Real Musical Theater Coach Reacts to *MATILDA THE MUSICAL* | First Time Watching | Matilda Reaction
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- That A through Z song is sensational! 😱 Doctor Disney (Real Doctor + Real Disney Fan) and DayleSong (Real Vocal Coach) react to Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical (2022) for the first time! Together let's have a wild reaction, critical review, and hearty sing-along to all of the songs! What do you rate it?
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Roald Dahl's MATILDA THE MUSICAL (2022) tells the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a sharp mind and a vivid imagination, dares to take a stand to change her story with miraculous results! With Alisha Weir as Matilda Wormwood, Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull, Lashana Lynch as Miss Honey, directed by Matthew Warchus.
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Hey Angels! We were thinking of watching SpongeBob The Musical all together next, what do you think? 🤗
Also, Dr. Peter recently rewatched this Matilda movie, and this time, since he knew that her superpowers were going to show up, he found the subtle ways that they hinted at them throughout the movie (through her eyes mostly) as smart, creative choices.
I think that this is a great idea the production is great, and it’s a great adaptation of the classic cartoon series with the universe still remaining in the production it still holds the charm of the characters and it’s just all great you should watch it❤❤❤ by the way I love your videos
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Thank you for giving so many props for the genius lyrics of Mr Tim Minchin, he deserved every bit of praise and accolades he ever received for his music and lyrics.
I love it when people don’t realize what the school song is until the letters start appearing and then they react 😂 it really is so freaking clever
There's like three layers. You think it's just a song about the school setting and the horrors of school under Miss Trunchbull. Then you realize they have worked the alphabet into the song, and lastly(and I see a lot of people still missing this fact) you realize it's not just words that start with the letter, but words that specifically make the sound of the letter. Randomly watching this song on youtube is what made me watch the whole movie, and now it's my favorite movie I've watched in years...
Did you really expect anything less from the brilliant mind of Tim Minchin? And yes he is insanely intelligent and well read
@@jackwhitbread4583 "and the other kind of red" ;)
@@RikardPeterson "It's a homophone!"
Agreed haha, I didn't see it coming either
48:58 in the original book, Matilda develops telekinesis in the last third of the book, so that's canon. Doing Matilda without telekinesis is like doing Carrie without telekinesis.
And the telekinesis is only there when she's not being challenged scholastically. As far as the book the musical is based on is concerned, she develops the powers because she is forced to stay in the grade appropriate to her age (she wasn't using 100% of her intelligence, so it had to go somewhere). At the end, she is sent up to the grade Ms. Honey recommended and her powers disappear. She is now being challenged mentally, so she doesn't need the telekinesis for her mental release anymore.
@@ashleybuechler860 I always thought it was stress, and that removing her parents and Miss Trunchbull meant she didn't have any stress to release.
Matilda wormwood does have telekinesis just like Carrie White; but there very similar; Carrie kills some of her class mates and some of the people as well compared to Stephen king’s novel… Carrie is very scary for me to watch, just saying. 😅
It's such an odd thing for me to hear someone say "Matilda should not have powers" when thats pretty much one of her core characteristics alongside with her intelligence (like people already answered, these are intertwined). It would be like saying "Lord of the Rings without the One Ring"! Could be because I grew up with both the book and the 90s movie. I think it's also worth saying that Roald Dahl is all about huge exhagerations in all of his stories, Matilda's is THE story about abusive homes and neglected children, and I think it only works the way it works because of the exhagerations - like a principal literally throwing a girl by her braids, that's also in the book. The "logic" here goes like that, if Trunchbull can throw kids through the window and shake them by the ankles (also in the book, but not shown in the musical) without massive repercussions, Matilda having powers to actually be able to fight back against her isnt that farfetched! The excuse in the book to why Trunchbull never faces consequences is that "even teachers are afraid of her" - which to me is a big symbolism on how adults can be very complicent on children abuse, from not interviening when they see kids bullying each other, to looking away when they see an adult abusing a kid because "its not their business"; or like Miss Honey, they are adults that were abused as kids, and they cant interfere either because they freeze like her, or because they might even agree with the abuse cause "I went through that as a child and I turned out fine!!!", which is both bullshit and depressing as hell. When you look at how all the absurdities and magic in Matilda plays out as metaphors for the real world, things makes much more sense!
