bochum 1991 has one of the strangest one rock and rolls i've ever seen, featuring: Electra in the middle of the wreck, an extra aggressive shove, the wreck separating early and Greaseball slamming into Electra, CB falling to his knees and everyone else joining him, climbing on CB to get up, Kapa Kitchen CB doing his split trick in the background, CB getting lifted into the air instead of backbent, Greaseball and Electra doing the two person chair choreography while CB sits behind them, and an extremely pathetic flop
I've been so incredibly normal about StEx Wembley closing, and by that I mean I've been periodically having That's So Raven flashbacks to things that happened during the Muck Up Matinee and feverishly writing them down.
I'll probably make a masterpost of all the visits, notes, cast lists and Megamixes I got at some point. In the meantime though, here's a list of funny moments from the Muck Up Matinee in chronological order. I emplore people to tell me things they noticed that aren't on the list, so we can collectively remember as much as possible!
The engines copying the coaches' choreography during Crazy.
(I've been informed that Tassita ended up in the splits at the end of Crazy, but there was so much going on during that song, I missed it.)
"Call me Rusty if you dare." "Rusty!"
Tassita and Pearl whispering, "I'm the quiet coach." "How do you do?"
Tassita introducing himself as "Tassitaaaaaa!" (apparently in reference to Renz falling down the ramp and doing the same thing).
Dinah doing a 'Call me!' sign to Greaseball during, "Without us you don't go nowhere."
Rusty staring at Pearl the entire time he's leading the coaches away in the intro to Whistle At Me, until Belle points by his head in the direction he's supposed to be looking.
The coaches making the intro to Freight as dramatic as feasibly possible.
Hydra shouting, "I can't hear you!" because the audience wasn't singing along during Hydrogen.
Greaseball when everyone started cheering during the pause before the end of Pumping Iron: "You already know what I'm going to say. I'm soooo.... pretty."
Belle and Tassita hovering as close to Dinah as physically possible when she's telling Pearl to "be decisive".
The components leading the engines during the brief skate they do in the intro to Make Up My Heart.
Hydra pretending to leave using the entrance at the top of the bowl during Bye-Byedrogen.
Slick and Porter 'helping' Lumber to get ready for Race 1 by repeatedly wacking his arm and back during the intro.
Pearl and Dinah celebrating their win in Race 1 by taking off their helmets and skating around in just helmet caps.
Lumber combing through his hair and finding his harmonica during Momma's Blues.
The audience joining in with Slick's oil chant, so Momma had to shout, "Oil?! OIL?! Oil is the work of the diesel himself!"
Slick determinedly sitting on the stool and leaning over Rusty during Momma's Starlight Express, rather than being nudged off and sitting on the floor.
Tassita using a spray-painted training(?) helmet during Race 2.
Orange Flash stringing out, "Clear my traaaaaack!" during the intro to Race 2.
Hydra kicking rocks and sadly skating away after being told off by Porter post-Race 2.
Momma holding her hands over her ears in pain when Electra starts singing in Laughing Stock.
Rusty overextending the "STOOOOOOOOOPPP!" at the end of Laughing Stock.
Slick lying on the speaker and Lumber wheeling her away after The Rap.
Belle and Tassita just staring at Dinah collapsed on the floor at the start of Uncoupled, refusing to help her get up, so she had to awkwardly drag herself up.
Belle taking the tissue from Tassita for once rather than batting it away. She also did not know what to do with it and eventually tucked it into her costume.
Just generally a lot of people looking at each other and randomly hugging or high fiving - the specific examples I have written down are Tassita & Silver Bullet and Porter & Belle, but there were others!
I can't remember when this happened, but the freights were lined up along the right-middle line and Hydra just. Randomly started spinning for as long as possible.
Great show, 10/10, would end up with a surprise special interest in it all over again. 👍
In all honesty, I just keep thinking about what a joy this show has been, and how lucky I am to be in this specific place in the world and this specific place in life, which allowed me to see the show 11 times in 2 years. Seeing the show in the Troubadour Wembley Park will always have a place in my heart, and hopefully with the World Tour, many more people will be lucky enough to experience the same feeling!
As the Bochum cast said in their video, StEx forever. <3
everything was normal until crazy, near the end and nicky ends up hitting the splits?? call me rusty arrives, gavin goes 'call me rusty if you dare' then ALL the engines shout 'RUSTY' lovely the rest of the song continues as normal. coaches intro, they brought back 'i'm tassitAAH' so that was funny but a bunch if other stuff happened which i dont remember the order in so bundle time(also doing character names for my sanity) , volta pushed porter slightly closer towards him then immediately shoved away, lumber jumpscared dinah, belle and hydra were like lovely dovey, dinah was very ashamed at gbs spelling skills, lumber kept playing with his harmonica during the entirety of mommas blue alongside pulling it out his hair, all the engines during light st the end of the tunnel were spinning for some reason, tassitas helmet was bare just the spray paint, slick was actually grooving and having the time of her life when not with the others, freight all sat together bonding, lumber n slick shenanigans were very constant, orange flash kept mocking rusty, lumber kept jumping around, rusty when beat up was jumping around, golden eagle and green arrow were punching but not physically, green arrow also then proceeded to swim off, joule kept flirting with pearl, components lead the engines before race 2, the audience started yelling oil, silver bullet kept sticking their tongue out at rusty, orange flash was mocking rusty with like the movements the steam trains do, golden eagle and tassita did the ymca best way i can put it, hydra and belle were talking about their hair (belle like messing with hers and then hydra just being hydra man), joule went 'hi!' and then immediately 'bye!' to rusty
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volta and wrench were fucking around the entire time, cookingoil was found alive and merry at the rap, electra doing the queens wave during race 2, porter kept mimicking rusty
Its not explicitly said but i love that the coaches dont fawn all over GB anymore which gives me the impression that Tass and Belle do NAWT fw their friend's questionable taste in women
does anyone have any advice on constructing the coaches shoulder boxes?? (specifically dinah + pearl as I’m currently working on cosplays)?? I was thinking some type of cardboard but advice would be appreciated !!
For cosplay? Depends on your budget - but I'd use EVA foam. The basic shape would be easy from maybe 12mm foam sheets, then the details layered on from craft foam. Give it a good primer then paint all the details!
Definitely start with cardboard - the secret to Starlight cosplay is to get the proportions right! Build up the shapes out of cereal packets or whatever you have to hand, get the shapes just right first, take loads of ugly photos you'll delete after, but get the shapes perfect while it's still adjustable, because no amount of details can correct the wrong proportions!
My concern with using cardboard for the final costume is that it could crease and get damaged, especially if you're skating. But it would certainly be cheaper and easier to work, and if you're only going to wear the costume once or twice it's unlikely to get damaged.
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