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Post by Skalu on Mar 31, 2004 2:32:14 GMT -5
The first perfomance was last night! I was great (not tooting my own horn). The whole cast was brilliant and we had so many 'Encore!''s. Wish me look for the rest of the week.
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Post by Skalu on Mar 31, 2004 2:33:37 GMT -5
Would I be able to see you performing? Is it in a threatre? I could probably go I live in Nottinghamshire so I doubt you coul any way. And it's in school. |
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Post by Pucca on Mar 31, 2004 13:19:56 GMT -5
A whole week?! That will keep you busy, i have a presentation tomorrow  |
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Post by SlightlyMad on Mar 31, 2004 14:29:35 GMT -5
I could perhapsd If I begged my ada but Since it's inschool.
I live in london , it's not that far from Nottinghame Shire
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Post by negativenine on Mar 31, 2004 19:32:31 GMT -5
Actually, it was a book first, then some movies, then a musical, then more movies (at least one of which was completely evil). Also in there somewhere was a sequel written by someone who apparently didn't know what LM was really about... they messed up characters personalities, rewrote the barricade scene and past (apparently they didn't think Victor Hugo did a good enough job on his own story), and turned it into a smutty romance novel. I myself could not get past the second chapter. Anyways... Javert is my favorite, too. I hate when the movies portray him as 'evil,' because he's really not. He just sees the world in a different way from most people (which is understandable, considering the circumstances under which he was born). I'm probably saying stuff that will make no sense. Anyways, I think the Tenth Anniversary Concert has the best cast, if you want to hear the album. The Complete Symphonic Recording is the best story-wise, though, as it has everything, the TAC leaves stuff out (and the school edition even more than that). Books were great! I read them in the original, three volume french version, which took forever, but was definitely worth it. You get a lot of background and history, but you also get a lot of Victor Hugo's political ranting. Javert is so underappreciated... actually, that's not true. Underappreciated by the movie makers, and the people who type-cast him as evil. What I love about Victor Hugo is that the "bad guys" as much, if not more depth than the "good guys". Everyone is human, everyone has a chance to reform, everyone has a situation. Javert had a tough life. He was born inside a jail, he was born with scum like you. After all, he is from the gutter, too.  The best thing about the TAC is Philip Quast. He was a wonderful Javert, and Terrance Mann doesn't have anything against him. The tenth anniversary cast has a pretty terrible Eponine, though. But everyone else is pretty great. I haven't seen the movie, even though I love Geoffrey Rush. I've been meaning to, but I hear they make Javert handcuff himself and just fall into the river right in front of Valjean, cut out Eponine and Enjolras, and the ABC-y goodness... and yeah.  |
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Post by The Flossing Ferret of Nigeria on Mar 31, 2004 21:41:43 GMT -5
We had to sing a Les Miseralbs medly last year in choir. I was absent for the concert, but my friend, Jasmine and I made up hilarious lyrics to the songs. Like for Castle on a cloud, Jasmine accidentally sang "There is a lady far and wide" and then "There is a castle on the ground". Lol. And then we sang "I kill him, but only on *pretends to load gun* my own!" *pretends to shoot fellow choir members while singing "own"* haha, good times, good times. I love the songs, but half of the odd lyrics thing was accidental.  |
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Post by negativenine on Mar 31, 2004 22:53:04 GMT -5
In the TAC, there's a part where something falls off-stage while Cosette is singing, and it sounds like a gun shot. Cosette flinches and stops singing momentarily, and as my friend and I watched this, we thought she'd been shot. It's actually quite funny.
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Post by The Flossing Ferret of Nigeria on Apr 1, 2004 17:36:54 GMT -5
TAC?
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Post by Skalu on Apr 2, 2004 5:18:16 GMT -5
2 more performances to go! Last night was the BEST! The Thenardiérs got a standing ovation just for appearing at The Wedding! I LOVED that audience, nothing will beat that feeling!
