality you can’t convince me otherwise lol

- He tried to branch out but can get very picky in his interests. “I don’t like this guitar riff— change it”

- Either way his 2 modes are apparent in his playlists

PLAYLIST:

Dreams - Fleetwood Mac

California Dreamin’ - The Mamas and the Papas

Don’t Ask Me Why - Billy Joel

Starman - David Bowie

Miss You - The Rolling Stones

Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest

Come and Get Your Love - Redbone

It’s Too Late - Carole King

Movin’ Out - Billy Joel

A Horse With No Name - America

I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles

Honky Cat - Elton John

Vienna - Billy Joel

The Stranger - Billy Joel

Waltz in A Minor - Chopin

Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor - Brahms

Waltz No. 7 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2 - Chopin

Souvenir de Paganini - Chopin

Solfeggietto in C Minor - Bach

Prelude in B Minor, Op. 32, No. 10 - Rachmaninoff

IV. Allegro Molto From Quartet - Yo-Yo Ma

La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin - Debussy

Porz Goret - Yann Tiersen

Carnival of the Animals: VII. Aquarium - Camille Saint-Saëns

Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan - Camille Saint-Saëns

Jaehee:

- We all know her obsession with Musicals (specifically zens)

- Other than this she listens to...well honestly I don’t know

- Her music doubles as something she can get hyped up with and something she can listen to to relax.

- She loves to dance, so a lot of her songs and just songs that she’ll never be able to refuse to move her feet to!

- She likes the old classics and then she likes Doja Cat. Lizzo? Queen.

- She’s a barb let’s be real please. you can never convince me that she’s not

PLAYLIST:

Adore You - Harry Styles

She - Harry Styles

Call Me - Blondie

Starships - Nicki Minaj

Hey Mickey - Toni Basil

Juice - Lizzo

Say So - Doja Cat

Voulez-Vous - ABBA

Waterloo - ABBA

Cuz I Love You - Lizzo

Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack (LOL the memories associated with this song after Killing Stalking..... hahahaha BUT ITS STILL A GREAT SONG!)

Only - Nicki Minaj

Boss Bitch - Doja Cat

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

Beez in the Trap - Nicki Minaj

Woman - Harry Styles

9 to 5 - Dolly Parton

Blame it on the Boogie - Michael Jackson

One Way or Another - Blondie

Tia Tamera - Doja Cat

Truth Hurts - Lizzo

- indie boy indie boy indie boy indie boy

- Cmon just look at him he’s an indie boy

- If you’ve ever met a film student that gatekeeps music, they have the same exact taste but V won’t say shit to make you feel stupid. It’s just music bruv

- If you’ve ever been to an indie concert you know the fuckin dance you know what I’m talking about. he does that.

- Rolls a joint, pops the music off and he paints, does photography, whatever. Either way he straight vibes every single time the tunes come on.

- Low key thinks he has the best music taste. that’s just how dem indie kids roll let’s be real here.

- For some reason knows everything about every type of music. will spew facts about artists and songs at random

PLAYLIST:

Shuggie - Foxygen

Necessary Evil - Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Homage - Mild High Club

Another One - Mac DeMarco

Plants - Crumb

What Once Was - Her’s

Heart and My Car - Summer Salt

Cottage Roads - The Walters

Moonlight on the River - Mac DeMarco

Work This Time - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Like Yesterday - Paul Cherry

Call it Fate, Call it Karma - The Strokes

Knowhere - Nick DeLaurentis

Escargot Blues - Guantánamo Bay Surf Club

A Side / B Side - Tipling Rock

Dark Red - Steve Lacy

That I Miss You - Vansire

Top Tier Love - Lonely Benson

Driving to Hawaii - Summer Salt

Taking Up Space - Mustard Service

She’s the Only One - King Guru

Saeran:

- emo boy emo boy emo boy

- We all know it

- As much as I’d love to say he listens to heavy death metal, there’s a part of my mind saying NO he’s not like that.

- Well he is, but he’s got more than a few single interest

- Probably listens to Nirvana, Cage the Elephant, anything similar

- Is always trying to listen to new music

- Kind of sick of Seven blasting his music all the time and listens to the opposite of hip hop whenever possible

- Honestly enjoys all types of music, but sticks to his favorites

PLAYLIST:

- All Apologies - Nirvana

- Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene - Hozier

- Soma - The Strokes

- Black Madonna - Cage the Elephant

- Hysteria - Muse

- Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High - Arctic Monkeys

- I Got Mine - The Black Keys

- Supermassive Black Hole - Muse

- Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers

- Back Against the Wall - Cage the Elephant

- Creep - Radiohead

- Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana

- Demon Days - Gorillaz

- Bulls on Parade - Rage Against The Machine

- Matador - The Buttertones

- Holiday - Green Day

- RIP - The Licks

- London Calling - The Clash

- Loser - Beck

- What I Got - Sublime

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uppastthejelliclemoon · 4 years

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“It’s not bad to cry. In fact, I think it makes a person stronger.” Munkustrap to an upset Tugger!

Tugger sat across from Munkustrap in the silver tabby’s den, the two toms not speaking. It was the morning after the Jellicle Ball, and while Old Deuteronomy had returned to the Vicarage, his sons were still trying to process everything that had happened.

Munkustrap studied his younger brother, noticing how tense Tugger was, and the way that his gold eyes were shimmering with tears that he was furiously refusing to let fall.

“It’s not bad to cry.” the silver tabby said quietly, reaching out and touching his brother’s shoulder. “In fact, I think it makes a person stronger.”

Tugger rolled his eyes, looking at Munkustrap with a glare that held no heat. “You’re one to talk. Don’t think I didn’t hear you telling Dem you were perfectly fine last night. You were obviously crying, Straps.”

Munkustrap chuckled slightly, nodding in defeat. “I know. I just... after everything that happened last night, I had to be there for Dem. I just needed to put my own stuff to the side.”

“Well, Dem’s off with Bomba and Jem for the day, and it’s just us here now.” Tugger said with a small, bittersweet grin. “If you tell me what’s bothering you, I’ll tell you what’s bothering me.”

“Well, first off, Mom coming back was definitely something, and I still don’t know whether to forgive her or not.” Munkustrap began. “I want to forgive her, but I have no idea if I should, because I know Jem is innocent and doesn’t know any better.” Munkustrap’s eyes filled with tears, and he buried his face in his paws. “Everlasting, so much happened, and then Mac came in, and he took Dad, and no one was able to stop him, and I’ve never felt so useless.”

Tugger huffed, not unkindly. “You thought you were useless? Munk, you literally fought against Mac, you protected the tribe, and you risked your life.” He shifted and sat beside Munkustrap, pressing their shoulders together. “I couldn’t even face him. I hid with Misto like a coward. I couldn’t in the same area as Mac, and I couldn’t even face Mom.” Tugger sighed, his voice breaking. “You’re braver than I’ll ever be.”

“I’m sorry, but who’s the one that brought everyone’s spirits back up after Dad was taken?” Munkustrap asked, nudging the maine coon’s arm. “It was your idea to get Mistoffelees to help, and you’re the one who managed to distract the kittens and get them to stop freaking out.”

“Please. That was all Misto’s idea.” Tugger said, rolling his eyes as he stubbornly wiped away the few tears that fell onto his cheeks. “I just followed his plan.”

Munkustrap grabbed Tugger’s shoulders, looking at him with narrowed eyes. “Don’t you dare sell yourself short, Tugs. You’re amazing, and you’re stronger than you think.” The silver tabby leaned forward, pressing his forehead against Tugger’s. “Tugs, you’re more than what others think about you. You’re more than what Mom and Macavity thought of you.”

Tugger squeezed his eyes shut, and Munkustrap felt his younger brother’s shoulders begin to shake. He pulled Tugger into a tight hug, and Tugger wrapped his arms around him, burying his face in his brother’s shoulder and curling against him like a kitten. Munkustrap felt tears fall down his own cheeks as the two brothers clung to each other, wanting nothing more than to shield his little brother from everything from the world.

“I don’t know what I’d do without you, Munk.” Tugger whispered, his voice shaking.

“I’m always going to be here for you, Tugs.” Munkustrap replied, smiling slightly as Tugger nuzzled against him. “We’re always going to have each other.”

“No matter what?”

“No matter what.”

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huahsu · 6 years

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YEAR OF THE GHOST DOG

[TL;DR version for the New Yorker -- I loved many great short songs and became obsessed with (1) a very old, much longer one (2) and YouTube comments this year.] [links to previous year’s lists at the bottom]

A while back, I found myself in an extended funk. The reasons are uninteresting and honestly a bit dumb, a mix of everyday bummers and more existential stuff, all of which manifested in a kind of 360º sluggishness. I couldn’t really figure my way out of it but I believed that I would eventually stop feeling this way.

One night, I saw that someone online was selling a copy of the Emulations “These Are the Things,” a magnificent soul ballad 7″ out of Oakland. I wasn’t exactly homesick for the Bay Area, but something about the song’s roots, as well as its overwhelming feeling of optimistic yearning, resonated with (through?) me. There’s a moment when the singer’s falsetto peaks, and the piano starts cascading, and things feel like they’re going to work out after all. The copy for sale wasn’t in great shape, and it cost $100, an extravagant amount of money to spend on a piece of music. But I convinced myself that I’d feel better at some point, weeks, months, or years later, and I’d listen to my Emulations single, and recall that weird summer/fall.

