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rewatched one of my favorite eps of the goes wrong show and couldn't help but do an ace attorney redraw

#this is some good stuff

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guyssss it’s been three years since lasers and quasars aired! everybody say happy birthday to lasers and quasars.

#and almost 2 years since I got obsessed with mmni #starting with lasers and quasars #and honestly it's still the most intense cultural experience I've had #happy birthday lasers and quasars #happy birthday mmni

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I love how accurate the pilot (not the pilot) is, the author of the play put so much work into it

#a flawless historical masterpiece

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I like to imagine that he gets in really heated fights with reviewers online

#omg this

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i discussed this on discord a little bit ago but relistening to it has gotten my brain whirring again, so here's my casting for tlt musical goes wrong

percy: max. classic goes wrong humour comes from max causing chaos, and what better opportunity for him to cause chaos than when he's playing the main character. also goes well with grover and annabeth (you will find out in a second, but i bet you can guess). also max "easily distracted" "problem causer" bennett gets a little bit too into singing good kid (love me some angst). this does cause a little bit of concern within the cast.

grover: dennis. chris casts him because he hoped that if max and dennis played characters who were best friends, dennis might have an easier time understanding what's going on (a flawed theory that does not work). i just think it would be fun <3

annabeth: sandra. obviously sandra just loves playing the leading lady, and obviously we love casting max and sandra as love interests (even if they're not at that point in the musical) but on top of that, "my grand plan is that i will be remembered" "i tend to stand my ground, i found i can never give in" "someday soon the world will notice me" soooo sandra-coded. like come on.

luke: chris. chris is going to love casting himself as a pivotal character, but if max going too hard on good kid causes a little concern, chris almost YELLING while singing luke's verse of the last day of summer is fucking terrifying (especially for max, who is acting alongside chris but is not sure if chris is even acting anymore). there's a lot of emotions running high. when they try to check in on him afterwards, chris denies that anything was wrong.

sally/silena/oracle/charon: annie. this is purely self-serving because i want to hear her sing d.o.a. thank you 🙏 but also i think her and max as sally and percy is sweet.

clarisse/katie/mrs dodds: vanessa. partially just because it was the last part left, but also some of my favourite goes wrongisms are when they cast someone as roles that they don't have enough attitude or spunk for, and i think vanessa trying to be really intimidating as clarisse and not doing a good job at it is funny.

chiron/poseidon/hades: jonathan. i don't know man it fits! it makes sense in my head!

mr d/ares/other roles: robert. okay so going off of the off-bway revival/broadway casting, there was going to be one person that didn't have a set character to play, since there's 7 roles and 8 cornley actors. so my thought process is that while chris would get dennis to play grover, he would not want him to play mr d, since that doesn't really fit and dennis is going to struggle enough with one character. so he gives that to robert. i also don't think chris fits as ares, so robert can also play him. from there, robert plays as many of the more minor characters as possible (this possibly takes place during a chris/robert feud where chris is trying to snub robert?). idk any of those roles that are a bit too much for the others. (once again, purely self-serving, but robert as medusa. hear me out).

thank you for reading and please listen to tlt musical <3

#oh I really like this

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I thought it would be fun to come up with what powers everyone might have in a superhero au (because even a superhero academy can have a drama department). I'll have to split this into a few asks, but here's what I came up with: Chris has super strength, and he hates having a power mostly associated with smashing and punching when he wants to be seen as a sophisticated intellectual. Robert can turn invisible, which would be much more effective if he could learn to stop talking while disappeared.

LOVE THESE i also came up with powers for a superhero au but i think most of these are better than mine (although we had the same thought for max!!! and similar thoughts for robert).

#omg this is so good!

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Play of the Week! A new play, performed live, every week, in front of a live studio audience. How wrong could it go?

Okay, I gotta talk about The Goes Wrong Show.

The Goes Wrong Show is something I'm surprised Tumblr hasn't been more up in arms about. This website is, after all, all about committing to the bit. A popular text post by @linecoveredinjellyfish proposed the school of media criticism called "Bitism". And buddy, lemme tell you, The Goes Wrong Show is the patron saint of Bitism. They commit to the bit harder than an alcoholic horse who recently found protestant Jesus.

And it is the funniest goddamn thing I have ever seen.

As is so often the case, writing a review of a very good comedy is hard - it's not easy to talk about it without taking some of the oomph out of the jokes. And, make no mistake, The Goes Wrong Show is an incredibly good comedy. I'll try my best anyways, because I cannot stop recommending it, but if you don't need more convincing, just go watch an episode. It's incredible.

Our framing device is a series of weekly plays put on by an unbelievably incompetent and eclectic drama society, where anything can and probably will fuck up horribly. Terrible acting? A horrific script? Broken props? A set mistakenly built at a 90-degree angle? You name it, they found a way to fuck it up.

But. And this is the key thing. They commit. The script calls for a scene involving pouring tea in a set that's oriented completely wrong? Commit to the bit.

