#and that the narrative framing of the Buddy Holly story completely glosses over that and acts like it was fine

[sassmill]

We as a society don’t talk about this enough

#A 13 minute medley of some of the biggest hits of her fucking career? #all prefaced by the song she thought was going to be a hit #only for the B SIDE TO SHOOT HER TO FAME!!!! #I love Helen reddy so fucking much #also the I am woman biopic was really good and if I don’t get a stage adaptation of it I’m going to riot #rocketman too but that’s a rant for another time #I want rocketman and I am woman to become as ubiquitous to touring theatre as Jersey boys #but I know that’ll probably never happen because one is gay and the other’s a woman #so we just get fucking buddy holly #I have a lot of very intense opinions on bio musicals #because some of them. are just bad. #the Buddy Holly story is my arch nemesis #black musicians I’m sorry buddy Holly stole his career from you #and that the narrative framing of the Buddy Holly story completely glosses over that and acts like it was fine #i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again #the best musical number in the buddy Holly story is fucking la bamba #a Ritchie valens bio musical was in the works in December 2019 but I think the pandemic killed it #I want to learn more about the Mexican American rock star we lost when he was just getting started the fuck #ugh #I think this is why I have the job I do #because I think nonstop about how theatre is the perfect tool to critically engage with history #hey this might be the tangent of all time but I stand by it #Youtube