#maria & the mirrors

[collageofnudes]

María Demina (Lara Masier) by Vladimir Nikolaev

part 11 / 12 (part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , part 4 , part 5 , part 6 , part 7 , part 8 , part 9 , part 10 , part 12)

#maría demina #maria demina #lara masier #vladimir nikolaev #bathroom #mirror #b&w

[gatabella]

Maria Callas by Milton H. Greene, 1958

#maria callas #milton greene #mirror #makeup #lipstick

[operafantomet]

...I am there - inside...!

Robyn North and Ramin Karimloo, West End

Gina Beck and David Shannon, West End

Sofia Escobar and John Owen-Jones, West End

Robyn North and Ramin Karimloo, West End

Emmi Christensson and Peter Jöback, Stockholm

Unidentified, Shanghai

Magdalene Minnaar and Jonathan Roxmouth, Johannesburg

Lana English and André Schwartz (?), Cape Town

Valerie Link and Mathias Edenborn, Hamburg revival

Colby Thomas and Thomas Schulze, Hamburg

Jeon Dong Seok and unidentified, Busan

Kyoko Suzuki and Yuichiro Yamaguchi, Tokyo (?)

Sarah Brightman (?) and Michael Crawford, West End

Kaley Ann Voorhees and Ben Crawford, Broadway

Hanne Damm (?) and Peter Jorde, Copenhagen

Hong Kwang Ho and unidentified, Seoul or Daegu

Ben Crawford, Broadway (by Greg Mills)

(original design by Maria Bjørnson)

#mirror scene #the phantom's cloak #phantom of the opera #hot dang #maria bjørnson #not tagging them all #i am there inside #angel of music

[khaivin]

I have your jacket, James... Aren't you cold? Silent Hill is cold this time of the year. I need to give it back to you...

details under the cut

#silent hill 2 #silent hill #sh2 #maria sh2 #james sh2 #james sunderland #mary shepherd sunderland #my art #This idea came to me because I was wearing that same outfit and I got a glimpse of myself in the mirror #and thought “looks like I'm going to silent hill to look for my dead wife” #and i know that quote is not like that in the game but have that in this format ok

[dozydawn]

Vogue Italia, October 1982.

Photographed by Hans Feuer.

Model: Maria von Hartz.

#maria von hartz #hans feurer #1982 #1980s #mirrors

[atinymexicanbird]

In which Shadow sees his reflection for the first time.

I just wanted to draw a tiny Shadow who managed to escape the scientists to roam around the ARK.

#THE REFLECTION IS TOTALLY OK AND I KNOW HOW MIRRORS/WINDOWS WORK I SWEAR LEAVE ME ALONE I DID THIS AT 3AM #my art #shadow my beloved #shadow the hedgehog #maria robotnik #gerald robotnik #sth #sonic the hedgehog #sonic #i totally fucked up the reflection but you know what whatever at least i finished a WIP jsajsj #sonic fanart #ark

[lucky-draws]

maria images + doodles

#sh2 #silent hill #maria silent hill #james sunderland #cropped the second one bc i messed up her face when i coloured it.... #she's supposed to be looking in the mirror in the third one gghhg idk if it's obvious #also i dont have a scanner rn so. phone images until further notice #i could go to the uni library and use their printers but........ cba!

[ofallingstar]

Moomins and the Comet Chase (2010)

#moomins and the comet chase #maria lindberg #tove jansson #comet in moominland #snorkmaiden #mirror #light #moomin #stop motion #animation #my gifs

[total-drama-fugitives]

big brain move from the td makers to foreshadow the dogshit character interactions in the tdpi poster

Notice the lack of closeness? How none of them are touching each other? Giving any indication of friendly interaction? Truly spectacular. By gum, what will they think of next?

#total drama #td #like id hang the tdi and roti posters on my wall but not tdpi #even the little things like tyler holding onto owen and eva holding onto justin #and how close together the roti cast is #ily pahkitew but what the hell #only parts i like is sky’s pose and amys expression #i like that hers kinda mirrors jo’s its funny #but the rest?? #like why isn’t topher or sugar doing like an extravagant pose or something #whys isnt sammy getting blocked out by amy or something #theres at least hints of personality in the other ones like Dakota waving at the camera and Anne Maria posing flirtatiously with Mike #and even Heather turning away from the other campers #ok rant over i needed to talk about this

[collageofnudes]

María Demina (Lara Masier) by Alisa Verner

part 3 / 4 (part 1 , part 2 , part 4)

#María Demina #maria demina #Lara Masier #Alisa Verner #b&w #mirror

[gatabella]

Maria Montez, 1940s

#maria montez #vanity table #vanity #mirror #my edit

[byrgenwerth-dropout]

WE DID IT AGAIN, WE ACCIDENTALLY MIRRORED POSES FROM PHOTOSHOOTS TWO YEARS APART

#Bloodborne #Bloodborne cosplay #plain doll #lady Maria #lady Maria cosplay #plain doll cosplay #no fucking way I’m losing it #we only intended to mirror one shot #involving a lantern #and we fucking did this on accident #I’m thriving #all of the photos from this shoot are gorgeous but I’m losing it so much over this

[sad-soup-sonic]

If Shadow was protecting sonic because he was the key to saving there world, and Shadow’s oath to save the world was because of Maria, dose that mean every time he helped sonic he could have seen a bit of Maria in protecting him?

