Former Broadway Costumer Reviews Ratatouille The Musical Costumes 

I hope this didn't come off as a Seriously Critical Review--all you designers are awesome and deserve standing ovations for your contributions to the fabulous hilarity of this unique internet-wide collaboration. 😁 ✨

“You got a gig on Broadway, Steve? That’s amazing! What role?” “Supporting rat”.

"Tiktok got bored and apparently everyone decided to collaboratively design a production of Ratatouille the Musical" I frickin love the human race.

My 19-year-old son overheard this and says he wants, “Emulate the rat aesthetic” tattooed on his body.

She said supporting rat, but let me raise you “Extrat”

"emulate the rat aesthetic" ratcore is gonna be the dark academia of 2021 I'm calling it right now

I would say as well that Remy’s costume should be more human-like than the other rats to show how he he feels disassociated with the rats and he tries to be part of the human world.

Bernadette: “Hamilton did this...” Me: “Hamilton had rats?!”

my FAVORITE costume idea I've seen was for Anton Ego, that every time he enter the stage the light changes to that one yellow light that takes away color and makes everything gray, and when he eats the ratatouille and starts remembering his childhood when he was happy the light changes to regular light and reveals he's wearing a pretty colorful outfit

That guy in the rat costume at timesquare is actually reenacting a viral video of an actual rat trying to drag a discarded piece of pizza away at a subway station!

I, for one, wholeheartedly accept this new aesthetic: Vermincore. Pidgeons and crows welcome!

“An elegant Victorian lady on RU-vid advised me to emulate the rat aesthetic.” That has to be the closest a sentence can get to word salad while still being factually correct.

Gen z Pretty much said, "fuck it. Let's write a fucking musical." "How?" "I don't care."

When the apocalypse is over, someone is 100% going to turn this into a real show.

bernadette: what are we all DOING with our lives?? me: having an absolutely fantastic time, thank you very much

As someone who has a chef uniform, we had to provide our own pants, shoes, and socks, but we are given chef jackets that can be buttoned up on either side, a hat, and an apron. We use buttons to customize, but our shoes have to be black and slip-resistant, but Linguini's whole character is that he is not a professional and he messes up a lot at work, so it would make sense that his pants and shoes aren't the same as everyone else's

"Supporting rat" is my new dream role.

Re: Linguini's uniform Since he's not a chef or experienced in restaurants, I like the idea of him showing up in a pristine, ill-fitting uniform (oversized smock, too-short pants), like it's the only thing they had for him. As for the shoes, converse would be terrible in a kitchen (no arch support, not great tread), so they would also work really well to show that he really doesn't know what he's doing. Plus, he wore red chucks in the movie, so a nice little nod to that!

Its literally the digital version of those old Hollywood musicals where people are like: "I've got a barn!" "I've got an attic full of old clothes!" LET'S MAKE A MUSICAL! *dancing ensues*

Imagine: you're a noble edwardian lady and your sibling is a faun.

Bernadette: "Is that the main rat?" "Are the trash costumes going to be in a comedic scene?" Me, who hyperfixated on Ratatouille for most of my childhood and thus has a near complete reel contained within my brain: 🥲

i’m a lighting designer......i feel like tiktok needs me 🦸‍♀️🐀

the world: **is ending** gen z: that’s cool bro but look at this rat musical

I like how Bernadette never "bashes." She always balances criticism with praise, and her criticism is really constructive. I wouldn't even call it "criticism"... more like she builds on the designer's ideas. I love how refreshingly positive that is :) this is how react vids should be done, imo, if we want more positivity in the world ~

I know you only showed it for a split second but I'm obsessed with the cover art for that playbill.

Linguini works in a very high end restaurant where those chefs are there for 16 plus hours a day, 6 days a week and have little to no life outside of that circle. It also has a lot of monies to burn by the looks of the place and clientele. They would have a specific service for laundering uniforms, table cloths and serviettes. Kitchen employees uniforms are different for dish washers, line cooks, prep cooks, Sous chefs and executive chefs. So the buttons and cut of the coats could definitely show how linguini progress through the ranks of the kitchen. But I ain’t no costume designer, only a former cook in commercial kitchens.🤷🏼‍♀️

Honestly, like the ones shown in 9:57 - 10:15 best out of all of them. They perfectly blend human actors with features of rats. Plus, like in Spongebob Squarepants the musical, they proved that you don't have to look exactly like the animated characters to portray them right.

