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patron-minette · 9 months

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Barricades 2023 might be over, but you can still watch the panel I did: Theatres of crime in Les Misérables: Analysing the Patron-Minette over on YouTube (if, for some reason, you are interested in listening to me ramble on about these criminal characters for 30 minutes...)

[special thanks to @sadeyedlady-writes & @ueinra for letting me use illustrations sourced from their tumblr blogs in the presentation!]

#patron minette #patron-minette #les miserables #les mis #barricades con #theatres of crime #any spelling mistakes you see in the presentation... no you didn't

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 8 months

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One last devastating blow

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #xue yang #A-qing #elle woods #THIS comic idea has been floating in my head for ages #apologies for the tonal whiplash but I had to do it.#I meant it when I said Elle Woods would return. She’s canon to the PD-MDZS universe now.#Xue Yang unfortunately got the wrong message out of Legally Blonde. The Classic Wuxia Theatre story.#I gotta say...A-qing has rocketed up my list of faves. As she deserves.#Everyone say ‘thank you’ to A-Qing for being the best. Rest in Vengence queen.#The greatest crime Xue Yang did was taking our queen of insults tongue away.#The call back to Song Lan not having the vocabulary to hurl harsh words at XY vs A-Qing dishing it out freestyle!!! SO GOOD #and so wwx’s empathy ends.#Yi-city was such a tragedy....Time to see what the crew does with all this information.

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housethemd · 9 months

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I’ve always loved RSL’s acting in House. Wilson’s body language contributes to so much of his characterization - all the gestures, the exaggerated movement.

So how much sense did it make when I found out RSL IS PRIMARILY A STAGE ACTOR

Of course his movements are big and over the top! He’s acting for the back row but he’s on camera!! It makes SO much sense!

And it works so well. It gives Wilson this delightfully quirky flair and I love it.

#house md #james wilson #hate crimes md #dr wilson #RSL #robert sean leonard #this has been a rsl appreciation post #i did theatre for a while as a teen/early adult so I’m like HOW DIDNT I SEE THIS

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forefathers-eve · 1 year

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Polish School of Poster on Dostoevsky's novels:

1. The Idiot (Wieslaw Wałkuski, theatre poster 2002)

2. Demons (Victor Sadowski, theatre poster 2002)

3. Demons (Andrew Klimowski, theatre poster 1980)

4. Crime and Punishment (Victor Sadowski, theatre poster 1985)

5. The Idiot (Anna Huskowska, french mobie poster 1958)

6. Crime and Punishment (Wojciech Fangor, french movie poster 1959)

7. The Brothers K. (Thomas Boguslawski, theatre poster 2007)

#fyodor dostoevsky #poster #theatre poster #movie poster #the idiot #demons #crime and punishment #the brothers karamazov

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merakiui · 6 months

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you know how in twst they can sense if someone is magicless?

now imagine there’s a timeskip and you reunite with any of the twst boys and they sense powerful magic within you much to their surprise, only to reveal that it’s not from you but rather the baby growing inside your belly? and they’re like confused at first until they hear a familiar voice slowly approaching them

“that’s because i’m the father” and enters, say, any twst boy you have in mind but i was imagining azul in this scenario, i think it would be kinda funny but also cool cause he seems like the kind of a guy to make a dramatic entrance just to reveal he and the prefect are now in a relationship and expecting

I'd say this is very on brand for Azul considering he had the tweels drop down from seemingly the sky in the Octavinelle manga for this goofy entrance:

He would be so dramatic with the reveal. You know he rehearsed what he'll say in the mirror and he went through so many variations of "I'm the father" just so he can really make an impact and drive this reality home to his and your old schoolmates. But then he also can't stop feeling so smug upon seeing the shocked/envious/upset/etc expressions of his old classmates and the way they're so obviously still lusting after you. He just got lucky (read: he trapped you in a contract) and now he has you all to himself and the two of you are in love forever and will be starting a family together. <3

#twisted chit chat #looking directly at jade in that panel... he's sooooo sooo sooo OSOSOSOSOSOSO WOWOWOWWW I HATE HIM (I AM MADLY IN LOVE WITH HIM)#octavinelle is basically just three theatre kids role-playing the mafia (except two of them are from a crime family)#they're so silly i adore them #but also if i had a pair of twins who followed me around everywhere i'd want them to aid in my dramatic entrance too

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gamemakerm · 1 year

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#polls #musical theater #broadway #musical theatre #musical #that other poll was a crime against humanity

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inejghafa17 · 6 months

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FIRST LOOK OF KIT YOUNG IN INFLUENCE

#im dead #its such a crime that im not there to witness it #theatre kit era is back #kit young #six of crows #crooked kingdom #kaz brekker #grishaverse #inej ghafa #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #kanej #nina zenik #wesper #magician #theatre #London

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naanima · 4 months

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Sorry about the shitty caps. But I can't help myself. He is so fricking pretty, so angry and so very extra.

