Can't you see it? In my eyes?

Hi I like theatre a lot but this specific blog is Newsies themed for some reason. Anywho, enjoy!

[tarrevizsla]

help me manifest blue pennsylvania

like to charge reblog to cast

[tarrevizsla]

It worked last time. Come on, everyone.

[amazingcreek]

newsies is so dyke coded i don't make the rules

[superdogkrypto]

Butch lesbian Jack Kelly

[romanthroughthefield]

okay so it wasn’t my next post but whatever-

Why Something To Believe In is Actually a Good Song (Contrary to Popular Belief):

disclaimer: i’m not a media analyst or whatever i’m just a person with an opinion (and the delusional idea that i know jack kelly better than anyone)

1. first things first i genuinely think that alan menken is a genius composer. how could i not? he has created some of the most influential scores in modern day cinema. regardless of your opinion on the song place in newsies i think that looking at the chord progression, lyrics, and instrumentals you have to admit that it is a nice song to listen to.

2. addressing some issues people have with jatherine i think a lot of the issues people have with this song come from the pre-conceived notion that their relationship was “rushed” or built on “jack being a creep” which i simply just don’t agree with. possibly a side tangent but don’t come a knockin’ doesn’t make jack out to be a creep it simply states that he participates in hookup culture. a line in which he literally laughs while singing. jack and katherine have a very flirty and joking relationship up until this point and not once did i read into this as katherine being uncomfortable. jack finds katherine as an equal, a match for his wit and humor. this is the first girl he’s ever felt a deeper connection with. he is literally in disbelief that a “girl like her could ever wind up with a guy like him.” the song only further deepens their relationship. they state that the love that they have discovered here is new for them. it doesn’t mean that their madly in love, i mean they’re teenagers, it just means that they love each other and what they brought into each others lives. it’s “rushed” if you people that this song is a confession of deep love which i simply just don’t think it is.

4. a deeper look into what believing means “jack already had something to believe in! he had the newsies” “katherine had herself and her career.” people like to deny it but jack didn’t like his life before the strike. it wasn’t because of the newsies of course but can you really think that stealing food and clothes for the boys he cares about in the lodging house was his endgame for him? that’s why he had santa fe, so he could dream. his “something to believe in” was a dream not a reality.

when katherine comes along that is his first tether to reality. they can change the way new york is run. this doesn’t have to be his life anymore. now his “something to believe in” was a reality in front of him not just a dream that would save his crushing reality of not being able to care for his boys properly.

same thing goes for katherine in the sense that her career was finally “busting out of the social pages” until she immediately got shot down. her father’s pressure was not her end goal, she wanted to make a career for herself but was denied it. when jack arrives and she finally gets a story to run with and the courage to change the way that new york is run she discovers her “something to believe in.” jack and katherine each awaken something in each other, they each believe in each other. i mean that is literally said in the song but it goes deeper than just their love for each other, they literally have changed each others lives.

4. from a composers point of view: something to believe in gets no hints/preludes/reprises/playoffs or anything of the sort which the entire rest of the album does (except thats rich im pretty sure but thats completely different). point is any number that jack or katherine sing in up to this point has either already been lamented again or will be in the future. something to believe in stands alone in its present, it is literally the time frane that jack wishes he could freeze. it is a singular moment in which their unique situations come together. before they kiss in the song jack ends his longer phrases with a stagnant note. after his kisses her the notes at the ends of his phrases climb up. from a strictly technical point of view he literally rises up because of katherine believing in him.

idk i didn’t proof read this let me know if it makes sense

[dmitryanya]

katherine absolutely is willingly to fight anyone who underestimates her or picks on her boys. no one can convince me she isn't. jack regularly has to drag her away from arguments, but is often tempted to just let her go off on people if he thinks they deserve her wrath, of course.

[mosiee]

I’m still salty about the original ‘91 script, mainly because we were robbed of Savage Davey™️

Y’all remember in the ‘92 movie where Jack scabs and Davey talks to him? Remember how angry and disappointed he was, and how he ran at Jack— most likely to punch him?