As often happened with independently produced records of the sixties and seventies, “These Are the Things” was pressed on styrene, rather than vinyl. Styrene is a kind of plastic that’s lighter, cheaper and much more fragile than vinyl, and you can tell the difference by a kind of hollow plink when you put it on a turntable. Styrene also means that it has a limited life, and that each time the needle drags across its grooves, the record degrades a little bit. Over time, styrene records that get played a lot no longer sound as crisp or clear (or so it seems). I listened to it once it arrived, feeling a bit of regret at this wild expenditure, but also imagining my future self’s gratitude. I imagined entering into communion with everyone who had played this copy before me. I decided to only listen to the song once a year, if that--after all, each time I listened to the record, the song was changing, slightly.

A few months later, I felt normal (whatever that means) again, and the record became a marker of...I’m not sure what--maybe a kind of blind, stubborn optimism. Someone years later uploaded the song onto YouTube, which means I can listen to it whenever I want. This fall, I was trying and failing to spend less time on the Internet. But I decided that, instead of going on Twitter and Facebook, I would just read comments fans left on YouTube. I became obsessed with reading all the intimate histories people shared with one another--the chance encounters, the teenage dates and breakups, the seventies shop owners who recalled the days when stocking the right hit single could cover an entire month’s rent. I was listening to the Emulations when I noticed this comment, from Deric Jackson, who was apparently one of the group’s members: “I sung this song when I was 19yrs old. It was a pleasure to record and send this messageout into the airways. I have been with the women that God had given me to marry when I was 22yrs old. I did not understand at that time I was singing about my own life and the women who I had not met, but how wonderful it is to be with my wife fo 35yrs and life is still a breath of fresh air and wonderful. I would like to say to all real men love your wife, never worship her only one to worship is God alone.“ I’m pretty agnostic about most things relating to providence. But I felt as though I had been living in these words: “I did not understand at that time...” Jackson’s song was a prophecy, maybe even a conjuring, of his own path, and I wonder what he hears when he listens to it now. Sometimes you don’t know what’s coming next. But there’s always another song, and it doesn’t always sound the same as the last time.

(LATE 2017 BUT I REALLY DOUBT ANYONE NOTICED AKA THE FRENCH “MO BAMBA”) Junior Bvndo, “T’as ça #3 (Kylian Mbappe)”

I WILL LISTEN TO ANYTHING THAT USES DISTORTION Sheck Wes, “Wanted” OR OLD SCHOOL STABS Santi feat. Shane Eagle and Amaarae, “Rapid Fire” EVEN MORE THAN THAT, I LIKE THINGS THAT SOUND MESSY AND SLOPPY BUT ARE ACTUALLY PERFECT Caleb Giles featuring Cleo Reed, “Name” WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN AS GOOD AS IF IT HAD BEEN PERFECT, THE WARPED AND SMUDGED BEAUTY IS WHAT MAKES IT BEAUTIFUL Tirzah, Devotion Niagara, Apologia SAME, BUT SLIGHTLY OFF-STEP Blood Orange, “Charcoal Baby” THE BEST GENRE OF MUSIC REMAINS “SADE” Sade, “Flower of the Universe” and “The Big Unknown” Amber Mark, “Love is Stronger Than Pride” Bon Iver and Moses Sumney, “By Your Side” Kelela, “Like a Tattoo” 808s AND HEARTBREAK AND NEAR-OCTOGENERIANS Swamp Dogg, “She’s All Mind All Mind” I WASN’T AS ENAMORED WITH A LOT OF “NEW JAZZ” BUT DID LIKE Sam Wilkes, Wilkes Sam Gendel and Sam Wilkes, Music for Saxofone & Bass Guitar …WHICH REMINDED ME A BIT OF THIS FACEMELTING REISSUE (RIYL: ALICE COLTRANE, DON CHERRY, ETC ETC) John Tchicai, With Strings SPEAKING OF TERRIFIC JAZZ-ADJACENT STUFF Dos Santos, “Manos Anjenas” THE ORIGINAL “BIG MOOD” Okonkolo, Cantos THE YEAR I REALLY REKINDLED MY LOVE OF THE CELLO Clarice Jensen, For This From That Will Be Filled Oliver Coates, “A Church” …WHICH I DEFINITELY PREFER TO VIOLIN--ESP PIZZICATO--THOUGH THIS WAS QUITE GOOD Sudan Archives, “Nont for Sale” HARPS ALWAYS SOUND GOOD Leya, The Fool Meg Baird and Mary Lattimore, Ghost Forests ALWAYS HAVE TIME FOR WOODBLOCKS AND VIBES Kate NV, для FOR AS WELL AS MIAMI BASS SIGNIFIERS (KICKSTARTER FOR CITY GIRLS TO RAP OVER DJ BATTLECAT IN 2019) City Girls, “Act Up” AND BANJO DRONE...WHY NOT Nathan Bowles, Plainly Mistaken ALBUMS THAT I LIKED IN 2018, AND THAT I SENSE I WILL LIKE EVEN MORE BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR Ben LaMarr Gay, Downtown Castles Can Never Block the Sun Neneh Cherry, Broken Politics AN ALBUM THAT I WISH WAS TEN ALBUMS Tierra Whack, Whack World AN ALBUM I WISH WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER Pusha-T, Daytona OF THE MANY REASONS I MOURN THE DEATH OF “THE ALBUM,” ONE IS THAT I ALWAYS LIKE TO HEAR WHAT PEOPLE DO WITH THAT LAST SONG YG, “Bomptown Finest” OR HOW ALBUMS, FULL OF SIGNS, ANGLES, FLEETING MOMENTS, CIRCULATE AND RE-CIRCULATE Angelique Kidjo, Remain in Light AND HOW THEY ARE LIKE WHAT NOVELS REPRESENTED IN THE AGE OF POETRY—OPPORTUNITIES TO LIVE INSIDE COMPLEXITY, SPACE, A DEMOS U.S. Girls, In a Poem Unlimited ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR WAS A SOUNDTRACK... Kendrick Lamar et al, Black Panther AND TEASER FOR Jay Rock, Redemption AND ANOTHER WAS JUST SOME RAP SONGS Earl Sweatshirt, Some Rap Songs WHICH ISN’T TO SAY ARTISTS DON’T STILL VALUE AND HAVE FUN WITH THE FORMAT Vince Staples, FM A TWENTY-FIVE TRACK ADVENTURE INTO VIBES Pink Siifu, ensley AND SOMETIMES TWENTY MINUTES OR SO IS ENOUGH boygenius, boygenius ONE MORE ALBUM THING – FIRST SONGS HAVE ALWAYS FELT LIKE THESIS STATEMENTS, AND STREAMING HAS ONLY APPLIED MORE PRESSURE TO THE SOOTHING, BEWITCHING, PERFECT WELCOME Mac Miller, “Come Back to Earth” MAC MILLER AND THUNDERCAT LOOK SO HAPPY HERE whole thing, but esp six minutes in, and even more so about nine minutes in THE BEST VIBES Show Dem Camp feat. Boj and Ajebutter 22, “Damiloun” Koffee, “Toast” HAPPY-GO-LUCKY B/W DEVIL-MAY-CARE Shoreline Mafia, “Nun Major” I LIKE NEF AND EPs PERFECTLY SUIT HIM Nef the Pharaoh and 03 Greedo, Porter 2 Grape

RAPPING AS FAST AS YOU CAN OVER FREESTYLE/HI-NRG WILL NEVER SOUND BAD TO ME… SOB X RBE, “Paid in Full” SOB X RBE, “Carpoolin’” …ALTHOUGH THEY ALSO SOUND SICK OVER FAKE GHOST DOG BEATS, TOO, THIS WAS ONE OF MY SONGS OF THE YEAR SOB X RBE, “Paramedic!” SAME WITH MEDHANE Medhane, “The Garden” TRIPPIE REDD PUTS OUT A LOT OF MUSIC FILLED WITH TRANSCENDENT MOMENTS, BUT RARELY MAKES TRANSCENDENT SONGS, AND IT PAINS ME A BIT THAT MY FAVORITE SONG OF HIS THIS YEAR WAS Diplo featuring Trippie Redd, “Wish” TRIPPY-ASS DOO-WOP Cuco, “Sunnyside” A STRONG HARMONY IS A VISION OF WHAT LIFE COULD BE Ben Pirani, “How Do I Talk to My Brother?” WHERE WERE U IN 94 Young Echo, Young Echo SWEAR I'VE NEVER HEARD MUSIC THIS “GREY” ManOnMars, ManOnMars IF YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE A FAKE D’ANGELO SONG, IT SHOULD BE THIS GOOD Patrick Paige III, “Voodoo” LIKED THIS, BUT IT’S ALSO POSSIBLE TO BE A BIT TOO FAITHFUL TO THE PAST Teyana Taylor, “Hold On” NOT QUITE FAYE WONG DOING THE CRANBERRIES (RIP DOLORES O’RIORDAN) BUT STILL MEMORABLE Katherine Ho, “Yellow” LIKE THE BEST PARTS OF FEELS-ERA ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, BUT TAIWANESE Prairie WWWW

NEVER THOUGHT TO VISIT THE LOUVRE UNTIL The Carters, “Apeshit” video BROWN EXCELLENCE Humeysha, Departures "BROWN BEATS” FOREVER RIP Cameron Paul

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Review Tanz der Vampire Hamburg 26-10-2017

Some miscellaneous notes:

There was nothing wrong with the orchestra, the sound was very good and loud, and although there are only 10 people in the orchestra, you can’t hear that there are only 10 of them. Of course I would like a full orchestra, but I was perfectly fine with this. The loudness of the music was great, in Stuttgart I immediately noticed that the music could have been louder, so that was fixed somehow.

