Contains bits of musical shows that I adore. No copyrights violation intended. This is just a way to promote some of my favourite musical actors/actresses that are sometimes underrated.
Sure did. I have mixed feelings around it being used it the musical. On one hand, it’s a slur and it’s jarring. On the other hand, it’s a slur and it’s jarring. You start to feel the tiniest bit of compassion for him and then he’s all “did you all forget i am a racist asshole? SURPRISE!”
@@annorabelle I honestly think that he used all these arguments because "I didn't like he freed the slaves" was pretty bad. him saying the n word just exposed him
I find this more convincing than Daniel Radcliffe's performance. In fact I think the (2024) Broadway cast is overrated. Definitely competent, but overrated and overpriced. I'd love to have been able to see this MCF production.
He is really good. Wow. I think I’m very much in the minority when I write that none of the clips I’ve seen from this musical intrigues me. It looks annoying and stressful, the plot.
Pity Humbley couldn’t reprise his role in the current Broadway transfer of the Maria Friedman production. Yes, she’s cast another British actor in the part but it’s Daniel Ratcliffe who is simply too superficial and not up to the job. Not worth the sky-high Broadway prices.
Went to a Community Theatre production a few years back. It was well done and the actors were talented, except for Booth who COULD NOT SING. Sorry, you're going to do Assassins with a John Wilkes Booth who is tone deaf??!?!?! Um...no!
Perfect rendition of this.......song(?).......... Can still remember hearing this the first time on the Original Cast recording (the only thing anyone had to hang on to back in the day).......and goint......What the F.....? What is this.......?(without the benefit of seeing the play, the acting, making hay of the backwards plot...on vinyl).... and uhmmm, yes, is this a song? About as much as rose's Turn i guess - it's a thoughtprocess set to an inner rhythm and tune.......and the brilliance is that even when there's no singing, no music....the song or whatever it is never stops......it's clockwork driving you insane. And you can't perform something like this, unless you live it on stage. Get every meaning of every syllable out, and not out of your mouth, but from your toes tapping till the top of your (by the end) exploding skull. Compliments to this amazing actor but also to all the ones who went before and dared to perform this. And the mad devil genius who wrote it.
While I usually prefer Michael Cerveris in this role vocal-wise (purely as a matter of personal preference - they're both brilliant), when it comes to acting Victor Garber really knows how to twist an audience's sympathy in exactly the way Sondheim intended for this piece. He makes you feel for the character and then BAM, smacks you in the face with the reality of who this guy was, spitting out slurs with such malice that it's genuinely uncomfortable to listen to. I don't think any other Booth can play that switch so perfectly and jarringly.
Really good, a wee bit too fast iMO, but that’s just because you can miss the jokes that come so fast and furious. (Altho if you’re watching this you are probably as obsessed as I am, and we all know the words by heart! lol)
The traitor Confederates attacked Fort Sumter, but its Lincoln who "turned his spite into Civil War." lol...yeah, right. Typical Confederate script flipping - accuse them of doing exactly what YOU did.
Funnily enough this is the one score of Sondheims that he himself considered perfect. I really recommend listening to the rest of the soundtrack as well as watching the videos about the composition of this show. Genuinely amazing
This London production was amazing. It overcame most of the book problems that have plagued it since its 1981 premiere. The same director is helming the new revival this year and I'm very hopeful, despite the casting of Jonathan Groff as Franklin and Daniel Radcliffe as Charlie.
I watched the full production of this on YT last week, will watch it again this weekend I think. I have a ticket to the New York upcoming production with Groffsauce, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez!
@@judyn8227 Wishing you the very best of luck! I'm just praying everything goes to plan and I get to see Groff on stage. I've read rumours of it transferring to Broadway with Radcliffe and Groff but who knows?