On a different note, loved the react - I always cry at the same parts, the musical (stage and movie, they are pretty similar) did a wonderful job with the adaptation. And this is definitely the darkest one of all versions, and the 90s movie was very dark already. Re-watching it as an adult, I realize how a lot of it was literally filmed like a horror movie, specially Trunchbull scenes, which is SO interesting! The Musical added a lot more to Miss Honey too, to her backstory and how much the abuse inflicted to her by the Trunch still affects her so much as an adult, and it breaks my heart everytime. The musical is a lot more "dramatic in an emotional way", with all the very sad, introspective songs (some of my faves!).
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@@joannekenna8046 says the person who literally wasted time being unnecessarily rude to some stranger online who wasn't even talking to you....?
I agree with most of what you say, and wonderfully to see a long and well thought out comment btw. I do think that the musical is much less focused on the powers than the book or earlier movie. Being a longtime fan of Tim Minchin, that downplaying the superpowers might be down to him. The scene where they all stand up and spell every word wrong seems very Tim Minchin to me. It almost felt like the only reason it didn't end there was because, as you said, Matilda's powers are one of her core characteristics and they needed to be included in the big showdown.
@@joannekenna8046 what is wrong with you?
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The telekinesis makes definitely sense because the whole reason that the Trunchball was defeated is that is because Matilda made her believe that Magnus (Miss Honey's father) came back from the dead to get revenge...that frightened Trunchball.
It's also explained that Matilda got powers because her brilliant mind wasn't challenged enough... So her smarts manifested in telekinesis.
In the book we also learn that Matilda lost her powers once she was challenged enough
U mean telekinipsis?
@@whitekitties4224 thats not a thing
@@chloealexis593 it’s a joke.
Also her telekinesis helped push the kid to finish the cake!
8:30 it was actually her doing the cartwheels, alisha confirmed it in an interview! she also did the walking on her hands on the roof!
She did except that last one involved a lot of extra machinery to keep her safe. She was hanging from wires.
Cartwheels are easy tho. U don’t need a stunt for that unless ur doing it somewhere dangerous
@ju2545 Most of the time, kids especially aren't allowed to do easy stunted because even a small injury can be very expensive for a production when the main character is off for a bit
Matilda without super powers is like Wonka without a Chocolate Factory. Its kind of her thing.
It's like the Witches without having witches
It’s like just the characters themselves something that belongs to them/that they have
Good connection @plexus and @honorframe5711
Matilda having powers is a symbol of children's vulnerability for me. It's like when you're a child, you imagine yourself to have superpowers because you feel like only then, you'll be able to fight off the big adult abusers or bullies. However, in real life, they don’t have those superpowers to fight back. It's a very sad thought.
That is a very clever interpretation. I would've never thought of it that way.
The telekinesis is an empowerment thing. As a kid you want to be able to fight back against bullies that are too big for you to fight. As a kid that was my favorite part. She got the power to fight back in a way we all dreamed of.
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The "R" in the song was the word "asked", but the British dictation of that word is pronounced as "arsked".
It's pronounced asked (correctly) it's the Americans that pronounce it incorrectly as assked
@@priceprice_babyno actually you are wrong Londoners do pronounce it arsked but many English pronounce it asked and Americans pronounce it asked too
@@priceprice_baby It depends on whether or not you have a rhotic accent. Most Americans do (Boston is the main exception). So do most Irish people, and most Scottish people, and many people in Northern England. A non-rhotic accent is the norm in Southern England and in Australia.
What we're talking about here is the "intrusive r", a feature of non-rhotic accents in quick or careless speech. Rhotic accents don't have it at all, and non-rhotic accents don't have it when talking slowly and carefully.
The whole book , 90’s movie and of course, the musical is about her having powers. That’s like the main story.
I think Bruce is capable of eating the whole cake without stomach consequences because of Matilda's power. That's why she is staring at him with her pupils dilated in the beginning of Bruce's song. BTW I love when she whispers "Whatever you do just don't give in. Don't let her win!"
It’s literally a story about her using her telekinesis to save her school and friends. I thought you said you watched the movie? It’s pretty hard to forget that part of the story.
Depending how old you are genius. People's mind don't record everything they watch, he only remember the chokey in a very blurry way, the pigtail scene make he had remember a little as well
@@alfasvirtuosos1981cap last time i watched the movie was more than 10 years ago and even tho i don’t remember the movie very well,something clear is that matilda had telekinesis is a big part of her at like almost the end of the movie thats the little I remember oh and the cake scene
I absolutely love this film! I'm surprised you don't know the original book or Americanised film, but I'm glad you knew it was based on a musical. A lot of people don't like it because they think it's a remake of the first film adaptation, but as a remake of a musical it holds up so well. It's an incredible film, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
My boys and I went in 100% cold; I knew of it but had no idea of the story. We absolutely loved it.