I was in seat 7 of row 27, so I was almost all the way in the back, I had two rows behind me, but the stage still felt very close to me, which is obviously a good thing. Everything could be seen very clearly.

I was seated in the second price category, and you can look it up, but I’ll save you the effort, so I’ll just tell you, I paid €89 to see it yesterday. I could immediately tell where the “cheap” rows ended and the “expensive” rows began. One row before me was the slightly more expensive price category, and many of those seats were still empty once the show began. I think it’s perfectly clear why they were empty, this show is very expensive. I don’t know about other German musicals, because I’ve only been to Tanz, and it’s probably something that Stage Entertainment does for all the musicals they have, but this is not a budget friendly musical. The cheapest tickets are €50, which is still really expensive considering I am going to see Tanz in Vienna twice, and those two tickets together are less expensive than the “cheap” €50 ticket in Germany. Of course I’m not here to complain about the price, especially because I think this experience was definitely worth my money, but in other cities abroad like Prague, Vienna and Budapest, the cheapest tickets are really cheap, so I was just wondering why Germany decided to ask more money for the same show.

But to get to the real deal: here is my review (more or less notes) of Tanz der Vampire on the 26th of October 2017.

Cast:

Graf von Krolock: Jan Ammann

Sarah: Maureen Mac Gillavry

Alfred: Tom van der Ven

Professor Abronsius: Victor Petersen

Chagal: Michael Anzalone

Magda: Sara Jane Checchi

Herbert: Christian Funk

Rebecca: Yvonne Köstler

Koukol: Paolo Bianca

Tip: always try to get a seat as close to the right hand path as you can, because whenever a character chooses a path to go to the stage they always choose the right path. (It’s the right hand path when facing the stage.) I don’t know if this is also the case for the show in Vienna and such, maybe someone who has seen it in Vienna could answer that question, but whenever you see it in Germany, sit on that side in the theatre. I’ve even counted the amount of times the characters walk by.

Graf von Krolock 1 time (Gott is tot, however in Stuttgart he came from the left path.)

Koukol 3 times (Alles ist hell & Draussen ist Freiheit- to and from the stage)

Chagal 1 time (After Sarah runs away)

Alfred & Sarah together 1 time (Draussen ist Freiheit Reprise)

Sarah 1 time (after Das Gebet)

Graveyard vampires 2 times (Ewigkeit & Der tanz der vampire)

Act 1

Not much to say about He Ho Professor & Knoblauch, I still think there is too much going on during Knoblauch, and I still didn’t know what to focus on. I could see Knoblauch 100 times and still discover something new.

Everything was very audible, you could hear chagall’s nails falling, shoes creaking, which was nice.

Chagall falls off the stairs during Ein Mädchen das so Lächeln kann, which I somehow never notice! I have seen some bootlegs a thousand times, but I never see Chagal falling. Of course that’s where the sound comes from when Abronsius hears something.

Wahrheit was great! I don’t know who I saw last time performing professor Abronsius, but Victor was never out of breath and did his high note really well, which I couldn’t say last time seeing Tanz.

You can’t see that Krolock is already standing in the bathroom in the dark during the beginning of Einladung zum Ball, the same thing goes for Sie irren, Professor. I tried to look really carefully but to the audience to whom this is all a new experience, they definitely can’t tell Krolock is standing in the dark.

Alfred is not very afraid during Vor dem Schloss, I like it if Alfred is very afraid, but Tom just does not play a very afraid Alfred and I’ve accepted it.

Jan looks at his hand in a very disgusted way after he pats Koukol on the head, and afterwards wipes his hand on his trousers after first contemplating what he should do with a dirty hand. Some Krolocks don’t show disgust at all, and I don’t have a preference, but it’s fun to see what each Krolock does.

There is very little cape action going on from Krolock, Jan could have done much more with his cape during Gott is Tot and Einladung zum Ball but he didn’t.

Krolock wraps his cape around Alfred during Vor dem Schloss which is awesome! I love it when Krolock seduces Alfred by coming very close, for example, Ivan Ozhogin does that really well, and Jan did it very good too!

Some observations after the first act:

People behind me were talking about which actors were German and who were not. One girl was saying to the other: “But we do have a German graf, right?” I think that they noticed that both Maureen and Tom are not German. I cannot say anything about their accents because I am Dutch, just like Tom and Maureen are, and so I can’t judge it very well because I can’t listen to their accents like a native German person would. I also cannot speak German at all so I don’t know where mistakes would be made in pronunciation which are common for Dutch people speaking German. I do know that Tom says some words a bit strange like “Mädchen” and “Spät.” But I don’t really mind because I know every single word by heart, but it will be off-putting for everyone else.

Maureen sings her long notes quite like a sheep. This may sound very harsh, but you will hear it soon enough when I will post the recording I’ve made of the whole show. But that being said, she sings better than Veronica. Veronica was very nasal, which was okay, but I just don’t like to imagine Sarah being a nasal singer.

Act 2

Krolock was already on Sarah’s neck during Totale Finsternis when he says: Nein, es wehr verkehrt den kopf zu verliern. (sorry if I spelled that wrong) some counts are not even close trying to bite.

I’m heavily disappointed in the black vampire. When he jumps to Sarah from the left side of the stage to the right when she’s on the ground, he took the smallest jump ever. His appearance coming from the bed to bite Sarah didn’t go smoothly, he came out before he was supposed to and sat on the bed for like a second, probably to regain his balance.

In the bathtub after Bücher, Bücher: “Oh du bist es…” was said in a very uninterested way, like Sarah really didn’t care that Alfred was there, she just wanted to bathe, or see the graf.

“the booty grab” during Wenn Liebe in dir ist was okay, but Christian Funk didn’t take it very far, which was sad. The hitting with the umbrella was as fun as always. People actually laughed at “Hat er dir profoziert?”(Again, sorry if I spelled it wrong.) Because last time nobody really noticed that happening.

Sie Irren Professor is one of my favourite parts of the whole show, and to see the audiences’ faces turning when the sound comes from different sides is still so very great.

Krolock’s “Boo!” during Vor dem Schloss and Tanzsaal were okay, but I still love the Drew Sarich way the most in which he raises his hands and goes “aaaaaah” and mocks them.

During Die Unstillbare Gier, Krolock does not fall down/kneel down after he runs off the graves when they go up again, which I like.

The spotlight on the grave of “der junge page von Napoleon” was something I’ve never noticed before! And it was not to put the spotlight on Krolock, because the light went out after he was done singing about him.

If you watch it, you can clearly see Sarah walk down the first steps of the staircase during Tanzsaal, however the audience only begins to notice that she is standing there when the spotlight shines on her.

I mainly watched Herbert during Tanzsaal which was great, he’s got these small gestures he does which are fun to see. He also stands next to his dad after he just walked down the staircase and pretends to talk to him. The same thing happens when Krolock sings his last note before he bites Sarah, so after he says “verdammt” he and Herbert stand next to each other and almost seem like they are talking things over. At the point where Herbert notices that their guests have reflections, the dad and son thing becomes really clear, because Herbert points it out, and Krolock gestures like: “as if I didn’t know!” which was fun.

Maureen plays a weakened Sarah after the bite, which I like, Veronica didn’t do that and I think is better to play weak because the contrast between Tanzsaal and Draussen ist Freiheit Reprise will be much bigger.

Maureen wiggled her butt all over the place when she bit Alfred, which I hate, that makes it look very comedic, while I think that that is one of the most awesome moments in the musical so that kind of ruined it for me.

I was not prepared for the vampires walking through the audience during Der Tanz der Vampire, so when I suddenly heard people singing the song along, I first thought that there were members of the audience singing, but then I saw these two vampires walking down and it made a lot more sense.

Maybe a bit random: this audience immediately gave a standing ovation after the last song ended, which was not the case when I saw it in Stuttgart, when it took the audience until the second time in which actors to came on stage to stand up.

A review of some people in the cast:

Jan Ammann: great! I was apprehensive when I saw that he was going to be “my graf” but I was blown away by his performance. Of course I’ve only seen one other Krolock who was played by Mathias Edenborn, but Jan in my opinion is a better Krolock than Mathias. I know I have been comparing a lot of actors, and I know each actor has something that they are good at, but for me it’s easier to give an opinion if I’ve got something to compare it to. Jan is definitely not my favourite Krolock, that title still belongs to Drew Sarich, but Jan has definitely impressed me.