I like the ones with the ears on the hats. I feel like the more human, but “ratty” clothing is more aesthetically pleasing, and the sketch of Remy made him look more mischievous, which could be fun!

There are so many great designs of rats (rat “humans”?) in the nutcracker ballet, I grew up watching the production by the Norwegian national ballet every year, and their interpretation was amazing! The rat king and queen were dressed in these suits that both gave associations to rat fur and to a rich suit in gold and rat heads! It was glorious 🐀 👑 🩰 children played the small rats/ mice 🐁 loved it!

next video: "designing and sewing my own take on a ratatouille the musical costume"

When I heard “ratatouille the musical” my first thought was remy controlling the chef boy. Like a human dressed as a rat just flinging another dudes arms around was very funny to me

The copious amounts of the word “ratness” SENT ME.

If Ratatouille the musical isn’t covered in a 2020 history class in the future, imma be mad

Tiktok Ratatouille Musical Team: "Okay, how do we differentiate the head chef from the other chefs?" Me: "Did you forget about THE HAT?"

I love the blue hair, ears-on-hat, patchwork version of Remy, and the "puppets only when around humans" idea. That is terrific. Thank you for showing us this. I had previously quit tik tok and now I want to see everything to do with the ratatouille musical 😆. I need to join in on the fun!

ratatouille the musical will go down in history as "that time theatre kids united and made an almost full-on musical of a 2007 pixar movie about a rat"

all this talk about humanising rats but what if--hear me out here--there was a large puppet Linguini Head and Remy's actor was the one standing behind him doing the manouevring for the cooking scene

I don't even have TikTok, but I just LOVE this idea, that so many different people come together to make a Ratatouille musical! Also, the poster looks absolutly fantastic!

"What are we all doing with our lives?" Avoiding final papers, personally. And a very fine way to do it!

I fricken love that even during an apocalypse, gen z are still gonna be chaotic. Edit: I should probably mention that I am also gen z. Anyone else born in the late 90s?🤦🏻‍♀️

We’re all going crazy from Covid quarantine. And when creative people do that it gets Interesting. :D

I have an idea to contribute! Remy when being under Linguini's hat can have the actor behind and slightly to the the left of Linguini. Their choreography is the same but while Linguini has a "knife to chop vegetables" Remy does not have anything ( OR ) you could give him a little hair prop. I believe a more humanized rat works better but makeup needs to match. Peasant clothes for the rats because.... yeah. Vary the cooks through discoloration in smocks and with the way their uniform is set. Even make a joke with the head chef, Skinner?, being a short dude. Actor's on their knees with the biggest hat.

Hey, as long as the Le Festin song is in the musical, I'm all for it.

✨ TikTok Expert and Professional Mythical Creature, at thy service ✨ Deeply analyzing memes is the content I live for.

Okay, this is awesome, and the people out there doing these tiktoks are seriously talented. Thank you for doing this! I just have one tiny issue... Timon is not a lemur. He is a meerkat.

I can already see linguini having a huge dance number in rollerskates and that makes me very excited

From a chefs perspective yes employees are expected to provide their own pants and shoes but they almost always fall into the same strict rules of black pants black non-slip shoes. Especially for a fancy restaurant like in ratatouille breaking uniform is basically unacceptable the red shoes would be an issue for sure I can see it being used in the show but it would probably have to get a reaction as well as his uniform being wrinkly. Chefs are very particular about uniform

"TikTok got bored." Me, seeing TikTok as a very ADD child: Oh, really?

I love this so much. “Supporting rats” is a phrase that made me howl with laughter and I don’t know

Did anyone else notice that the “rat-people” characters looked a lot like “The Littles” characters that were small mouse-like people?

I love the idea of the little ears in the hat and the tail, the scruffy clothes, but having the actor otherwise just look human. Seems easy, cute, and simple!

omg Bernadette could you _please_ talk more about the costume industry in the broadway industry? i'm a huge musical theatre nerd and whenever you mention you worked in it i get so excited just thinking about the costumes!

Was anyone going to tell me there was Ratatouille: the musical happening on tiktok or was I supposed to find that out on costube myself

The puppet costume option reminds me of Starkid when they did the musical Starship which did have the main character as a puppet and it worked really well

"Lemur and the warthog" he's a meerkat.

