I've been thinking about Be more chill lately and I need to say something.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HAPPY IT MAKES ME TO SEE FANARTS OF MICHAEL WHERE ON HIS HODDIE THERE IS A PATCH OF THE ECUADORIAN FLAG
It's just that as an Ecuadorian it makes me so happy that little representation (more bc we are talking about my favorite BMC character)
This man makes me happy
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2018 - Beetlejuice Workshop / Script Reading, feat. Alex Brightman (Beetlejuice), Sophia Anne Caruso (Lydia Deetz), Kerry Butler (Barbara Maitland), John Cariani (Adam Maitland), Adam Dannheisser (Charles Deetz), Leslie Kritzer (Delia Deetz), Danny Rutigliano (Maxie Dean), Jill Abramovitz (Maxie Dean/Juno), Dana Steingold (Sky), George Salazar and Brad Oscar just chilling in the back
Bonus:
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☆ Michael Mell !! ☆
I decided to motivate myself and do an actual drawing of Michael Mell instead of drawing doodles for once, the quality isn't the best, i dont know what happened. 😭
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Michael in the Bathroom analysis
So i've been getting obsessed with Be More Chill lately, as you do
I listened to a few of the songs on and off throughout the years, mainly Guy that i'd kinda be into and Michael in the Bathroom, and MITB is my FAVORITE song in any musical so i'm just gonna infodump about why that is here bc this is Tumblr and why tf not :DD (tw: suicide mention, depictions of panic attacks)
So before this song, Michael is presented as a guy that doesn't give a shit. He's not popular, he only has Jeremy as his only real friend, but it's shown that he doesn't care about other people's opinions of him, he LIKES who he is. He's a catalyst for Jeremy's character, who always cares about what others think and wants to be liked, and is insecure about his character, and hates himself, which is why he took the SQUIP in the first place.
Now, Michael, in my opinion is an autistic-coded character. He stims and has tics as we see in MITB, he has special interests in videogames and comics, and he doesn't pick up social cues all the time, like in 'Two Player Game' when he doesn't realise Jeremy is going through stuff. It's shown there that Michael has a neat and straightforward idea for his future as a cool kid in college with Jeremy. But when he has that fight with Jeremy just before MITB, Michael's whole future, life and 12-year friendship with Jeremy comes crumbling down, after Jeremy called him a 'loser', a label that he used to take pride in. It's a drastic change that happens so quickly, which prompts him to have a panic attack.
With his psyce being utterly shattered, we don't see Michael in his usual positive, upbeat self, we see him as a vunerable, broken guy who had just lost his other half. As the song starts, Michael is initially angry at Jeremy, speaking roughly but managing to hold in his growing pain, as we see him have tics, push back tears ruthlessly, and cope through the door being knocked on which leads to overstimulation. But then he "looks in the mirror" and the mess he's in, and chokes on his tears. It finally comes pouring out. You can practically hear his anguish and despair. And after that, he speaks softly, but after the line "I wish i stayed at home in bed etc", he speaks roughly again, and talks about himself, not Jeremy.
Before this, throughout the song Michael sings it as if it’s Jeremy’s fault that he no longer wants to be friends with Michael, with the lines “through no fault of mine”, “ignoring all our history” etc. But now, he turns to himself, and sings the lines “Michael who’s a loner”, “god he’s such a loser” etc, basically turning the blame onto HIMSELF and saying ‘of course it’s your fault. Of course he would want to leave you.’ And the fact that he calls himself a loser, something that he took pride within himself, and says “I wish I’d off myself”, shows that under Michael’s upbeat and positive attitude lies a deeply troubled and insecure kid underneath, who in reality DOES care about what other people think and how he is portrayed.
That’s why Michael in the Bathroom is a masterpiece. It peels back the layers of an already established character and strips that character to their rawest and most vulnerable point, and George Salazar delivers all of those emotions masterfully.
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The bmc boys! I love their voices in my head outfits, especially Rich’s <3
Let me know who you wanna see next: Jenna-Chloe-Brooke or Jeremy-Christine.
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There was an AAPI BMC???
Okay so there’s 2 answers to this!
Thought not AAPI specifically, there was a Japanese production of Be More Chill and there were specific performances of Be More Chill Broadway that were important in terms of AAPI representation on Broadway.
For the Japanese production, it was an official production of the show in Japan with the same creative team as Broadway and London. It was almost entirely in Japanese and used the 4.0 script from the London run. It had an entirely Japanese cast.
Be More Chill has 4 leads, Jeremy, Michael, Christine and the SQUIP. During its Broadway run, 3/4 of those were usually played by actors of AAPI descent (George Salazar, Stephanie Hsu, and Jason Tam). Then one performance when Troy Iwata, another AAPI actor, went on as the understudy for Jeremy, Be More Chill became the first show on Broadway, that was not specifically about being Asian, that had all 4 of its leads be played by actors of AAPI descent (if the specifics of this are wrong someone please correct me).
Playbill article
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listen i try not to care if someone dislikes bmc because like. it’s none of my business and it’s just an opinion (although it’s one of my hyperfixations so i do get mad lmao) BUT. WHEN I SEE THEM INSULTING BE MORE CHILL BECAUSE ITS WEIRD AND CRINGE. shut up !!! first of all cringe culture is dead and second of all….be more chill is cringe on purpose !!!! it’s about a bunch of cringe high school kids learning to EMBRACE THE CRINGE!!! and may i add how cringe culture is so heavily based on making fun of adhd and autistic individuals !!! and BOY OH BOY i can talk about how why be more chill is an allegory for neurodivergence. i could talk about that for HOURS but i WON’T !!!! because this is a short tumblr post asking people to stop saying bmc is bad because it’s weird and cringe. it’s like that on PURPOSE
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Gender fucked Hamilton
This came to me in a dream. I will not offer any explanations for these. Enjoy.
Alexander Hamilton: Eva Nobelzada
Aaron Burr: Amber Gray
Laurens/Hamilton Jr: Solea Pfeiffer
Lafayette/Jefferson: Renee Elise Goldsberry
Mulligan/Madison: Genesis Lynea
Eliza Hamilton: Jordan Fisher
Angelica Schuyler: George Salazar
Peggy/Maria Reynolds: Vincent Rodriguez III
Washington: Audra McDonald
King George: Patti LuPone
Samuel Seabury: Annaleigh Ashford
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