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one second in and already in love with this video gosh the crocs earrings is so lit i love it

so unserious i'm obsessed also ur earrings eat🎀

Didnt know i needed this video until nowwww ❤

Watch Amadeus sometime. Mozart is totally "brat," and in that movie literally.

Can you make a video about Spring Awakening!!?

Did you watch the movie before you filmed this?

It’s about cause and effect. Nessa and Elphaba are essentially two sides of the same coin. Nessa sheltered and spoilt rotten by her father who feels extreme guilt over making his wife take medication that caused deformities, yet Elphaba who essentially had an elixir also deform her body also is someone to be barely tolerated and shown contempt. Both children were victims of circumstance beyond their control, yet both treated very differently under the same roof. Which in turn developed their personalities. Nessa was spoilt by her Dad through her childhood, in the end as an adult she expected to be fawned on by those in her company even if it’s against their will. Essentially you could take Nessa out of that wheelchair and keep her personality traits and still have people treat her like she is helpless and pity her because her mother died so tragically, her personality would still be the same. And Elphaba essentially being indoctrinated in her from a young age by her father to look after her little sister would still react the same way.

Nessarose, unable to walk in the book due to lack of arms due to her birth, bot because her fathers from Quadling country, to who ever put this out there its wrong. Nesserose has been treated both in the book and the stage show, and the movie as her fathers perfect pet, and the one who gets the most attention due to her being not green but a normal color, and also in a wheelchair in the musical, since it would be hard to depict an actor or actress without any arms or hands and just feet to work with. The book their father is not the mayor of munchkin land their great grand father and grand father and mothers family are the ruling mayors of Munchkinland, and their father is a man of the un-named God, man who spreads the word of the gospel. In the show he's the governor and is abusive to Elphaba which is not the case in the book. Like father passed down Nesseros in the book is very overly religious and uses it to become a tyrant after Elphaba refuses to take up being governor even though she's the oldest child of the Throp family. In the stage show Nesserose is just handed the position after their father dies, which I'm sure added to her stress and it didn't matter if she was in a wheelchair or not, ruling at such a young age and the way she was forced into it, would change anyone. She's more uptight in the show and upset and nasty in it, and I think that Bode brings out the book side to Nesserose I'm hoping we get the more ridged Nesserose in part two. She keeps the munchkins there so that Boq stays with her and can't leave, she would have done that anyway in a chair or not in a chair. The wheel chair yes they pity her and Elphaba tries to do stuff for her, but Glinda just sees her and just wants to get ride of Boq who is a pest, and its not her fault that Boq cant come clean to Nesserose about why he really is looking after her. Also you can have a wheelchair user seem to be walking in a film, allot harder to do on a Broadway stage. The character is written based on Gregory Maguires character, and writers have the write to write their characters the way they see them and want them to be in their story they are telling.

While I agree with most of what you say, rewriting the musical at this point would probably cause more problems than solve them. Nessarose being able to walk via the shoes comes from the book in which, while not in a wheelchair, she has problems balancing when walking due to her lack of arms (her father being a Quadling caused this). Personally I think the film has done a better job of giving her agency and the second part will continue to do so. I wonder if the depiction of Elphaba “curing” her will be more negative since we have seen multiple times that she does not want to be “helped” because of her disability. If Elphaba does it despite Nessa not wanting her to, it would bring even more conflict and drama to their relationship, and I like that.

I agree with some of your points and adding depth to Nessa's character, however, I feel like the musical actually addressed some of these abelist themes the way they did intentionally. Wicked is about addressing superficiality, and how figures twist the narrative to have the public vilify people who are actually good via scapegoating, and use their appearances as a means to "other" them. Because of this context, I believe that it serves a platform to address issues in a very nuanced fashion. For instance, you mentioned Nessa being "cured" is a harmful narrative that reinforces stereotypes of being "fixed," but the musical already covers the issue. Even though Nessa is "fixed" with her problem in reality it's not because her conflict is being socially isolated and othered due to her physical condition. In this sense, it showcases the problem with "fixing" disabled people. Which is why I agree with you about giving Nessa more interactions with her peers for more in-depth perspective of being disabled and humanizing her.

