something about the same actor playing bolkonsky AND andrey. it makes the audience question how much of andrey’s cruelty is inherited from his father, and how much of it is a result from the war.
both are mentioned in the only song andrey physically appears in: ‘there’s a war going on’ andrey says, a callback to the prologue. in that song, the characters sing ‘the war can’t touch us here’ — an ironic statement, now. and pierre says that andrey ‘smiled just like his father / coldly, maliciously.’
andrey is malicious, and wary, and exhausted. there’s a war going on. his cruelty is echoed in the way the son is playing his father. his father is playing his son. words and notes are sung with similar cadence and emphasis. how justified is andrey? how much did the war change him, or how much can the war excuse his maliciousness? andrey does not break the cycle of his father’s cruelty, but how much of it is his fault? there’s a war going on, after all.
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It's the perfect time of year
Somewhere far away from here
I feel fine enough, I guess
Considering everything's a mess
There's a restaurant down the street
Where hungry people like to eat
I could walk, but I'll just drive
It's colder than it looks outside
It's like a dream you try to remember but it's gone then ya (Pinch me)
Try to scream but it only comes out as a yawn when ya (Pinch me)
Try to see the world beyond your front door (Cuz I'm still asleep)
Take your time because the way I rhyme's gonna make you smile when ya (Please God)
Realize that with a guy my size it might take a while just to (Tell me)
Try to figure out what all this is for (I'm still asleep)
It's the perfect time of day
To throw all your cares away
Put the sprinkler on the lawn
And run through with my gym shorts on
Take a drink right from the hose
And change into some drier clothes
Climb the stairs up to my room
Sleep away the afternoon
[...]
On an evening such as this
It's hard to tell if I exist
If I packed a car and leave this town
Who'll notice that I'm not around?
I could hide out under there
I just made you say "underwear"
I could leave but I'll just stay
All my stuff's here anyway
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do the twins have a playlist/what’s their music taste?
omg i always wanted to make the fam playlists but that’s the worse part about legacies there’s just too many sims 😭😭 but here’s a snippet of the twin’s go to spotify playlist
lena
1. california girls - katy perry
2. mmm mmm - kali
3. rock star - hannah montana
4. pop! - nayeon
5. pov - ariana grande
6. kiss me more - doja cat, sza
gus
1. sincerity is scary - the 1975
2. dead right now - lnx
3. your song - elton john
4. beach boy - amine
5. it never rains in southern california - sonny & cher
6. american boyfriend - kevin abstract
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a friend and I decided that the funniest possible interpretation of Barok before he gets un-xenophobic is “astonishingly liberal for his time period in every political view that does not involve Japanese people.” for example.
Barok, embroiled in a heated debate with pro-imperialist members of his extended family: How can we as a nation call ourselves civilized when we commit such atrocities against the people of India?!
Barok, being asked if he has a copy of racist 1890s ragtime hit track “All Coons Look Alike To Me” for his phonograph: …No, I am not in possession of that particular cylinder. I highly doubt the genre of minstrelsy is an accurate portrayal of the lives of American Negroes.
Barok, sighing and shaking his head in disbelief at the eager news reporter in front of him: Of course women should have the vote. I’m incapable of understanding why this is even a debate.
Also Barok: Upon viewing it for myself, I found The Mikado to be both terribly offensive and wholly inaccurate. But not enough. I want it twice as offensive and at least three times as inaccurate.
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