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doyouknowthismusical · 5 months

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#musical theater #do you know this musical #poll #twisted #twisted the untold story of a royal vizier #starkid #a j holmes #kaley mcmahon #matt lang #nick lang #eric kahn gale #language: english

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awigglycultist · 5 months

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Hey if there's any Starkid fans who are also fans of Hilda, the song Bottom of the Sea from season 3 episode 4 was written by AJ Holmes and Kaley McMahon!

#starkid #hilda netflix #aj holmes #kaley mcmahon

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aliceisaperson · 2 months

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God fucking dammit give Kaley McMahon recognition for her work on twisted. Those lyrics are so well written

#Kaley McMahon #twisted #twisted the untold story of a royal vizier

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sorryiwasasleep · 2 years

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A Thousand and One Nights will never not get me

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bonniehooper · 2 years

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Endless List of My Favorite TV Shows

Charmed (1998 - 2006)

#Charmed #Shannen Doherty #Holly Marie Combs #Alyssa Milano #Rose McGowan #Brian Krause #Dorian Gregory #Julian McMahon #Drew Fuller #Kaley Cuoco #Endless List of My Favorite TV Shows #ELoMFTS

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summonernoctis · 1 year

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Day 10: Episode Ignis

He holds his arm to his stomach and bows, perfectly proper, as he’s trained since childhood to do. When the dutiful seconds are up, he lifts his eyes to the throne. To his king, long may he reign. Each time he looks upon that face, it’s like seeing it for the first time in ten years all over again; he takes his time recommitting each smile line to memory.

For royalty, Noctis’s expression is casual. Relaxed, as if this is the same routine they’ve followed each morning for years and will continue to follow for as long as they live. And they will live. He’s made sure of it. Ignis’s arm falls to his side, and he stands tall.

“Your Majesty,” he addresses, and revels in the way it brings a spark to Noct’s eyes. Exasperated by the formal address, but fondly. He knows. Not just what the mere freedom of sitting in a room cost, but the depth of all that Ignis is imploring him to receive.

Noctis opens his mouth to speak just as Ignis’s one good eye opens to darkness. It’s as though the power went out unexpectedly–and in a way it did. Whatever magic allowed him to glimpse this possibility has run its course. So has the possibility itself. If Ignis had only made the right choices, gauged the situation more wisely. If he hadn’t let his fear get the best of him, then…

The Carbuncle statue is cold in his hand. Well, then that might have happened. A miraculous win at the Crystal, a fruitful decade of research, and all of them at their king’s side in the end. It would have all led to that moment: Noctis on the throne, a kind and benevolent king.

Noctis is dead. Ignis had clenched his bloody shirt with dirty fingers, searching hopelessly for a pulse, a breath, a sign of any sort. Instead, he was forced to relinquish his hold for good.

It’s foolish to believe otherwise. Ignis has placed his whole life firmly on the foundation of science and reason. A person dies, and they never come back. Even with all the wonders of magic and the Crystal, wishing cannot reverse this fate. This death in particular had been fated long ago by the most powerful of wills. And yet…

He thinks of the spark in Noctis’s eyes. The Noctis that he just looked upon, confident and regal and heart pumping with a magic embedded beyond any gift of his family. He thinks of the soft edges of Noctis’s smile.

“A power greater than that of the six.” The astrals were not the most powerful beings in the cosmos. If the vision that the messenger gifted him were any indication, Noctis could defy their wills. He’d have the strength to carry on after the battle, to thrive despite the crushing weight of his heritage and enemies.

And maybe if the vision were the least bit plausible–just maybe–Ignis could be stronger, too.

If I believe in wishes, if I can find the key, Perhaps it’s not too late to change the course of fate – Cause after all, I must be pretty great if you believed in me. (”If I Believed,” Music by AJ Holmes, lyrics by Kaley McMahon) @ignoct-week

#ignoctweek2022 #ignoct #ignoctweek #my fic #ffxv #final fantasy xv #final fantasy #me posting unedited unrevised gibberish at the last second lol #i just wanted to contribute something for ignoctweek #but i've been busy #so please excuse any mistakes here #i'll revise this later #and flesh out how ignis actually thinks he can rewind time lol #listen this is more of a tribute to 'if i believed' more than anything #like please listen to this song #and watch the musical if you like disney and wicked

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leanstooneside · 1 year

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An elephant never forgets (SNAPE)

