I've always loved the Old Man (and the Boy's) interruption of the Warrior with just *the most absurdly banal* details: "They kept drinking cups of tea, they kept sitting on the floor." I mean, to me, that's just laugh out loud funny. I don't love the change in the lyrics there because, even though they're trivial details, they're not *funny trivial details* . "They kept sitting on the floor" will never not be funny to me. I wonder why they were changed. Great video, thanks.
Pacific Overtures is my personal favorite show! I love musicals and learning history and culture, especially of Japan. So, this show ticks all my boxes. And by extension, so does this video! ❤
@hihi-heart For someone with my financial background, it was a privilege to see anything on Broadway. Too bad this particular privileged viewing was a disappointment.
I have never been this early to a video... and of course it has to be at a truly obscene hour when I really REALLY can't watch it. 'til tomorrow morning, lil video.
Pacific Overtures is one of my favorite musicals. Thank you for making this brilliant analysis to give me chills as if I'm listening to it for the first time again!
Hello, this is a brilliant video which gives really interesting insight into the history and context of Someone in a Tree and its connection to Hamilton. Bravo. On a note, I've been pretty obsessed with Sondheim's works, and I'm listening to and searching about Pacific Overtures at the moment. I searched for a PDF of the vocal score for a long while but I wasn't able to find one. Can you please send me the score?
@into_the_hoods I tried that before, the first page that pops on Google is pdfcoffee, which is restricted in my country. When I tried to download a VPN in order to download the score, the file I downloaded was corrupted (224 pages of black and white shapes without any readable music.) That's why I asked for your help, so I'd appreciate very much if you send the PDF to me.
16:07 could it also indicate that the old man is trying to apologise for his younger self's behaviour? idk, calling someone very old sounds a bit rude XD But I like how different interpretations can explain this
