I love that you reacted to this! I was lucky enough to get to see it live back in 2017 after going through a very similar experience to what Sam did just several months earlier, and when I tell you I sat there SOBBING the whole time it crushed me. Also I totally see your criticism of Adam as a character but there is definitely missing context in the script about that relationship being used to show how relationships with others and the way you view them can change while experiencing grief. Also I totally wish the second to last song was the last song I feel like it hits a little harder as an ending and then they could just have her getting up and starting the car without singing a full song but that’s just my two cents haha.
About "Say the Word" and Sam & Adam's relationship in general (or how I interpret it, at least): Sam wants more but she can't/ doesn't communicate that, it's like Adam is still in the "simple", more childish stage of their relationship and Sam is ahead of him. She literally overthought him offering her food bc she's so frustrated but she doesn't say anything. In Say the Word, we get a dual perspective of this. She's asking Adam to be proactive and also to give her a push towards staying. "Say the word and I might have to stay", she's desperate to find anything that will make her stay. But Adam's lyrics are pretty telling as well, especially the "whatever you say". He wants her to make a move as well, he wants to do/be whatever she wants, he's letting her take the lead, being passive, probably because he's afraid to. And this all culminates in "Run away with me" where he's asking her to go with him, being active but his vision is the opposite of Sam's, talking about reminiscing on the past and building a house and planning, whilst Sam is eager to forget and be spontaneous. That is what makes both him and Sam's mother this symbol for unwanted, overbearing safety, in a bad way. Safety that means that even the smallest possibility of danger is inacceptable and therefore so is change.
ooooh that's such a good analysis. What gets me about Runaway With Me, that's essentially what Kelly asks Sam to do but they never got to. But Kelly tells Sam to runaway with as something for Sam because she thought Sam wants to, but for Adam, it's something for them to do together as a relationship, as a duo, essentially still having, as you said, that security
@@rhysfayne2221 exactly! The whole "maybe not today, maybe tomorrow" and the callback to simple as that cement Adam as kind of a foil to Kelly in that way as well. Kelly demands it, says it has to happen NOW. Adam though, still wants to build a life with plans and gives Sam time to think it over. Arguably, his approach is healthier but he's waited too long already and Sam is sick of waiting (Also holy crap I forgot I wrote this, past me was so based)
I absolutely adore this musical!!! It got me through a lot of grief and healing in my life. It will forever be one of my favorite musicals! Loved your reaction!!!!
Every time I rewatch the musical, I uncover some aspect of it I did not understand before, it's literally so good qwq it's one of the few musicals that taught me a lot.
Purely based on the sound of the music (not plot or lyrics) this sometimes gives me Tuck Everlasting vibes, which is another of my favourite musicals and super underrated. Also you totally know Adam from somewhere else, he is played by Ben Fankhauser who played Davey in Newsies (he is the reason I discovered this amazing musical and I totally recommend listening to more of his stuff, especially stuff from concept albums and not from musicals)
I was scrambling my brains trying to remember what the music and instruments remind me of since it was so familiar and now that you mentioned it it really does give off the same vibes as Tuck Everlasting
Hello im the person who kept asking 4 you to react to this musical for like. Years at this point. Im trying to sound as normal and sane as possible but this made me so happy, this musical means so much to me. I have never lost a loved one but I have been in pretty bad place and this musical helped me so much and I am so happy you liked it! Now ill go to listen to Go Tonight again and again
OMG ok so I stared looking through your channel after I saw your We are the Tigers video and I can't believe thisnis here. I adore this musical. I wish there was a slime tutorial 😭
See, what's weird for me is "Run Away with Me" has been performed out of context for so long, long before this full album was released. Like, I heard this song performed by swoonworthy male singers like Jeremy Jordan and Aaron Tviet, and it's such a beautiful, romantic song when performed in that setting! It's just that in context... it's not what Sam wants right now. So that cognitive dissonance still messes me up. But I do recommend checking out those performances, maybe you'll like the song better without context too, haha.
