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some of you don’t like to acknowledge Sarah Jacobs and it shows

#TBHHHH

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Iconic moments in the 1992 Newies

• Crutchie constantly forgetting that’s he’s meant to have a bad leg and jumping around like the others

• *Hip thrust* *hip thrust* *hip thrust*

• “aHUh” “aHUh”

• The dance break in Santa Fe

• Pulitzer’s little noises as he calculates the new costs

• Davey walking around real confused while everyone’s dancing and singing in ‘The World Will Know’ what a mood

• All the Brooklyn newsies popping out of nowhere

• Never fear, Brooklyn is here

• Denton clinging onto his chicken in King of New York

• Spot: I object.

Judge: On what grounds?

Spot: On the grounds of Brooklyn

• Sarah punching a Delancey and being the only Jacobs who could actually fight

• Spot riding away in Roosevelt’s carriage

#jfakdlfkds

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Not sure I’ve posted a poster picture since I got the one on the right (even though it’s been 5+ years, whoops)

Anyway, I have a problem.

#MOOD

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Idk if you ship billdarcy but if so would you ever draw the fancy soft gays? i love them and i love your art style

celebrating! i realised while drawing this that their outfits are literally the same aside from colouring lmao

#jdksfldsks

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The Newsies and Fashion: 92sies

Boots

Boots wears fairly neat, clean clothes- his shirt and pants are tucked in, and his vest is buttoned. Unlike some of the other newsies, he doesn’t wear any patterns, not even on his socks. His clothes look a little too big for him.

In a modern au, Boots would probably wear neat, simple clothes. His style probably wouldn’t be as flashy or complicated as the other newsies.

Skittery

Skittery has an odd fashion sense. In public, he wears solid color, neutral, too large clothes. In private, however, he wears tighter, more colorful clothing. Either way, he prefers long sleeves and styles his hair.

In a modern au, Skittery would probably also dress differently around his friends and strangers- more neat clothes around strangers, more expressive ones around the newsies. He would probably take a lot of pride in his hair as well.

Bumlets

Bumlets wears rather nice clothes. They are clean, tucked in, and mostly buttoned up. He wears mostly neutral colors, and he doesn’t seem to like his vest. His suspenders appear to be made of leather, not fabric.

In a modern au, Bumlets would probably take more care of his appearance by taking care of his clothes and hair and investing in higher quality clothing. He would still probably wear neutral colors.

Itey

Itey wears unreasonably neat clothing, for a newsie. His shirt used to be green, but are faded significantly.  Although he dresses neatly, his hat is backwards. He doesn’t wear a vest, exposing his suspenders.

In a modern au, Itey would probably still wear rather neat clothes, although he might add some more edgy touches. If he was as impoverished in the au as in canon, he would probably not choose to spend more money on clothes unless absolutely necessary. He might have an accessory or clothing item he could fidget with as well.

Snitch

Snitch doesn’t really care about the state of his clothes. They are too large (even his cap?), unbuttoned, and don’t particularly match. This could be so he could grow into them, or just because he has no other options. Snitch wears mostly neutral colors. 

In a modern au, Snitch would probably also not care lots about his clothes. He would be one of those boys who wears the same hoodie and pair of basketball shorts every day. He would probably shy away from bright colors or any kind of fashionable clothes.

Pie Eater

Pie Eater’s clothes are very strange. They’re unbuttoned to the point where you can see his undershirt clearly, but they fit well, and he appears to be wearing some kind of tie. He clearly cares enough to get these accessories, but maybe doesn’t have enough time to look as smart as he’d like to.

In a modern au, Pie Eater would probably have more time to get ready in the morning, and thus have much neater, nicer clothes. He would probably have nicer clothes compared to his friends, and take better care of them.

#ref

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omg i just played (female) Darcy in a recent production of newsies (delightful shift— she and Katherine were BFFs and she and Romeo were A Thing) and it was the joy of my life and any time i see anything Darcy-related i’m transported BACK so thank u

Darcy is one of my faves! I love the spin you took with a female Darcy. Girl!Darcy and Romeo sounds so precious!!! Although I’m partial to a Darcy/Bill 😙😊 I love that! Thank you so much for sharing about it ❤️❤️❤️ enjoy a Darcy sketch as a thank-you for sharing 🙌

#HIM

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Santa Fe prologue:

Jack to Crutchie:

Look me in the eyes and tell me this isn’t what he said?

