With a song in their hearts...
One look at the news and a mighty "gah!" on my part tells me the need for Christmas cheer is ongoing. And thus I offer a selection of hilarious music and, occasionally, dance scenes in fannish media across the multiverse. (Though not from musicals, with one exception.) Because few things are more guaranteed to lift up one's spirits, trust me on this.
Let's start with Peter Capaldi showing off his guitar playing as the Twelfth Doctor makes an entrance in the season 9 opening episode. Co-starring Clara and Missy, who get their own theme tune, courtesy of the Doctor.
A few years earlier, the Doctor Who cast in their wrap up party for Russell T. Davies and Julie Gardner came up with this glorious musical summing up of the RTD years of New Who:
On to space one of my oldest fandoms. No one would ever name Star Trek: Insurrection as their favourite TNG (let alone ST) feature film, but it does contain this gem of Picard and Data singing Gilbert & Sullivan, dragging a reluctant Worf with them:
Meanwhile, Star Trek: Voyager more than once made use of Robert Picardo's and Jeri Ryan's excellent voices, most prominently in this scene of the Doctor and Seven duetting:
Speaking of duets: my beloved Babylon 5 gave us Londo and Vir debating and bonding over Centauri opera (meaning show soundtrack composer Christopher Franke must have invented those tidbits they sing here):
Back to Earth. Lost in Austen might be a shameless Mary Sue fantasy, but it's an incredibly endearing one and I adore it. Here is contemporary reader Amanda Price, transported into her favourite novel, trying to cope with the social demands made on a young lady by borrowing a tune from Petula Clark:
On a more wistful note, Bates Motel gave its antiheroine Norma a lot of unfulfilled dreams. Auditioning for a community theatre musical, Norma picks a song from Cabaret, because of course she does, and Vera Farmiga makes her singing a part of Norma's characterisation in this scene:
Still on the bittersweet side of things and singing as characterisation: Better Call Saul had a superb season 4 finale which gave us, in flashback, the brothers McGill singing ABBA:
On to pure joy again, and to my one exception, i.e. a scene from something that's actually a musical, albeit an unconventional one across various episodes: Davids Morrissey and Tennant dancing in Blackpool near the end of the first episode remains hilarious no matter how often I watch, and you can tell the actors had a blast:
Actors enjoying themselves can also be found in Pride, a wonderful film using the rl story of a London-based LGTB group supporting striking Welsh miners in the 80s. Culture clashes ensue, as well as learning from each other. Here's Dominic West as the flamboyant Jonathan winning at dancing:
Where there's Wales, there's usually singing, too, sooner or later. Here is the Welsh miner community with Bread and Roses, making for my post finale:
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Let's start with Peter Capaldi showing off his guitar playing as the Twelfth Doctor makes an entrance in the season 9 opening episode. Co-starring Clara and Missy, who get their own theme tune, courtesy of the Doctor.
Click to viewA few years earlier, the Doctor Who cast in their wrap up party for Russell T. Davies and Julie Gardner came up with this glorious musical summing up of the RTD years of New Who:
On to space one of my oldest fandoms. No one would ever name Star Trek: Insurrection as their favourite TNG (let alone ST) feature film, but it does contain this gem of Picard and Data singing Gilbert & Sullivan, dragging a reluctant Worf with them:
Meanwhile, Star Trek: Voyager more than once made use of Robert Picardo's and Jeri Ryan's excellent voices, most prominently in this scene of the Doctor and Seven duetting:
Speaking of duets: my beloved Babylon 5 gave us Londo and Vir debating and bonding over Centauri opera (meaning show soundtrack composer Christopher Franke must have invented those tidbits they sing here):
Back to Earth. Lost in Austen might be a shameless Mary Sue fantasy, but it's an incredibly endearing one and I adore it. Here is contemporary reader Amanda Price, transported into her favourite novel, trying to cope with the social demands made on a young lady by borrowing a tune from Petula Clark:
On a more wistful note, Bates Motel gave its antiheroine Norma a lot of unfulfilled dreams. Auditioning for a community theatre musical, Norma picks a song from Cabaret, because of course she does, and Vera Farmiga makes her singing a part of Norma's characterisation in this scene:
Still on the bittersweet side of things and singing as characterisation: Better Call Saul had a superb season 4 finale which gave us, in flashback, the brothers McGill singing ABBA:
On to pure joy again, and to my one exception, i.e. a scene from something that's actually a musical, albeit an unconventional one across various episodes: Davids Morrissey and Tennant dancing in Blackpool near the end of the first episode remains hilarious no matter how often I watch, and you can tell the actors had a blast:
Actors enjoying themselves can also be found in Pride, a wonderful film using the rl story of a London-based LGTB group supporting striking Welsh miners in the 80s. Culture clashes ensue, as well as learning from each other. Here's Dominic West as the flamboyant Jonathan winning at dancing:
Where there's Wales, there's usually singing, too, sooner or later. Here is the Welsh miner community with Bread and Roses, making for my post finale:
This entry was originally posted at https://selenak.dreamwidth.org/1319217.html. Comment there or here, as you wish.