@perfectfifths
Active 7 years, 5 months ago- Rank: Knight in Shining Armor
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SeekJustice replied to the topic Writers' Corner #17 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
Well, I didn’t really like Oliver Twist, the book either, which I just finished so…I don’t know, I feel like Dickens betrayed me.
There’s a super thin plot dealing with the “nine lives of cats” sort of thing, but that’s literally it. Who cares if it has a plot. Good dancing 😛
My mum was learning Italian in uni and she…[Read more]
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Rochellaine replied to the topic Writers' Corner #17 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@skredder Well, check these out for Sight&Sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBlRmJGPvbk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEGDGorAbx0
Hahaha! That’s why I’m not sure if I’ll like it. I like a musical to have a few songs here and there, and a lot of dialogue. I do like operas, but I prefer musicals to be completely di…[Read more]
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SeekJustice replied to the topic Writers' Corner #17 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
In defence of Les Mis…its not really dark…okay, it kinda is. Hmm.
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SeekJustice replied to the topic Writers' Corner #17 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
I personally haven’t listened to it, because its sorta not a “dark modern musical”, but its a classic 😀
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SeekJustice replied to the topic Writers' Corner #17 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
Well, there’s a broadway version of Anastasia, which I personally like a lot more (though I like the animated movie too). I like the Count of Monte Cristo musical a lot too 😀 It was one I didn’t find until more recently.
Yep, Singin’ in the Rain is a musical too 😀
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SeekJustice replied to the topic Writers' Corner #17 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
It’s well known that Cats literally has no plot at all. They’re songs based on poems of T.S. Elliot’s and they’re crazy, but funny, and the dancing is absolutely astounding (especially in the DVD version), but the musical world is half and half on whether its stupid or genius. I personally on the fence. But the songs are…[Read more]
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SeekJustice replied to the topic Writers' Corner #17 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
LES MIS!!!! That’s all. What about Newsies, Anastasia, Tale of Two Cities, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, The Count of Monte Cristo, Lord of the Rings, The Scarlet Pimpernel—
Okay, I’ll stop.
Oh, I haven’t seen Mary Poppins since I was eleven, but it was really good! I liked it a lot. I don’t think I’ve listened to…[Read more]
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Rochellaine replied to the topic Writers' Corner #17 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@skredder Yes, Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables are both very popular. 🙂 I haven’t seen either of them. 😛 My dad tells me Les Mis is very good, (and so does SeekJustice,) but I’ve never had a chance to see it. I like the older, happy-go-lucky musicals better than those dark, modern musicals though. SeekJustice really doesn’t like tho…[Read more]
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Rochellaine replied to the topic Writers' Corner #17 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@skredder Haha, I can’t believe we haven’t asked you before now. 😮
Which one did you see live? I think @seekjustice and I have both seen Mary Poppins live, and I’ve seen a few others.
If you enjoy musicals, but don’t watch them, does that mean you listen to soundtracks? Or just that you like the ones you have seen?
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Rochellaine replied to the topic Writers' Corner #17 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@seekjustice Hahaha! Well, I do wear lipstick on very rare occasions…but, I think I’d have a bit of trouble singing while putting on lipstick! Yes, I agree that this is the best makeup song ever. I just realized that right now I’m on my sixth or seventh listen to it today. 😛
@skredder Great! But, what is it actually that you are wor…[Read more]
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Rochellaine replied to the topic Writers' Corner #17 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@skredder Well met! How goes the writing?
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SeekJustice replied to the topic Writers' Corner #17 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
I don’t wear makeup either, but if I did, I’d do it singing this song 😀
@skredder Heyo!
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Rochellaine replied to the topic Writers' Corner #17 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@seekjustice Haha! That’s a funny, and kind of horrible idea. 😮 Thankfully, I don’t wear makeup. (I take forever to get ready anyway, so if I had to put makeup on, I’d never be on time for anything. 😛 ) So does that mean I don’t have to worry that I’ll one day be acting like that awful queen? But I love the tango beat behind the song, and th…[Read more]
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SeekJustice replied to the topic Writers' Corner #17 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
Well, that’s an intense song to listen to while doing your makeup each morning! Not sure how much I’ll be around today, because I have heaps to do, but I’ll try to get a little bit of writing in!
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Rochellaine replied to the topic Writers' Corner #17 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@seekjustice I showed my sister this song a few minutes ago, and we both agreed that the singer is amazing. I then thought of you, and wondered if you’d like to hear it. 😉 It’s apparently from a 1987 Snow White musical movie, and it’s now near the top of my list of villain songs. 🙂  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5lxNxymO7g
By the way, I’…[Read more]
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Rochellaine replied to the topic Writers' Corner #17 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@jenwriter17 Well, I was gone anyway, on my conference call. 🙂 But I’m back now.
Okay, I didn’t have any great desire to see them, so with such a recommendation as that, I guess I don’t need to worry about it. 😛
Sadly, yes. KP is being abandoned. Remember when it used to say “Members active in the last 24 hours: 46” or something like tha…[Read more]
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Rochellaine replied to the topic Writers' Corner #17 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@jenwriter17 Okay, well, I haven’t seen Jurassic Park, so I don’t know what levels of scariness that includes. 😛 But I guess that means it won’t be a problem. And the villain in the ’55 movie isn’t nearly as scary as the one in the Hugh Jackman Broadway version from 1999. (My sister and I have three different versions of Oklahoma! that we wa…[Read more]
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Rochellaine replied to the topic Writers' Corner #17 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@jenwriter17 A favorite with a lot of people around here is Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954). Singin’ in the Rain (1952) is a classic, and very funny. It’s about the rocky transition from silent films to talkies in 1929. Oklahoma! (1955) is also very good. That one’s unusual for an old musical in that it actually has a villain. A real…[Read more]
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Rochellaine replied to the topic Writers' Corner #17 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@jenwriter17 A whole bunch. 😛 But presently it’s Tom Sawyer, 1973, by the Sherman Brothers. This is the song I’m on right now: A Man’s got to Be What He’s Born to Be (Not such a great message, but… 😉 I like the song Gratifaction better.
Also, looking at pictures of the flash floods in my county last night:

Wow, right? Thankfully we li…[Read more]
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Rochellaine replied to the topic Writers' Corner #17 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 4 months ago
@jenwriter17 I’m here for a little bit, trying to prepare for a conference call which I’ll have in a couple hours. (Law school. 😉 ) And getting distracted listening to musicals.
How’s your editing coming?
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