Nikki Reed's metering mouth

Stacy Keibler's evergreen mouth

Crystal Harris's shiny mouth

Fleetwood Mac's wireless mouth

Holly Madison's inert mouth

Kevin Jonas's hissy mouth

Carey Mulligan's combined mouth

Robin Thicke's worldly mouth

Cacee Cobb's permissible mouth

Angelina Pivarnick's doable mouth

Mena Suvari's insistent mouth

Carson Daly's intolerant mouth

Natalie Portman's materialistic mouth

Nacho Figueras's arrested mouth

Kaley Cuoco's wetting mouth

Blake Shelton's engraved mouth

Nelly Furtado's verbal mouth

Drake's swooning mouth

Kate Hudson's livid mouth

Teri Hatcher's winningest mouth

Holly Montag's sympathize mouth

Kate Beckinsale's eaten mouth

Alex O'Loughlin's executable mouth

Victoria Beckham's dedicated mouth

Jason Lewis's smokeless mouth

Kim Cattrall's skeleton mouth

Julian McMahon's unregulated mouth

Stephen Colletti's tallest mouth

Jacqueline Laurita's banned mouth

Elisabetta Canalis's disconnected mouth

Kanye West's occurring mouth

Chloe Moretz's self-taught mouth

Derek Hough's Proctor mouth

Patrick Swayze's supervisory mouth

Ben Flajnik's draining mouth

Carmelo Anthony's fermented mouth

Gwen Stefani's combined mouth

Mary-Louise Parker's entire mouth

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shyence-officer-cat · 4 years

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So, this is the origin of the clone Paul thing i guess. I love that they keep referencing their old unused stories.

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Source: A Very Potter Golden Birthday!!!

#team starkid #a very potter golden birthday #nightmare time #nightmare time spoilers #nightmare time ep 2 #forever and always #nick lang #jeff blim #kaley mcmahon #avpgb #my posts

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itsybitsybookworm · 3 years

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We really need to appreciate Kaley McMahon more.

For those who don't know, she was the lyricist for Twisted.

'But if I hide to save my life, what has my life been for?'

'Do not be fooled by appearances, even though it may seem hard

The power to love one another, is the greatest power of all'

'Simple reciprocity is always my philosophy

You get back what you give'

'Perhaps its not too late, to change the course of fate,

Coz after all I must be pretty great, if you believed in me'

You see what I mean? These words are so heart touching and powerful.

She's a goddess and very underrated.

#starkid #Kaley McMahon #Twisted

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jackie-talks-about-starkid · 4 years

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The Music and Lyrics of Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier

I am obsessed with the complexity of the musical and lyrical composition of Twisted as both a standalone piece of theatre and a work that parodies and honors the music of traditional Disney music so I decided to make a separate post talking about a few of the highlights. Enjoy my ramblings!

“Dream A Little Harder”

This entire sequence is an obvious parody of the opening sequence to Beauty and The Beast, ‘Belle’. It is absolutely not subtle at all and that’s exactly why I love this number so much. As the song progresses and the ensemble sings together more, it sounds more like a generalized version of the classic Disney musical sound, with its whimsical notes and pure tones (looking at you, sopranos) and I have to give major kudos to AJ Holmes for not only this song but the entire score because it’s hard enough to make your own music but it’s even harder to make a song sound like another song from a different and very well-known composer without making it sound exactly the same and getting sued because of it

“Everything and More”

The Princess’ solo is hilarious and way more subtle in its Disney references in that it sounds like a general solo but musically and lyrically mirrors “Part Of Your World” from The Little Mermaid which becomes more and more noticeable with each listen of the recording

“A Thousand and One Nights”

Not only is this a perfect musical duet between Ja’far and Sherrezade, the title references the source material for Aladdin, which is a nice nod to the original tale

You know that StarKid are true Disney kids when they take the most memorable song from the show, which happens to be a romantic duet with the main character and their love interest, and turn it into a playfully overdone pop version that’s sung over the credits by two famous people - in this case Brittney Coleman and Carlos Valdes, who I’m 99% percent sure are actually reincarnated 90’s pop stars with those vocals (both hilariously accurate while also incredibly well-sung)

“Happy Ending”

One of my favorite things that musicals do are numbers where each character sings their own individual melody line all together with other characters and it ends in gorgeous harmonies (ex. “One Day More” from Les Mis) which is really hard to write for and Holmes and McMahon executed it so well that listening to this song makes me tear up sometimes and I’m not ashamed

Ja’far’s solo sections are a musical reference to “The Wizard and I” from Wicked which is both a great general musical theatre reference and a lovely nod to the other half of Twisted’s plot inspiration > Lyrics from “And one day the Genie will say to me, ‘Ja’far you’re a man of such virtue” to “I’d like to bring back your bride” - Twisted, lyrics from “And one day he’ll say to me, ‘Girl who is so superior” to “If I de-greenify you?” - Wicked

“Take Off Your Clothes”

Anyone who attended middle school and/or had an internet connection in the 2000s was made aware of the many supposed instances is subliminal messaging in Disney cartoons of the 90s and early 2000s, especially the one about Aladdin’s line when he goes to Jasmine’s window at the palace before “A Whole New World”. Instead of being heard of as “Good tiger, now take off and go”, many people believe Aladdin actually says “Good teenagers, take off your clothes”, and used this as an argument that Disney was polluting the young minds of innocent children (x)

