Do you have any favourite costume mashups that were worn on stage?
If you mean specific goofs that were done to the costumes, then yes. A forever favourite is probably for a West End muckup matinée, where a male dancer donned the Hannibal slavegirl costume and a random gold mask. These things are rarely documented, so I'm extra glad actual footage exist:
And maybe not as much mash-up as humorous, but fake tattoos for the final performances will always be fun. Kevin Gray's Miss Saigon deformity tattoo in the US Tour and Tomas Ambt Kofod's Christine-heart-sailor-tattoo in Copenhagen are two favourites:
If you mean different styles of costumes or different costume parts being mixed up... I found the combo of a very vintage UK Elissa skirt with a newer US bodice an interesting one. It was worn in the Restaged Tour, I wanna say Lyndsay O'Neill? Similar combos was worn by the other understudies too, including Katie McCreary, Carmen Vass and Sarah Mossman.
And I am very much in love with Cai Min's combo of the Paris bodice and West End skirt in the Chinese production. The bodice never got a good match in the previous World Tour, with either too dark or too pale skirt. This is a nice match, and a well balanced costume:
Oh yeah, and the very vintage Dutch bodice with newer German skirts, as seen on Giulia Nadruz and the other Christines in the Sao Paulo revival... That's a combo I love:
And even if you didn't ask about my least favourites... HARD NO on this combo of a flat mint bodice and structured pink skirt, as seen on Kayleigh Marven in the Restaged Aussie Tour:
Also hard no on the oh-we-forgot-to-decorate-the-apron UK skirt with a US bodice, as worn by Kaley Ann Voorhees and Claire Lyon in the previous World Tour. Glad they decorated it in China... Here's the before look, as worn by Kaley Ann Voorhees:
...and after, as worn by Yang Chengxiyi. It feels like a more balanced costume, as there is a sense of continuation from bodice to skirt. Definite yes on this one!
Also hard yes to Emmi Christensson's Stockholm revival rooftop look, which was a true mask-up of a West End dress with World Tour decorations, World Tour cloak and World Tour underpinnings. The total is quite awesome.
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quick TL for Swummer Module bc it was great (and a bit of Chummer's module)
Happy 5 year anniversary of the chenswire (chapter 5) banner
[Pinned] Regular Chat Group (4)
16:26
Guma: I'm hungry, what's for dinner?
Swire: Let's have something nice. Grand Lungmen Resturant, 8PM! You need to try that new puhn choi on their menu. It's their usual recipe, but they use ingredients sourced from that new MCT trade route. They have stuff from Rim Billiton to Sargon. Super fresh. The set also comes with a bottle wine from Sami!
Swire: Bison and I worked our asses off to establish this supply chain so you guys better try it! @ Rat
Rat: You're counting me in?
17:09
Guma: So hungry. can we go now?
Swire: There's no seats available rn, just snack on something first!
18:32
Guma: hungry...
19:20
Guma: so hungryyyyyyy...
19:58
Rat: Something urgent came up, you guys go on without me
20:08
Swire: Huh?
Swire: Wb hoshiguma?
20:23
Swire: It's been so long since we had a meal together so we better get one today! Lmk what you want to eat asap after work!
20:41
Swire: so what are we having tonight?
21:19
Swire: what are we having tonightttt???????
Swire: LIN YUXIA I SAW YOUR READ NOTIF!! answer!
Rat: I just finished work. Didn't you just release your Director Swire Lungmen Food Guide with the nonstop noisy af TV ads. why are you asking me to decide
Guma: Done with my emergency mission. I'm fine w anything as long as there's meat. So hungry I could eat an entire burdenbeast head
Rat: What about the snack street? 'the shopping district is right next door, a convergence of unique goods from all over Terra. Only in Lungmen can you shop the whole land!' Writing's not bad
Swire: Duh its my work so ofc the copywriting has to be good too
Guma: nah sounds like there won't be a lot of meat
Swire: Remember the volcanic mud cleanser I got for you @ Rat and the surfboard @ Guma you can buy them there too
Swire: Bison and i adjusted the prices until they're just slightly pricier than what you'd pay in siesta. Does that work?