Gosh i love love love it when the internet comes together to create something so fantastical and weird and wonderful

This single-handedly made me want to get a TikTok

I can very much see Remy singing about the wonderland of flavor with an emotionally-moving number.

“Although I’m not sure if this is the main rat or if this is one of the” *looks into camera in a moment of realization* “...supporting rats” 4:06

"Though, I'm not sure if this is the main rat or if this is one of the **slightly confused, slightly panicked pause and facial expression** ...supporting rats"

"If you are what you wear, then I only want to wear the good stuff."

“What are we all _doing_ with our lives?” Lol-nobody knows, anymore. We’re just getting through it. (And hopefully still laughing on occasion.) I enjoyed this very much. Crazy as the event on TicTok is-it demonstrates human resilience masterfully! ♥️

Them applying for a costumer position in the future Interviewer: any job experience Them: I helped with Ratatouille the musical Interviewer: . . . . . Interviewer: you're hired!

i think spongebob: the musical did some really cool costuming in this exact sort of vein. spongebob, patrick, and sandy all actually bore little physical resemblance to their respective animals, but were costumed more in a sort of "what would spongebob wear if he was a person" way, which i'm super fond of. they also did some extra work to make it come across in the opening number, as well, like i know in sandy's section there's a big shadow puppet of a squirrel before she walks out onstage. this, i'm sure, was to balance out the lack of literal representation in their costumes. anyways, in some side characters, they did go more literal, which was cool too. mr. krabs had these giant boxing-glove sort of claws, squidward had two extra legs, that sort of thing. and then there was plankton! he was in head-to-toe green and wore the eyepatch, but still very human, and then he had this little puppet they'd pull out sometimes. most of the time i think it was sort of pinned to his shirt, but when they used it in the blocking it was such a delight to watch. karen had sort of the same thing, which i loved too. they also relied a lot on scenery for immersion, which could be a great way to distinguish between the rat and human world, as bernadette was saying. anyways, sorry, this was just an excuse for me to talk about spongebob. please watch spongebob it's so fun. also: admittedly, spongebob was playing with the advantage that their entire audience could be expected to know the characters already, so they could go more abstract than would normally be allowed, but i think if ratatouille were to ever happen it would have a similar advantage, so.

"Am i going to spend my free time analyzing a meme musical that doesnt exist? Heck yes." If that isnt me i dont know what is

Your process of constructive procrastination is truly inspiring. 💜

As a Lighting Designer, i am SO GLAD you mentioned how important it is for a Costume Designer and a Lighting Designer to talk about the color pallete. So many people underrate the amount of work and collaboration that all sides of Tech has so i'm very happy you mentioned that.

I was so delighted when I first discovered this crowdsource musical concept--there's so many fresh and creative ideas. It reminded me how much I love the medium of theatre

This is so cool! Quick addition to the "the same uniform can be interpreted in tons of different ways" tangent re: Linguini's outfit, Carrie Hertz (2007) did an AMAZING essay on this entitled "The Uniform:, as Material, as Symbol, as Negotiated Object", and it's super interesting if anyone wants further reading on this! Just read it for my dissertation, and it raises a lot of interesting points about uniform being worn different ways by individuals to show personality (it talks a bit about people patching their clothing during war, wearing berets at varying angles).

I loved this! So cool to hear your insider's perspective on these insanely creative ideas :) would love to see more of this!

I just want to say that I really like your sillier content recently. Sometimes in your old videos I felt like you occasionally came off a bit condescending (not in a mean way, and I really don't mean that in a bad way!! it fit with your character), but this more down to earth silly posh/antiquated vibe is super charming!!!

When theatre people on the internet come together it is either amazing or terrifying. Glad this is mostly amazing. :)

This was adorable. I really liked the costume that incorporated the ears! I hope this eventually becomes a Real Thing. I saw a Golden Girls puppet show in NYC a few years ago that was AMAZING. The human actors were onstage operating the puppets so you got the puppet funsies but also the human expressions and movement, it was such a fun show and worked really well.