This song also references the supposed subliminal message that a reference to the special effects department of The Lion King, in which a puff of smoke reads ‘SFX’, actually spells out the word ‘sex’ (x)

The fact that they made an entire song about this proves that these kids are actually Disney fans, 10/10

“Twisted”

The introductory notes also feel like a Wicked reference with the use of electric guitar and strings together, very strong Stephen Schwartz and Alex Lacamoire vibes

As I mentioned earlier, it’s super hard to write original music and lyrics for a show during any given production and it’s also just as hard to musically and lyrically reference someone else’s music without risking copyright infringement. This absolute banger of a song manages to do both, while also doing the musical thing where people all sing different things at the same time while sounding great and making me almost cry with how pretty everything is

They parody The Little Mermaid with Ursula’s introduction, The Lion King with Scar, and Beauty and the Beast with Gaston’s entrance without actually sampling the music from their respective movies

“The question then is whether 'tis nobler in the mind/To be well liked but ineffectual, or moral but maligned?” poetry, I don’t even need to explain myself

Those lyrics are from the same person that wrote “We’ll remember Achmed, the tiger-fucking man!”

The duality of it all is beautiful

Overall, Twisted has incredible music and lyrics and I would die for AJ Holmes and Kaley McMahon, thanks for coming to my TED Talk

#@TeamStarkid #twisted: the untold story of a royal vizier #twisted #aj holmes #kaley mcmahon #i just really like musicals #starkid productions #starkid #team starkid #starkid musicals

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starkidlivestreamclips · 4 years

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Brian’s greatest analogy?

#starkid #cdttt #brian holden #aj holmes #kaley mcmahon #meredith stepien

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absuuuurdstarkid · 4 years

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The combination of Dylan Saunders’s voice and the beautiful orchestration of If I Believed is making me cry

#god this show is amazing #the songs #aaaaa #twisted #dylan saunders #starkid #aj holmes #kaley mcmahon

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theatresleepovers · 4 years

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Created & Directed by Tin Can Bros (https://youtube.com/tincanbros)

Written by Kaley McMahon (https://kaleymcmahon.com)

Music by AJ Holmes (https://twitter.com/ajholmesmusic)

Produced & Orchestrated by Andrew Fox (http://www.andrewfoxmusic.com)

Garbage Musicals Theme Song by Clark Baxtresser (https://instagram.com/claark)

Cast

Bob Iger - AJ Holmes (https://instagram.com/a.j.holmes)

Mickey - Jama McMahon

Kaa - Carlos Valdes (https://twitter.com/Tha_Los)

Jiminy Cricket - PJ Adzima (https://twitter.com/PJAdz)

Additional Voices - Kaley McMahon

Animated by Platanoz Studios

#starkid #aj holmes #kaley mcmahon #tin can bros #Clark Baxtresser #caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarlos #carlos valdes #idek what my carlos tag is anymore

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reymurray · 4 years

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posterior... :(

~ ~ . . . P O S T E R I O R . . . ~ ~ :((

#starkid #twisted #no one remembers achmed #joe walker #robert manion #lauren lopez #aj holmes #kaley mcmahon #musicals #broadway #posterior

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schaefferisqueen · 4 years

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Twisted Song Ranking

OK ITS FINALLY HERE I SORRYYYYYY. So this took forever cuz SCHOOL and I needed to watch Twisted again cuz I can’t buy the sound track. so. long time. ANYWAYS AJ and Kaley KILLED IT I love the soundtrack so much it so good..... but not my fave oops. so ya this show is amazing and my ranking is slightly controversial (as always) so sorry oops.

14. Orphaned at Thirty-three (Ok so I love Jeff but I don't like this song oops. it makes me uncomfy and Jeff is creepy but like that's his brand so I get it. but also rlly don't like oh well)

13. One Thousand and One Nights Reprise/Finale (ok so this is good its just way too short for me and I feel like it lasts .5 secs lmao)

12. Take Off Your Clothes (Ok so this is a good song and it doesn't make me uncomfy I just like more songs better and I don't rlly jam to this one like others)

11. Everything and More (ok I LOVE Rachel no hate I Stan her she's amazing but I think the songs in twisted were out of or at the edge of her range and she sounds kinda strained so it kinda hurts to listen sometime. but no hate I love her she's amazing and hilarious especially in twisted shut up she's amazing)

10. Happy Ending (ok I love this song its so good especially at homecoming its amazing and Jeff going crazy at the end is so relatable I cant. also.... this is end of first act,,..... there are only 5 songs in act 2???? lmao but ya amazing we Stan harmonies I love)