Oh that's weird, I've only heard it in context but I agree it's actually a quite sweet sentiment just too late and the opposite of Sam's vision for herself
i literally paused to clap when you paused "The Proposal" and said about having to remember that this is happening in Sam's head, this is how she's perceiving the situation, etc. because that's the point of the song in the actual musical! Adam is literally just talking about food and Sam is like "oh he wants to sleep with me" xD no, Adam just wants tacos. he's a bit of a dumbo and we love him for it
You gotta check out the Goosebumps Phantom of the Auditorium musical next! The girl that plays Sam in this plays Brooke in that one. So you'd get more pretty vocals from her
Haven't even watched the video, but yes yes yes, you're reacting to this. When this cast recording came to Spotify I had a period where I listened to The Mad Ones all the time and I think it has brilliant music. I especially love Run away with me (I honestly want a cd that is just twenty different Broadway performers singing that exact song in their version, that would be my favorite thing probably), but Freedom is so awesome and the story is very sad, but wonderful and relatable even if you haven't gone through the same. I think also Run away with me sounds so romantic to me because I first heard it out of context. I listened to like ten different versions of it before I ever heard the cast recording.
Hi! You seemed to really like Sam's mother's voice, and I know you've listened to 35mm before, so I thought this might be good - here's a video of her singing Leave Luanne (this is the first thing I heard her sing and it's *amazing*). th-cam.com/video/ic_fmv0pnWg/w-d-xo.html
Have you heard anything from Epic? Because I stumbled upon a female cover of one of the songs and I STILL have chills right now. I've heard the original but there's just something about that female voice... I'm shivering!
where do you watch these musicals, i would love to watch so many of the things you react to but have no way of watching the actual musicals first and dont wanna spoiler myself on the plots of them. Also did i miss the, “nightmare time: perky buds” reaction or is that still coming?
This is one of those shows that isnt a favorite of mine,but I still love it, especially Go Tonight. For musicals that feature the two female leads, may I suggest Freaky Friday for Emma Hunton and Goosebumps the Musical for Kyrstina Alabado. Another more general suggestions include Fangirls the Musical, which is coming to London next year.
Please do gypsy 1974 with Angela Lansbury it started with Ethel merman who was great but Angela is the first to both sing and act the part that Sondheim wanted done in the first place and she won a Tony award there’s footage of her first run and it’s amazing and heartbreaking
Honestly the stuff with Adam could be deleted from this musical and it wouldn't change anything. Besides, you can't tell me she wasn't in love with Kelly
I think Adam is a pretty important second tie to normalcy in the musical. He's another attachment Sam needs to let go of to get what she wants and his song serves quite nicely to create a contrast between his and Kelly's/Sam's visions of running away. I wrote a long comment about this already though, so I won't bore you 😅 I do read Sam and Kelly as at the very least queerplatonic but I also think Sam has genuine love for Adam, say the word is too real for her not to
@@Al_-cf1dj fun fact: in a/the stage version of Go Tonight, Sam says "everything I love" instead of "everything I'm not". So she outright says she loves Kelly! That, along with everything else, I think makes it clear that she loved Kelly romantically :)
@@twist_ending7545 fair enough, I think it can be true that she was both in love with Kelly and genuinely cared for/was into Adam. Especially since his narrative function entirely relies on her being with him and caring about that relationship. I personally find the version where she loves both more compelling but to each their own :)
I have a few suggestions for musicals Fiddler on the Roof, Daddy Long Legs, Elf, and Bridgerton Also, I just discovered your channel yesterday and binge watched your videos and love them❤
The lyrics ‘Will you die out or burn, burn, burn?’ is reminiscent of the lyric ‘I choose to burn out, rather than fade away’ in Noel’s Lament in Ride the cyclone : )
I was SO mad that after the promise of “Go Tonight” the musical ends up being a drunk driving PSA. We need shows where women can be free without being punished
Was she punished? Or was it just a horrible accident, and Sam needs to learn that accidents happen but you need to live your life anyway? And Sam decides to travel at the end, so I would argue that punishment was not the message the show.