Bernadette, as always this video is amazing with the editing, your delivery, and the passion you've put into it. But I am hopelessly distracted by that incredible coat you're wearing

i absolutely love that in the midst of much low inspiration and motivation for a lot of people, a ton of creators over the internet just started a goddamn musical and everyone gets to put out ideas

“ We costume designers do so often love torturing our actors for the sake of *aesthetic*”. -Bernadette Banner 2020 12:17 My god I adore this woman.

As someone who has been spoon-fed musicals from a young age it's a fascinating insight into something I've always been curious about. If only some of these artists had been on hand when they turned Cats from a stage to a film musical!

I love this video! I'm not really into the whole "Ratatouille - the Musical" hype, but I do love seeing you talk about costume design and your experience with musical theatre, I would love to see more videos with that type of content

I really like your sibling’s idea of two different forms of rats that shift based on whether the scene is framed from the humans’ perspective or the rats’. It’s an elegant solution, and it accounts for the fact that the humans and rats often interact with the same props, but that the props would have to be vastly different sizes for each character for it to make sense (Luigi can’t hand Remi a normal sized spoon, for instance).

Oh, Cecil is your sibling? What a creative family of craftsmen of unique interests.

A concept, alright, and bear with me: we get ACTUAL rats and we pull a reverse ratatouille on them by getting the humans to teach them how to musical theater by pulling on their fur. Edit: For the record, please don't pull on rat fur! That's just how the reverse ratatouille situation would play out, not that it's a good idea.

6:54 I don't know why but I totally see Linguini wearing like super fun socks (like ones with ducks, food, idk something)

My school play was “Mr. Toads mad adventure” and I was Ratty, and having ears attached to a hat definitely is better than a headband, I had both used for different scenes :)

"...what are we all doing with our lives..." i ask myself this on the daily in 2020.

Starkid has done the full puppet main character often and it worked very well!

It's 2022. We all stand in line at Broadway, no mask to be seen, the pandemic is over. You look up at the sign of the evening act and your heart fills with joy as you read: Ratatouille The Musical. Life is good.

“A meme musical that doesn’t even exist” Broadway: “So, about that..” Yep! Ratatouille the Tik Tok musical is an actual thing that will happen in January First. I have the tickets so I can confirm it’s true. It’s more of a actors fund...like, to raise money for Broadway actors

bernadette: there are ways to make uniform characters distinct me, with lighting background: yeah put a spot light on the main, you know, since it's a musical bernadette, later on: we need to get the LD in the room and talk about color palettes me: *furiously stuffing swatchbooks into a suitcase*

"Yeah I got cast as a supporting rat, but it's fine because I'm really trying to up my puppeteering resume so this works." @me living my most theater life

You should not worry about this video! I loved to see your enthusiasm and I found out that you have a lot of skills behind sewing and collecting crazy, beautiful outdated garments (in the most positive meaning). :) I liked your videos and ideas and now I respect you for the consciousness about your work. It's good to see diy youtubers, who do not just hurry to get things done and make a trashy vid. I want to thank you for showing me that there is a lot of creative potential in tiktok!

I really appreciate that you add subtitles to your work and you make them funny. Thank you

This is like the Harlem Shake, but with an end goal.

I was expecting to see some "Ratatouille through the ages" historically accurate costumes.

cecil’s was sooo good. i’m not even thru the whole video and it looks amazing and i like the separation/size difference of human and rat. 🐀🤌🏻💋

“Don’t hit us all with amber light” 16 year old fallow spot me: 👁👄👁 💡🔦🎥

The TikTok Ratatouille musical is the apotheosis of the creative hivemind. lol While TikTok is not my jam, I appreciate quite a bit of the content - and I love your sibling's stuff for it. Love the fun critique! Criticism can actually be enjoyable if you do it right and done in the teaching approach instead of a tear down. It's like how an expert watchmaker takes apart a watch to show how everything works and what could have been done differently.

Your professional experience with costuming is something I can only dream of. Also today is one of my harder days so it's really nice to just be in bed and watch your videos while doing some light crafts. Thank you for building such a lovely community!

This is exactly what social media is supposed to be doing! Bringing people together, creating something beautiful! So this is not a waste of time, because it is bringing joy to the world!

I love a lot of the ideas. I'm not on theater tiktok, so I rarely see this pop-up, but I'm floored by the creativity. It's so fascinating seeing what different people see as necessary for telling the story.

She's right, I do have things I need to be doing right now (i.e. a research paper), but are they better than this? I think not.