You're mostly correct, but you're missing the allegory of Oz's treatment of the animals to the progressive Eugenics Movement started in the late 19th century. 90% of progressive ideas are incompatible with humanity when taken to their natural conclusion, and require an authoritarian regime to implement the ghastly policies. Spearheaded by Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger, Eugenics in the US resulted in the forced sterilization of "unfit" persons and racial minorities through the 1920s. Inspired by Sanger's writings in the US, Eugenics was then taken to its horrifying extreme by the totalitarian German Socialist regime in the 1930s, which resulted in human-animal breeding experiments and the Holocaust. Progressivism as a vehicle for unchecked Evil is the underlying theme of Maguire's 1995 novel.

i don't think galinda using her to pawn boq off was presented as good. it's in Dancing through Life, the song about how interested Galinda is in being shallow, careless, inconsiderate, and selfish. Her one-two abuse of nessa and elphaba BOTH getting misinterpreted as Goodness *requires* her actions there to be actually Wicked. and it's pointed out immediately both times--first by fiyero and then by the dressing room friends, that galinda is being malicious on purpose. but because she is The Good, when she does Evil it's misinterpreted as magnanimity even by Elphaba. and because Elphaba is The Wicked, she gets misinterpreted as Evil any time she tries to do Good. that contrast is central to the show themes reiterated in Popular and Wonderful... and it requires Galinda to be appropriately read by the audience as a huge bitch to Nessa but man that act 2 I just saw the movie and stage tour back to back and the Monkeys Wings bit is a much different tone. onstage it's oh no for a minute until the monkeys have healed and then they don't apparently mind much. in the movie it's emphasized how horrible it is what happened to the monkeys. the monkeys are the only spell we see used before Nessa's shoes, they set the audience expectations for how the new spell will go with Nessa when elphaba starts doing it. i think the *physical* horrorshow with the movie monkeys is foreshadowing to us that in movie part 2, nessa's shoe spell will similarly be more overtly framed as a horrific mistake of elphaba's, just like the monkeys

*looks at your earrings* Cosmo, Wanda, you aren't fooling anyone. I now know you have, FAIRY GODPARENTS!!! In all seriousness this was a really good video with excellent points. Keep up the good work!

Marissa bode is going to make sure they make this character a correct portrayal of being a wheelchair user. I know it!

I think this is a really wonderful video essay that brings up a lot of excellent points about disability representation in wicked, and the harmful tropes it uses in telling its narrative and the ways that the movie version could potentially improve upon these shortcomings. I do agree with one of the other comment about, their interpretation of descent into evil, being more tied to her and distaste, and hurt surrounding people viewing her as an object of pity as opposed to who she is as a person, and I think that if the movies go that direction will also giving Nessa the depth that she deserves, that would be amazing.

I think the book verison would have been a good 3rd point to compair against.

Completely agree with you (and I also snuck in the "bratness" of opera in my last video ;) By the way, absolutely love your opera covers!

u are so fucking right

Great work, really love your videos

This is great! Such a thorough examination with constructive feedback for the show. I hope they see this!

While i agree with most of this, i definitely did not get the impression that her life got better after she was cured. Everyone in her life left her under the belief that she "didn't need them anymore." My interpretation was that she became an evil dictator embittered by the realization that everyone she loved only saw her as an object of pity. With that framing i think they could keep the plot point, if they added some scenes to strengthen those themes.

I originally found you through tiktok, but you *also* create pretty great long-form videos. I'm excited to see more videos from you in the future! Cheers!

Great analysis! Loved watching this, it's fascinating

The musics are fire for sure! 🤩

•I don’t believe that in a Japanese school the students would be debating the teachers. I could be wrong. I’m basing my belief on what I have learned about schools in Japan from video games, anime, manga, online videos. •Read: Deathwatch is an American 1972 novel. The Most Dangerous Game Short story by Richard Connell •Hard enough to play tennis with a tennis ball. Even harder to play tennis with an imaginary tennis ball while singing and acting. They pull it off very well. •Writing for the stage to me is fun but daunting. Creating different songs to thread a plot together. That is cohesive, and understandable to all who see. A stage show. Shows and warms the heats and minds of many. The ride along is truly something to be hold. The rise and fall. To feel it all there is nothing to it. Like it. The screen and pages only take one so far. To see it all live. In all its glory. Is wonderful. To tell a story. On a stage. Is wonderful.

