#rather than pulling random characterization out of thin air
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at the end of the day the stage version of newsies is just a more fun experience because the dancing is so BIG the singing is better the songs themselves are better (the difference in Once and For All…. oh my god) but i am definitely coming around on the movie having its merits! watching it again so soon after the last time i saw it i’m especially thinking about how much more fully realized so many of the characters are (except sarah but. well.) and ultimately i think that’s just the nature of the kind of show that newsies is, but in paticular i’m really starting to prefer how crutchie (or i guess crutchy) is done in the movie. don’t get me wrong i love that he has a more significant role in the musical and i am jackcrutchie shipper #1 but he feels like much more of an individual person and overall rascal in the movie as opposed to a sweet and sympathetic prop for jack’s story 😬
#like truly i just think. this isn’t a thing with ALL musicals but what i mean about the kind of show that newsies is#like it’s all about the big numbers and the dancing and i LOVE that#there’s simply not time to have the little details that expand on these characters#all of that goes into jack and i DO prefer stage!jack as a character#but like obviously katherine is. more of a character than sarah but only slightly#and like you would need so much more time of just dialogue scenes to have fuller development for characters like crutchie and even davey#there’s stuff there to work with especially with davey like there’s a clear intention in his character#but it’s small moments and you really have to pay attention and work with that#there is just not time to have all the songs and dancing i love AND do all of that for every character id want to see it for#it’s a big disney family musical that’s not what the point is#however i DO think they could’ve done more with katherine#write a romantic duet that is more fitting to what we know about her so far. and expands on that even#rather than pulling random characterization out of thin air#just as an example <3#r.txt
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