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I generally hate musicals, but Jesus Christ Superstar is kind of a weird and interesting project that definitely has some incredible vocal performances.
It poses the question what if Judas was a cool badass revolutionary and was angry that Jesus' idealist cultism was stagnating a movement that was ready for liberatory revolutionary action against the Roman state.
no Rocky Horror? you disappoint me Hexbears. also Shock Treatment is a semi-sequel that kicks ass
unlike the Room it doesn't have to be the event to be entertaining, it's genuinely good
My Fair Lady. I'm sure it's problematic af but it's weird and the music is fantastic
Not really, it's about a man being owned into the ground because a woman gains basic agency over her life.
Listen to all of these, can’t speak for any movies or bootleg tapes.
The Mikado. It’s a problematic fave.
Thouroughly Modern Millie, the early 2000’s revival is great.
Fiddler on the Roof, Singing in the Rain, and the Music Man are all classics. These movies I can vouch for, and thinking about it, Henry Hill is the peak of American Excellence.
Hamilton, I know it’s lib but the music is great. Treat it like a tragedy and not a history.
Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812. It’s basically an opera that dramatizes a section of War and Peace. Really cool music, and it feels like a Jane Austen novel set to music
Into the Woods if you haven’t seen or heard Sondheim before, I’m kinda tired of this one cause it’s his most popular musical.
Book of Mormon deserves an honorable mention. Politics are kinda meh, but it’s funny and takes the piss outta Mormons. Also a problematic fave.
Mikado is problematic, but viewed in the context of the 1880s it's clearly gently mocking cultural appropriation by the English middle classes. Which is why Gilbert was so careful to get costume, movement, etc exactly right to highlight the absurdity of an English social system in Feudal Japan. Apparently Japan has a revival production every so often and they get the point much better than modern western audiences.
Now Princess Ida, incredible, Sullivan's second best score after Yeomen, but super problematic.
Uhh. Fiddler on the roof. That's kind of the only one I can think of off hand. Dancing in the rain? Pirates od pensance? Idk can i go home and study i'm not ready for the quiz.
Hairspray was a John Waters film starring Divine that got musicaled. It’s pretty good with a good message
Perisai Jitu, who's toxic? It's you!, high tide, wolves of the revolution, garden of bones, give me one reason, Stellar stellar, I'm a controversy, Nothing's working out.
