#Man of La Mancha

[obrienpolycule]

Man of La Mancha was written for Quantum Leap. How is this possible, you ask? Man of La Mancha the musical was written in 1965 and Quantum Leap aired in 1989. Well, theorising that one could time travel within his own lifetime

[fantasticalrealmsandlands]

What kind of paladin do you play (Musicals Version)?

Which song speaks to the heart of what drives your paladin? 1. To Dream The Impossible Dream. From Man of La Mancha.

2. C'est Moi. Camelot.

3. Stars. Les Miserable.

Because I am a huge DnD and musicals nerd and for too long have questions like these boiled in my mind. And because it is me...I will make an item for the winner. Or the top two if it gets 100 interactions. Or all three if it gets 500. And a subclass for the winner if it gets over 1000.

[happilyhadesbound]

>Barges into Tumblr

>"Don Quixote is trans"

>Refuses to elaborate further

>Leaves

[princesssarisa]

The top 10 Broadway-style musicals performed in opera houses (according to Operabase.com)

It's always interesting when an opera company stages a classic musical in addition to its usual operatic repertoire. Allegedly, on those occasions, these are the most popular choices.

My Fair Lady

West Side Story

Fiddler on the Roof

Kiss Me, Kate

Sweeney Todd

Evita

Jesus Christ Superstar

Cabaret

The Sound of Music

Man of La Mancha

[rolloroberson]

Sophia Loren

[whowouldwininafite]

[sialiasnest]

Last night I dreamed I was watching a performance of Man of la Mancha, and Don Quixote was wearing nothing but gray longjohns when he set off on his adventures. When he meets the barber he winds up wearing the barber's drape over them, and after "Golden Helmet of Mambrino," when he puts the shaving basin on his head, it hangs down over his eyes and has 2 pointy legs that stick straight up like bat ears.

Caped Crusader indeed.

All the rest of the script/score was as per canon, but the actor played it as if he were playing Batman for the entire rest of the ride.

Best musical I have ever staged in my sleep.

Wish I had been able to record it.

[doyouknowthismusical]

[barkingbonzo]

Sophia Loren in Rome, during production of Arthur Hiller’s Man of La Mancha in 1972. Photographed by Douglas Kirkland

[rambleonwithrosie]

Parallels

Man of La Mancha (1972)

"Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!"

Cinderella (2015)

"Just because it's what's done doesn't mean it's what should be done!"

"And Ella continued to see the world not as it is, but as it could be, if only you believe in courage, and kindness, and occasionally, just a little bit...of magic."

As a child I grew up watching Man of La Mancha with my family (I have older parents so that film came out when they were high school/college aged) and I always felt Cervantes speech about how to see the world deep in my bones even as a child. I mean isn't that what being a child is all about seeing things with imagination and the goodness in people around you. It's why Dolly Parton as a little girl didn't see the made up flashy dressing woman in town as a "tramp" she thought she was beautiful. You don't have prejudices about people based on what they look like as a child. It's why Don Quixote can see Aldonza the Whore as his fair Lady Dulcinea and her dish cloth as gossamer. He's resorted back to a child's view of the world in his "madness" if it can be called madness to see the world in a better light than those around you who claim to see it how it is but just have layers of bitterness and prejudice.

It's why Ella can see the value in little animals like her mice and why she helps the odd looking old woman with bad manners even though she's mid breakdown. "What is a cup of milk? Nothing. But kindness... Kindness makes it everything." Ella is like a lived out real world version of the quote Cervantes has in Man of La Mancha. Because she's not pretending the world is okay she's faced it with courage and can look it in the eye and she knows it by it's right name. But she has the courage to continue to be kind and to continue to see the world through the eyes she had as a little girl during her golden childhood.

[kn11ves]

i love aldonza she was born in a wet box all alone and was forced to eat cement when she was 6 her parents didnt show up to her birth and she hates everyone soo bad

[improbabledreams900]

Quantum Leap + Man of La Mancha lyrics

[chungledown-bimothy]

"He lays down the melancholy burden of sanity"

Man of La Mancha doesn't fuck around I love it so much

[princess-ibri]

I think you should add Don Quixote to your Disney Canon Descendants since Disney had a cancelled movie about it (there was many ideas but they failed the attempt). It could be placed in Our World since the novel criticized the Spanish society of the 16-17th century. There is concept art



Ah yes! I'd heared about it! Lovely concept art! That 'stache! 👌🥸 I wonder if Disney would have brought in some actually fantastical elements into it or stuck more to it all being in Don Quixote 's mind. Definitely would have had a happier ending for Quixote ala Hunchback's treatment I'm sure. I could definitely see it slotting into the Our World timeline!