My soul has gained the freedom of the night
Haven't been to sleep yet. And it was my last chance to sleep, at night, in 2006. Oh, well. It's unoffical Hugh Jackman night. First, he was on Saturday Night Live-- and he sang a Christmas carol, as it was a Christmas episode. I knew that he could sing, because he starred in "Carosel", a few years ago, on stage.
Have you ever noticed how depressing most musicals are? There's "Carosel" (man abuses beloved wife, dies young, comes back as ghost to see that beloved daughter is being treated like dirt by mother's best friend's shitty children) then the old "Mme Butterfly"/ "Miss Saigon" routine (man and woman fall in love, man leaves, woman has baby, man thinks woman is dead and marries third party, man comes back, woman finds out, woman kills self). There's always "Sweeney Todd," my friend Krista's favorite (man is wrongfully imprisoned, wife raped, wife goes mad, daughter stolen by rapist, man escapes, goes mad, kills people, rapist tries to marry daughter, daughter says no, duaghter sent to mad house, daughter escapes, man accidentally kills beloved wife, man almost kills beloved-but-cross-dressing daughter, man killed). My favorite musical, "Moulin Rouge," which almost doesn't count, being still only a movie (stage adaptation in works, according to reports) is still pretty grim, too (man meets woman, woman deathly ill, man and woman have secret affair, woman's jealous keeper finds out, jealous keeper tries to rape woman, jealous keeper tries to kill man, jealous keeper gives up in huff, woman dies). Is it any wonder that "My Fair Lady" (man meets woman, teaches her to speak correctly, falls in love with her, introduces her to young fop who also falls in love with her, looses her due to taking all the credit for how cool she is, comes to appologize to her, woman won't come back, she comes back) is so popular?
Anyway, "Kate & Leopold" is on, now. I love that movie. The first time that I saw it, I feared that they would Make the Wrong Choice. That is, I knew that, as a rom-com, there would be a happy ending. But I wanted Kate and Leopold to live in the 1876, not modern Manhattan, much though I love New York. It's a bit like in "The Holiday" (Mom and I went on Thursday-- it's wonderful!): I knew that Graham and Amanda would get together, in the end, but I was afraid that, as it's an American film, they might wind up in L.A., not Surrey.
It's almost five now, though, so I should probably go to sleep. But Leopold just made himself a quill and some ink, rather than bothering to grab a pen.
Plus, when she gets back to the Victorian Era, Kate can quit her horrible job and grow out her bad haircut. Damn. Now I want to go back to the Victorian Era.
Have you ever noticed how depressing most musicals are? There's "Carosel" (man abuses beloved wife, dies young, comes back as ghost to see that beloved daughter is being treated like dirt by mother's best friend's shitty children) then the old "Mme Butterfly"/ "Miss Saigon" routine (man and woman fall in love, man leaves, woman has baby, man thinks woman is dead and marries third party, man comes back, woman finds out, woman kills self). There's always "Sweeney Todd," my friend Krista's favorite (man is wrongfully imprisoned, wife raped, wife goes mad, daughter stolen by rapist, man escapes, goes mad, kills people, rapist tries to marry daughter, daughter says no, duaghter sent to mad house, daughter escapes, man accidentally kills beloved wife, man almost kills beloved-but-cross-dressing daughter, man killed). My favorite musical, "Moulin Rouge," which almost doesn't count, being still only a movie (stage adaptation in works, according to reports) is still pretty grim, too (man meets woman, woman deathly ill, man and woman have secret affair, woman's jealous keeper finds out, jealous keeper tries to rape woman, jealous keeper tries to kill man, jealous keeper gives up in huff, woman dies). Is it any wonder that "My Fair Lady" (man meets woman, teaches her to speak correctly, falls in love with her, introduces her to young fop who also falls in love with her, looses her due to taking all the credit for how cool she is, comes to appologize to her, woman won't come back, she comes back) is so popular?
Anyway, "Kate & Leopold" is on, now. I love that movie. The first time that I saw it, I feared that they would Make the Wrong Choice. That is, I knew that, as a rom-com, there would be a happy ending. But I wanted Kate and Leopold to live in the 1876, not modern Manhattan, much though I love New York. It's a bit like in "The Holiday" (Mom and I went on Thursday-- it's wonderful!): I knew that Graham and Amanda would get together, in the end, but I was afraid that, as it's an American film, they might wind up in L.A., not Surrey.
It's almost five now, though, so I should probably go to sleep. But Leopold just made himself a quill and some ink, rather than bothering to grab a pen.
Plus, when she gets back to the Victorian Era, Kate can quit her horrible job and grow out her bad haircut. Damn. Now I want to go back to the Victorian Era.