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picspam: Joseph & the Technicolour Dreamcoat
I warned you! It's holidays, there will be picspams. This production of Joseph, like the JC Superstar I picspammed a while back, is a 'stage' version which was basically made to be filmed.
This musical, if you are unfamiliar with it, is crack. PURE CRACK. Andrew Lloyd Webber basically used it as an excuse to use a different style of music for each item, and it's extraordinarily cheesy and bright and fun and dizzying.
Also, homoerotic.
The conceit of the filmed version is that it's a concert being put on at a primary school. All the stars of the show appear briefly as teachers, and the audience sometimes becomes involved in the show. Joseph is one of the few musicals to require a large horde of adorable kiddies.
Donny Osmond, probably the most famous Joseph.
I love the part of the Narrator; if I could sing any part in any musical, this one would probably top my list. And Maria Friedman has such wonderful energy and expression and it just looks like the best fun in the world. Plus, her outfit is weirdly charming.
Did I mention...the colour? And the dancing? And -- okay, I was going to group these screencaps into categories like 'dance!' and 'gorgeous costumes!' and 'THE NARRATOR <333' and 'other characters molest Joseph' (an alarmingly large category) but I think I'll just throw images at you and you can enjoy the rainbow onslaught.
Joan Collins plays Potiphar's wife :D
See, I wasn't kidding about the molestation.
And then there's the fact that Joseph spends most of the musical wearing, er, very little. VERY little. Sometimes he gets sparkly accessories, but mostly it's Loincloth Central.
Oh yeah, and then there's the whole bit with the Pharoah where Joseph is in a loincloth and CHAINS and they stare at each other's chests a whole lot.
And you thought I was kidding about the homoeroticism.
*moleeeeest*
Most of the sparkly accessories just make him look, um. A bit. Gay.
At this stage you have to remind yourself that most of the other characters in this musical are in fact his brothers. Not that it seems to stop them.
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So. Are your eyeballs still intact? Are you weeping rainbows? WASN'T THAT FUN?
Now imagine it with music.
This musical, if you are unfamiliar with it, is crack. PURE CRACK. Andrew Lloyd Webber basically used it as an excuse to use a different style of music for each item, and it's extraordinarily cheesy and bright and fun and dizzying.
Also, homoerotic.
The conceit of the filmed version is that it's a concert being put on at a primary school. All the stars of the show appear briefly as teachers, and the audience sometimes becomes involved in the show. Joseph is one of the few musicals to require a large horde of adorable kiddies.
Donny Osmond, probably the most famous Joseph.
I love the part of the Narrator; if I could sing any part in any musical, this one would probably top my list. And Maria Friedman has such wonderful energy and expression and it just looks like the best fun in the world. Plus, her outfit is weirdly charming.
Did I mention...the colour? And the dancing? And -- okay, I was going to group these screencaps into categories like 'dance!' and 'gorgeous costumes!' and 'THE NARRATOR <333' and 'other characters molest Joseph' (an alarmingly large category) but I think I'll just throw images at you and you can enjoy the rainbow onslaught.
Joan Collins plays Potiphar's wife :D
See, I wasn't kidding about the molestation.
And then there's the fact that Joseph spends most of the musical wearing, er, very little. VERY little. Sometimes he gets sparkly accessories, but mostly it's Loincloth Central.
Oh yeah, and then there's the whole bit with the Pharoah where Joseph is in a loincloth and CHAINS and they stare at each other's chests a whole lot.
And you thought I was kidding about the homoeroticism.
*moleeeeest*
Most of the sparkly accessories just make him look, um. A bit. Gay.
At this stage you have to remind yourself that most of the other characters in this musical are in fact his brothers. Not that it seems to stop them.
~
So. Are your eyeballs still intact? Are you weeping rainbows? WASN'T THAT FUN?
Now imagine it with music.
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My eyes. I think I just spontaneously disco-balled.
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Well, let's be frank, the Narrator's part is within my range but it requires a lot more strength of voice than I will ever possess. Just like...most roles in musicals that I'd like to play.
Actually, I would be perfectly content to be a dancing chorus member in ANYTHING, but that would require substantial amounts of Free Time.
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I have seen/been in Joseph WAY TOO MANY TIMES. Also, I was a quarter narrator? I started the show off, anyway, and sang OBSCENELY high on the prisony bit. Veeeeery small production, obviously. XD
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... they stripped it of music and split the part between me and three other people who can't sing either. But still. The lines were pretty awesome, even without singing.
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AND THEN I GOT TO THE BIT WITH THE POTIPHARS MOLESTING JOSEPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I REMEMBERED. OH MY CHILDHOOD!!!!
I think I blanked out all the loincloths
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Also, I am friending you, if that's okay! I keep stalking you via Aria, and I think it would be much more sensible for me to just friend you. :D
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And sure, that's totally okay :)
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I am continuing in my quest to own every musical ever, but I *cannot* find Into The Woods even though I know that a filmed version exists somewhere. SOB.
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(It does in fact exist on Amazon! For under twelve dollars! I merely point out.)
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(Many songs are up on youtube at least?)