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prokopetz

In this essay, I won't.

wetslug

u dont truly appreciate Phone In Bed time until youre too busy for Phone In Bed

bellarkevirtuoso

Beyond the Bar, a summary

Seok-hoon: I said no

Hyo-min: plz

Seok-hoon: ok

carostrophal

SO real hahaha

#beyond the bar #yoon seok hoon #kang hyo min

boomer-mythology-destroyer

isabelofwraithmarsh

Reiko Richard Rattinger you will always be famous to me

carostrophal

#iykyk

eleancrvances

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press play to hear lukas perman doing the absolute most

#elisabeth das musical #lukas perman #wenn ich dein spiegel wär

chelreverie

Started watching The Empress (2022), and...Philip Froissant.....yeah.

eridonna

Why ruin something that was already perfect?

Literally every newer non-german production with a quarter of a budget of VBW has tried to incorporate something new into the source material. I'm not saying every interpretation or costume/staging worked in favour, but at least there's effort and a certain vision.

VBW has no right to keep serving us a watered-down version of a genuinely spectacular and deeply beloved musical.

(Also the audacity to call it the Celebrated Schönbrunn Version 🤔)

The vines in the Heinrich designs were created to represent death and decay. Sissi wore a dirndl in Wie Du as she hailed from Bavaria. The set design incorporated elements inspired by Habsburg carriages/hearses.

So what exactly do the new changes bring to the table?

Der Tod's veil is stripped away and replaced with a meme-worthy toy. He went from having 4 stunning well-crafted outfits to ONE painfully boring fit in the entire show.

Tod and Rudolf's relationship is diminished to the point where it no longer represents its original depth or significance.

Rondo is a misfit and doesn't even appear anywhere else in the show unlike the intended Japanese/Hungarian versions.

There is no glitz, no glamour, and most importantly the storytelling is compromised. Literally everything the musical stood for is reduced to nothing.

Most upsetting of all is the clear disregard VBW shows for the audience, who adore the musical and deserve more than this cheap execution, and for the immensely talented cast, who deserve a production worthy of their skills.

evil-maryland

woah i didnt realise this, the schönbrunn version was my gateway into the fandom and i loved it ngl, i wonder what other productions have 2 offer

any recs for which productions are better?

carostrophal

My favorite production personally is either the 2011-2013 viennese production or the 2015 germany vbw tour. VBW shanghai tour around that time (2014 i think?) is the same as well!

Otherwise I can say that any german language production is worth a watch EXCEPT for Thun and Schönbrunn of course. @evil-maryland

I also really enjoy the dutch elisabeth production from 1999 i think.