Mischief is back at the Ed Fringe today with 3 shows: Charlie Aims to Please, The Mind Mangler, and Mischief Movie Night!
For today's MMN show, it was a dance-off movie set on a desert island called Desert Island Disco. It featured Harry Kershaw as a pole for Henry Lewis to pole dance on (make of that as you will haha)
I’m having a really hard time articulating which is frustrating but phm felt SO queer to me. And i don’t mean queer like “lol gay alien” i mean queer in the very nature of the story. Queer as in i think a lot of us can relate to at least some point in grace’s story and queer as in love that goes so strongly beyond words we use to label it. I’ve seen a few people have an aroace read on grace and i can totally see that but most of what i see in him is just. Queer. In a way that’s hard if not impossible to label but is there. I see it in his story, his relationships, how people view him, how the world treats him, and then how the UNIVERSE treats him. Being rejected by a world you love because you have no living family or partner and therefore you’re “expendable.” Finding community afterwards with people who care for you the way you deserve. Love with someone in a way that is definitely not romantic but is so, so much more than a friendship. I see it in his gender identity too, though that’s more vibes i just inherently see him as nonbinary in some way i cannot think of him as a cis man. I think grace is a very easy character to see yourself in as a queer person no matter what kind of queer you are. I don’t know if any kind of queer read on him was intentional but it’s beautiful to me
This!! I was thinking about this too but forgot to add. Like it was a long movie i don’t remember and i haven’t read the book yet but i do not recall him being called by his first name once. And i understand a lot of the time we’re seeing him in a professional setting but even when addressing other people by their first names, even with Rocky, he’s still just Grace. And yeah i understand some people just prefer their last names maybe he’s just more comfortable being called that being a teacher and all but idk it felt very queer coded to me
Throwback Thursday: Some old photos of Mischief taken by Dave Hearn, 2013 - Henry Shields, Jonathan Sayer, Harry Kershaw, Josh Elliot, Bryony Corrigan, Rob Falconer, Mike Bodie, Charlie Russell, Niall Ransome
My November - December mini project! I finished them at the beginning of December but got lazy compiling the statistics. All the texts are proper text and not just lorem ipsun! 😅 (I spent quite long formatting some of them and it's a shame that they can't be seen properly, oh well.) My MMNI music library looks so colourful and neater now :D Happy one year anniversary to MMNI!
Note: These are all edits and are spoofs of existing album covers, I am so not a graphic designer
My favourite 3!:
And if you'll like to download the MMNI songs so that you can listen to them offline (1.1 GB, 212 Files) -> https://mega.nz/folder/TmY3wQjR#MKSCBEO32CgEg391wDX__Q
(You're freaking amazing if you're able to recognise even half of what these are referencing! Delta is impressed)
Spotify Wrapped MMNI Wrapped! Just as it says on the tin. This is something I've been working on for quite some time now (albeit on-and-off) and it's 100% self-indulgent. This all started when I began making 'album covers' for the MMNI songs because I didn't like the default picture chosen for the covers, and it somehow evolved into an excel sheet frenzy.
So many thanks must be given to my dear friends @inked-out-trees,@personinthepalace and @/deltavontussle on YouTube (yes, Delta has their own YouTube channel), their enthusiasm has really encouraged me to finally finish this.🥰🥰
Download link for all MMNI songs (1.1 GB, 212 files) ->
https://mega.nz/folder/TmY3wQjR#MKSCBEO32CgEg391wDX__Q
A closer look at the album covers here ->
https://august-and-clouds.tumblr.com/post/671751965731160064/mmni-album-covers
And without further ado, if you'll like to read on for the full explanation of the statistics and analysis, here we go!
Please do 'open image on new tab' for the graphs for a larger and clearer view, I wasn't able to export them at their full resolution, but they are clear enough when viewed in their original size
Do note that this data is quite objective and should be taken with a grain of salt, it is very possible that I missed some stuff out
-- MMNI APPEARANCES COUNTER (TOTAL SHOWS: 51) --
42 Shows - Henry Lewis (38 in Cast, 3 as Oscar, 1 on Zoom)
42 Shows - Jonathan Sayer (1 in Cast, 41 as Oscar)
38 Shows - Harry Kershaw (37 in Cast, 1 on Zoom)
34 Shows - Niall Ransome (33 in Cast, 1 on Zoom)
33 Shows - Nancy Zamit (28 in Cast, 4 as Emmy, 1 on Zoom)
30 Shows - Henry Shields (30 in Cast)
29 Shows - Lauren Shearing (29 in Cast)
29 Shows - Dave Hearn (29 in Cast)
27 Shows - Bryony Corrigan (26 in Cast, 1 as Emmy)
26 Shows - Mike Bodie (26 in Cast)
19 Shows - Ellie Morris (19 in Cast)
16 Shows - Josh Elliot (16 in Cast)
15 Shows - Susan Harrison (14 in Cast, 1 on Zoom)
13 Shows - Charlie Russell (11 in Cast, 2 as Emmy)
9 Shows - Rhyanna Alexander-Davis (9 in Cast)
4 Shows - Matt Cavendish (4 in Cast)
4 Shows - Laura Kirman (4 in Cast)
Notes:
Jon had 2 special appearances in Now Museum, Now You Don't and The Day Harry Got Cut in Half where he was also the director in for both.