I haven't read the book, I didn't see the earlier movie nor this one yet, but I still enjoyed the review! R (Australia)
I actually much prefer that the more emotional songs don’t end with a high note. Ending on a high note instead would often make it feel like more of a show performance - a moment for the actor - rather than an emotional moment for the character.
Oh and I think that applies especially to a movie musical where those moments are much more close in and intimate, compared with a stage performance that has to project right to the back of the audience.
The Telekinesis is from the original novel, but her character plays out a bit differently. In the original book, Matilda is very shy and doesn't start fighting back until she gets the Telekinesis.
In The School Song (the one with the alphabet), R was "So innocent I Rsked (asked) a thousand questions" which, yeah, is kinda weird but considering that H is literally "Hcient (Ancient) History," I'll give it a pass. Also, W was "and if you cry it will be W (double You) should stay out of trouble." Also also, in Bruce (song where Bruce eats the cake), here's a fun detail you might have missed: the kids only dance when Trunchbull is turning her back on them, excluding that whole jazz fantasy of course. Also also also, her powers are a very iconic part to the story. Without them, Trunchbull wouldn't have been terrified enough to leave the school and the town. Not to mention, in the musical version (both onstage and the movie), it's heavily implied that she has some sort of telepathy because of the story with the escapologist and the acrobat. And her powers are explained by her having 'loads of brains, they shoot out through [her] eyes,' which, yes, is kinda weird but Roald Dahl's stories did always have a bit of a nonsensical element to them. Overall, how much you like the powers really depends on how much you know about the original story and Roald Dahl.
R and h arent all that weird. Ye gotta consider the british pronounciation. Asked in british sounds like "ahskt" and r in british is pronounced "ah". I think the wierdest is actually L in hell. Tho not really farfetched considering that it can be pronounced as 'ell in the cockney dialect (i think?)
@@yell0wf0x yes, confirmed - look up catherine tate show, she says arksed and in a strong cockney/lond accent people say 'ell (most well known example is bloody 'ell"
i'm prettyyyy sure the h was just for "History" not "ancient".... since it.. you know. starts with the H.
@@DYDYBEEBEE no, I think it's Hcient. The song goes with what the letters sound like, not the sound they make. G was enerG which starts with E. F is Ffort which also starts with E. Also, they show/point/gesture towards H in the ancient part, not the history part
@@awildnoviceappearshmm. i guess its an either or sort of thing. they really enunciate the H in history too, but i can take a L ig lol
I sobbed too.. my 10 year old daughter is autistic with Pathological Demand Avoidance and she portrays what happens in school through either stories or writing songs (she plays guitar and piano). She is extremely smart but some of her peers are truly cruel. The song 'quiet' where trunchbull is yelling at matilda and she floats away on the hot air balloon is basically an Autistic meltdown or panic attack and she disassociates herself from reality to protect her mind. Alisha portrays it perfectly. I saw my child's thought process and I did exactly the same thing. The movie is a masterpiece and Alisha Weir is a little genius. I never expected to connect on the level that I did. My daughter is getting bullied at school.
Did you know that the songs are written by the amazing Tim Minchin!
This kid sold the performance with her eyes. She performed anger beautifully.
I'm curious how you guys would react to the 90s movie. It's a much different adaptation and very Americanised. She is much younger in the 90s film because Matilda is 5 years old in the book and in the musical. I think she's supposed to be 5 here too, but the actress who plays Matilda in this movie is 11, so I'm not 100% certain. Also, her powers are much more prominent in the 90s movie. Matilda's powers are foreshadowed in this movie with the moving doors and crushed garbage bin. But they don't play a massive role in the original book. Her powers come from her brain not being challenged, and she loses them in the end after she is challenged. In the novel and stage musical, Matilda wrote that message with the chalk, and Trunchbull ran away. That’s not climactic enough for a cinema-going audience. If it weren’t for her powers, the Trunchbull wouldn’t have been so frightened to leave the school and town permanently. Her powers are iconic and integral to the story. All of Roald Dahl's books lack a climax, and he structured them purposefully. So when the novel was adapted for other media, they added a climax to satisfy a moviegoing audience. You see more of the parents in the 90s movie and Matilda's older brother, that was cut from this version.