Uh where was it ever stated that the driver who killed Kelly was drunk?? She wasn't even driving either?? Who is supposed the drunk driver here??? Kelly isn't punished by the narrative because the whole premise of the musical is that she's dead. Hell, her free spirit tendencies have nothing to do with her death and the musical even has a moment where Sam thinks about how that wouldn't have happened if she had went along with Kelly's demand to run away. The female lead follows her dream and runs away which is framed as good by the narrative. You're making this musical out to be anti feminist when it's literally one of the only shows I can think of with a predominantly female cast that's treated like individual people, goes out of its way to point out a double standard and ends with the female lead rejecting societal expectations!!!
oh by the way! I highly, *highly* recommend the "Go Tonight" animatic by Miranda Pla. Absolutely phenomenal stuff
I love that you reacted to this! I was lucky enough to get to see it live back in 2017 after going through a very similar experience to what Sam did just several months earlier, and when I tell you I sat there SOBBING the whole time it crushed me. Also I totally see your criticism of Adam as a character but there is definitely missing context in the script about that relationship being used to show how relationships with others and the way you view them can change while experiencing grief. Also I totally wish the second to last song was the last song I feel like it hits a little harder as an ending and then they could just have her getting up and starting the car without singing a full song but that’s just my two cents haha.
Thanks for the context on Adam, sounds like a very interesting topic to explore actually. And I totally get your point about the ending song
I bawled by eyes out to this musical. Honestly, the story was very personal and just, such a good time!
About "Say the Word" and Sam & Adam's relationship in general (or how I interpret it, at least): Sam wants more but she can't/ doesn't communicate that, it's like Adam is still in the "simple", more childish stage of their relationship and Sam is ahead of him. She literally overthought him offering her food bc she's so frustrated but she doesn't say anything. In Say the Word, we get a dual perspective of this. She's asking Adam to be proactive and also to give her a push towards staying. "Say the word and I might have to stay", she's desperate to find anything that will make her stay.
But Adam's lyrics are pretty telling as well, especially the "whatever you say". He wants her to make a move as well, he wants to do/be whatever she wants, he's letting her take the lead, being passive, probably because he's afraid to.
And this all culminates in "Run away with me" where he's asking her to go with him, being active but his vision is the opposite of Sam's, talking about reminiscing on the past and building a house and planning, whilst Sam is eager to forget and be spontaneous.
That is what makes both him and Sam's mother this symbol for unwanted, overbearing safety, in a bad way. Safety that means that even the smallest possibility of danger is inacceptable and therefore so is change.
EXCELLENT points, thank you!
ooooh that's such a good analysis. What gets me about Runaway With Me, that's essentially what Kelly asks Sam to do but they never got to. But Kelly tells Sam to runaway with as something for Sam because she thought Sam wants to, but for Adam, it's something for them to do together as a relationship, as a duo, essentially still having, as you said, that security
@@rhysfayne2221 exactly! The whole "maybe not today, maybe tomorrow" and the callback to simple as that cement Adam as kind of a foil to Kelly in that way as well. Kelly demands it, says it has to happen NOW. Adam though, still wants to build a life with plans and gives Sam time to think it over. Arguably, his approach is healthier but he's waited too long already and Sam is sick of waiting
(Also holy crap I forgot I wrote this, past me was so based)
I absolutely adore this musical!!! It got me through a lot of grief and healing in my life. It will forever be one of my favorite musicals! Loved your reaction!!!!
Every time I rewatch the musical, I uncover some aspect of it I did not understand before, it's literally so good qwq it's one of the few musicals that taught me a lot.
we gotta go tonight, watching you react to another awesome musical, we gotta gOOOOOOO TONIIIIGHT
Purely based on the sound of the music (not plot or lyrics) this sometimes gives me Tuck Everlasting vibes, which is another of my favourite musicals and super underrated.
