Do You Ever Think About How The Musical Adaptation Of Newsies Not Only Replaced Historical Newsies Names

somebody else said this first (@make-friends-with-the-rats) but im thinking about race’s character being split across him and albert in the stage version.

but i think that explains so much about the twinkification of race (which so many people have so eloquently critiqued). all his anger and traditional masculinity is placed into albert, who’s only identifier in the script is ‘tough guy’. (again, somebody posted these character descriptions but unfortunately I can’t find that either, pls correct me if i’m wrong about this).

I love Albert and Race and their stage dynamic (particularly in livesies with sky and ben) so i’m not upset about this choice, but I do think it explains a lot of what bugs me about fandom interpretation of Race.

anyways, maybe that’s why i’m such a ralbert truther, because it brings these seperate halves back together. who knows.

i LOVE sarah jacobs. a nice girl with so much fight in her. a good girl who breaks the rules. ooooo my queen of contradiction sarah jacobs you are the perfect daughter and so so frustrated with the world.

still not over illinoise btw

this is somewhat strange but I built a lot of the newsies in the sims and I had to download a separate mod because sim albert kept getting expelled and I couldn't keep him in school

deeply in character I fear

i just saw the outsiders musical (no understudies) so get so excited for all of my opinions.

it may take awhile for me to process and post all of them, but while i was watching i was sooo focused on body language when singing, especially in the emotionally heavy songs where there isn’t any dancing.

like both soda and johnny MOVE. their whole bodies shift when they breathe and sing, but soda it feels like the movement causes the singing where johnny’s singing moves him. it gives them both a carefree quality, which makes sense for soda and is so devastating for johnny.

and cherry, darry, dally, and pony are so still. they are all incredible dancers but when they sing it’s so focused in their faces (maaaybe the shoulders). it gives such gravity to everything they do, and makes all the movement that does happen feel so precise and intentional.

the contrast kills me. i can’t explain it, but it characterizes them so well, like of course soda is always moving, and johnny can’t help but be moved. of course darry and dally are so controlled. of course cherry is afraid to show her true emotions. of course pony is more analytical and thoughtful: he’s the one telling the story.

anyways. stay tuned for more.

i love you sarah jacobs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i sit down to write and suddenly i am the most distracted human alive. the chair is uncomfortable. my coffee is too hot. my playlist isn't quite the vibe. i need to research what victorian houses smelled like in 1872 for exactly 45 minutes even though my story takes place in space. and yet the moment i'm trying to fall asleep? every single sentence i've ever needed just lines up perfectly in my brain like some kind of creative parade i'll never get back.

a moment for the staging, sets, and lighting in the outsiders.

the set is so dynamic, and every scene uses it so well. either it’s filled, with actors climbing and swinging all over it, or hauntingly empty with a scene in just one piece. every part of it is used at one point.

the lighting fills all this space and pulls your eyes around the stage there’s so much motion in the still moments too (like the projection during great expectations).

I knew the songs and dancing would be great, but I was floored by how beautiful the entire thing was.

ik I only ever post and reblog about javey but I love blush. Blush you will always be famous. Blush you are the arguably most canon queer pairing in newsies. Blush you are so much

IM BACK BABY

they’re takin a break from selling papes