Yes, now I have actually seen it.

[lassarina]

So, part of my Christmas loot this year was tickets to see Les Misérables at The National Theatre with my parents, because when I was home for Thanksgiving, I mentioned (upon seeing an ad for the movie) that I'd never seen the musical. My parents decided this needed to be remedied, especially as it was being performed over Christmas. Mom had

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[pooka_madness]

This was the new staging, then? The thing they do for Javert's suicide (which is maybe my girlfriend's favourite moment of the show and possibly her favourite moment in fiction) is sort of ridiculously elaborate, don't you think?

[lassarina]

It was ridiculously elaborate, but it was damned cool. I was staring at it totally distracted from the moment by being like BUT WAIT WHAT DID HE ATTACH HIMSELF TO.

[pooka_madness]

A friend of Angela's crewed the show when it came through Portland. Apparently there's this long arm directly upstage of him, which he has to discreetly mount himself to while performing and then the set flies away from him and the arm just moves backwards, so he recedes suspended in mid-air.

[lassarina]

oh, wow. That's hardcore. I am duly impressed! (I bet he gets a lot of bruises in the process of practicing, poor guy.)