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“Your Majesty, Mr. Phineas T. Barnum and his...oddities from America!”
The Greatest Gatsby
Flashback to when I thought the greatest showman was the musical adaption of the great gatsby
I only had a very lose understanding of both plots that I somehow mixed in my head. Here's how I assumed the story goes: Nick moves into a new house. His neighbour Gatsby is depressed because a girl named Daisy rejected him, so he buys a circus. For some reason. Gatsby convinces Nick to lead the circus with him, leading to an epic and slightly homoerotic friendship. Daisy becomes an acrobat and she and Gatsby get together. Nick falls in love with the bearded lady. Somehow Gatsby dies at the end (probably through a circus related accident. Like being sat on by an elephant or something)
I was very disappointed when I had to read the book for school.
the most tragic part of the wicked movie is that they hired an incredible broadway and movie musical singer and didn’t have her sing a thing. if you haven’t heard keala settle (miss coddle) sing, you should watch the greatest showman immediately and/or listen to the obc of waitress.
We're all mad here!
this is...
garden gnomes gone wild
just some guy
the bearded lady
what non-binary can look like
OK OK I'M SORRY IN ADVANCE BUT I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS THAT NEED TO GET OUT HERE!
The Greatest Showman.
Yeah, that musical from 2017 which is the not historically accurate story of PT Barnum and the beginning of his little circus thing.
I originally got into it because the music is a fucking bop (The intro/outro song, rewrite the stars, the other side, and this is me specifically are pretty damn good), but I was finally able to watch it with my best friend back in january!
And, hoo boy.
I had a blast watching it and actually learning what happens in the movie. And yes, I over analyzed stuff as it happened because I have learned a lot about symbolism and film stuff in the past. And yes, I sung my favorite songs VERY loudly, to my best friend's amusement.
But I also saw the underlying theme of the movie.
Not the circus stuff. Yes, the movie was about Barnum and his journey to becoming The Greatest Showman.
But the movie was also about love.
I saw the three different arcs in the movie, the arcs that were all braided into each other to bind the whole story together, the arcs that could have been their own movies if the directors hadn't been willing to put so much effort into this one movie, the arcs that really made this movie shine.
And so now I'm going to tell you what they are. Each arc represents a different kind of love, and the challenges you overcome on the way to finding that love.
Arc one: Mr. and Mrs. Barnum. Rekindling an old love.
This arc seems like a very obvious one. After all, Barnum is the main character, so his arc is clearly the most visible. We see the story of how Mr. and Mrs. Barnum met and fell in love, and at first, it kinda reminds me of POtC, with the rich girl who is barely allowed to speak to the poor apprentice/servant, but they still find ways to make each other smile. We see how they persevered to be together, and their dreams never died. But as they grow older and things aren't really changing, they become a little jaded and disenchanted. Then, Barnum starts his museum, then his show, and they start to grow apart. The lady Nightengale also tries to throw a wrench between them. But at the end, Barnum realizes that trying to follow his old dream has been tearing his family apart, and he returns to his wife. Simple enough.
Arc two: Philip and Anne. Discovering first love.
Philip was the secondary main character, and one of the big points of the story was his and Anne's romance. But they went beyond just having a romance. They threw wrenches in it, such as Philip's classist (and racist???? was Anne non Caucasian? I don't remember everything) parents, and the fact that Anne and Philip were very different people, with very different jobs in the show. But they learned to look past all that and see each other for who they really were. They were helped along by the other cast members of the show as well, and the end result was something beautiful, sweet, and enduring.
Arc Three: The bearded lady. Self love.
My! Favorite! Arc! The bearded lady (I don't remember if she got a name or not, so she's just The bearded lady or tbl) Didn't have a love interest, because she didn't love herself. She was an outcast, ostracized, and she didn't feel comfortable with her own body and features. (AND THANK YOU DIRECTORS FOR NOT MAKING HER SKINNY AND ASDFGHJKL; TYY) She was not confident and fearful. Then Barnum came up and told her she was beautiful. She was disbelieving and shocked; no one ever said that to her before! She probably knew he was up to something, but since it gave her a bit of an escape from her current life, she went along with it. Her arc was about personal growth, something that culminated in her solo, "This is Me". She became a strong and confident woman, someone comfortable with her own skin, and willing to fight for her rights and cause. I firmly believe she was the real star of this whole movie, and the actress is a beautiful woman who deserves recognition!
Anyway, those are my thoughts and I hope that no one was overwhelmed. haha. oops.
{🎩Modern The Greatest Showman🎩}
Lettie Lutz
"When the sharpest words wanna cut me down, I'm gonna send the flood, gonna drown them out."
{*~°🎤*🔥*°*🌟*💄°~*}
Anne: Hey sorry I'm late, I fell asleep.
Lettie: It's 4:30! When did you go to sleep?
Anne: 2pm
Lettie: The meeting started at 1!
|| This Is Me ||
She's one of my favorite characters 💕