Matt and Laura were part of the emergency cast in the 2021 Summer Run that covered a total of 5 shows total, Ellie was the only emergency squad member that was present for all shows (she initially wasn't supposed to appear in the 2021 Summer Run)
Rhyanna and Susan only appeared in the 2021 Summer Run
Nancy and Hen are the only cast members that have appeared as a performer, director and on Zoom
11⅓ Songs - Ellie Morris (Greasy Pole, Love Will Take You Far)
10 Songs - Josh Elliot (Purging Routine, Conjure My Heart)
9 Songs - Susan Harrison (Might Be Different, Let's Get to ASDA)
8½ Songs - Henry Shields (Mutant Boys and Girls, Sex with Broom)
6 Songs - Rhyanna Alexander-Davis (Apple Rap, Because of Love)
5 Songs - Dave Hearn (Easily Convinced Man, Rambo, Solstice)
5 Songs - ALL (Burn the Store Down Reprise, On the Seas)
4 Songs - Bryony Corrigan (Let It Shine, High Q)
3 Songs - Jonathan Sayer (Sparky's Backstory, Window Cleaning)
2 Songs - Mike Bodie (Elephant Lullaby, Ventriloquist Jail)
2 Songs - Matt Cavendish (Happy Here, Happy Here Reprise)
2 Songs - Charlie Russell (Let Me Show You Around)
1 Song - Laura Kirman (Love Is Like A Hole-in-one)
Notes:
Only sung lyrics are taken into account, some songs start with verbal (talking), so the person who sung the first lyric was counted. Sometimes they're the same person (such as Harry in 'Put That Bullet In A Vampire's Head') and sometimes they're different (Ellie talks at the start of 'Let It Shine' with 'Hey no running in the halls, watch out!' and Bryony sings the first line 'Being at this school'. In cases like this, only Bryony is counted)
Short tune, instrumentals, chants/montages are excluded from this count
Regarding the ½ for Shields and Harry: they simultaneously started 'Over the Henge' with 'woah-urm' (it was a small mistake on their parts)
Regarding the ⅓ for Lauren, Ellie and Nancy: they simultaneously started 'We're Good Cops Reprise ' with 'jack and ricky jack and ricky...'
Reprises are counted here as sometimes they're started by different people (e.g., 'Engineer and the Poet' was started by Ellie, while its reprise was started by Niall)
3 Tunes - I Found it in the Bushes (2 Songs, 1 Others)
2 Tunes - Ashopocalypse Next (1 Song, 1 Short Tunes)
2 Tunes - Star Paws (2 Songs)
2 Tunes - A Dice With Death (2 Songs)
2 Tunes - Rumpole of the Motte and Bailey (2 Songs)
2 Tunes - Popes on the Ropes (2 Songs)
2 Tunes - The Hound of the Wendsleydales (2 Songs)
2 Tunes - Over the Henge (2 Songs)
2 Tunes - What's the Pointe (1 Song, 1 Instrumental)
2 Tunes - Suicide Squid (1 Song, 1 Others)
2 Tunes - A Cat in the Habit (2 Songs)
1 Tunes - Who Bun It? (1 Song)
0 Tunes - The Primary Cape Crusader
Notes:
Songs - proper musical numbers than can be understood by most as a song (i.e., it would be featured on its own as a track in a musical album)
Short Tunes - short jingles, hymns, and sung words that are too short to be considered as a song (around less than 20 seconds) but are still recognised as a tune
Instrumental - instrumental tracks by the wonderful Mischief musicians
Others/Chants/Montages - things that did not fit in the category above (e.g., 'He's Coming' chant, 'East London Parade' acapella trumpet number, 'Training Montage' from Suicide Squid)
The Primary Cape Crusader is the only show with no musical numbers whatsoever
Light Over the Rocks and From Russia With Gloves have the greatest number of short tunes - the former due to the many groups participating in the open mic night and the latter due to Bev's short songs
I Found it in the Bushes - 27 Pauses, 4 Rewinds, 1 Fast Forward
High Tide School - 32 Pauses
Popes on the Ropes - 31 Pauses, 1 Rewind
Rumpole of the Motte and Bailey - 30 Pauses, 1 Fast Forward
Good Guys Finish Last - 29 Pauses, 2 Rewinds
Back to the Tutor - 31 Pauses
Hot Swap Buns - 30 Pauses, 1 Fast Forward
Flat Pack Attack - 28 Pauses, 2 Rewinds
Now Museum, Now You Don't - 26 Pauses, 4 Rewinds
Abandoned Love - 28 Pauses, 2 Rewinds
Croydonosaurus - 30 Pauses
From Russia With Gloves - 29 Pauses
Zoomania - 29 Pauses
A Cop in the Ocean - 27 Pauses, 1 Rewind
What's the Pointe - 28 Pauses
Ipswitch It Up - 27 Pauses, 1 Rewind
