Jan 30
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I missed drawing them
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R/joly/boss
I missed drawing them
Spin the Lesgles Spelling Wheel!
To celebrate *spins wheel* Lêguele meeting Marius today in the readalong, I finally made a *spins wheel* L’Aîgles spelling randomizer using @fremedon’s list!
Matilda The Musical but it’s Les Amis as kids
can’t quite place my finger on it, but there’s something so heart-rending and tragic about joly and lesgles dying with a blocked nose… something something it’s so humanising??? like they’re in this big epic and dying heroically but at the end of the day they still have a cold bc they’re just regular people? idk i’m rambling
some acting choices I made when I played Lesgles (and Babet and Feuilly!) in my school’s production of Les Mis:
In Red and Black, when Grantaire got up to do his “Some wine and say whats going on” at Marius, I stood and pushed him back into his seat, which was very comical because I’m about ten inches shorter than him.
When Eponine began to collapse into Marius right before A Little Fall of Rain and all the students started, I worriedly took a few steps forward, and then hastily backwards again because Lesgles assumes if he tries to help with anything it will go terribly wrong.
As Babet, I was not mic’d, but Montparnasse was, so in order for me speaking very close to his mic to make sense, I made the “he keeps himself to himself, he’s staying close to the ground” into a little bit of ignoring Thernardier, and being rather annoyed when he jumped in with the “I SMELL PROFIT HERE”. Like dude, ‘Parnasse and I were having a cool bro moment. Do you mind?
Due to a weird backstage turn of events, closing night I was playing Lesgles but in addition saying Feuilly’s lines, so when I yelled the “SNIPERS!!!” line I very wildly looked around to see if anyone heard, because of course Lesgles is going to assume, with his luck, no one will hear his warning and that’s why they all die.
This wasn’t a choice, but the second performance, as I stumbled off the barricade during the deaths, I tried to balance my musket on top of the barricade. As I fell off the barricade myself, it tumbled down as well and clocked me directly in the temple. It was very in character.
how do you usually refer to him?
lesgle
legle
lesgles
l'aigle
laigle
l'aigle de meaux
bossuet
other/he's bald
A couple of weeks ago I stumbled upon @ueinra 's post about 1964's Italian "Les Misérables". That made me prepare an insight into this scene because, frankly, it's hilarious.
So, citizens, get ready for:
"Blondeau's Funeral Oration, by Bossuet"
With no oration. And Italian.
Chapter 1: Marius MARIO
Yeah, they "italianized" the name. For some reason. I have no idea.
And the story is now narrated from his POV because it comes right after his fight with Gillenormand. I mean, the two-scenes sequence is the same as in the novel. If you don't count those 5 in-between pages about a bunch of guys who really love the alphabet...
Chapter 2: Bossuet THE EAGLE
In the novel, the chapter is seen from Bossuet's POV. Here, he appears as a new character in the scene.
Only, he's never called Bossuet.
Here, let him introduce himself:
So, in the tv series, the guy literally comes out of nowhere and starts talking with Mario... And he does not tell him why he knows he's THE Mario.
He does it in the book, yes. The handbag. Not here.
He just knows.
While he's not bald in this adaptation, the fact that he's portrayed by an Italian actor, in an Italian production, makes the man really expressive!
(I might be biased here, but this physical acting makes the amount of static scenes this tv production has much more enjoyable!)
This is Bossuet doing an impression of Blondeau:
Chapter 3: COURFEYRAC
Marius is now Mario. Bossuet is now The Eagle.
Not Courfeyrac. He stays Courfeyrac.
Clearly the easiest "name" to remember.
Anyways, we've now arrived at the moment that made me do this post.
Yes, Courfeyrac literally comes out of nowhere (probably from the same portal Bossuet used before) and asks Mario if he needs a place to stay!
Chapter 4: SOME CHANGES
The scene thus far has been almost word-to-word to the original chapter. But they added something Hugo's version lacked...
The coachman is a character here!
And he's fed up with Mario living on his coach!
So both friends just... Jump on the coach with Mario.
If you thought Javert & Valjean's carriage ride was awkward enough,
this is Mario's ride:
Chapter 5: ADDED PARTS
There are a couple of lines from later chapters in the book, like when they discuss Marius's political beliefs or when Courfeyrac suggests he should work as a translator.
But that's nothing compared to what's coming...
Mario meets Cosette and Valjean while on the carriage!!
There's a reason for that: the director did not have the time, nor the budget, to shoot many outdoor scenes. If you look closely, the gardens are actually a painted background.
Hey, it's 1960's RAI, not the HBO...
What follows is pretty canon: Courfeyrac thinks Cosette is not good looking, and Mario compliments Valjean's posture.
"Republic of Dreams, Province of Illusions, Capital City Soap Bubble"
- The Eagle, talking about Mario's brain
Ah, yes, Courfeyrac is "The richest revolutionary in all of free France".
rip bossuet i think you're the only man who understands me (i walked straight into a wall today)