Top 10 Dark Truths About Broadway Musicals

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  • There are a lot of dark truths behind the Broadway curtain. For this list, we’ll be looking at the harrowing, sinister, and sometimes tragic origins of some of Broadway’s most profound shows. Our countdown includes "Newsies," "Hamilton," "Chicago," and more! Have YOU seen any of these musicals? Share with us in the comments!
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  • @MsMojo
    @MsMojo  ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Have YOU seen any of these musicals? Let us know below, and check out our video of the Top 10 Best Movie Musicals of the Last Decade - th-cam.com/video/lgfmcz3rufU/w-d-xo.html

    • @swaingles
      @swaingles ปีที่แล้ว

      Non of them have I seen yet. But where is Kiss of the spider woman, Cabaret, Les Miserables? Too much socialism?

  • @richardmccarley281
    @richardmccarley281 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    The title of this video is misleading. I assumed it was about dark truths relating to the musical porductons themselves, not the background of the musical stories

    • @meahdahlgren5875
      @meahdahlgren5875 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Right

    • @vannahedits
      @vannahedits ปีที่แล้ว +8

      exactly

    • @Kay_lish
      @Kay_lish ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sameeee

    • @jeffreylindahl5895
      @jeffreylindahl5895 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's not misleading. It's a general umbrella title. Like a lot of their video titles are.

    • @jeffreylindahl5895
      @jeffreylindahl5895 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Background stories are about the production of the musicals. Because musicals are based on these stories.

  • @daniellebelisle2446
    @daniellebelisle2446 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I find that people who aren’t really into theatre assume that these shows are just jazz hands, smiles and leg kicks (though we love to see it) when in reality, a lot of theatre is very dark and deals with a lot of taboo subject manner (depending on the time it first came out - it may have been taboo for the time but not so much now). I’m glad some of these lesser known shows like Parade, Ragtime, and The Scottsboro Boys are getting a most deserved shoutout.

    • @bennymora3086
      @bennymora3086 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Chicago is still a great musical to listen too!🚔

  • @DanGamingFan2846
    @DanGamingFan2846 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Don't be blinded by the Broadway lights, every story has to have inspiration from somewhere, and more often than not, it's from some of the greatest atrocities and injustices ever committed. I was especially surprised that one based on the Scottsboro Boys existed. I'm also surprised _Les Misérables_ wasn't on the list, as it doesn't pull any punches portraying the mistreatment of the poor in Paris during the Bourbon Restoration and July monarchy. Also, that "joke" at 8:33 was cringe beyond belief.

    • @JackieMReacts
      @JackieMReacts ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@squirrel_maya006 i think that was the point...

  • @ViciousBabushka
    @ViciousBabushka ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I am surprised that "Cabaret" and "Miss Saigon" are not on this list.

    • @DeCostaPictures8526
      @DeCostaPictures8526 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Just got to number 2 and assumed Cabaret would be number 1. How could they not have put it?

  • @noenya8047
    @noenya8047 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I think Six the musical should be added on this list

  • @cmtippens9209
    @cmtippens9209 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I think the lyrics from the song Wonderful, in Wicked, best describes how we've all learned history. "A man's called a traitor or liberator. A rich man's a thief or philanthropist. Is one a crusader or ruthless invader? It's all in which label is able to persist. There are precious few at ease with moral ambiguities, so we act as if they don't exist."
    Remember, it's the victors who write the story that got passed down as truth. You can accuse Disney (& I'm no great supporter) and others of glossing over inconvenient truths, but that's the way history has always been told, in order to validate and justify the reasons for destroying other cities, cultures, and peoples that got in the way of whatever one leader or group wanted to do. It is still happening today and always will until mankind stops desiring what someone else has.

  • @who__cares__
    @who__cares__ ปีที่แล้ว +28

    My brother was actually in Newsies a couple years back now he's in Kinky Boots!!

  • @hectorsmommy1717
    @hectorsmommy1717 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    There is a great book called "The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers who Inspired Chicago" by Douglas Perry. It even goes into the woman who inspired the character of the Hungarian woman who was executed even though she was innocent.