Guma: Don't feel like eating surfboard
Rat: Then international trade park? The guide's no.2
Swire: Sure we're drawing some investors over there atm so there's plenty of foreign food there they're p good
Guma: I want meat also ill take more than 30min to get there from here ill die from hunger
Swire: Pity. It's pretty popular with the youths yk, recommended date spot
Rat: Agh!
Rat: Final option. The cai zhe min stall behind the LGD office. That or you guys can starve
Guma: no objections
Swire: no objections
21:30
Swire: wait LYX why do you have my guide i thought you didn't like that sort of noise
Rat: Just happened to pick it up, problem?
21:33
Rat: Why is the czm stall not in your guide?
Swire: I wanted to but the boss wouldn't let me sth about its too bougie for him hes just a regular noodle stall
Swire: True tho. Certified Lungmen™️ moment
21:38
Guma: I already ordered come ASAP
23:35
Guma: Why hasn't chen read any of our messages?
Swire: Bc she has to connect to an intercity net first. Who knows she might just be on the top of a haystack in some valley waving her terminal around for signal right now
--new messages--
PGL: ......
PGL: you mean a pile of rubble
PGL: I'm back in lungmen, i want to eat czm too
thoughts/notes:
As I mentioned in the other ask Swire set nicknames for the other 3
Hoshi: 🐻🐻
Chen: Puk Gaai Lung
Lin: Stinky Rat (wanted to use CLS (cau lau syu) but i kept misreading it as cho shan land so lmaoo
Hoshi 'i don't feel like having surfboard for dinner' guma
Lin really likes her cart noodles huh (nodding)
Hoshi and Lin both finished their urgent work at the same time 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨
this is so good for character study idk like the way lin is like indirectly 'me too?' and never commits but doesn't exactly ghost 24/7 either also her being like -_-💢this or you starve idc
HOSHIGUMA.....hungryguma so cute she dgaf
Swire. 'the youths love coming here for dates' spoken like a real 25+yo
AND CHEN... when youre that one guy in the gc whos overseas or in a diff timezone .......i doubt the timeline doesn't add up so nicely but i had a funny mental image of the 3 eating their noodles and then suddenly chen in her victorian outfit shows up behind them all covered in blood and dust from ch14
Right uh Chummer module:
shes in dossoles, some boy is asking her for help because his dad pulled his mom into some smuggling trade (and he used to be part of it too) chen is like dw i'll punish him and his gang if they deserve it and the boy asked if prison will reform his dad (chen: ...why do you ask) saying his dad used to be Normal but then became money hungry after they came to dossoles and promised him he would take them on a cruise to spot rainbows or something?? chen is like theres water everywhere here shouldnt you have seen enough rainbows. hes like it doesnt count it has to be on a ship and all... she thinks its valid as she remembers how much she wanted wei's approval back then and asks if he still thinks the same and hes like yeah but i cant do it alone... chen is silent for a moment and then helps the boy out, leaving a note before they split ways 'then you'll have to figure out a way to make him hear you out, to tell him you want him to be a better person. at least, he needs to understand your point of view' then it switches to 3rd person narrative lol it rained that day, and chen(女侠 ..!!) subdues a criminal gang, rescuing a woman. the surprising part is that the leader wanted to fight to the end before a child suddenly appeared before him. at some point the rain stops and a rainbow appears, making the gangleader hesitant and eventually drops his weapon after (his son) says something to him. witnesses remark on how chen did not seem happy by this outcome, only pensively staring towards the east
honestly my first reaction was 'omg chen nuxia interrobang' and then 'wuh..??' bc it was so vague compared to what was essentially chatfic or w/e the term is lmao not much on the brain atm except:
hen module: looks toward lungmen
swire module: im back
the kinoooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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