#biggest clown in elisabeth das musical is death bcs WHATEVER way u look at his character or motives

[paarthursass]

i think it’s funny that death is, technically speaking, the only other person “present” with lucheni as he tells the story.  everyone else is just a shadow, an illustration that lucheni is painting.  but death is there, too.  he shows up in the prologue.  but he’s silent, he doesn’t offer commentary (aside from his solo in the opening number) and just plays his role.  and i think that’s very funny of him.

luigi’s undoubtedly an unreliable narrator but death does NOT speak up to confirm or deny ANYTHING lucheni’s saying.  either death’s had to do this song and dance a few time before an is INCREDIBLY bored with it and doesn’t feel like putting in more effort than he has to, or he’s bored and playing along for the lolz and just nodding his head in agreement.  lucheni could say ‘and then elisabeth fought attila the hun’ and death would just be like ‘yep. that happened.  what do you mean he died 1400 years prior.  he was there i saw him.’

#sophie.txt #elisabeth das musical #biggest clown in elisabeth das musical is death bcs WHATEVER way u look at his character or motives #any option is incredibly funny #does he actually love elisabeth/rudolf? cosmic entity gets feelings for the first time. clown behavior #is he just messing around with them? cosmic entity ignores job to fuck with royals. clown behavior #was he actually not even there in that capacity and lucheni is just embellishing and death isn't even denying it? clown behavior #i say this affectionately btw #when i call him a clown i am giggling and patting his head like a kitten #also when actors playing death choose to glare at lucheni or shoot him a look when he says something. ugh so good #thinking about that moment in the 2004 revival when death clares at lucheni for making fun at elisabeth's expense in the opening #saying 'she loved heinrich heine' and then lucheni turning and FREEZING at the look death is giving him #SO GOOD UGH #SO MUCH to unpack there #rotating that moment in my head 24/7 #also sorry for spamming the elisabeth tag im just having completely normal thoughts about it as u can see