Also you totally know Adam from somewhere else, he is played by Ben Fankhauser who played Davey in Newsies (he is the reason I discovered this amazing musical and I totally recommend listening to more of his stuff, especially stuff from concept albums and not from musicals)
I knew I had heard that voice before! Thanks!
I was scrambling my brains trying to remember what the music and instruments remind me of since it was so familiar and now that you mentioned it it really does give off the same vibes as Tuck Everlasting
Hello im the person who kept asking 4 you to react to this musical for like. Years at this point.
Im trying to sound as normal and sane as possible but this made me so happy, this musical means so much to me. I have never lost a loved one but I have been in pretty bad place and this musical helped me so much and I am so happy you liked it!
Now ill go to listen to Go Tonight again and again
I'm right there with you in having asked her for a while to react to this
It makes ME so happy to know it made you happy 🥰 Thanks for watching!
OMG ok so I stared looking through your channel after I saw your We are the Tigers video and I can't believe thisnis here. I adore this musical. I wish there was a slime tutorial 😭
See, what's weird for me is "Run Away with Me" has been performed out of context for so long, long before this full album was released. Like, I heard this song performed by swoonworthy male singers like Jeremy Jordan and Aaron Tviet, and it's such a beautiful, romantic song when performed in that setting! It's just that in context... it's not what Sam wants right now. So that cognitive dissonance still messes me up. But I do recommend checking out those performances, maybe you'll like the song better without context too, haha.
Oh that's weird, I've only heard it in context but I agree it's actually a quite sweet sentiment just too late and the opposite of Sam's vision for herself
loved this! you should react to the musical “dogfight” ❤
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeees
i literally paused to clap when you paused "The Proposal" and said about having to remember that this is happening in Sam's head, this is how she's perceiving the situation, etc. because that's the point of the song in the actual musical! Adam is literally just talking about food and Sam is like "oh he wants to sleep with me" xD no, Adam just wants tacos. he's a bit of a dumbo and we love him for it
You gotta check out the Goosebumps Phantom of the Auditorium musical next! The girl that plays Sam in this plays Brooke in that one. So you'd get more pretty vocals from her
Haven't even watched the video, but yes yes yes, you're reacting to this. When this cast recording came to Spotify I had a period where I listened to The Mad Ones all the time and I think it has brilliant music. I especially love Run away with me (I honestly want a cd that is just twenty different Broadway performers singing that exact song in their version, that would be my favorite thing probably), but Freedom is so awesome and the story is very sad, but wonderful and relatable even if you haven't gone through the same.
I think also Run away with me sounds so romantic to me because I first heard it out of context. I listened to like ten different versions of it before I ever heard the cast recording.
Wait it’s not a romantic song?
@@huffpuffduck it is but everything Adam talks about is the antithesis of what Sam wants so that's kind of a bummer lol
13:39 Not the thing to be focusing on, but the Sting boat musical is actually well worth a listen 😂
Hey you finally reacted to this one! Amazing show
HOW DID I NOT SEE THIS WHEN IT RELEASED!!
Omg thank you for covering this musical 🥰🥰 it's one of my favorite and I love seeing others enjoy it
Hope you enjoy the video! xx
Yes, the Sting Musical is real, The Last Ship
I'll have to look that up xD
Hi! You seemed to really like Sam's mother's voice, and I know you've listened to 35mm before, so I thought this might be good - here's a video of her singing Leave Luanne (this is the first thing I heard her sing and it's *amazing*).
th-cam.com/video/ic_fmv0pnWg/w-d-xo.html
Thank you!!!!
Have you heard anything from Epic? Because I stumbled upon a female cover of one of the songs and I STILL have chills right now. I've heard the original but there's just something about that female voice... I'm shivering!
Oh, could you tell me which song (and by who)?
Morgan Clae
Partial cover
Get in the water
27:31 "is this about Kelly or Adam?"