  • @michaelmonthey5974
    @michaelmonthey5974 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    It’s strange that “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” was overwhelmingly chastised and shut down for historical accuracies, but “Hamilton” gets universal praise and box office longevity on Broadway for historical inaccuracies.

  • @shikishinobi
    @shikishinobi ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I think Cabaret should be on the list. It’s very clever in pulling you in with the sincerity of songs like “Tomorrow Belongs To Me” only for you to realise too late you are being drawn in by a Nazi song. The show displays the struggles of people knowing that the Third Reich was growing in power and that their lives were genuinely threatened.
    The Colour Purple also deserves an honourable mention. The struggles of domestic abuse within a segregated community is a tough sell, yet the movie and broadway show got a lot of attention.

  • @chiara1194
    @chiara1194 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Assassins: “Am I a joke to you?”

    • @theyluvtwoset.13
      @theyluvtwoset.13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't know Assassins, is it by Sondheim?

    • @alexandersean4708
      @alexandersean4708 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@theyluvtwoset.13 Yes, it’s about nine people who have made an attempt on the life of the president of the USA. Really dark, but REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

    • @theyluvtwoset.13
      @theyluvtwoset.13 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alexandersean4708 I heard my favorite TH-camr talk about it so I should go listen!

  • @angel665b
    @angel665b ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So basically if Jeremy Jordan was in it lol

  • @karenzaslow3808
    @karenzaslow3808 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    How could you leave out Cabaret?

  • @SConArt87
    @SConArt87 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Not even a mention of Miss Saigon??

  • @coolaunt516
    @coolaunt516 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    No "Cabaret"? I'm surprised.

  • @BurrShotHam711Jenna
    @BurrShotHam711Jenna ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i saw Hamilton in Detroit and it was amazing!!

  • @SpEdMice
    @SpEdMice ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How about Fiddler on the Roof? Or West Side Story?

  • @JohnAdams_NotQuincy
    @JohnAdams_NotQuincy ปีที่แล้ว +8

    And here I am thinking Sondheim’s and Weidman’s “Assassins” (which is about presidential assassins) would be in this list

  • @angiedawnmoody3519
    @angiedawnmoody3519 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I think Titanic The Musical should be added to your list as well

  • @ThiccTropius
    @ThiccTropius ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The thing about Sweeney Todd is… it actually happened… yes… you read that right!

  • @jennyj22
    @jennyj22 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In Schenectady New York I saw the musical newsies and I found it really interesting

  • @angel665b
    @angel665b ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Daddy's Son was devastating to hear live ❤

  • @toobsokable
    @toobsokable ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Did not know they made musicals about Andrew Jackson, Bonnie and Clyde, and the internment of Japanese Americans.

  • @greatfilmmaker
    @greatfilmmaker ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree with your number one pick finally.

  • @jackmischner7760
    @jackmischner7760 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was just at a bar mitzvah, and I read a plack about Leo frank who went to my temple.

  • @pazyamor2292
    @pazyamor2292 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Paradise Square seems worth a mention.

  • @chelseacanales8763
    @chelseacanales8763 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No matter, still love them

  • @blueboyherb
    @blueboyherb ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree Cabaret would be good on this list, maybe Assassins too.

  • @stevenfarrington5406
    @stevenfarrington5406 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    *Minstrel show (is what I think they meant, not “ministerial?”)

    • @andreaxxxedge
      @andreaxxxedge ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was hoping someone beat me to this comment. Thank you for your service.

  • @Sashowindfeather
    @Sashowindfeather ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Also, I feel like we need Ragtime revival again.

  • @leidipimentinha
    @leidipimentinha ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Jeremy Jordan 2 Times? ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @ihsb3
    @ihsb3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should make top 10 times that the owl house tacked serious issues

  • @usagicassidy
    @usagicassidy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank god that was a performance from Ben Platt in Parade. He's great - when he's not trying to be a 20 year old with his daddys money.