#that and how sonic and Maria mirror each other in parts #and that scene in the end of the show where sonic dies and shadow watches #mirroring the scene he was watching Maria die #sonic prime #sth #sonic #sonic prime season 3 #shadow #shadow the hedgehog #shadow the ultimate lifeform #maria robotnik

[atla-suki]

btw i very much enjoyed natla. i thought it was a solid adaptation, and it did a good job at capturing the essence of the original show even though it wasn’t a 1:1 remake. i had a few issues w some characterisation/writing choices and the overall timeline & plot feeling a little rushed (i.e. no downtime to explore the gaang’s personalities and friendships, everything felt very go-go-go and it took away from the impactfulness of some moments i felt) but overall i really enjoyed it. the cast was perfect, the vfx were incredible. it wasn’t flawless but it was a damn good adaptation.

#atla #netflix atla #atla live action #natla #look i have issues with it ok #i’ve got a list somewhere of the things i didn’t love #but the thing is is that if i had never seen the original atla before netflix’s ver would be a fantastic show #it’s only because we know how perfect the original was that we can critique what netflix changed and how they adapted it #hence the word ADAPTATION #not directly mirrored remake #anyway i thought it was good and i’m absolutely in love with the cast #obsessed with maria zhang and sebastian amoruso specifically #and gordon cormier and dallas liu #and everyone else #they were all phenomenal #admin

[operafantomet]

I was listening to Jeremy Stolle’s and Greg Mills’ podcast and they had mentioned that after reopening, along with the new blocking some of the changes included the removal of some characters/costumes due to cultural insensitivity reasons, I think specifically from Hannibal or Masquerade I can’t remember. Do you know anything about this and what they are referring to? (If it’s not appropriate to discuss or post pictures of I understand, I was just curious)

You are very right. And in fact, some these changes happened before the pandemic and the re-opening, at least worldwide.

Hannibal originally had an overblown take on a blackface costume. In my interpretation designer Maria Bjørnson rather made fun of how bad historical blackface costumes looked. It was no attempt to create a believable illusion; rather the hood had crude cut-out openings for eyes and mouth, and the hands were left bare.

Hannibal as whole is a light parody of Aïda, and every character on stage is a parody on opera tradition. That is why Carlotta opens the show with a severed head, there is a giant fake elephant on stage, there is a man dressed in lion fur with lion's head and so forth. This is the context of the costume.

That said, I can see why this does not translate well into today's audience. I also don't think it has to, as it isn't essential to the storytelling in any way. There are so many other overblown figures from the opera world in Hannibal. This costume was replaced by generic yellow non-hooded ones in 2016 or thereabout. Here's one of the replacement costumes, made in the vein of the "Wild Woman" figure in Hannibal:

Similar, there was a costume also featuring a blackface character in Masquerade, taken from this etching of a fancy dress party in the Palais Garnier in Paris in the 1880s:

Whereas the etching may actually depict a black man attending the ball, it became a blackface figure in Masquerade. So this too was changed in recent years. In some productions it was merely cut, and in others made into a fantasy blue man. It's a bit hard to find photos of the new costume, as few productions have it, but here's a glimpse of an arm...

A third that seems to come and go is the Hula Girl, in many productions used as a swing costume in Masquerade, while others had her as an ensemble costume. She too seems to have been largely cut. That said, not many productions had it originally.

There's probably more too, these are the ones that came to mind. Due to the change of costume stock in Masquerade, some productions has added costumes previously worn by dummies for their ensemble members. This includes the Highlander (West End):

...the Bumblebee (Las Vegas/ Broadway):

...the Mobcap Girl (Broadway):

...the wild boar (without mask, West End):

...and again, probably many more.

Another change happened with the Mirror Bride. Originally this character was perfectly mimicking Christine, wearing a mask looking identical to the actress. Here's "Rachel Barrell":

..."Sarah Brightman":

...and "Marni Raab":

...and the Final Lair dummy having a face moulded from the actress' features, as this "Dale Kristien" dummy shows:

And again, "Sarah Brightman":

But with Lucy St Louis starring in the West End revival, and Emilie Kouatchou on Broadway, creating a mask perfectly mimicking their features would - regardless of context and history - create a feeling of blackface. The solution was to create a sort of "silver bride", wearing silver mask and silver or white gloves, and a thicker veil. This still gave the feeling of a ghostly mirror bride, but without a reference to the actress:

I will be frank and admit I don't particularly love the silver bride. I think Christine seeing herself in the mirror is a big part of her horror. But I can see how it was the most sensible solution for a historic moment in time when both flagship productions featured a black Christine as one of their leads. I'd rather have that historic moment any day, than the traditional mirror bride.

I was however happy to see the traditional mirror bride being featured in the new South Korean and Chinese productions. It is an eerie detail.

All in all, some gentle tweaks on the original 1986 design so that details of the design does not distract the modern audience from the main story and the main message. (and as mentioned above, this is not a complete list, but the ones that came to mind when typing)

#phantom of the opera #maria bjørnson #mirror bride #mirror bride dummy #obscure masquerade costumes #obscure masquerade dummies #costume design

[mat-neptune]

Sh2s

#james Sunderland #mary shepherd sunderland #maria silent hill #hands are so hard to draw #i redrew that mirror like 3 times #ph was supposed to be giving maria the health kit bit he's so hard to draw #woe health kit upon thee #egg