The script demands a period piece family dinner, but something is very wrong with the ceiling fan?

Commit. To. The. Bit.

Major actor in the piece is completely incompetent?

Commit.

To.

The.

Bit.

It's an Airplane!-esque barrage of constant absurd gags, and I don't say that lightly. Each member of the cast is distinctly deranged in their own unique ways, the stage management is woefully incompetent, and the special effects are really just a special kind of fucked.

Really, the only complaint I can make of this show is that there isn't more of it, and frankly that's a good problem to have! If you're the kind of person who's not too busy to read a long Tumblr fandom post, but is too busy to binge a series you can get through in an evening, just give s1e3, "A Trial To Watch", a look - in my humble opinion, it is incredibly hard to top.

#yes this

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idk if any of this is new but im posting it anyway <3

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#iconic

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rkgk

who bun it but they are the actual animals

i was working on the duckhameleons and the vicar/fritz but didn't like how they turned out, maybe later

#brilliant

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having talented friends is so wild!!!!!! like. YOU!!!!!!!!!! YOU made THAT. YOU DID THAT?!?!?!?! YOU created!!!! THAT!!!!!!!!!!! WOAH!!!!!! praise!!!!!!!! praise for one thousand years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#this at everyone in the mischief fandom

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I’m here to see a performance by the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society

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wait but which goes wrong play had the most miatakes fr 😭

Ah, let's make a fun little list, shall we!!

11. Cornley Drama Festival

A surprise to no one probably we have our lowest one here. Can't be that many mistakes when it isn't scripted, right? Well, wrong, but each part of the Cornley Drama Festival had 64 mistakes. Counted them individually because it would be unfair to add them up

10. 90 Degrees

A surprise to many! This was one of the most guessed episodes for MOST mistakes. If the set hadn't been built sideways it would've been Cornley's most successful episode of all fucking time. 90 Degrees is coming in with a motherfucking whooping record of only 77 mistakes

9. The Lodge

Also a shockingly low amount of mistakes, but worry not, we've already reached the hundreds! A very sweet episode with only 108 mistakes. Yes, again, a record breaking low for the society. They actually seem quite professional at this end of the list comparing to the other...

8. Harper's Locket

Yes, now we're onto the good stuff... Our mistake counter is up to 110 mistakes as Harper's Locker airs and it's only gonna get better (worse)! Still quite nice!

7. The Spirit of Christmas

Classic episode and very run of the mill mistake counter. Many mistakes, disastrous show, very fun! 116 mistakes that could've been slashed in half if they'd used prop alcohol for Robert.

6. The Most Lamentable

Halfway there and we're coming in with a fan favourite! Just beating The Spirit of Christmas with a single mistake we have a nice and round 117 over here. Feels like it should've been more, but we're gonna have some surprise spots on this list...

5. A Trial To Watch

Beating season 2's fan favourite with, once again, only one more mistake, is season 1's fan favourite, A Trial To Watch! 118 mistakes, and rightly suspected, Dennis stands for most of them! I love you, Dennis.

4. The Pilot (Not The Pilot)

Of course The Pilot (Not The Pilot) is up here amongst the best (worst!) episodes, it's one of the all time classics. Standing proud with 119 mistakes it is rightfully one of the best (worst) episodes they've done

3. The Nativity

And here we are with the episode that made Robert finally perform his coup. The Nativity. And, all credit where credit is due, it was, at the time, Chris' worst production thus far that prompted Robert to go for the successful coup. 120 mistakes.

2. There Is No Escape

There Is No Escape truly for the Cornley Drama Society. Probably the biggest shocker here, because when I did this poll almost nobody guessed this episode. Chris got back his title as director and then immediately went and did his worst performance yet. Even worse than the episode that got him couped! 123 mistakes!

1. Summer Once Again

Here we finally are... Yes, ignoring the number two spot, you were right. Of fucking course Summer Once Again had the most mistakes! Robert couped and did the worst job they've ever done! And it's not even close! The previous like 7 episodes have been like a mistake or two more than the previous. Chris' worst episode is 123 mistakes and Robert, always vying to outdo Chris, barrels down the door with 142 mistakes.

#they are such a disaster

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really enjoy interpreting cornley polytechnic as stuck in a timeloop because of the incredible dual context of

1. the timeloop they’re stuck in is “the single most disastrous performance of an altogether very messy community theatre production,” which is I think one of objectively the worst timeloops to be stuck in

2. they have been stuck in said timeloop ON TWO SEPARATE UNRELATED OCCASIONS

#omg yessss

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CPDS as quotes from my theatre department’s discord pt. 2

“PLEASE let me finish my map game” -Vanessa Wilcock-Wynn-Carroway

“Take your bread you small Victorian children!” -Chris Bean spoken with the utmost disgust (I can’t really explain why)