9. One Thousand and One Nights (ok this is great go OFF Dylan/Meredith u r too good for this world. their voices together so good and they have so many starkid characters that r a thing lmao but honestly so cute amazing vocals their love story is great we ship and Stan)

8. I Steal Everything (ok I FUCKING LOVE THIS SONGGGGG amazing intro to scumbag!Aladdin and his mentality. he also rlly fucking funny and the choreography kills meeee GO JAMES KINGGGG James Tolbert choreographed he DESERVES the recognition and Jeff is hilarious and Lauren as monkey is great too. also rip Robert lmao)

7. Sands of Time/Golden Rule (yayay so this song is great and so good and it SHOULD be the 1st act closer or smtg but its not so rip oh well. ANYWAYS we love when the ppl appreciate j’afar but go apeshit later and hate him its hilarious contrast. ALSO dancing duet Robert/Lauren PART 2 we love them sm the two dancers killing it. and Laurens a boy again lmao)

6. If I Believed (GO DYLANNNNNNNNNNN ok so I know I will prob get hate for putting this ‘so low’ cuz its normally in top 3 for most rankings but oh well. I love Dylan and this song breaks my heart BUT I LOVE OTHERS MORE IM SORRY OK anyways Dylan slays and hits THAT NOTE and kills it I cant I want the sound track purely for this song (and the top 5))

5. Power in Me (yessssss I know this song gets a lot of hate but I genuinely love it tis amazing and heartfelt and Dylan/Racheal duet is WHAT WE NEEDED the only thing better would be Dylan/jaime duet and I will advocate for that until the day I die FIGHT ME they need to sing together. ANYWAYS I love this song it so emotional and great closer for j’afar as djinn and ugh EMOTIONS so ya)

4. Golden Rule Evil Reprise (yesssssssssssss this songgggggggg GO JOE GO JOE KING OMG U KILLLLL ITTTTTT I cant this song is so good and way too short it should be so much longer but omg amazing. also. CHOREO EXCUZE ME GO OFF JAMESSSSS. sry I love this song I cant its so clever the lyrics I cant GO OFF KALEY its amazing we stannnnnn)

3. Dream a Little Harder (ok this song is hilarious and Alex and Robert GO OFFFF they kill it and fun fact Kaley/aj have said that the song would be completely diff if they weren't in the cast sooooo that just tells u how amazing they areeeeee. also the fuck you and the belle parody and Jaime as bell and Denise as the parrot is so funnyyyyyy and Jeff at that one part where everyone is saying that their mom died is amazing I loveeeeeeee we Stan this song so much and it was almost higher BUT just wait lmao)

2. No One Remembers Achmed (OK I KNOW SHUT UP IT SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE BUT ITS NOT SO DEAL I love achmed and the soldiers (especially #3) steal the show like H E F U C K E D A T I G E R is so good and Jim is amazing and Jim harmonizing w/ Lauren in the beginning is also amazing and this song just SLAPS so hard I love so muchhhhh the ensemble just goes off and so does Joe and its amazinggggg w eloveeeeeeeee)

1. Twisted (OK SO YES THIS IS FIRST IT IS MY FAVE DONT @ ME. I love twisted so much firstly cuz GO JAIME YES URSULA GO YESSSS and Nick as scar and Robert as Gaston and Lauren as maleficent and Alex as Captain Hook and DENISE HOLY SHIT DENISE UR SO FUNNY I CANT ALSO did u know that Jim was going to be hades but the costume was too complicated and too much so they couldn't im sad that would have been hilarious. AND LETS NOT FORGET DYLAN OMGGGGGG he's amazing and he kills it and again GO JAIME GO OFF QUEEEEENNNNN GO OFFFFF I LOVE UUUUUUUUUUUU also jaime has said multiple times that ursula was her fave starkid role ever and yes so accurate its so amazing and iconic like the voice the costume the body movement the SPLIT AT THE END YES SHE SPLITS WHEN SHE DROPS INFRONT OF J’AFAR GO OFFFFFFFF I LOVE HER HAND THIS SONG EEEEKKK)

OK so once again if u actually got thru all of that (especially the last one lol) u r my fave person and I love u sm u absolute queen. so ya again im sorry it took so long school sucks and so does senior yr and college essays and screw that shit. so... next is avpsy. imma have to watch other ranking vids to get the songs cuz there is no soundtrack that I can find and I DO NOT have the time nor energy to watch the whole thing so I sorry in advance. BUT I have already ranked HMB AND STARSHIP I just need to add commentary so after AVPSY it should go fasterish. oops ANYWAYS

luv u all

<3, alimay (lmao it autocorrected to alimony lol I cant that's hilarious)

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martymcflying · 6 years

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If you're not tuned in, you're missing out. ⚡️

@the-real-team-starkid

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