not 2 b dramatic but les mis’ reuse of melodies throughout the musical to bring home parallels is what makes it such a fucking work of art. The “little fall of rain” theme that plays during the first scene we get with Marius and Éponine??? The melodic AND lyrical parallels between Valjean’s soliloquy and Javert’s suicide?????? THE “ON MY OWN” THEME WHEN VALJEAN IS ON HIS DEATHBED???????????? that shit hits me like a goddamn train
Don’t confuse my hatred of the hyperwealthy for jealousy over what they have. I don’t want a six figure sports car, or a 40 room mansion, or a gold leaf truffle wagyu steak dinner. I want redistribution of wealth that allows for infrastructural support of all citizens’ basic survival needs.
Early in the first episode of the BBC’s new adaptation of Les Misérables, one character turns to another and says: ‘I wonder if you know how I am suffering.’
Some of my favorite quotes from this hilariously horrible review:
“Meanwhile, Davies, an incorrigible old Leftie, is keen to point out that even though Les Misérables is more than 150 years old, it still reflects the injustices and divisions within society today.” (and apparently that’s a bad thing)
“box-ticking snowflakery” (Hugo was the world’s first liberal snowflake I guess)
“Andrew Davies is an adapter of genius, famed for sexing-up classics for television, such as Pride And Prejudice and War And Peace. Yet has he gone too far this time?
He thinks that Javert was in love with Valjean ‘in a strange way’, and depicts this by the policeman’s lingering looks when Valjean strips naked in an early scene.”
If the conservatives are this mad about the adaptation, we know it’s done something right!
