In the first verse of Master of the House from Les Miserables, Thenardier says "everybody loves a landlord." This is a subtle reference to the fact that Thenardier is a pathological liar.
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What would happen if I posed some Les Mis art huh?
Help it’s taking over my life
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hey if Les Mis had a tap number where would it go? (and you can’t say master of the house cause that’s too obvious)
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I don't think people understand how intrinsically Jewish the Les Misérables musical is. The writers of the original French musical were Claude-Michel Schönberg (Hungarian Jew), Alain Boublil (Sephardic Jew), and directed by Robert Hossein (Moldovian Jew). Schöneberg also composed the music. It was adapted into English by Herbert Kretzmer (Lithuanian Jew).
The lyrics include many references to Jewish beliefs and values. Schöneberg said in an interview, "When I’m writing a show there is always a part that is typically Jewish."
However, the one that sticks out to me especially is a line from the Epilogue:
"They will live again in freedom,
In the garden of the Lord;
They will walk behind the ploughshare,
They will put away the sword."
The origin of the phrase - specifically, the bit about 'ploughshares' and 'swords' - can be traced back to a nevuah (prophecy) by Yeshayahu (Isaiah), a Jewish navi (prophet) from the sefer Yeshayahu (Book of Isaiah). (Sorry, yes, I insist on the Hebrew words first.)
"The Torah will go forth from Tzion (Zion) and the word of Hashem from Yerushalayim (Jerusalem)... They will then cut their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning knives. No nation will lift a sword against the other, and they will no longer learn warfare."
This is a quote about the 'end of days', and the idea of a peaceful paradise free from war was emulated in the song to convey a similar paradise for our barricade boys, the casualties of the June Rebellion. This is only one of the many examples of Jewish themes and references in the Les Misérables musical!
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fantines “i dreamed a dream” motif being repeated for marius and cosette in “one day more” because fantines dream of true love is finally being reALIZED THROUGH HER DAUGHTER EVERYBODY SHUT THE FUCK UP
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date idea: we watch any production of les mis and scream every time enjolras and grantaire acknowledge each other’s existence
(and then we kiss)
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The “They will come when we call!” Line in the Les Mis musical breaks my heart. Enjolras is so certain that everyone has the same devotion to the people, enough to march to certain death for a glimmer of hope for their country, his Patria. I do suppose that Enjolras is mentioned to be a rare kind of man, and not everyone can “soar in the upper airs of faith” as he does.
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protective Grantaire
*cw below; blood/violence
They are ‘23-24 South Korean production casts
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