We get that in the ‘91 script

We also get Crutchie being a sinnamon roll and beating someone up with his crutch

We get Ester, Mayor, Les, and Sarah at the rally

We get a— technical— third Delancey

We get Les giving Jack a piece of his mind

We get Davey laying down in front of a horse drawn cart to stop it from leaving

We get this which I find absolutely hilarious

And we get Jack’s actual brother’s name and backstory

There was so much potential and I just feel a little bit robbed

[anangelonthestreet]

Davey said "bffr"

[ur-anus]

kathering pulitzer who is happily rambling on about how her day has been and losing herself in it because for once her father is listening to what she’s saying, asking questions and paying attention.

katherine pulitzer who realises, the next day, the only reason he was listening was because he wanted the information for his own gain, to manipulate people into getting what he wanted. and she realises he’s never going to care or be happy for her achievements unless it benefits him in some way

[smol-jewish-demigirl]

Katherine and Jack literally invented pathetic man slut x girlboss

[duckzz]

Request for PoC Katherine?? Please?? I might’ve commissioned but I am not with the moneys, my apologies :‘)

hey so sorry for the wait anon! and no worries haha, thank you so much for the request, she was super fun to draw!!! <3

hope you like her!!! :D

[broadwaydaily]

broadwaydaily’s top fives: 2/5 performances ⤳ caitlyn

it’s all coming back to me now by jeremy jordan

[wxngman-blog]

starchiee:

give me a broken, self-loathing man who firmly believes no one could ever love him and a strong-willed woman who doesn’t take any of his shit and gradually becomes his light and hope and sun and stars and i assure you i will ship it til my dying breath

[gobarbie]

thinking bout the line 'an angel come to save me' 😌

[we-are-inevitable]

can i just talk abt jack being vulnerable for a sec??

we see it a bunch throughout the musical- the entire santa fe sequence, the nervousness he shows during watch what happens (reprise), even his passionate speech about the child labor workers during seize the day- but i don’t think anything showcases his fear and insecurities better than his interaction with katherine while they’re on the rooftop.

jack’s entire demeanor changes. rather than the confident leader he’s usually seen as, we now see him as what he really is: a nervous teenage boy with bone-deep insecurities and issues with his own self-worth, baring his soul to the girl he likes. he looks nervous and he stutters and he opens himself up more than most other times we’ve seen him. he’s defensive, too- defensive because he’s scared of getting hurt again, and he’s so unsure of himself. it’s one of the most genuine moments of the musical and i ADORE the dialogue that goes along with it because,, oh my god i love jack

dialogue below because i Need It

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[whaleiumsharkspeare]

Newsies curtain call be like: watch this man jump like 4 feet into the air and nearly concuss himself live on stage in front of hundreds of people after giving a practically perfect performance otherwise

[gobarbie]

thinking bout the line 'an angel come to save me' 😌

[spotsbis]

Jack Kelly: in theory I'm bisexual, in practice I'm frightened

[spotsies]

let katherine plumber be anxious, scared, weak, stressed, hurt. let her cry over her relationship with her father and how he used her. let her doubt her own abilities and be scared she’ll never be anything. let her have insecurities and flaws. let her make the newsies her family too, and form her own bonds with them all. let her cry into their shoulders and be vulnerable. stop forcing her into the Strong Female Character trope of this girl who has her life together when in canon its clear shes scared and hurting and doubts herself. 

the moment people start shipping jack and other characters, they immediately ignore katherine, because its clear they only ever saw her as his romantic interest. shes her own character. she has her own friendships and connections to the other newsies. let her be their friends and rely on them. let her cry because davey and les and sarah invited her to dinner and she feels like a part of a family again. let her have her dark moments. she doesnt have to be perfect to be good. 

[jesus-christ-super-ace]

yes but please keep don’t romanticise being anxious or being hurt