She isn't younger in the 90s film,she's younger hear.she was 6 in the 90s film,but 5 in this one,Wich is the age of the character in the book.
@@Mira-go4yd She didn’t look 5 in this one. Maybe that’s just; perhaps this actress is older. Mara Willson was 9 when she played Matilda, and I think Alisha Weir was either 11 or 12 when they filmed this. I can see how I got confused. But thanks for the information.
@@alexl.7668 because they cast alisha weir which who was 11 at the time, although i still believe matilda is 5, otherwise that’ll be embarrassing because lavender was bragging about how she knows the alphabet.
@@leticia380 lol thanks. I did see the actress is 11 upon further research. :)
@@alexl.7668 I don’t think they’re supposed to look 5. All the characters are supposed to look older than they actually are. They the older kids she meets when she goes to school are supposed to represent 2nd,3rd and 4th graders. Like the graduates,I’m pretty sure, are supposed to represent the fourth graders. Who in younger kids eyes seem so much bigger. 😊
"When I grow up, I will go to bed late every night"
Me: Brooooo LET ME SLEEP FROM 8pm to 12 pm and DON'T WAKE ME UP
It's an adaptation of the book and Matilda does have psychoactive abilities in the story. Removing it changes the original story. Presumably you don't personally like the idea for some reason.
Tim Minchin is an amazing songwriter and, most importantly for this a sarcastic comedian. The other musical he has written music and lyrics for is Groundhog Day that is being produced as a movie now.
OMG, I heard groundhog day was returning to the theatres for a short time, didn't know they were recording it. When did you see that, I want to know more! Is it a stage recording (in the case of groundhog day I hope so) or a movie like Matilda?
@@_k.13 I don't know Minchin mentioned it in an IG post a couple of months ago.
Wait Groundhog Day (the musical) is going to be a movie?? I love Tim and love that soundtrack and was super bummed I found out about it after it left Broadway.
Great reaction, guys.
By the way, the Tardis is Dr. Who's timeship. Outside it looked like a common phone booth, inside was an entire ship.
That's why the kids said Bruce's body was like the Tardis.
About Miss Honey's singing skills, remember her character. She's a frightened abused little girl inside an adult's body. She necessarily needs to keep her singing shy, because she's afraid of being noticed (in the beginning of the movie Bruce was telling Matilda how she doesn't want to get noticed by Trunchbull).
Man, I love this movie! 😄
I saw this when they toured Australia, and I didn’t see the reveal coming - that Miss Honey was the escapologists daughter. So when she pulls the scarf out during her song about her house I got chills all over me, it was such a brilliant reveal.
Lashana Lynch literally sounds like a Disney princess and she NEEDS to be cast in a Disney musical asap! 😍
Funny you're not feeling the telekinesis in the movie when Matilda is ALL about her being able to move things with her mind. It's not something they added in the movie just for fun, it's all in the original.
The story definitely could work without the telekinesis but the telekinesis is the most iconic part of who Matilda is. Loved the reaction! Would be interesting to see your guys' opinions on the 1996 version :)
Tim Minchin is a lyrical genius. I've seen the show 4 times and the movie is a great adaptation though there are obviously some changes
In the musical Miss Trunchbull is always played by a man so the songs are in a slightly tricky range. Mrs Wormwood is a passionate ballroom dancer in the stage show and has a great number named Loud. When I grow up is performed on swings. And the final number is unique to the film. The students are both adults and kids in the stage show, the kids are the 5/6 year olds and the adults represent the oldest kids
The play also has a slightly longer version of that song from Trenchbull that really ties in the change to double time.
And the brother is absent here, as well as amt Wormwood’s song Telly
@@TheIndigoSystem The Telly song is quite good and should've been included in the movie. Some of the other songs are more emotional expressions, which I think they conveyed quite well in the movie. Like Ms. Honey's first song Pathetic. The slight trembling of her hand or fear on her face, those things can't be convey on the stage for the audience so easily.
There are things I like better in both versions. I'm not trying to be a poser, I have only watched bootleg versions of the stage show after seeing the movie. But I really liked Miracle in the play, because it was so chaotic and upbeat with the birthday party setting. But the movie upgrades the school song a lot by integrating the main characters more and working the letters into the school back drop was also pretty brilliant. It's nice because both versions still stand on their own. I wish there was an easier way to watch the play version outside of poor quality bootlegs.