Paolo Bianca: so freaking hilarious! I also saw Paolo in Stuttgart and he is such a good Koukol. He mumbles a lot and I’ve got such pity for him that he has to do all the not so great things, because Paolo makes Koukol feel like he has joy in doing the little things, like when he is putting the candles on the stage for the ball, he looked very satisfied afterwards. I think the only reason he doesn’t treat people nicely is when they don’t treat him nicely either, for example, Chagal doesn’t like koukol, so Koukol also doesn’t like Chagal.

This is where I will end my review because it is already waaaaaaayyy too long. And now comes the tedious process of waiting until I am going to see Tanz in Vienna in February/March. To wrap up this review, it was simply amazing to be able to see it again. I might even say that the second time seeing it was better than the first time seeing it. (If you by any chance still have anything that you would like to know, just drop a comment in this post.) I hope I am able to upload my audio recording of the show soon.

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merinathropp · 7 years

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Tanz der Vampire - Hamburg 2017: Detailed Breakdown

It’s official, folks: I have finally, finally seen Tanz der Vampire live. After 17 months of hoping, dreaming and saving - my little dream came true, and I flew to Germany to see the show. So! In loving memorial, I’ve written up a stupidly long review of my experience below. I saw the show twice, but have combined the entire experience into this one post. If anyone has a particular question about a scene or song, please just shout at me :) I’m up for any excuse to talk more about this show, being the obsessed fan that I am...

First night - from stalls left Second night - from stalls front row, right in the middle Graf von Krolock - Mathias Edenborn Alfred - Tom van der Ven Sarah - Maureen Mac Gillavry Sarah - Anja Wendzel (alternate) Professor Abronsius - Victor Petersen Herbert - Kiryll Zolygin (alternate) Magda - Sara Jane Checchi Chagal - Jerzy Jeszke

GENERAL

- This trip was worth every dang penny. Hands down one of the greatest musical theatre experiences of my life I encourage everyone to save up, spend the money and fly to Germany to see this musical live, at least once your lifetime. You will not regret it.

- What blew me away the most about my entire experience was coming to the realisation that Tanz der Vampire is a legitimately spectacular musical at its core, more so than I had ever given it credit for. Everything comes together to create an entirely immersive experience that sweeps you off your feet for 3 hours, and a shaky camcorder bootleg can never, never match its true glory.

- Orchestra was full and luscious, to my ears. No idea what all the complaints are about, Hamburg has definitely pulled out all the stops in this regard. There was a killer pianist banging out some stuff I’ve never even noticed on the CD! - The lighting was pure magic. My word, this show does not get enough credit having some of the most awe-inspiring lighting I think I’ve ever seen onstage. Highlights for me were the gleaming moonlight that floods the back of the stage during Tanzaal and the eerie golden glow of sunrise in Carpe Noctem.

- The sets are unearthly and gothic and stunning; the rotating cottage blanketed in snow, the graveyard swimming in mist with its wrought-iron gates in silhouette, the cavernous ballroom with its winding staircase, the maze of bookcases draped in cobwebs and dust...gosh, there are too many to name. I’ve always leaned more towards the Kentaur Revival sets, but having seen these ones live, I’m starting to seriously reconsider my opinion.

ENSEMBLE

- Is it just me, or are the German casts always uncannily brilliant when it comes to their mirror doubles? I swear this is one thing the Russian casts never managed to pull off. Even from the front row, it still looked like Alfred’s reflection was dancing with an invisible Herbert. And the trio at the end were perfectly synced, right down to drawing breath in unison. Absolutely ingenious.

- Roten Stiefel was sublime, especially the first time I saw it. The ensemble seemed to be dancing on air, every movement just flowed and Sarah literally flew around the stage like she was on cloud nine. I don’t think I breathed for the entire sequence.

- The coordination of the choreography in Ewigkeit blew me away. You just don’t know where to look during that number, it’s such a visual spectacle! Like a literal load of rotting corpses, each trying to keep themselves in one piece long enough to feed. One guy clearly had a case of Nearly-Headless Nick, one guy kept ‘popping’ his arms back into their sockets, one lady was totally spastic - they’re all so individual and creative!

- Nightmare!Alfred and nightmare!Sarah were haunting and lovely. Every movement between them was so gentle and full of longing. The way nightmare!Alfred looked at her, guh - tender and sweet, yet oddly aloof and mysterious, he was so interesting to watch! And his snarling at the end was vicious, like a mad dog or something, really chilling stuff.

- Nightmare Solo 1 was replaced by HERBERT HIMSELF! Yes, it was HERBERT who appeared on top of the bed and introduced Carpe Noctem, cementing his ‘puppet master’ role 100%. He was so graceful and controlling throughout the entire number, moving his hands like he was ‘guiding’ each dancer into place. And I loved that the replacement meant that Herbert was the first and last character to leave the nightmare, he remained on the bedpost gazing down at sleeping Alfred until the very end of the singing, before drifting off upstage. Ugh, so many new Carpe Noctem headcanons...

- I was disappointed with our Black Vampire. He never threw himself into his movements, there was no power or danger in anything he did, just...perfectly okay dancing, and one really odd lacklustre jump. Bit of a let down :(

KROLOCK (Mathias Edenborn)

- You know how everyone in the fandom says you never forget your first Graf? Well...shoot, turns out they’re absolutely right. Mathias was magnificent and blew all my expectations away; I’ve never thought much of him, in the videos I’ve seen, but watching him live was an incredible experience. He was electrifying from the moment he glided onstage, and commanded the attention of the whole theatre. His Krolock was refined yet animalistic, powerful yet broken, charming yet icy cold, passionate yet subtle. He could also be raw and human when he needed to be, and for the first time, actually made me FEEL for the character. And he has this massive booming powerhouse voice to boot.

- During Vor Dem Schloss, he was very intent on Alfred, standing right up close to him and wrapping his cloak around his shoulders. He also did a lovely elegant gesture where he traced the outline of Alfred’s face with his fingertips. Tom was reacting so well to him, the two just played off each other beautifully throughout the whole scene, just this constant push and pull, like there was a magnetic force between them - brilliant stuff. That chemistry, I Am Here For It.

- When he was talking about Die Fledermaus, he went: “Genial! (deadpan sarcasm, staring straight out into the audience) ...Ich war gefangen.” Ouch :)

- During Einladung, he examined the planks of Sarah’s door and ran his fingers over them in a mocking sort of way when he sang the word ‘sicherheit’ - like he was sneering at Chagal’s efforts and how feeble/useless they were.

- During Totale Finsternis, he did something very interesting; every time he turned away from Sarah, he seemed to be secretly struggling with himself, not from thirst, but almost as though he was overwhelmed by the sin he was committing, and feeling some measure of conflict over it? He’d reach towards her, and then shake his head and pull back at the last minute, and turn away from her with this broken expression and put a hand to his heart. Finally, at the very end of the song, when he turned to face her and saw she’d bared her throat - his face went entirely blank, cold and decisive, like he’d made up his mind in that moment. Such an interesting take on the number, turning it into a moral dilemma for Krolock even as he’s drawing Sarah into his web!

- During Tanzaal, at the very beginning when he first appeared at the top of the stairs, he greeted the retinue of vampires with a German word I couldn’t catch, and then held out a hand in Herbert’s direction, and announced “Sohn!” with great solemnity and I absolutely loved it :’) all the family Krolock feels.

- He had so much adorable interaction with Herbert throughout the rest of the number, it warmed my heart. They would laugh together and Herbert tapped his shoulder when Sarah entered the room, then leant over to say something to him and they grinned together like two gothic super-villains, it was AMAZING. When Sarah came down the stairs and revealed her full dress, Krolock glanced back at Herbert and raised his eyebrows, like he was saying “See? Told you she was something.” and it was the most adorable thing I’ve ever seen a Krolock do.

- When Alfred almost collided with him at the end of the minuet, he reached out a hand and sort of flicked/stroked Alfred’s open fingertips with one of his nails. It was so creepy and menacing, like Alfred was a mouse on a cat’s claw.

ALFRED (Tom van der Ven)

- Mixed feelings on Tom’s Alfred. I found his first performance dull as dishwater, he had this odd vacant expression for about 50% of the show and it was maddening how bland he made Alfred, even though his chemistry with Sarah and Krolock was fantastic. But! Low and behold! His second performance was much better: more reactive, more expressive, more everything. He brought the character to life, at least in most scenes, and won me over against all the odds.

- I know I’m preaching to the choir here, but oh my word, he is the absolute cutest of cute Alfreds. If him and Sergey ever starred in Tanz together, the theatre would implode from sheer cuteness overload. He’s so small and slender with these big wide innocent eyes, you just want to hug him every time he walks onstage. He also puts on an oddly plaintive high-pitched voice for Alfred, which I found ??? initially, but I do think it works with his performance. Also: my relatives said his accent was distracting, but I didn’t notice.

- I love, love, love how truly sincere and ardent he plays Alfred, during any interaction with Sarah. Wirklich Sehr Nett was a real love-at-first-sight moment for him: he spoke so softly to Sarah, he was tentative and gentle, but so genuine. He clearly meant every single word he said, and he gazed at her like she was the sun and moon and stars. My heart, it hath feelings.