  • @waittillfamewtf2385
    @waittillfamewtf2385 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🎭 Glass Mask - "The Phantom of the Opera"

    • @jimbo9208
      @jimbo9208 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      what about it

  • @freddiemolinajr.8397
    @freddiemolinajr.8397 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Decent video

    • @jimbo9208
      @jimbo9208 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      we get it you like watchmojo you don't have to complement them on every video

  • @Sashowindfeather
    @Sashowindfeather ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Was that....Christian Bale in the Newsies movie?

    • @peytoncrown1465
      @peytoncrown1465 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yep😃😃😃😃😃😃

    • @miyannapittman5580
      @miyannapittman5580 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      !Fake fan alert! (JK lol we welcome you to the movie fandom! Newsies was the first movie I ever saw with Christian Bale (at age 9) and to this day may or may not still be...)

  • @desdar100
    @desdar100 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I found it necessary to point out but Broadway is entertainment that last around 2 to 3 hours.
    It's not going to be able to cover every single fabric of a person's life where Legacy nor should that responsibility be placed on it IMHO.

  • @cedgson91
    @cedgson91 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Sweeney Todd musical origin makes me love it even more 🥰

  • @Positivekitten
    @Positivekitten ปีที่แล้ว

    Miss Saigon didn’t even get a mention????

  • @bennymora3086
    @bennymora3086 ปีที่แล้ว

    And I thought Newsies were catchy.😶📰

  • @taytorty
    @taytorty ปีที่แล้ว +2

    didn’t jefferson and washington inherit their slaves? i don’t think they bought anyone. slavery still sucks though

  • @RyanK-100
    @RyanK-100 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When one tribe replaces the old tribe, the new tribe becomes the "indigenous."

  • @Rivers_daughter
    @Rivers_daughter ปีที่แล้ว

    I actually I did newsies well the JR version

  • @user-kr1sg6ys6d
    @user-kr1sg6ys6d ปีที่แล้ว

    It was little Lea Michele on 5:31?

  • @bruceyanoshek626
    @bruceyanoshek626 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think you mean a minstrel show, not a ministerial show.

  • @liz_anne
    @liz_anne ปีที่แล้ว

    i don't get why sweeney todd is on here, why not a show like cabaret?

  • @hanssolos3699
    @hanssolos3699 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    yeah all kindergartens arent allowed recitals for child labor 😂😂😂

  • @stevenfarrington5406
    @stevenfarrington5406 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *minstral show

  • @jaqueaincocal4674
    @jaqueaincocal4674 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    👁👄👁

  • @MomLAU
    @MomLAU 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A _"ministerial"_ show????

  • @KARYTTAH_PopMetal_Rock_BAND
    @KARYTTAH_PopMetal_Rock_BAND ปีที่แล้ว +1

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    -> ❤ But Don't Pay Much Attention To Our Neanderthal English, Ha Ha Ha
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    • @jimbo9208
      @jimbo9208 ปีที่แล้ว

      no one cares get a life

  • @LilFoxyCosplay
    @LilFoxyCosplay ปีที่แล้ว

    I read the string of pearls
    Things I remember:
    Sweeney had a weird laugh and was scared of dogs
    Nellie forced Anthony to make pies for her
    Sweeney poisoned her
    He was arrested at the end

  • @madisonsvensen1590
    @madisonsvensen1590 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Who else thinks the movie version of Newsies is SO much better then the broadway version?

  • @grumpynothappy1776
    @grumpynothappy1776 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bonnie did not kill nobody Clyde Clyde killed some people not all not all of the people there were other members in his gang Read some autobiographers and educate yourself. She was murdered when she could hardly walkI was carried everywhere by people. So yeah they did have a hard life due to taxes due to taxes government and her family and his family coming from poor people

  • @taytorty
    @taytorty ปีที่แล้ว +1

    andrew jackson was not a great person

  • @michaelmonthey5974
    @michaelmonthey5974 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “Hamilton” is overrated. It completely ignores historical events in favor of identity politics.

    • @cmtippens9209
      @cmtippens9209 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's just one person's view. You don't have to like it. Your feedback is valid, but, if you want to show a different viewpoint, write your own version of a historical musical or play.

    • @Anime_theatre_lover
      @Anime_theatre_lover ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well I think Hamilton is beautiful. The point of Hamilton is this show the evolution of America.