Yes
See I feel like they didnt just add powers out of nowhere. But this version most of this was set up by Tim Minchin whos very clever at foreshadowing without hand holding. The very first song as about childrens parents seeing them as miracles, but they're normal children. Matilda was the the opposite from the moment she was born. she's literally a miracle.
23:35 TARDIS is Time And Relative Dimension In Space
It's a time machine from a series called Doctor Who, which is a small blue telephone box but it's huge inside.
The starting premise for Dahl writing the original was "child with telekinesis" it's more of a foundational element, even though its not introduced until later. In fact, the musical establishes Matilda having extranormal powers earlier cos she also psychically recollects Miss Honey's actual story (even tho that's only confirmed to be the case after her physical powers manifest) and that story power isn't anywhere in the original book
I loved your reactions to Miss Honey’s verse in When I Grow Up. It resonates so much with me because even as adults there are just some inner demons you can’t get rid of.
You're not the only one who teared up at Miss Honey's number when she sings about her house.
The original theater production used the reprise of the “when I grow up” as the closing scene. But without a closing curtain and final bow from the cast, Tim Minchin wrote the final number of “Holding my Hand” specifically for the movie. There were a few songs dropped from the movie, but Tim did not want the songs to change because anyone that has seen the play would already know the songs.
You should do side by side of the movie vs the original play of the music along. The play was 2.5hrs with like an hour cut for the movie.
Her magic powers are a part from the original book
Thank you so much for this. I played the escapologist in a production of this show. While I wasn’t stoked about the casting to begin with I really connected with the role and the second act of the show really sent me to a place I never thought I’d be. Simply beautiful.
Hey Ryan! You are very welcome, friend. Where did you perform it? Check out our other musical reactions!
Excellent adaptation of a fabulous musical. On stage the Trunchbull is played by a man. The film has cut some of the songs and characters so it's well worth seeing the stage version, but this is still an amazing adaptation. And she does spin a child around by her pigtails on stage - and launch her into the ceiling. And the chocolate cake scene is fantastic!!
In the "Bruce" song, the kids only move when out of sight of Trenchbull. When they're in sight they sit straight and at attention.
FYI: the movie is faithful to the spirit of the show.
The orchestrations for "Miracle" and "Revolting Children" are fairly different.
In the stage show, the opening number starts at a birthday party, where the kids are a bunch of spoiled brats.
Also, the staging of the original School Song (alphabet song) is VERY cool. There's a lattice type gate that the letters get pushed through, which the actors climb on. You should look up clips on TH-cam. I'm explaining it badly.
Also, fun fact, miss Trunchbull is usually played by men on stage. I'm glad they cast Emma Thompson. She was fantastic, and you could tell she was having an utter blast playing an unadulterated antagonist.
Love the reaction! The magic was a part of the original story and was necessary to beat the villain cause clearly her standing up to the bully would not have chased her off 🙂
It’s comparatively less in the book though compared to either film.
The line in the song Bruce isn’t about child abuse. It says “I think you’ll want your trousers loose.”
Roald Dahl almost always have twists in his books you didn't expect. He also writes childrens stories with scary and often graphic elements. If you have never seen it, I urge you to watch "The Witches" from 1990, which is also based on one of his books. It scared the pants off me when I saw it in the cinema.
I also urge you to read the Matilda book... even if it is for kids, his writing is also entertaining for adults.
One of the things from the book that hasn't made it to either film adaptation is that Matilda's telekinesis actually goes away once she's safe living with Ms. Honey and is placed into a class where she's challenged at a level appropriate to her intelligence. So it's sort of functioning as an outward symbol of both her need to defend herself against the abuse she's going through and the need to apply her intelligence to something when she's not in an adequately stimulating environment.
I wouldn't mind if the said that at the end... but i think in the musical, "Quiet" makes it very clear from where this powers comes, and that it's due to her enviroment and that is a way of reacting to it. There's no happy Matilda dancing in this version, so what you say could still apply here.
Yeah her brain power isn’t suppressed when she’s finally learning at her appropriate level
The mind powers make sense, first because it's a Roald Dahl story, but also because she is supposed to have an extraordinary mind.