- Another Sarah-related thing that he kept up through the entire show: whenever he was singing about Sarah, thinking about Sarah, even remembering Sarah in Ein Guter Tag (“Heut oder nie finde ich zu ihr!”) or Der Gruft (“Denk an Chagal’s Tocher!”) - he got this dorky, dreamy, crooked half-smile and gazed off into the distance like he’d been momentarily transported to Heaven itself and oh my gosh that smile could melt the coldest heart I swear...

- During Tanzaal, he didn’t recognise the Professor at first and just stood awkwardly beside him for a bit...before doing a double take, like “Oh Professor, it’s only you!” which was ever so cute. Then during his little step-toe dance across the stage, he picked his feet up SUPER HIGH like he was trying extra hard to be a Fancy Vampire and it made me giggle so much.

- Any Krolock/Alfred shippers in the house must have been having a field day, because he was so FOCUSSED on Krolock during Vor Dem Schloss, I don’t think he took his eyes off him for a moment. He’d take little stumbling steps towards him like he couldn’t help being drawn in, but then he’d shrink away and sort of ‘hunch’ in on himself in defence when Krolock came close. But when Krolock came right up behind him and shadowed him with his cloak (“Ich lehr dich was es heißt zu leben”), Tom actually turned his head over his shoulder and tilted his face up to gaze at Krolock, VERY reminiscent of Totale Finsternis (paralells!!!!! my favourite thing!!!!!) which was just awesome.

- Der Gruft was a highlight of both shows, Tom was legitimately hilarious with perfect comic timing, but still so sincere that it broke my heart. When he dropped the hammer, he gazed out at the audience in total horror for a few seconds, before squeaking “Ich kann das nicht” in this tiny high-pitched voice that made the audience laugh so much. Then he delivered “...Aber ich kan dass troztdem nicht!” even higher and squeakier and the audience laughed again and a lady near me went awwww, because it was just so pitiful and sweet.

- I also liked that he went to stake Herbert’s coffin first, out of complete instinct, before the Professor called him back. Interesting that he would consider Herbert most dangerous on a purely subconscious level, even before the events of Wenn Liebe.

- During Draussen Ist Freiheit, when Sarah booped his nose with her finger, he blinked and raised his own hand to touch his nose in wonder, like “Oh, she nose-booped me :3” and it was just. so. freaking. adorable.

- HE TRIED TO KISS SARAH AT THE END OF DRAUSSEN, A PROPER KISS ON THE LIPS, MY BRAVE SON...and he mirrored the gesture in the Draussen Reprise as well, right at the climax of the song, he went for a big sweeping kiss right before Sarah bit him. My heart, it hurts. #GiveAlfredHisFirstKiss2k17.

- He also had a fantastic reaction to the bite. He was choking and lolling his head, jerking from side to side and crying out but not quite screaming; he made it believable that the Professor would never hear :(

- His voice has improved, he belted out the latter half of Fuer Sarah with all the warmth and passion in the world. He had a huge grin on his face, and after the end of the song, he let out his breath and collapsed back against the bed, like The Emotion had just overwhelmed him completely <3

- During Wenn Liebe, his delivery of “Ich zittere niiiiieeeeeee!” was hilarious, his voice was so squeaky and he drew out the last vowel like pleeease noooo.

- He spent the whole dance with Herbert going ‘oof!’ and ‘ah!’ and brought out the protective mother bear in me, because he’s such a delicate guy and needs to be Handled With Care but alas, this is not a concept Herbert understands...

- One acting choice I will never understand from Tom: his very mild, bland facial expressions during certain scenes where the focus isn’t placed chiefly on Alfred, e.g. the whole Chagal-vampire-staking sequence and Wenn Liebe. It’s almost like he doesn’t think anyone will be watching him, during these scenes? But I find it very distracting. For example, when he and the Professor discovered Chagal was missing, he looked...vaguely surprised, rather than shocked/terrified. And during Wenn Liebe, most of the time he’d just stare blankly out into the audience, even when when Kiryll mock-kissed him or declared his love. I think Alfred’s reactions are a HUGE part of what makes these scenes work, and it feels like something is missing without them.

HERBERT (Kiryll Zolygin)

- Kiryll was fine, but he wasn’t my kind of Herbert. He was cold, vain and predatory. He strutted around the stage like a peacock, smoothing his hair back and sticking his chin up and posing just like his father. Very refined, very confident, very intimidating; definitely the Graf’s son through and through. There was nothing amusing about his Herbert, he was cool and prowling and Wenn Liebe played like a sinister game of cat-and-mouse.

- He was also hard to read at times; his expressions were oddly closed-off and there were times when I honestly didn’t know what Herbert was supposed to be thinking/feeling. When he saw Alfred for the first time, he simply looked steadily at him, his face smooth and expressionless. Even throughout Wenn Liebe, he didn’t seem very besotted with Alfred, just amused - which made his groping extra-creepy and his declaration of love seem more ironic than sincere.

- Speaking of ironic, can someone tell this guy it’s okay to cosy the heck up to Tom when they’re dancing because I swear he was keeping about 3 feet of space between their chests and idk why Herbert von Krolock would ever keep Alfred at such a chaste, safe, heterosexual distance from himself...

- He had the sweetest, most delicate, most Herberty-y giggle I have ever heard in my life, it was perfect and made me smile every time I heard it.

- During Vor Dem Schloss, he did this amazing piece of catwalk nonsense in front of Alfred, striding back and forth like “yes admire me human, behold my glory” whilst Tom stared in bewilderment. My poor son, so confused :)

- He cracked appallingly in Carpe Noctem, both nights. I physically winced. The second time I saw him, he also broke off one of his notes way too early, which was obvious to everyone because Magda held hers perfectly. Poor guy.

- During Wenn Liebe, he mocked-kissed Alfred in the middle of the dance, but Tom didn’t react at all, and I felt bad for him because that’s actually quite a daring thing to attempt, but Tom’s lack of reaction made the moment fall flat.

- This is a bit yikes but I have to mention it: he very slowly and obviously licked his lips whilst watching Alfred run away into the audience, which definitely takes the jackpot for Creepiest Herbert Gesture Ever.

- During Tanzaal, he came down to the front of the stage and looked RIGHT DOWN AT ME THE AUDIENCE and sneered down at us like we were all Mere Peasants who were unworthy of his presence. I actually shrank back in my seat a bit, it was incredibly intimidating!

- One VERY interesting addition: he deliberately turned around and watched Alfred dragging his Ewigkeit vampire off-stage to steal his costume. He didn’t react much, just gazed after Alfred like "Hmmm..." - but it was interesting nonetheless, I’ve never seen a Herbert do that before.

SARAH (Anja Wendzel)

- Both my Sarahs were fantastic, but Anja truly did steal my heart. Bursting with energy and emotion, radiating chemistry with anyone she shared the stage with, and her belt was to die for (plus the sweetest, prettiest head voice too).

- She was such a SULTRY Sarah! I couldn’t believe how flirtatious and sensual she was with Alfred during Wirklich, it was almost too much to watch, and Tom’s Alfred was a complete wreck by the end of it :’) she was also very teasing during the bathtub scene in Act 2, waggling her finger and leaning in towards him when she talked about having one dance free. Poor Alfred.

- During Draussen, she also did this hilarious thing at the beginning of the song: she’s tiptoeing around outside, and suddenly Alfred starts belting “UNTER DIESEM DAAAACH” and she panics and gestures frantically like “nonono shhhhh SSSHHHH!!!!!” and it was so fresh and absolutely hilarious :)

- During Red Boots Ballet, she’d gaze off into space and move in perfect unison with her dance double, lifting her arms a bit or swaying backwards and forwards, basically play-acting the entire dance sequence going on behind her.

- During Gebet, she did something so beautiful, it moved me almost to tears. When Rebecca started singing, she froze in place and her face lit up with recognition, and she whispered “Mama!” so softly. Then she unfolded her shawl, knelt down to pray, but as she prayed, she was shaking her head and trembling and fighting back tears, and finally she couldn’t stop them any longer, and she stopped praying and started sobbing - actually, properly sobbing. It was almost like she was grieving the life/family she was leaving behind. And then as the song built and built, she stopped crying and got this new expression of strength and determination, like she’d finished her mourning, and now she was ready to make her move and start her new life, and finally by the end of the number, she was belting out the final notes with so much passion, her voice was exploding off the stage in front of us, and it was breathtaking.

SARAH (Maureen Mac Gillavry)

- This woman had a belt that could rival any Elphaba, and her Sarah was so vivacious and likeable, I think she made the entire audience fall in love with her alongside Alfred, which is my very favourite kind of Sarah tbh.

- She ADORED Alfred, she seemed so giggly and awww over him during their interactions together. Even during Draussen, she clearly still thought he was sweet, she bopped him on the nose and it was simultaneously super cute and a bit patronising all at once - such an effective little gesture!

- She also made me tear up when Chagal was beating her, she full-on sobbed and cried out at the top of her voice, and then begged him with clasped hands. It was very upsetting, the most harrowing rendition of the scene that I’ve ever watched, she was so raw and desperate in that moment, you just knew you’d do anything to escape if you were in her shoes.

