Nov 11, 2024
VHS Christmas Carols in a nutshell:
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VHS Christmas Carols in a nutshell:
Us when we don’t care what you say anyway or something
MERRY CHRISTMAS GUYSS here’s a rushed marley
"now youre just trying to scare me/cause youve led me to a cemetery" my brother in christ YOU wanted to know who was the dead man from before. what the fuck else is it to do, show you his corpse??? youd like that more??? get real.
Marley's body language and expression changed between avhscc and vhsccs and i find it so fuckin interesting because in avhscc his expressions and movements are softer and they don't change a lot constantly, as if you could expect what's next. Marley mostly talks to Scrooge by being close to him, he makes physical contact and all, as if he was still alive, just talking about what's for life. in avhscc brings the vibes of someone who has been separated from his body after death, someone whose life and death are two different things, and the alive part of Marley needs to tell Scrooge about what's next for him to wait.
But for vhsccs, the movements are sharper, more things happen in less time, unexpected. Marley is away from Scrooge big part of the time, unable to reach for him, and barely holds any close contact with Scrooge. It's a feeling of a man whose life was continuous even after death, Marley's life and dead were not separated, it's still just one concept in one body. He uses his own experience in death to not only talk about what could happen to scrooge, he's not there to just mention the possibility, unlike avhscc, he's there to warn him, he's warning about what WILL happen. It's the death part of Marley the one who is warning him, he doesn't only wants to tell him to be careful, but he also needs to help him by letting him know that the person in front of him is an actual ghost, one that he knew and wants Scrooge to not live like him, or he'll end up just like the dead man in front of him.
non starkid mutuals followers etc i am BEGGING you PLEASE check out a vhs christmas carol! it's a one-act <1hr adaptation of acc, told entirely through 80s style songs (complete with SENSATIONAL outfits, dances, backgrounds, the whole shebang). it's currently running for its fifth year in a row at the apollo theatre in chicago! even if like me you can't STAND A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens this show is genuinely INCREDIBLE. banger after banger after BANGER! and for a limited time you can also watch 2023's version for free on youtube, which has a whole extra first act of the gift of the magi and the little match girl!! so PLEASE check it out!!!!
^ 2023's production, with the extra first act
^ 2021's production, which is available permanently
About Ring-a-ling ding! It’s time to hear some StarKids SING! Turn back the clocks to 2022 when THE STARKID JANGLE BALL TOUR brought the ho
^ performed live at starkid's jangle ball tour in 2022 (£13)
alternatively, as this is sung-through you can experience it through the original cast recording on spotify, apple music, amazon music, any other music streaming services, or the starkid webstore; also, the live jangle ball recording is available on the starkid webstore here!! please give it a listen it's so worth it!!!!!!
My Favourite New Things from VHSCCS 2024 :)
Jaime Lyn in the opening number
Darilyn adding extra riffs during perfect (and That Scrooge as well!!)
The new costume for the Hairdresser
The Christmas tree (so big and green) (silver)
The choreography for cold cold streets, particularly the “I dream of home” section
Having a bigger ensemble for grandmaland, all wearing those amazing silver cloaks
Clark and Meredith looking in different directions on the first beat of every bar in Bah Humbug
Scrooge cleaning his glasses to make sure he’s seeing Marley correctly, then shaking so hard one of his braces fell off
The section of Christmas Electricity choreography when everyone’s facing the back copying Fred except Scrooge and the ghost
Meredith singing more of the narrator lines, “Scrooge and the spirit fly over London Town” in particular, *chefs kiss*
The melodica in priceless (and all the other instruments)
“Call 911”
The way Scrooge looks at his razor when he’s “shaving”
Scrooge actually taking the match he bought
Brian staring dead into the camera in the curtain call
vhs christmas carols album is out i can finally die happy