Doctor Disney, I so appreciate watching your raw emotion while watching Matilda. That was absolutely my same reaction. So beautiful so sad so much talent
Nicely expressed ... me too. R (Australia)
I loved the original version of this movie but I love this version too. In fact I never wouldve heard about it if it wasnt for one of my students in 3rd grade. She also loves hamilton. Ive never seen the woman king due to personal preferences but the actress does really well here as Ms. Honey. This musical is so good. I love how they added on some more depth into the Librarian and Ms. Honeys background. The performances and musical numbers by the actors and actresses are soooo good! It doesnt just feel like they redid the movie in a musical style but they added onto it too. The improved animation for showing Matildas powers is great too. The way they teach certain values and lessons from various characters ranging from Matilda all the way through the trunchbull is so awsome. The way they improved upon the chokey to having an entire room of chokeys after matilda destroyed the 1st one is so cool. It shows off the trunchbulls competitive nature very well. The way the kids all stand up for each other too is great. The ending with the carnival school setting is like every kids dream. Also the switch up for the father looking like he might be starting to feel something for Matilda before giving her away to miss honey instead of the mother was a nice touch. Gives some love for the father figures out there.
You need to read the original Dahl s Original book!
It all explains and makes sense.
The part at the end when the dad called her his daughter and was slightly remorseful made me cry
"That is one of the best songs I've ever heard in my entire life", This was exactly my reaction when i heard this song for the first time. This show is a masterpiece
Your reaction to School Song was so amazing it was the same exact emotions i went through when I first heard it
I was crying so hard just like you were when I heard Lashana's "My House," it was so beautiful.
I see why in this production the telekinesis may seem a little odd. In the book she doesn’t really discover it until very late in the story, like here, but I think there is a stronger implication that she’s been unconsciously using it all along, like when Trunchbull throws the little girl with the pigtails… no one is really sure how she made it without getting hurt. I think someone comments that she seemed to fly and then make a very soft landing. No one is really sure how Bruce manages to eat the whole cake. There’re other hints. They don’t translate as well in the musical. In the older movie they just introduce the plot point earlier and lean into it.
13:04 i love the "double you" words for W
So clever
Matilda is meant to have powers it helps her defeat trunchbull in every version so no the story cannot be without the powers
The whole Broadway soundtrack is perfect.
btw a “tardis” is from the show doctor who. it’s a spaceship that’s bigger on the inside, which is what the line is referencing!
The "R" letter is in the word "asked". Remember that "r" is silent in British English when it is at the end of a group of letters, ex., wotah.
the telekinesis was foreshadowed many times throughout the film
I cried the when I first watched this adaptation. Especially when Miss Honey sings her song. Thought it wouldn't get to me watching you two react to it, but guess what? I cried again. This movie is brilliant in so many ways.
My house wrecks me. Every time.
My House always makes me cry every time i listen to it Lashana Lynch. Has a beautiful Voice
@@SM-BSWHave you heard Tim Minchin singing "Not Perfect"? I think "My House" borrows something from that earlier work.
You're so on point on the power of storytelling esp. In processing trauma! That's exactly what the writer and composer want to get at when writing this musical because Roald Dahl himself used his stories to process his less than ideal childhood
It took me a minute to get that for the alphabet song, they weren’t using words that started with the letter, they were using words that sounded like they featured the letter
Ex:
“Like you I was q-rious, so innocent I R-sked a thousand questions”
“Living L”
“If you don’t it will be W should stay out of trouble “
Etc.
It’s a genius song!!!
I highly doubt the cartwheels weren’t her. She’s a dancer and gymnast and a cartwheel is literally the first thing u learn at like 2 yrs old. It was just faced towards the door because that’s how the choreography is lol
it’s okay, i also cried pretty bad to that scene of the escapologist singing to his daughter :(
not me watching that alphabet song several times and never noticing the alphabet part of it until watching this video
12:20 that was my exact reaction when i first heard this song in the West End Musical, i ADORE how clever this song is 😍😍😍
I'm so glad they did it justice in the movie musical
I was also impressed that they taught the American Kids doing the Broadway show to sing and talk with a British Accent, and fairly good ones for the most part.
Actually the cartwheels were here and another fun fact the handstand walk on the roof was also her!❤
I loved your enthusiasm for the Alphabet Song! 😂 it was mind blowing to me the first time I heard it as well. One of my favorite movies from the last five years or so, easily.
Telekinesis was always very much a part of the story
Even all the way back in Dahl’s original book.
The main thing was that in the original book and the stage musical it was used very sparingly, but with her insight she used it very wisely (moving the cup of water with the newt and writing the ghostly message to scare Trunchbull away) and very much symbolized as a result of her trauma, so that once she was free of Trunchbull and her parents she no longer was able to use it, because she no longer needed it.