PROFESSOR (Victor Peterson)

- This guy was was...argh. Not my cup of tea. A very unsympathetic Professor, he came off as plain selfish and annoying. His self-obsession was unbearable in Wahrheit, there was nothing endearing about it at all, he was so shrill and simply came across as obnoxious and over-the-top, like he wanted the whole world to worship him. And half of his jokes didn't land, I swear the audience laughed more at Tom during Der Gruft than they ever did at him.

- His relationship with Alfred was downright cruel in places. He pushed him around and hissed at him really aggressively and pinched his cheek and gosh it was just Not A Good Time. No wonder Tom struggled to show any kind of real devotion to this guy; I usually live for the Professor/Alfred dynamic because it’s so heartwarming, but this was...gosh. This made me almost (almost!) want Alfred to leave him and serve Krolock & Son instead.

- His voice was brilliant. I cannot deny this, it was brilliant. He handled the falsetto sections with absolute confidence and every note was perfect.

MAGDA (Sara Jane Checchi)

- Magda belted stunningly twice...and belted badly twice. I think perhaps she had a bit of a cold, as she seemed to be straining on some of the high notes.

- That being said, her portrayal was wonderful in every other regard; she was so sweet, so cautious and observant, and seemed to really like Alfred. She spent the whole of Knoblauch trying to get his attention, and seemed to find his ogling very endearing and sweet. Strange, because the patrons of the inn also ogle her like crazy, and grab her skirts etc. which she clearly hated. Maybe she saw Alfred’s ogling as more involuntary and therefore more innocent? (though tbh Tom could make robbing a bank look innocent, so maybe that’s moot point)

- She also gave Chagal a few little smiles during Nie Gesehen which was very unexpected, almost like she was disapproving of his behaviour on principle, but deep down thought he was quite amusing. Interesting take on that relationship.

- During Wahrheit, she and Rebecca were signalling back and forth, across the yard; Rebecca wanted her to eaves-drop on Alfred and the Professor whispering together, but Magda couldn’t make out the words as she was too far away. I love the idea of these two characters being in ‘cahoots’ so to speak.

CHAGAL (Jerzy Jeszke)

- I want to mention that Chagal was not only hilarious, but also slightly less lecherous than other performances I’ve seen. His voice was also fantastic, a very strong full sound, which made his more honourable moments (e.g. “Ich bringt sie wieder!”) surprisingly impactful. Good job, my dude, good job.

#tanz der vampire #dance of the vampires #tanzblr #the fearless vampire killers #bal vampirov #vampires #musicals #germany #merina rambles #save #calcu-lass #theadventuresofacatholicnerdling #I finally wrote The Thing

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jo-the-schmo · 7 years

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Doing it

I'm following @whatinfreenation 's example and do all dem questions (no one cared or asked for this but imma hit you) 200: My crush’s name is: I'm lonely and scared of relationships  199: I was born in: Dayton, Ohio (Fuck me) 198: I am really: chronically depressed and anxious  197: My cellphone company is: AT&T 196: My eye color is: blue-gray 195: My shoe size is: Women's 5 194: My ring size is: idk people just give me them 193: My height is: 5'2 (I'm smol) 192: I am allergic to: people  191: My 1st car was: I choose not to drive  190: My 1st job was: babysitting except I get no money  189: Last book you read: In Cold Blood 188: My bed is: covered in clothes 187: My pet: is many, I have many pets 186: My best friend: is a little shit 185: My favorite shampoo is: MOTHERFUCKING DOVE ORANGE BLOSSOM YAS BITCH 184: Xbox or ps3: I have an Xbox but I prefer PlayStation  183: Piggy banks are: Cute 182: In my pockets: I'm wearing exercise pants  181: On my calendar: I don't have one but if I did it would be empty  180: Marriage is: Scary 179: Spongebob can: love forever 178: My mom: is a bitch (yell at me if you want) 177: The last three songs I bought were?: I use Spotify 176: Last YouTube video watched: Game Grumps play Breath of the Wild episode 33 175: How many cousins do you have?: I'm Italian I have no fucking clue, too many 174: Do you have any siblings?: Yes, I am the youngest of 5 girls 173: Are your parents divorced?: never married, I was born out of wedlock (how scandalous) 172: Are you taller than your mom?: the same height, we all short 171: Do you play an instrument?: yes! I play several! 170: What did you do yesterday?: Cried myself to sleep [ I Believe In ] 169: Love at first sight: Fuck no 168: Luck: eh 167: Fate: not really  166: Yourself: Definitely not 165: Aliens: I mean probably  164: Heaven: Nooo 163: Hell: I wish 162: God: I don't have religion  161: Horoscopes: I think they're neat 160: Soul mates: Kinda? 159: Ghosts: yeah, I believe in ghosts for a lot of reasons  158: Gay Marriage:OMFG YES I AM SO GAY AND SJEKDJEJSKKS 157: War:Is horrible, why do we have to be like this? 156: Orbs: what? 155: Magic: I wish! [ This or That ] 154: Hugs or Kisses: Hugs, last time I was kissed...it wasn't great for me 153: Drunk or High: 420!!!! 152: Phone or Online: Online 151: Red heads or Black haired: All hair, no hair, all the same for me 150: Blondes or Brunettes: whatever you want boo boo 149: Hot or cold: hot 148: Summer or winter: Summer 147: Autumn or Spring: SPRING 146: Chocolate or vanilla: Vanilla usually but chocolate is really nice  145: Night or Day: Night 144: Oranges or Apples: Apples 143: Curly or Straight hair: I love curly hair! 142: McDonalds or Burger King: I'm trash and hungry  141: White Chocolate or Milk Chocolate: I just like milk in general 140: Mac or PC: ehhhhh 139: Flip flops or high heals: Heels, I like to kick people with them on 138: Ugly and rich OR sweet and poor: I'm ugly and poor 137: Coke or Pepsi: Coke  136: Hillary or Obama: Obama is a G 135: Burried or cremated: Idk yet  134: Singing or Dancing: Fuck you 133: Coach or Chanel: I'm poor 132: Kat McPhee or Taylor Hicks: idek 131: Small town or Big city: Big City 130: Wal-Mart or Target: I go to Walmart but I wish it was Target 129: Ben Stiller or Adam Sandler: who cares? 128: Manicure or Pedicure: I need short nails 127: East Coast or West Coast: MOTHERFUCKING WEST BITCJ 126: Your Birthday or Christmas: Christmas, I hate my birthday  125: Chocolate or Flowers: Chocolate  124: Disney or Six Flags: Disney! 123: Yankees or Red Sox: I don't do sportsball [ Here’s What I Think About ] 122: War: again, is fucking terrible 121: George Bush: Obama was cool so idec 120: Gay Marriage: IS JUST AS VALID AS STRAIGHT MARRIAGE OR MARRIAGE BETWEEN PEOPLE OF OPPOSITE SEX 119: The presidential election: was a train wreck, we should've felt the burn 118: Abortion: Needs to be legal in all states, by making it illegal we are putting more people at risk of harm  117: MySpace: 3 old 5 me kinda 116: Reality TV: Do whatever you want TV I'm not your mama 115: Parents: my dad is cool, my mom is crazy, step mom is chill, step dad can go FUCKING DIE 114: Back stabbers: need to cease from stabbing  113: Ebay: gets rid of my dad's crap 112: Facebook: ok I guess  111: Work: I just wanna help people 110: My Neighbors: I don't know them 109: Gas Prices:I don't drive  108: Designer Clothes: eh whatever 107: College: I want to go but I'm really dumb and not good at anything 106: Sports: Color Guard is my favorite sport 105: My family: is oddly chill for Roman Catholics  104: The future: A thing I try to hope will be better [ Last time I ] 103: Hugged someone: a few days ago, I was sad 102: Last time you ate: I am eating right now 101: Saw someone I haven’t seen in awhile: today, I'm visiting my mom and 2 of my sisters 100: Cried in front of someone: A couple months ago, I don't like people seeing me cry... 99: Went to a movie theater: like 2 months ago 98: Took a vacation: 5 years ago 97: Swam in a pool: last summer 96: Changed a diaper: I help my sister babysit  95: Got my nails done: never 94: Went to a wedding: my dad's wedding 4 years ago 93: Broke a bone: I haven't done that yet 92: Got a peircing: I'm getting one soon 91: Broke the law: I am very dank 90: Texted: 6 hours ago [ MISC ] 89: Who makes you laugh the most: my Best Friend KD 88: Something I will really miss when I leave home is: my ability to cry in my room 87: The last movie I saw: A Time to Kill (I can't think about that) 86: The thing that I’m looking forward to the most: Possibly not feeling depressed? And finishing my fanfic!!! 85: The thing im not looking forward to: What I do after the fanfic is done 84: People call me: Jo or Mojo 83: The most difficult thing to do is: To look at yourself and tell yourself that you are worth it when you don't feel like you are 82: I have gotten a speeding ticket: nope 81: My zodiac sign is: Capricorn  80: The first person i talked to today was: my sister May :3 79: First time you had a crush: I was like 10 78: The one person who i can’t hide things from: I can hide something from anyone I do it all the time 77: Last time someone said something you were thinking: Everyday I'm with KD, we are turning into the same person  76: Right now I am talking to: Tayah 💜💚💜 75: What are you going to do when you grow up: I either want to be a makeup artist, drama teacher, or art teacher 74: I have/will get a job: I want to, don't know if I'll live that long hahahahahah 73: Tomorrow: might be better 72: Today: I don't like visiting my mom 71: Next Summer: I'll be with my mom 70: Next Weekend: I'll be with my mom 69: I have these pets: many dogs and cats 68: The worst sound in the world: that sound that Music stands make against smooth tile  67: The person that makes me cry the most is: 66: People that make you happy: my Tumblr friends💜💚💜 65: Last time I cried: last night 64: My friends are: Anyone who's nice to me 63: My computer is: not mine 62: My School: Can suck my dick, Lord Travis Richardson III 61: My Car: doesn't exist  60: I lose all respect for people who: Hurt people out of amusement  59: The movie I cried at was: A time to Kill  58: Your hair color is: naturally it's a light brown  57: TV shows you watch: Sleepy Hollow 56: Favorite web site:...Tumblr... 55: Your dream vacation: Naples, Italy 54: The worst pain I was ever in was: Panic Attacks 53: How do you like your steak cooked: medium well 52: My room is: odd 51: My favorite celebrity is: DAVEED DIGGS 50: Where would you like to be: in with New York, North California or Oregon 49: Do you want children: I want to adopt 48: Ever been in love: I don't feel love 47: Who’s your best friend: KD 46: More guy friends or girl friends: It used to be guys but now they scare me 45: One thing that makes you feel great is: Makeup 44: One person that you wish you could see right now: Anyone who can help me feel better 43: Do you have a 5 year plan: 42: Have you made a list of things to do before you die: No, because I can't think about dying too much ;-; 41: Have you pre-named your children: I promised my sister that if I adopted/had a baby girl her name had to be Winnrie  40: Last person I got mad at: Myself 39: I would like to move to: anywhere but here 38: I wish I was a professional: Makeup Artist [ My Favorites ] 37: Candy: Gummy Bears :3 36: Vehicle: motorcycle  35: President: OBAMA 34: State visited: America is weird 33: Cellphone provider: I don't care 32: Athlete: I don't follow 31: Actor: Lin Manuel-Miranda 30: Actress: PIPA SOO MY BB 29: Singer: does Daveed count? 28: Band: Queen and Black Veil Brides 27: Clothing store: Hot Topic 26: Grocery store: Jungle Jim's (it's an Ohio things) 25: TV show: SLEEPY HOLLOW 24: Movie: Tangled 23: Website: always Tumblr  22: Animal: panther 21: Theme park: King's Island 20: Holiday: Halloween  19: Sport to watch: WGI 18: Sport to play: MARCHING BAND 17: Magazine:History 16: Book: history text book 15: Day of the week: Thursday  14: Beach: I don't do water 13: Concert attended: I've never been... 12: Thing to cook: Pasta! 11: Food: all food 10: Restaurant: all of them 9: Radio station: nope 8: Yankee candle scent: wedding cake  7: Perfume: I wear Captivate 6: Flower: Bleeding Hearts an baby's breath  5: Color: Purple and Green 4: Talk show host: Jimmy Fallon and John Oliver  3: Comedian: Gabriel Iglesias  2: Dog breed: Mutt Wuppy  1: Did you answer all these truthfully? I have no reason to lie I guess ?

