Tbh I'm still not too convinced by the idea of Freddie as Florence's brother (I guess the whole ~American~ shtick is too firmly embedded in my perception of his character, he's not Freddie without it) but nonetheless, massive kudos to you for creating a complete Chess libretto out of the idea! (As always I remain impressed that this stuff RHYMES and has meter and is so singable.)
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Yes, I see how you wouldn't get the idea that you like the Arbiter at all :P since he doesn't appear in here at all. Well, there's a time and a place, indeed, and I like how you distributed out his lines in the show when they appeared.
Casting Freddie as an immigrant American added new overtones to his character, which were evident in the Commie Newspapers and pre-Nobody's Side sequences (now he's got a personal reason to really dislike the Russians) and particularly in Anthem. I really liked that rewrite -- honestly it does a lot more for me than Anatoly's version of the song (what is he saying, that his actions aren't political? is he
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Aaah, thanks so much for reading and leaving such a nice long comment! <3 I love song parodies, this sort of wormed its way into my head and won't get out
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No, thank you for the excellent excuse for all the mental karaoke (and well, I wish you luck getting this out of your head now! It's always difficult when they're your own lyrics....)
I guess Hungarian immigrant Freddie grew on me -- at this point I think this is a very well executed and solidly done thought exercise, but I'm not ready to promote it to one of my real headcanons, I guess. Not that it was ever meant to go that far, probably, but even so.
Anthem when staged is usually construed to be some kind of press conference, I think? It's not just the 2008 version, but whenever the song is prefixed with the "Anatoly and the Press" sequence that we're meant to understand it's a public statement. I do like the thought that Anthem is actually Anatoly's internal musings -- it's less HERE LET ME SHOW YOU HOW I AM SUCH A NOBLE GUY EXCEPT I AM ABANDONING ALL MY RESPONSIBILITIES BACK HOME thing.
London's Pity the Child is at the end (ish) of Act I, though I'm not sure if that's meant to be understood as a public scene, though of course
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Haha, they're my lyrics, I think I can handle them. Well, here's hoping. If not, then I might as well spread them around.
No, I'm not sure it's one of my headcanons, either, no pressure on that front! I guess the thought experiment made me appreciate (or at least tolerate) some of the more political themes of the original better, too? The political rhymes are more clever than the romantic ones.And, okay, I hadn't remembered that about stage "Anthem." I'm definitely thinking concept album here for internal musings: "Certain he has made the right decision, he is equally certain of what he will never be able to leave
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Yes, I see how you wouldn't get the idea that you like the Arbiter at all :P since he doesn't appear in here at all. Well, there's a time and a place, indeed, and I like how you distributed out his lines in the show when they appeared.
Casting Freddie as an immigrant American added new overtones to his character, which were evident in the Commie Newspapers and pre-Nobody's Side sequences (now he's got a personal reason to really dislike the Russians) and particularly in Anthem. I really liked that rewrite -- honestly it does a lot more for me than Anatoly's version of the song (what is he saying, that his actions aren't political? is he ( ... )
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I guess Hungarian immigrant Freddie grew on me -- at this point I think this is a very well executed and solidly done thought exercise, but I'm not ready to promote it to one of my real headcanons, I guess. Not that it was ever meant to go that far, probably, but even so.
Anthem when staged is usually construed to be some kind of press conference, I think? It's not just the 2008 version, but whenever the song is prefixed with the "Anatoly and the Press" sequence that we're meant to understand it's a public statement. I do like the thought that Anthem is actually Anatoly's internal musings -- it's less HERE LET ME SHOW YOU HOW I AM SUCH A NOBLE GUY EXCEPT I AM ABANDONING ALL MY RESPONSIBILITIES BACK HOME thing.
London's Pity the Child is at the end (ish) of Act I, though I'm not sure if that's meant to be understood as a public scene, though of course ( ... )
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No, I'm not sure it's one of my headcanons, either, no pressure on that front! I guess the thought experiment made me appreciate (or at least tolerate) some of the more political themes of the original better, too? The political rhymes are more clever than the romantic ones.And, okay, I hadn't remembered that about stage "Anthem." I'm definitely thinking concept album here for internal musings: "Certain he has made the right decision, he is equally certain of what he will never be able to leave ( ... )
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