#mood

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freckled albert

Thanks for coming to my Ted talk

#cute!!!

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I wrote a book!

The idea first came to me in a movie theater. In the winter of 2017, Fathom Events put on a special, two-day production of Disney’s Newsies The Broadway Musical. It seemed like fortuitous timing; I had recently gotten over a cold by binge-watching the 1992 live-action musical film, Newsies, and this was the first I’d heard of any Broadway adaptation. (Little-known to me at the time: It had already attracted a sizable and passionate fanbase and won two Tony Awards in 2012, to boot.)

When the lights came up and the newsies danced their way offstage, I was struck by a fleeting thought: There has to be more to this story, right? The little I knew of the film and, now, the musical, suggested that the story was rooted in historical fact, but I wanted to know more.

At first, I thought I’d do a little research on the backstory of the 1899 strike and turn it into a longform article. For weeks afterward, I sifted through a fraction of the 2.5 million search results for “newsies the musical” in hopes of unearthing the real story behind Jeremy Jordan’s belt and Kara Lindsay’s writer’s block and the newsies’ pirouettes up and down the streets of Manhattan. I watched the Broadway musical again, then the 1992 film again, then Broadway bootlegs, then every fan video and musical cover on YouTube. I discovered David Nasaw’s Children of the City, a 1985 study of American newsboys and newsgirls in the 19th and 20th centuries. I pieced together interviews and anecdotes, watched documentaries and behind-the-scenes compilations for the film and musical, and sampled some of the more popular fanfiction written about Jack Kelly and his posse of fictional newsies.

About seven months into this research process, it dawned on me that I was never going to be able to condense everything I’d learned into a single article. The idea of writing an entire book was completely intimidating, but I dashed off a query letter to a small independent press anyway. What could it hurt? The worst they could say was ‘no,’ giving me a reason to set aside my obsession and focus on something else.

Except that two days later, I had a response. They wanted to see a book proposal, and suddenly this project I’d only been dreaming about was becoming a reality. I won’t bore you with the story of the entire process—suffice to say, there were many all-nighters pulled, many books highlighted, many McDonald’s no-pickle cheeseburgers and beet chips inhaled, many moments of panic and indecision survived—but nearly two years later, the book I never thought I’d write is finally a real, tangible thing.

Newsies vs. The World: How a War, a Newspaper Rivalry, and a Trolley Strike Sparked the Child Labor Riot That Ended Up on Broadway is my love letter to Newsies. It’s a partial history of the lives of New York City newsboys and newsgirls, the publishers who screwed them over, and the fight they mounted in the summer of 1899 that should have changed everything. It’s also the story of how their remarkable history inspired one of Disney’s most poorly-received films and later turned into a Broadway musical. In the words of Katherine Plumber, it’s the “story behind the story.”

If you count yourself among the devoted ‘Fansies’ or have any kind of casual interest in child labor rights, 19th-century history, and/or a thorough critique of the way Disney’s beloved IP interacts with and manipulates historical events, you can purchase or request review copies of Newsies vs. The World on Amazon, Goodreads, and Theme Park Press.

I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it.

#sb!!!

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I LOVE YOUR SPOT ACK

Boy prince of Brooklyn 👑

#SO GOOD

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im trying to decide how i want to draw eyes and BAM rowdy boy has come to say hi

#yeah boi!!!

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Jack explaining why he needs get out of NY and go to Santa Fe:

Crutchie:

#SCREAMING

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Spot Conlon isn't just hufflepuff, hes hufflepunk

#TRUTH

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A full 3/4 of the Newsies fandom whenever they look at a photo of Jack:

#fjksdafjlsd

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Race: You might think you’re safe, but horses are omnivores

#chomp chomp

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#A BEAUTIFUL LADY

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Y'all ever think about the fact that the guy who played Racetrack in ‘92 Newsies was 25 when he did that role?

Because I do.

#man didn't age until he hit his 40s i swear