Great analysis! Did you see it in concert in London??!!

Is it just me or is she trying to hard...?

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Great video! I'd love to hear your reaction to other Asian musicals, like Frankenstein or Cross Road, or JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

PLEASE MAKE MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE-

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GIRL you killed this analysis! Amazing stuff…. I’ve never studied music nor did I fully understand most of the technical bits in the scores you talked about here but it was still so interesting and insightful that I watched till the end.

I love musical breakdowns so thank you! Also lemme gush for a second OH MY GOD Rem’s character costume and makeup is SOO beautiful

It was only a few nights ago that I came home from an annoying day at work only for my sister to inform me some amazing news; "There is a musical for Death Note..." she said, "...AND it is written by the composer of the Jekyll a Hyde musical!" This news was too much for my poor tired mind to process. But I've come to love this musical since having finished listening to it. I think I would agree about L and Light's last song. As you said, it is hard to critique such a wonderfully done musical, but I think it might be really neat to include a chior as another part of the musical's instrumentation and who punctuate the acts singing ominous latin chants. That would add an intense and poignant sense of distance as the chior is some sort of extremely human, yet extraordinary extra-human force which sings of eternal justice after death. Then, at the musical's very end, during L and Light's last song and during Reqiuem, the chior finally joins alongside the stage performers, representing that all humans ultimately are made one with that terrifying and infinite reality of death and justice. I like that Wildhorn and Murphy decided to mirror most of Death Note's original soundtrack instrumentation. But the addition of a bit more high art chioral music - at least in these few isolated places - might add that signature Death Note touch of Gothic which juxposes so beautifully with the Anime atmosphere. Other than that one thought of mine, I love this musical! Mortals and Fools and Requiem are probably my two very favorites! The meticulous and artistic attention to detail is one superbly alongside the Jekyll and Hyde musical in terms of mastery. If either Wildhorn or Murphy are reading this, I want you to know that my sister and I are some of your new biggest fans. Also, you missed a reference to "I'll take a potatoe chip... AND EAT IT!" I hope to see that alongside my chior idea once this inevitably makes it to Broadway, hehehe. Blessings, everyone!

could you do a video about Over the Garden Wall OST?

FANTASTIC! I always knew there was something special about this musical but I can never quite describe it! You did such an incredible job of detailing everything from the music lyrics to the characterization! Flawless my dear!

EVERYTHING DEATH NOTE RELATED IS A MASTERPIECE

I’m so mad you made this video before me fuck!!!! I just started writing it 😭😭

in anne of cleves outfit inspiration 14:52 her original silver outfit looks so similar to what you’ve selected as a reference

Can I watch the stageplay on youtube? was wondering where the visuals got pulled from, looks great

I hope you saw the announcement for the musicalllll

The burb 😂

We need this on apple music

52:38 this is also the iconic mother marry pose after her son dies on the cross. the whole stage setup and this song is giving rebirth and full devotion

I loved the Video and It was responsible for me finding this Great musical. Can we please get a Video like this for Heathers?

Any song and musical with Jeremy Jordan I will IMMEDIATELY watch it. I honestly loved watching/ listening to the musical and definitely saved some of the songs.

Help I thought she said let’s play some Minecraft😭 0:07

Girl- i can sing better then u

I haven't watched the whole vid yet so I don't know if you mention this lol, but the composer Frank Wildhorn talked about how his son was a huge death note fan and how when Wildhorn was approached to write the musical, his son said "you have to do it, it'll be the coolest thing you've ever done". I feel like this musical is a testament to what happens when adaptors actually do their research into why people love the original.

Soichiro: Don't cross that line! Light, approximatly 7 miles over the line(TM): Yes, absolutely