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sanguinarius-archive · 4 years

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hehe i do a meme thing under da cut. feel free 2 do it if u want

♡ A L L | A B O U T | M E ♡ Name(s): leaf Single or Taken: single ! Gender: nonbinary Birthday: june 17 2004 Sign: gemini Hair Color: dirty blonde . in some places it has natural highlights Eye Color: green-gray Height: 5′1.5 (156.21 cm) Are you Pan/Bisexual/Gay?: LESBIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ♡ F A S H I O N | S T U F F ♡ Where is your favorite place to shop for clothes?: hot topic is cool but i prefer the early 2000s one. even tho i was baby at that time. i also like 2 shop online but i dont rlly remember the stores i buy from other than wish, iheartraves, and sowet. i wanna go to thrift stores more tho Favorite designer?: i do not know...... What is your most comfortable outfit?: my one black hoodie with a white print of the grim reaper riding a unicorn on the back, with my sowet spider necklace, and black sweatpants (sweatpants r very Comfey...good fabric) and my platform boots i think What do you usually wear?: ^stuff like dat ♡ S P E C I F I C S ♡ What kind of shampoo do you use?: i dont remember what its called What are you listening to right now: somewhere somehow by oddnesse Who is the last person that called you?: kuro kris and roman :) How many buddies are online right now?: 7 according to my discord friends list ♡ F A V O R I T E S ♡ Foods: pizza, spaghetti, taquitos, chicken strips, mac n cheese, fries. hell yeah Girls names: i like da names ruby, sadie and avery Boys names: rowan, spencer...... avery is cool Subjects in school: art and english. i like science too even tho im not very good at it ♡ H A V E | Y O U | E V E R ♡ Given anyone a bath?: nope Smoked?: yez. only once so far which was a year ago already Bungee jumped?: i think so? Made yourself throw up?: no Skinny dipped?: nope Ever been in love?: yeeeeeeeeeez i am RIGHT NOW babey!!!!!!!! Made yourself cry to get out of trouble?: i didnt make myself cry but when i am in trouble i can cry bc i get . anxious/overwhelmed Pictured your crush naked?: i am a minor who likes another minor so im not allowed to talk about that publicly . also saying that doesnt imply anything, i genuinely dont want 2 confirm or deny Actually seen your crush naked?: no Cried when someone died?: yea.....not a person though Lied: yes Fallen for your best friend?: ya :flushed: Rejected Someone: yeap Done something you regret?: ooooo MOST DEFINITELY. i mean i think everyone has UGSDFGWQHJEKD ♡ C U R R E N T ♡ Clothes: pajamasssssssszzzzzzzzz yes i wear them ..... what can i say Smell: i like clean smells...... vanilla scent, rose scent...... i like how cats smell Desktop picture: a pixel-art-styled landscape at night CD in player: none but i Am listening to music rn on spoofy, DVD in player: none ♡ L A S T | P E R S O N ♡ You touched: my cats Hugged: me mom You emailed: teachers You yelled at: my dad :( i didnt mean 2 i was just stressed You kissed: no one ♡ W H O | D O | Y O U | W A N N A ♡ Kill?: bigots and freaks and my abuserz Slap?: ^same as those. also ppl who have fucked with my friends Get really wasted with?: no one. alcohol bad<3 Talk to offline: any of my friendz Kiss: oh my crush *blushes Hug: my friends, cats and crush :3 Cuddle: cats and my crush ! Have physical intentions with (aka Sex): once again i legally cannot give away that info on a public free website ♡ R A N D O M ♡ In the morning I: wake up and go on my phone I dream about: a lot of weird shit that makes no sense and probably either has to do with spiritual things/energies or my psyche Sexual preference: girls ....... ♡ W H I C H | I S | B E T T E R ♡ Coke or Pepsi: cokeeeeee! *my taste buds dry up* Flowers or candy: flowers. Good Tall or short: doesnt matter ♡ W H O ♡ Is your crush if you have one?: hehehehehe i cant say that .... Makes you laugh the most: all my friendssssssssssssssss i love dem. Makes you smile: all of my friendz Gives you a funny feeling when you talk to them?: :flushed: ♡ D O | Y O U | E V E R ♡ Find yourself thinking of the person you like for a long period of time?: y-yes . what about it. Whore Sit on the internet all night waiting for that someone special to message you?: not all night if they r asleep. i also distract myself bc i know they are sometimes busy during the day as well :) but i do wait when i am talking to them. respect Wish you were a member of the opposite sex?: nah i dont care much Wish you were younger: yeah a bit sometimes!! getting older is hard Cry because someone said something to you?: yez ♡ N U M B E R ♡ Of times I have had my heart broken: u think i count? funny. concepts are not things Number Of hearts broken: idk Of guys I've kissed: none Of girls I've kissed: none :( Of CD's I own: a lot ! i dont know the number but its a lot definitely hehe Of scars on my body: none. i did have this burn scar but it healed up !

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fantasysuiteleague · 8 years

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Week 3 Recap: A Lot of Bouncing

This week’s Beard Hunk doesn’t quite leave us where we left off last week. If you recall, Nick had just sent Liz packing, and, tail between his legs, walked back to tell the remainder of women on the group date that he and Liz had terrible sex 9 months ago and he failed to tell anyone when she “appeared” on the show. But this week picks up the following day and we only see a montage of girls obsessing over Nick’s actions before it’s time for the cocktail party to start. But before we can get started with the night’s round of speed dating, Nick gets a chance to tell his side of the Liz story, glossing over the awkward sex and the fact that she flat out said “I don’t want your number.” It’s all pretty rehearsed and insincere, which is on brand. Admittedly, I was paying more attention to his floral print tie than his words.