For the 90’s movie and this film adaptation of the musical the producers and writers probably thought it wouldn’t be as dramatic having a little girl only be able to move small things, so they had her gradually be able to move fully grown adults around.
I do not know if someone mentioned it before but the Trunchbull is usually played as a male.
33:07 - so interesting story. I was watching this the other night with my theatre friend who knows the cast and crew on the London West end version of the show very well, who told me this kid is someone from that production.
Apparently (which I think is very nice) a lot of the kids in this are from the stage show which I think is a nice homage to the stage show.
Alisha Weir who played Matilda wasn't in the stage version. She's an Irish actress (so doing the English accent was also impressive!) who has mainly done adverts and some movie and stage work but hadn't even seen the stage version when she auditioned. I think there have been around 35 Matilda's in the West End since it's launch in 2012 so she may well look like one or more of them!
@@neetgupta1 I am aware that she's not my comment was refering to the kid that the guy jokingly asked "Is this the producer's son or something?" at the timestamp i posted. While Alisha has not been in the West End show, a lot of the kids from the ensemble pieces in the movie have been and are still in it now in varying roles.
I heard that the Wonka bar Roald Dahl logo is going to be the new logo for all of Roald Dahl's musical movies based on Broadway musicals. I'm waiting for Charlie & the Chocolate Factory to receive Matilda's Netflix treatment with Christian Borle reprising his role as Willy Wonka. And I need a James & the Giant Peach to receive the same treatment with a combination of CGI and claymation for when James enters the peach and meets the insects. That CGI/Claymation treatment would last until the NYC scene!
Yeah the telekinesis is an integral part of Matilda, if you're gonna complain about it then at least understand the original material
“When I Grow Up” is so nostalgic for me cuz I used that song for a dance and I haven’t heard it in years and hearing it makes me wanna cry!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Watching your reaction was interesting but a few things. Firstly, Dahl's two best known books are Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which involves more than a little magical whimsey, and James and the Giant Peach which seems to involve talking animals on a giant floating peach getting into shenanegains with the titular James so a little telekenesis stands out in Roald Dahl books by being significantly more rooted in reality than his other books.
While the story could have been told without the telekenesis, one of the key moments is when Matilda makes 'Aunt' Trunchbull believe she is being haunted by the ghost of her late brother in law, and more importantly in a book FOR kids specifically the introduction of telekenesis means they don't show KIDS physically attacking adults violently. That particular issue is burried in the magical part of the story.
And finally, while the movie from the 90's (80's?) did introduce the telekenesis a little slower you may note that after the dream about the father (which is some form of telepathy to go along with it since she is picking up on Miss Honey's dreams/nightmare) crushing a can when he got angry, in the real world they show a crushed can that is a can that she crushed herself. It isn't handled as well as it could be and does seem to come out of nowhere but it is not out of place in a children's story.
Her powers are also set up in the canteen when the doors shake for too long with the "Psychic powers" noise happening in the audio. It's doors, can, cup, hat, chain beast. It's set up and developed in scale and control quite well. Not sure how people miss it.
@@EtherealDoomed don't forget the chalk, and there's some discussion as to whether or not she's doing something to help Bruce even if only as an act of will
I cried at "When I grow up" too. It really reminded me of what it was like to be a kid.
It’s implied the telekinesis emerged from her trauma. I believe in the book when she goes to live with miss honey and is happy her powers disappear. The powers are needed as they would not have been able to get rid of
Trunchbull without it. She is a murderer and would not be taken out easily. It connects the fact that she killed magnis and enables for trunchbull to actually believe his ghost is seeking revenge on her. It is important to the resolution of the plot. This was a fun reaction. I enjoyed this movie more than I thought I would.
wait no cause we NEED to see you guys watch the earlier movie Matilda now !!
You can't have matilda without her powers... that's like the whole point. I actually like that they didn't make this completely about her powers but still had them in there. I think it was brilliant and your review wasn't fair. Don't hate me lol 😆 it's just you gotta know the story to understand why she had powers.
Really need to stop watching this video at some point but it’s absolutely my favourite reaction on TH-cam right now!
God, I really am so impressed with Alisha. She killed the acting and the singing… and THE ACCENT. I can imagine having the existing West End soundtrack would be helpful… but she also maintains it well in dialogue scenes. Wonder if she had a dialogue coach.
