Also -- I meant to note this for your sake -- her offstage walk totally looks like her onstage one. That sort of ballet dancer's too-cool-for-anything swagger. Erokakkoii and whanot. I swoon.
I may or may not have lost you somewhere about "Taki-san in a martial uniform." ^_^; Although the fact that Mihoko didn't have much to do means I may just buy the soundtrack and wait awhile for the DVD. Thanks so much for the writeup; you're a very entertaining journalist. ^_^
Izumo Aya in a well-tailored gray suit was definitely a high point, costume wise. I think it had epaulettes.
But yeah, if you're in it for the Mihoko, it's a 'wait and get it at a discount on Y!J' sort of show. She had some meltingly adorable facial expressions when watching Asako from on high, but given the stupid editors these things sometimes have, I don't know if that will make it on to the DVD. Pout.
I could have hugged her. I HAD A TICKET. I WAS GOING. OMG.
This made me get SO EXCITED for you... in retrospect. XDD <3
...were this being done in any western country, or by any theater except Takarazuka, it would be a potentially interesting political allegory, but given that it is Takarazuka any such overtones are presumably accidental.
I lol'ed. This is so very, very true. <3 <3
The future is rosy where she is concerned.
100% agreement with you there!! It's hard to beat the 100 1000 10,000-watt smile. :D :D
I had expected demachi to be interesting to watch, but I hadn’t expected to be moved by it.
Aahhh, yes, I know what you mean. Demachi on shonichi / senshuuraku is even better, because everyone *claps* for all the seito. And stays until the babiest of the babies have left. <3 <3 <3 The ritual of iri/de is a strange and magical thing indeed
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Haha, I still get excited when I think back to the moment when I first realized that I'd actually DONE IT despite all barriers of language, time, space, and probability.
Takarazuka's avoidance of anything remotely resembling controversy continues to fascinate me. Only in Japan can you combine drag kings and war stories with total escapism...
I really hope I get to see a demachi again sometime soon. I'm still mulling over it and trying to sort it out in my head. I had such an intense reaction to it.
And hey, 'theoretical' is really the only kind of normalcy ANY of us are going to attain. Srsly now.
Haha, I actually thought of you and Stephan and Hair. Some of the costumes and the blocking for the chorus of Dionysus-worshippers were very Hair-ish indeed. But yeah, Takarazuka wouldn't know a political statement if it sat in its lap and smooched it.
I'm so glad you thought it was interesting! Please feel free to pass it on to Susan.
I have to say, among the world's free pleasures, demachi has to rank pretty high up there. I STILL can't figure out why, exactly -- and yeah, I'm a nerd, if I can't put these things into 1,000,000 words, I can't stop thinking about them.
Incidentally, were you the one who called it 'civilized drooling'?
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Also -- I meant to note this for your sake -- her offstage walk totally looks like her onstage one. That sort of ballet dancer's too-cool-for-anything swagger. Erokakkoii and whanot. I swoon.
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But yeah, if you're in it for the Mihoko, it's a 'wait and get it at a discount on Y!J' sort of show. She had some meltingly adorable facial expressions when watching Asako from on high, but given the stupid editors these things sometimes have, I don't know if that will make it on to the DVD. Pout.
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I could have hugged her. I HAD A TICKET. I WAS GOING. OMG.
This made me get SO EXCITED for you... in retrospect. XDD <3
...were this being done in any western country, or by any theater except Takarazuka, it would be a potentially interesting political allegory, but given that it is Takarazuka any such overtones are presumably accidental.
I lol'ed. This is so very, very true. <3 <3
The future is rosy where she is concerned.
100% agreement with you there!! It's hard to beat the 100 1000 10,000-watt smile. :D :D
I had expected demachi to be interesting to watch, but I hadn’t expected to be moved by it.
Aahhh, yes, I know what you mean. Demachi on shonichi / senshuuraku is even better, because everyone *claps* for all the seito. And stays until the babiest of the babies have left. <3 <3 <3 The ritual of iri/de is a strange and magical thing indeed ( ... )
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Takarazuka's avoidance of anything remotely resembling controversy continues to fascinate me. Only in Japan can you combine drag kings and war stories with total escapism...
I really hope I get to see a demachi again sometime soon. I'm still mulling over it and trying to sort it out in my head. I had such an intense reaction to it.
And hey, 'theoretical' is really the only kind of normalcy ANY of us are going to attain. Srsly now.
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I'm so glad you thought it was interesting! Please feel free to pass it on to Susan.
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And yay that you got a ticket after all!! ^__^
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Incidentally, were you the one who called it 'civilized drooling'?
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