After Nick invites the girls to participate in a Reddit AMA about him and Liz, he spends the rest of the night reassuring the women that he does, in fact, have a dick and Liz is clearly a TV fame whore. At no point in the night do we see Nick actually apologize for his dishonesty. The closest we get to remorse is Nick telling Danielle L. that he was particularly worried about how she felt, because she’s super hot and out of his league. After a few dull conversations, the Corinne Show starts back up again. Because she “knows how to turn on the sex charm,” Corinne corners Nick outside, wielding whipped cream and wearing nothing but a trench coat. Corinne’s launches into an “I really like you” speech only to be interrupted by Nick asking if she’s in a dress or a coat. As if Nick can’t see the tell tale signs of a Varsity Blues reenactment. After making him actually eat a mouth full of whipped cream, Corinne pulls out her left boob, covers it in whipped cream, and demands he lick it off.

AND HE DOES!!! I’m not sure why this surprised me SO much, but like, COME ON. He eventually starts to get nervous as his eyes dart off camera to a producer, clearly worried that someone is going to see them and wanting to know if the coast is clear. It was, for the time being, so Corinne goes ahead and flashes Nick AGAIN. At this point, Nick starts explaining in a voice over that he’s “really juggling trying to appreciate Corinne while also being respectful of the women in the house.”

Pretty impressive juggling, Nick. Eventually Jasmine walks by, pretending to have no idea what’s going on and saves Nick from more fake juggling. In a puzzling turn of events, Corinne becomes self-aware for just a moment, worrying that she went too far and made things awkward. She’s clearly just wasted at this point, and since she’s used to getting about 16 hours of sleep per day it’s time for a nap. But it’s also time for the rose ceremony. Obviously no one bothered to wake her up because she’s a terrible disaster, but this is also another example of how these girls keep giving Nick the benefit of the doubt when he does. not. deserve. it. They thought he would get mad and punish her. Maybe take away her rose and make her participate in the ceremony. But he does none of this. Instead, he gives us yet another circus metaphor, telling us that it’s a difficult balancing act between validating Corinne’s behavior and keeping the other women from thinking he’s validating her behavior. And then. sure enough, he validates her behavior by doing and saying ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

Awesome balancing act, Nick.

Rock Your Body, Right?

Okay so I would definitely freak out for 2 minutes if BSB showed up in my living room, but then I would be like, “wait, do you really have NOTHING better to do?” Well, no. Not really. So the first group of girls and Nick head off to some LA studio where the Backstreet Boys teach them choreography (aka “planned dancing”) so they can all perform *live* on stage later that night. Corinne struggles through this group date because she’s not a good planned dancer and because Nick can’t take his eyes off Danielle L. She claims she’s “not a cry baby” and doesn’t throw a fit when the attention isn’t on her ... but then cries and runs away because the attention isn’t on her. Her “meltdown,” as well as the remainder of the date is pretty underwhelming. Even though Jasmine is an actual professional dancer, Danielle L. is the main focus. Neither Nick, the cameraman or the 5th Backstreet Boy no one ever remembers can keep their eyes off Danielle L. So she *wins* this portion of the date and as punishment a reward, she gets to slow dance with Nick on stage to an acapella rendition of “I Want It That Way.”

Later that night, we see Nick and Danielle L. getting some quality alone time, but it all feels pretty fake. Not just because she’s an actress and would never give him the time of day in real life, but because she’s an actress and would never give him the time of day in real life. Back at the camp fire, Corinne has just woken from a quick cat nap and joins a comically stereotypical conversation about boob jobs and kids which quickly turns into a Raquel reveal. The women are floored to hear that Corinne has a “nanny” that makes her bed, slices her vegetables and makes her cheese pasta (more commonly known as mac and cheese). Jasmine’s reaction is everyone’s reaction:

Yes, she DID just say nanny. Yes, she IS a 24-year-old. Yes, she IS the worst person you have ever met in your life. Jasmine is so drunk shocked by the news that she ends up wiping out on her way back from the bathroom.

No Gravity. Lots of Tears.

The Zero-Gravity plane is definitely cooler than the Backstreet Boys, but less cool than, say, dating a guy who doesn’t lick whipped cream of a 24 year old’s chest before and after making out with your roommates. As I imagine most dates with Nick go, everything is going *swell* until Vanessa starts throwing up. She is able to look fairly poised as she barfs, even though Nick is all over her like a needy little rodent, rubbing her feet and up her pant legs as she yacks into a barf bag. Later that night, Vanessa tells a moving story about the day she buried her grandfather (conveniently right before she came here) and how someone gave her a rose so this is all *fate* (or something like that). After this moving story, she asks some hard hitting questions like why he’s doing this for a 4th time after getting shit on so many times. Nick explains that its hard to pay bills and your rent when you aren’t employed or making appearances, and you can’t do that if you’re just a two time loser with no compelling love story. The openness and honesty of this conversation moves Nick, and me, to tears.

Track, Field, and Bouncing

The second date is considerably less exciting than dancing behind the Backstreet Boys. Of course Olympians should get us more excited, but ABC is going to be hard pressed to find a Bachelor fan who gives a shit about the first US woman to win gold in the shot put. Luckily, Astrid decided to make the date more interesting for everyone by not wearing a real sports bra despite rocking double Ds. Astrid, honey, no man--especially this one--is worth running around in an unsupportive sports bra for. After a serious of actual track and field events, Rachel, Alexis and Astrid—due in part because of her javelin throw and larger part by dem titties—are selected to race each other to grab a fake engagement ring. Despite coming in 3rd place, Astrid manages to grab the ring, or what’s left of it, off the ground and wins the prize of a make out session with Nick in a hot tub. Later that night, Dominique continues to spiral about Nick not paying attention to her, so Rachel takes her into the bathroom and gives her a very reasonable pep talk. Notably, even though Dominique ends up getting sent home before the end of the date, this whole part of the episode was very boring. It’s not a coincidence, of course, seeing as most of the younger girls were either left at the house or on the first date. But this reflects the Catch 22 that is the Bachelor. You want to see drama and girls say dumb shit, but you also want to see people find *genuine love*. It’s hard to find *genuine love* when you cast a bunch of 24 year olds to date a 36 year old, but it’s also hard to keep people interested if you don’t have a Corinne flashing her nip every other scene. This is, of course, one of the countless reasons why these pairings almost never work out in real life, further emphasizing the conclusion that this show is ultimately about 15 minutes of fame and finding new people to push Fit Tea on Instagram, not about finding love.

Straddling Someone In a Bouncy Castle. No.

I’m a big fan of pool parties replacing the cocktail parties because people end up getting wasted after drinking in the sun all day. It also provides time for stunts like Corinne’s bouncy castle. To no one’s surprise, Corinne does not join the pool party but instead, lures Nick out to the driveway where the producers Raquel have inflated a bouncy castle for Nick and Corinne to dry-hump in. As if this wasn’t enough and “Very unfair!,” Corinne squeals loudly with excitement so the girls sitting just 10 feet away can hear her. Almost as if it was staged (lol), the girls peek their heads out into the driveway to see Corinne bouncing on top of Nick.

Most of them get fed up watching Corinne and Nick dry-hump and head back to the pool to plot their “I’m disappointed in you” talk with Nick. Sure enough, Raven kicks things off by saying that on behalf of all the small business owners on this show, he is making a huge mistake with Corinne. Nick seems to have missed the whole nanny memo, but he isn’t as disgusted / appalled / turned off as a 36 year old would imagine. That may be because he’s connected the dots that she’s loaded. Or he doesn’t care because he thinks with a dick and this is all just another step to landing himself in the reality tv hall of fame. Or, he just doesn’t respect these women. Assuming it’s #3, because it is, he lets the criticism wash over him like a sheepish alter boy, avoiding eye contact with all the drunk girls lecturing him. That is, until Vanessa pulls him aside and dresses him down. Nick, being the piece of shit that he is, tries to tell Vanessa he “doesn’t know what she saw” --- but Vanessa claps back that “it was enough for her to walk away after 2 seconds.”

Hell yeah it was, because that was shameless and gross and pretty god damn offensive. Especially after he just said he didn’t want people thinking he wasn’t here for the #rightreasons and CRIED in her arms the night before. So, Vanessa asks, why the fuck would you hump a 24-year-old with a nanny in front of everyone and on TV? And before you can answer, just know that Vanessa isn’t judging Corinne, she’s judging Nick’s actions. Well that’s very admirable, Vanessa. But we’re also judging Corinne....

Did you notice . . .

Elizabeth (we’re always like “who the hell is that) says that she might not be able to stay if Nick fucks anyone before the Fantasy Suite. But, after the Fantasy Suite is okay?

Corinne’s intonation when she complains about watching Danielle L. and Nick make out in front of her faaaaace.

Alexis says “move bitches” when she steps down to get her rose. Love her.

Corinne saying she was asleep with her nips exposed on the group date. Like what is with this girl and her nipples. We get it! You have nipples!

I’d bet you $100 Ivanka Trump also calls mac and cheese “cheese pasta.”

“I could be one of the last ones standing.” - Rachel. It’s funny how she doesn’t say “I could be engaged.” Almost like she knows there’s 0% chance Nick would actually get fake-engaged to...

Josephine’s audition for America’s Got Talent during the credits. Yikes.

Minority Report: Jasmine just barely got the final rose this last ceremony, but we lost Dominique in an unceremonious dismissal fitting her time, or lack thereof, on the show. At least Rachel got the group date rose, so it kind of all evened out?

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