I mean if you have to ask... 😂
Ohhhhh I'm so excited for this. I love this musical!
I adore this musical! So underrated!
where do you watch these musicals, i would love to watch so many of the things you react to but have no way of watching the actual musicals first and dont wanna spoiler myself on the plots of them.
Also did i miss the, “nightmare time: perky buds” reaction or is that still coming?
I usually react to the cast recording, so I don't really watch them, I'm afraid.
And Perky's Buds is coming in the new year :)
This is one of those shows that isnt a favorite of mine,but I still love it, especially Go Tonight.
For musicals that feature the two female leads, may I suggest Freaky Friday for Emma Hunton and Goosebumps the Musical for Kyrstina Alabado. Another more general suggestions include Fangirls the Musical, which is coming to London next year.
Quite a few people mentioning Fangirls, will definitely do a video on it
This video was great! One of my recommendations is The Prince of Egypt musical on Broadway, it has a great choir
Please do gypsy 1974 with Angela Lansbury it started with Ethel merman who was great but Angela is the first to both sing and act the part that Sondheim wanted done in the first place and she won a Tony award there’s footage of her first run and it’s amazing and heartbreaking
Honestly the stuff with Adam could be deleted from this musical and it wouldn't change anything. Besides, you can't tell me she wasn't in love with Kelly
I think Adam is a pretty important second tie to normalcy in the musical. He's another attachment Sam needs to let go of to get what she wants and his song serves quite nicely to create a contrast between his and Kelly's/Sam's visions of running away. I wrote a long comment about this already though, so I won't bore you 😅
I do read Sam and Kelly as at the very least queerplatonic but I also think Sam has genuine love for Adam, say the word is too real for her not to
@@Al_-cf1dj fun fact: in a/the stage version of Go Tonight, Sam says "everything I love" instead of "everything I'm not". So she outright says she loves Kelly! That, along with everything else, I think makes it clear that she loved Kelly romantically :)
@@twist_ending7545 fair enough, I think it can be true that she was both in love with Kelly and genuinely cared for/was into Adam. Especially since his narrative function entirely relies on her being with him and caring about that relationship. I personally find the version where she loves both more compelling but to each their own :)
I have a few suggestions for musicals
Fiddler on the Roof, Daddy Long Legs, Elf, and Bridgerton
Also, I just discovered your channel yesterday and binge watched your videos and love them❤
Welcome to the channel, lovely!!! 🥳 And thanks for the suggestions 🙏
There are lords in black plushes
I don't get the Ride The Cyclone reference and i pretty much know everything about the show??
The lyrics ‘Will you die out or burn, burn, burn?’ is reminiscent of the lyric ‘I choose to burn out, rather than fade away’ in Noel’s Lament in Ride the cyclone : )
Exactly :)
Muuuuiiitooooo bom!!! ❤❤❤
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤
Also completely off topic, I haven't seen your videos in a while and you look really good in this video, it's very gender.
I was SO mad that after the promise of “Go Tonight” the musical ends up being a drunk driving PSA. We need shows where women can be free without being punished
Was she punished? Or was it just a horrible accident, and Sam needs to learn that accidents happen but you need to live your life anyway? And Sam decides to travel at the end, so I would argue that punishment was not the message the show.
Uh where was it ever stated that the driver who killed Kelly was drunk?? She wasn't even driving either?? Who is supposed the drunk driver here??? Kelly isn't punished by the narrative because the whole premise of the musical is that she's dead. Hell, her free spirit tendencies have nothing to do with her death and the musical even has a moment where Sam thinks about how that wouldn't have happened if she had went along with Kelly's demand to run away. The female lead follows her dream and runs away which is framed as good by the narrative.
You're making this musical out to be anti feminist when it's literally one of the only shows I can think of with a predominantly female cast that's treated like individual people, goes out of its way to point out a double standard and ends with the female lead rejecting societal expectations!!!
What are you talking about