Ashopocalypse Next - 25 Pauses, 3 Fast Forwards
Careless Whisper - 27 Pauses
Singing in the Aisles - 27 Pauses
The Man Who Came in From the Cold Storage - 27 Pauses
Fire in the Hole - 27 Pauses
Wild Feast - 24 Pauses, 1 Rewind, 1 Fast Forward
Over the Henge - 26 Pauses
Look Out I - 25 Pauses
Fraud of the Blings - 25 Pauses
Fielding of Dreams - 24 Pauses, 1 Rewind
Ashopocalypse Now - 24 Pauses, 1 Fast Forward
Light Over the Rocks - 24 Pauses
Love Behind Bars - 24 Pauses
The Temple of the Red Giraffe - 23 Pauses
Angstronauts - 21 Pauses, 1 Rewind
It's Up to You, Newark, Newark - 21 Pauses, 1 Fast Forwards
Ashopocalypse Then - 22 Pauses
Look Out II - 21 Pauses
Wishing for Wishy-washy - 20 Pauses
Suicide Squid - 19 Pauses
Enter the Elephant - 19 Pauses
The Day Harry Got Cut in Half - 17 Pauses, 1 Rewind
The Wizard of Paddington Station - 15 Pauses
Notes:
PAUSES part of REWINDS/FAST FORWARDS (eg, pause, rewind, PAUSE, play in Now Museum [the second pause] are excluded from the pause count, the only exception was during a fast forwards in A Dice With Death, where Jon paused to commented that Melissa was laughing before she died and subsequently rewinded)
The shows with the most rewinds (at 4 rewinds) are Lasers and Quasars, I Found it in the Bushes and Now Museum, Now You Don't. While the rewinds are quite evenly split throughout the show for the first 2 shows, the 4 rewinds in Now Museum was used up in a single scene during Jon's revenge on Harry to make him do the 'schlum' again
The show with the most fast forwards (at 3 fast forwards) is Ashopocalypse Next during the 'put your weapons at the door' sequence
The average PAUSE rate for each director is as follows: Hen (32.66667), Nancy (31.5), Jon (27.80488), Charlie (25), Bryony (19). It's worth to note that Bryony only directed on show, and Jon's range of pauses is much larger than the rest, thus it could bring down/up his values as compared to the rest.
The average (mean) PAUSE rate across the 51 MMNIs is 28.09804. The 25th percentile is 24 pauses, and the 75 percentile is 30.75 pauses, and the median is at 27 pauses
Charlie was the only director to not request any musical numbers
Every sort of musical number is considered here, from songs to instrumentals to short tunes
Notable Jon requests: The Evening Register (evening register in the form of a musical number), Rambo (a rap number at some point), The Ballet Search (a sniff and travel sequence), Operatic Hot Air Balloon Ride (request the lovely Brookes to join in via Zoom)
Notable audience suggestions: The Family Suite (most spontaneous musical numbers), I Quite Like You (90s/00s boy band number), Half Wizard (barbershop quartet number), Pogo Stick Restaurant (poorly themed restaurant), High Q (can only speak in Haikus)
Notable Nancy requests: 7 songs in Ipswitch were requested by her! Physically (Hamilton rap number), You Must Not Give Up (we have so much of the complementary waiters, so let's have a song), Simon's Lullaby (address Simon with a sad lullaby)
Notable Hen requests: Bakery Bakery for Heaven's Sakery (big opening number), The Engineer and the Poet (personally requested for the song the engineer and poet), Dress for Danger (wanted an opening number called 'Tapped Out')
Bryony requests: Buds in the Suds (incredible carnival number), Egg Song (storytime sing-a-long, Cbeebies style)
I manually removed the words: i'm (224 times), it's (210 times), got (135 times), get (132 times), that's (110 times), there's (74 times), i've (61 times), will (85 times).
I left "we're" (151 times) in because I like how much of the songs revolved around the cast doing things together
Some other common words that were left in because I thought they were important MMNI words: "she's" due to She's Right, She's Always Right, "he's" due to He's Coming, "yeah" due to She's Alright Yeah
And that's it from me! I'm always down to chat about MMNI things so free feel to hit me up about anything (and yes, I mean anything at all). Happy MMNI listening/watching everyone :D
#may we see both of them dear dear directors or anyone in charge #and susan harrison plz #manifesting a mmni reunion #but fingers crossed... #still waiting for the cast announcement HARD