“Give me $2 and I will remove your eyes” -Trevor Watson

“They’re spy cars. They’re cars that are spies! They’re fucking spies!!!” -Max Bennett arguing why Cars 2 is the best Cars movie

“Which just goes to show, you can’t stop gay” -Annie Twilloil

“Twat…slut…..fuckkk youuuu” -Trevor playing mario kart

*cackling* “…….boinking…..” -Max Bennett

“Were you used for emo diversity?” -Jonathan Harris (directed at Trevor)

“If you do that in my ear I’m gonna stick my hand down your throat” -Robert Grove

“Why do we have animals in the house? You’re a sheep! What are you doing!?” -Chris Bean (this feels like every interaction he’s ever had with Dennis)

“I was victimizing people” -Robert Grove

“I didn’t know this girl was gay! I thought she was a dancer!” -Sandra Wilkinson (I can’t really explain why, but she’s definitely talking about Vanessa)

“Sometimes mouth say word brain don’t mean” -Annie Twilloil (this is just because of her former techie energy)

“He turned the shower on!” -Chris Bean “Yeah he’s just thirsty” -Max Bennett (about Dennis)

“I’m proud to admit it. I would suck down a grape Fanta” -Annie Twilloil (again it’s the former techie energy)

“Bubble solution? What’s the bubble problem?” -Max Bennett

“I’m asexual, not BLIND” -Vanessa Wilcock-Wynn-Carroway (I feel like she gives ace energy)

“I love gay. I love pirates. Put them together. I love gay pirates” -Chris Bean

“I wouldn’t have sex with a wolf if that’s what you’re asking” -Trevor Watson (techie energy again)

“Okay, this is where I have to jump in. I’ve been listening to you talking about fucking wolves for five minutes. That’s what I woke up to” -Jonathan Harris (I can’t explain why he's involved in this convo)

“Did you guys know the Statue of Liberty is like really sexy?” -Sandra Wilkinson

“What’s it like being you?” -Robert Grove (about Dennis)

“My feet have touched the floor since I was eight years old” -Chris Bean (he’s such a tall willowy man)

Part 1

#all of these are gold

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Sue and Nancy wearing a special big hat!

Sue Perkins - Taskmaster UK 16x08 (Never Packed a Boot) Nancy Zamit - The Goes Wrong Show 2x04 (The Cornley Drama Festival Part 1)

#parallels

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CPDS as quotes from my theatre department’s discord

“You were born out of hate sex? That explains a lot about you” -Robert Grove (almost definitely in reference to Chris)

“I could really use some meat snacks” -Max Bennett

“Where the fuck are my lips?” -Dennis Tyde (except he’s too sweet, I don’t think he would swear intentionally)

“Three monks, dressed as……three monks” -Chris Bean (this is just the nine wise men quote)

“I don’t jump ropes. I prefer to trip on them” -Annie Twilloil

“Something’s wrong with this kid. He watched SpongeBob…and now he’s all gay” -Trevor Watson (for reasons I can’t explain)

“Go sing a romantic ballad about the moon, you cuck!” -Robert Grove

“All I had was an inhaler and a dream” -Vanessa Wilcock-Wynn-Carroway

“You guys got skittles in there???” -Max Bennett

“I spit on Charles Dickens” -Robert Grove

“She has a son and a husband. She’s seen boy chest before. It’s just boy chest!” -Sandra Wilkinson

“Wow. Standing up is crazy” -Vanessa-Wilcock-Wynn-Carroway

“I used to get mad at people and approach them teeth-first” -Robert Grove

“He got that little Victorian orphan in him” -Annie Twilloil (probably about Dennis)

“The only thing straight about me is my hair. I have scoliosis” -Chris Bean

“I’ve always wanted you to die. That’s my dream” -Robert Grove (about Chris obviously)

“We have a lot of hoes” -Dennis Tyde

“The world would be a better place if people were having sex instead of war” -Annie Twilloil

“Did you watch those videos as a kid? Probably not. You were probably normal” -Max Bennett

“You know a lot of words. And you said a lot of them. And I didn’t know any of them” -Dennis Tyde

“I’m trying to be with you, not like you” -Sandra Wilkinson

“I did wander…..once” -Max Bennett

“It’s giving bubonic plague” -Annie Twilloil

“Hey listen, I’ve fucked a lot of dudes in my day” -Trevor Watson

“This is now a dictatorship and I win” -Robert Grove

“And look at how much more mature I am. Look at my accolades” -Chris Bean

“Pumpkins or ghosts?” “Errrr—Orange!” -Vanessa Wilcock-Wynn-Carroway

“Cringe, cringe, cringe” -Jonathan Harris (after ‘not so fast Inspector!!’ or not being able to open a single door)

“I’m just a really bad person” -Robert “Yeah you give off that vibe” -Trevor

“Ack, why do you have your arms out?” -Annie Twilloil

“I just love bullying children” -Robert Grove

“I just want to frown all the time and listen to rock and roll and be sad” -Trevor Watson

#dying over here