I’m nearly 30 and as a Northern English person I’m honestly not sure I’d do a Southern English accent as well as she does - let alone an Irish accent!
I found this reaction video today... you guys are killing it. Most reactions i see, even if the enjoy the movie, tend to gloss over when i grow up, quiet and my home, but you got the emotional core of the movie perfectly.
i LOVE PEOPLE WHO APPRECIATE GOOD ART!! this was indeed one of the best musicals i've seen
It's the writer for Willy Wanka. Fantasy is his style. It's in the book, the play and the movie that she's brilliant and has powers.
The When I grow up song got me crying as well as still holding your hand lol I knew matilda from growing up watching the 90's version. I didn't think I would love the musical more.
Oh stahp. You guys have me shedding sympathy tears over here. Great reaction.
The magic in the book shows just like in the musical ( in the '90 movie they gave clues for it since the start). In both the movie and the book we fond out the miss honey and miss trunchbull connection, but only in the musical there is matilda's story in it).
I thought at least one of you had watched the 90's movie. She's always had powers 😂
The lyrics & music and script are exactly the same to the stage play, great lyrics you have our Australian Comedian, Producer, Songwriter Tim Minchin to thank for this brilliant Musical (He also wrote Beetlejuice the musical)
Eddie Perfect, Minchin’s friend, wrote the music for BeetleJuice. Minchin did Groundhog Day the musical, which is what you were maybe thinking of. x
Tim Minchin helps my husband Eddie perfect with the script tho as they were living together while they were composing both pieces of work, also Eddie did perform in the Australia stage Matilda the Musical during the first demo runs to help his mate out.
I played Matilda in our school play at my old school and on the last performance we used a real cake for the cake scene and when it was brought onto the stage it surprised us all and we all got a piece of it at the end
I was so happy to see your reaction, because I was laughing and crying at the exact same moments... and of course was in awe of the school song, and freaked out be the "abuse" scenes (I'm a teacher) Just the whole movie is a masterpiece and it was so wholesome to see someone react as strong as I was. Thank you and be always yourself, you are amazing and a wonderful person!!!
The R in the school song. “So innocent I asked a thousand questions.” The word “asked” sounds like the letter R in England
THE REACTIONS TO THE SCHOOL SONG FLOORED ME
I had to literally DO CAPTIONS on the school song in order to understand some of the alphabet….if some people still didn’t catch W… it’s a play on words…. “On the double…YOU” that was one of the letters I had to have captions to figure out. And R was a I guess based on how they pronounce the word. “Ask” in Britain so R was again a play on words
“R-sked” a thousands questions” I RELEARNED THE ALPHABET AND NOT MAD AT IT!
I completely love your energy. Lashana was deffinetaly the best option for Miss Honey.
This book and the original movie were favorites of my childhood. I was the kid that always had my nose in a book, and was often put down for it. I related to Matilda so hard, though I was not reading the same level of material she did.
In the original movie we do see her practicing her telekinesis more at home before using it to the extent that she does at the end to get rid of Trunchbull.
I do think it's interesting that they added the, I'm guessing, telepathy that allowed her to know Miss Honey's life story without being told it. In the book I believe Miss Honey tells her just a small portion of that story when Matilda visits her at her home.
Tardis is the ship in Doctor Who. A blue police box. It's bigger on the inside than the outside. Hence the comparison to Bruce's stomach...
Matilda had the powers since the Bruce scene Lol
I think the original musical trunchbull (the brilliant Bertie Carvel) actually puts less grunt and more "older teacher with a broken voice" in the songs, but at the same time he does it more melodically, with better rhythm and more power behind. He did both the London and Broadway album recordings, so it's easy to find but I'll respond to my own comment with the link of him recording the end of Smell of Rebellion.
Here's Bertie Carvel's brilliant take on Smell of Rebellion. It's a behind the scenes of the Broadway recording and only shows the end, after the kid says "she's mad" but I think it shows the difference between his and Emma Thompson's version.
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Bertie Carvel’s Trunchbull is stunning. I feel like Emma Thompson was too tame vocally - she didn’t have the bite and menace the Trunchbull needs
She actually did do the cartwheel and the handstand. Ver talented girl!❤😂
i feel like you guys had went into this blind never actually heard of or watching matilda. in the book all of the adaptions are based on from the 80s she has telekinesis. she has telekinesis in the 90s american movie adaptation. in the stage musical as well, and now in the film adaptation of that musical. like????!
Your enthusiasm was DELIGHTFUL