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Post by ŘỠßëřŦ on Apr 2, 2004 22:26:46 GMT -5
What's Les Misérables? Sorry if I sound a little stupid...  |
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Post by negativenine on Apr 2, 2004 22:49:07 GMT -5
Tenth Anniversary Concert (something Celinra was talking about earlier). And Robbo, Les Misérables is a book by Victor Hugo (of Notre-Dame de Paris/Hunchback of Notre-Dame fame), turned into a musical. It's cool, and you should read/watch it. *thumbs up* |
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Post by Skalu on Apr 3, 2004 5:51:54 GMT -5
I sear TAC meant 'The ABC Cafe', just shortened. Meh |
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Post by Celinra on Apr 5, 2004 11:25:11 GMT -5
The noise in the TAC during "Castle on a Cloud" is a balloon popping... one of the balloons that's dropped on the audience at the end of the performance (and I mean the very end, after speeches and everything) got too close to a light, so it popped.
I learned this from someone who interviewed the guy who played Enjolras (I think it's Micheal Maguire), because she asked him about it, and he said that's what happened.
Philip Quast is awesome.
I like that even the 'bad' guys aren't really bad. I mean, Javert was just doing his duty, not doing it because he was out to get Valjean or because he had evil intentions, he just wanted to keep order.
Oh, how many things are wrong with the '98 movie... let's see... Marius leading the revolution instead of Enjolras (who is in the movie, if you read the credits, but not in a major part), Valjean slapping everyone (the Bishop, Javert, Cosette...), Javert commiting suicide right in front of Valjean, Valjean being happy about it, they randomly changed the name of the guy who got hit by the runaway cart, Javert capturing Marius to capture Cosette to capture Valjean, Eponine left out (of course), Valjean not being able to read (he learned in prison)...
The best version I've seen is probably the ABC Family version, which was actually a mini-series in France, but was a 3 or 4 hour long movie here. It has Gerard Depardeau as Valjean, and John Malkovich as Javert. If I recall, everything was rather accurate... one thing I remember especially well is the fact that after getting out of prison, Valjean never fought/beat up anyone, not even Javert, which is much truer to the character. Also, I think it went past Javert's death/Marius & Cosette's wedding, which is where a lot of movies stop. So... yeah, I was very happy with that movie, and if you can find it I recommend it.
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Post by Lane Kim on Apr 24, 2004 13:15:49 GMT -5
We had to sing a Les Miseralbs medly last year in choir. I was absent for the concert, but my friend, Jasmine and I made up hilarious lyrics to the songs. Like for Castle on a cloud, Jasmine accidentally sang "There is a lady far and wide" and then "There is a castle on the ground". Lol. And then we sang "I kill him, but only on *pretends to load gun* my own!" *pretends to shoot fellow choir members while singing "own"* haha, good times, good times. I love the songs, but half of the odd lyrics thing was accidental. Heh.. I remember having to sing that.. It was an Ok song but the Long-Ness Of it kind of bored the choir. |
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Post by Kobolos on Apr 25, 2004 6:24:08 GMT -5
Klaus, which version of the movie did you see? Actually, it was a book first, then some movies, then a musical, then more movies (at least one of which was completely evil). Also in there somewhere was a sequel written by someone who apparently didn't know what LM was really about... they messed up characters personalities, rewrote the barricade scene and past (apparently they didn't think Victor Hugo did a good enough job on his own story), and turned it into a smutty romance novel. I myself could not get past the second chapter. Anyways... Javert is my favorite, too. I hate when the movies portray him as 'evil,' because he's really not. He just sees the world in a different way from most people (which is understandable, considering the circumstances under which he was born). I'm probably saying stuff that will make no sense. Anyways, I think the Tenth Anniversary Concert has the best cast, if you want to hear the album. The Complete Symphonic Recording is the best story-wise, though, as it has everything, the TAC leaves stuff out (and the school edition even more than that). If you want to discuss LM with more fans, a good place is the forum at www.lesmis.com. New people are always welcome!
As for Les Mis, I also recommend the loving tribute in South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut. |
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