David Jabobs being confused in The World Will Know
"Where am I?"
"Why is everyone singing and dancing?!"
Proceeds to walk through the dancing crowd. Even Les (in the corner) knows the choreography.
Tries not to get hit by a dancer.
Luckily Mush is there to guide him away from the oncoming dancing stampede.
Davey finally realises he is in a musical
and joins in at the last minute.
"And the world will feel the fire and finally knoooow!"
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If i have a kid im naming them 'the world' so whenever im describing something they do as a baby i can say 'and the world will weep and go back to sleep'. Also everytime im about to tell them something i can say 'the world will know'
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On: Crutchie, the World Will Know, and What it Says About His Role.
So uksies, west endsies, whatever you wanna call it has got me fully entrapped and I wanna talk about some of the staging that I noticed that makes me Feral.
Uksies has such and interesting set, its performed almost in the round with the scaffolding only opening up, not actually moving, to create set pieces. As such, the choreography has changed. The choreo is honestly on another level, it has to be seen to be believed and I'm still not sure how these boys are alive.
I could go on about the choreo for years but that's not what we're here to talk about.
Jack and Crutchie have a slightly different dynamic in uksies. They're still very much brothers but they have a much more equal relationship. This is a great post about them.
Crutchie isn't as,, looked after in this production, he is an equal, and in many ways a co-leader both of the strike and of the manhattan newsies in general and 'the world will know' (twwk) shows this so well.
In previous versions, Crutchie has solo lines in twwk but becomes a member of the ensemble when Jack Davey and Les see Pulitzer. In uksies, however, Crutchie debates their strategy with them and they walk together up to the world building through the avenue of newsies. Crutchie then stops as the others go in and turns his back to the door and stands guard, looking over the other newsies as they wait, seeming to reassure them. When the trio are kicked out, he falls to the side and is pushed back up by another newsie, he then resumes his place with Jack and the others.
Ok lets unpack that.
In my mind, this establishes Crutchie not only as a leader but as a supportive figure for the rest of the newsies. Where Jack is the figurehead, speech-maker, the face of the strike and the union, Crutchie is the worker, the eyes on the ground, the deputy who is leader in all but name.
He stands guard protecting not only those inside, but keeping careful watch over the other newsies. During seize the day, he whistles loudly to signal the arrival of the delanceys and the police, he watches, takes part in the fight and protects. I don't know about anyone else but it is extremely easy for me to believe that out of him, Jack, and Davey, Crutchie is physically the strongest.
It's so interesting to me that the character who has previously been depicted as someone who needed looking after, the helpless figure that gets dragged away, is now such a strong character while the essence of who he is is not lost. Crutchie is pushed up when he falls by another newsie to rejoin the others. How perfectly that moment recognises that yes Crutchie needs support sometimes, he is still disabled, but he isn't carried, he isn't pushed aside or coddled, he is helped up and goes on his way to lead the strike with Jack.
So yeah. Don't know if these ramblings make any sense to anyone else but thats how I read into it.
Tl;dr: i love matthew duckett
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PULITZER MAY OWN THE WORLD BUT HE DON'T OWN US 🗣🗣🗣
PULITZER MAY CRACK THE WHIP BUT HE WON'T WHIP US 🗣🗣🗣
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I just think it's really ironic and silly that Disney is treating their workers so poorly after they literally sent "Unions Fucking Rock: The Musical" on a world tour maybe 5 years ago??
When you got a hundred voices singin',
Who can hear a lousy whistle blow?
And the world will know
That this ain't no game;
That we got a ton of rotten fruit and perfect aim.
So they gave their word,
But it ain't worth beans!
Now they're gonna see what
'Stop the presses' really means!
...
And the time is now,
And our ranks will grow and grow...
And so the world will feel the fire and finally know.
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