Watching newsies for the first time in almost ten years as a former insane teen fan turned adulty adult
Singing a highly inaccurate movie/musical amalgamation of Santa Fe a billion times a day at work had me feeling nostalgic so I put it on!
Here are my notes as a 32 year old former rabid fangirl
Christian Bale is kind of fantastic?? I didn't realize it ever but he's clearly made choices about Jack and the awkward moments make him more 17
I know all these characters names it popped up as I watched like I'm a SnoddyKidBlinkSkitterySwiftySnoddySnitchRaceMushTumblerBlanketCrutchySpecsItey sleeper agent
Okay now I understand that "5 to 1 cowboy smokes em!" is what the insult was when Jack says "it's an insult" like I guess Race is somehow suggesting odds are super slim they could win but idk enough about gambling to know exactly how
I have not aged into enjoying Medda scenes but I have aged into doing chores during them instead of hating in them so....growth
Hmmm I stand by my choice to choose Skittery as my favorite background newsie yep good choice otherwise absolutely ridiculous teen me
I've been driving around listening to both the movie and musical songs this week and while I appreciate the orchestration and stronger voices in the musical, I greatly dislike every single minor lyric change
"hey nitwit that ain't news no more" "summer stinks and winter's waiting when you works outdoors" pardon me go back to the original
And I ABSOLUTELY prefer the movie Santa Fe to the musical!!! Oh my God it's so intensely sad and personal in a way the musical just isn't in the same way. And I really enjoy CB's voice not being an absolute powerhouse to go with the nature of the song
I actually live "out West" now and I will say that Jack's romantization of it is valid it is so fucking beautiful out here
Whichever Delancey brother mocking Blink in the background of the "they jacked up the price!" scene is fantastic. I understand how people have been able to analyze this movie for literally decades, there's so many little moments like this
Watching the world will know: God they just do not make movies like this anymore
Oh God I just had a flashback to in 2012 how I tried to make "ambastards" the name of newsies fans and was on Twitter and Facebook with my own face and name mouthing off every time the Broadway marketing team used "fansies" instead
I absolutely love the writing that Jack initially set the no pictures boundary and then to his own demise grinned for the camera and forgot it in the heat of the moment
Oh my god Spot Conlon is positively tiny like who is this lil child but damn Gabriel Damon was born for this role (and to sell real estate iirc)
Man these kids are dancing their absolute hearts out you can't help but love it
I just had the worst thought: Wow I could start a new blog analyzing newsies from the frame of reference of an experienced adult/child development professional and it would be totally different than my thirsty angsty teen blog imagine the new insights imagine the meta I could--
Okay the crutchy stuff and refuge shit is DARK OMG
Wouldn't it be so so painful for Jack to be dangling by a rope that's just around his waist? Did David take a belaying course at his local climbing gym? I DON'T THINK SO
Um would the refuge have really given these lil boys nightgowns? I feel not?
Is there a song out there as gorgeous as Seize the Day (Chorale) I think not
Again these boys are dancing their absolute freaking hearts out and it's amazing to watch
I know 1899 was a different time and even today there are people who harm children but who the fuck are these big grown as men who signed up for beat up some kids??
And also can be taken down by a couple slingshots
Look there were (are) rabid fangirls for a reason Gabriel Damon is just awesome as Spot if you're still in the game sir I hope real estate is treating you well
King of New York was always my least favorite group number and I still feel that way tbh I got up to go to the bathroom
That said it's still better than the broadway version "this is gonna make both the Delaney's pee in their pantsies" EXCUSE ME???
To this day every time I see the guy who played Snyder in something I absolutely loath the character to my core
Fucking love Klopmann so glad I made him a significant part of my Extremely Serious fic universe
Elle Keats is absolutely gorgeous and the character is so sweet I cannot even believe all the hate she got like why are we threatened by fictional people were we okay????? Does it still happen????
I so prefer this romance to Jack/Katherine also how old were they supposed to be?? This is just kids being kids gorgeous
Sorry I don't mean to make this a musical bashing post I wonder if I'll get fake anonymous hate messages about this
Wow I really didn't like Jack for years and years and I absolutely love him on this watch like LOVE wow I love his bravado and his childishness and his dreams I love
Scheduled my credit card payment for April during high times hard times eeee
DAVID ATTACKED AN OFFICER OF THE LAW VIA SWING I LOVE IT
Where did Denty get like $100 to bail these kids out that's like $4000
David takes Jack lying about his family way too personally like I remember when I was a teenager being like "well that's life" about my friends lying about random crap not taking it mega serious
"they don't always fire you" feels like a brag not a lesson tbh
Used to judge so hard but abso-fucking-lutely Jack turned scab this boy is all about survival every choice he's made so far is including the strike he needs money he needs to eat he needs to think about his future and that's it
"i must have you pretty scared old man" wow oscar winner (I'm guessing) Christian Bale don't have to be his bestie to appreciate a good young performer
Oh my gosh this gif still exists
Okay I am 32 and up past my bedtime part 2 go come I gotta stop here at Sarah finding day old hotdog in her drawer