#matthew was very pretty #matthew tkachuk #his curls #Rat princess!#I love this Ratboy!#I'm an innocent rat - don't blame me for m- their crimes #For once it was really not his crime #Theatre kid wannabe

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jameswilsonsupremacy · 1 month

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potential future tattoo??? (but without words just bc a lot of my planned future tattoos have words and apparently it’s Not Cool to have a bunch of words on your body instead of images)

House MD enjoyers, what are ur thoughts?

#genuinely want this measure tattooed on me #because I think it’s so <3 #love is a doing word is another quote i would want but I wouldn’t want the sheet music yk #also I am a ‘musician’ aka I’m a singer both chorally and musical theatre styles #and also ex-band kid (I miss it sm)#so I have a lot of music-related tattoos I want #and I rly want this #but I’m trying to think of any cons to this one #help #am I just being dumb hyperfixation brain #house md #gregory house #james wilson #teardrop massive attack #love is a verb #hate crimes md #sorry for a not totally house md related post #I’ll make up for it #lucas rants

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emotinalsupportturtle · 6 months

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Loki season 2 episode 3

Loki babygirl YOU of all people can't critique art

not after this monstrosity

this whole play was..... something else

#bro you can't put on a play like that and then accuse people of lack of imagination #different timelines but we know he definitely doesn't have a sophisticated appreciation of the arts #who remembers this play #the whole thing was absolutely horrible #loki didn't take over asgard to become a fascist dictator #he did it to commit crimes against theatre #loki season 2 #mobius #loki #thor ragnarok #thor odinson #odin

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incorrect-hs-quotes · 11 months

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Karkat: FOUND ANOTHER IDIOTIC ACCOUNDING MISTAKE FROM MY PAST SELF THAT I HAVE TO FIX AND I WAS LIKE

Karkat: “WILL THE SPECTRE OF PAST ME’S INCOMPETENCE EVER CEASE TO HAUNT ME?”

Karkat: AND MY COWORKER WAS LIKE-

Sollux: why do you talk liike that

#submission #source: hatingongodot on tumblr #karkat vantas #sollux captor #homestuck #incorrect homestuck quotes #mod terezi #because he was meant to be a theatre kid and stage theatre is a crime punishable by death on alternia

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patron-minette · 1 year

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Theatres of crime in Les Misérables; analysing the Patron-Minette

Victor Hugo uses theatrical language to introduce the Patron-Minette, describing them as a ‘troupe’. But, has anyone else noticed how the comparison between crime and performative acts is extended right down to the four leaders of the gang, who all uniquely align with the specific attributes of certain circus acts?

The longer I think about it the more captivated I am by these supposed parallels drawn between crime as being inherently theatrical and dramatic in relation to the Patron-Minette – I hope that this post will help explain these comparisons in more detail! [All quotes mentioned below are from the Julie Rose translation of the text]

Circus Archetypes

The four leaders of the Patron-Minette; Gueulemer, Babet, Claquesous, and Montparnasse, are all seen to hold particular attributes and attitudes reminiscent of famous entertainers/figures of the circus.

We already know that Babet and Claquesous possess some of the same exact skills as circus performers. This is explicitly portrayed in relation to Babet, who we are told worked as ‘a buffoon at Bobèche’s and a clown at Bobino’s. He had played vaudeville at Saint-Mihiel […] He had shown freaks at fairs’ before leaving to “tackle” Paris. Likewise, the mysterious masked Claquesous is repeatedly referred to as a “ventriloquist”, and therefore is clearly associated with entertainer culture even if we are not sure exactly how he picked up this skill.

However, in the cases of Gueulemer and Montparnasse, there is no such direct comparison to circus-like figures. Despite this, I think it is fairly obvious that Gueulemer easily can be compared to the traditional “strongman” theatrical role, being described as a ‘lowlife Hercules’ with ‘pectorals of marble, biceps of bronze, cavernous lungs, the torso of a colossus’.

Yet, it seems a little bit more tricky to assign Montparnasse to such an archetype... even though it is doubtless that he is a theatrical character with circus-like skills, hinted in small details such as when Gavroche asks Montparnasse to ‘do Punchinello’ for him and his mômes.

My original thoughts on this were perhaps that Montparnasse fits into the “ringleader” archetype, with his dramatic clothes and general demeanour. However, being a “ringleader” character would involve conducting this circus-like troupe, which, despite being one of the four heads of the Patron-Minette, Montparnasse clearly does not do. If anything Babet is more of a “ringleader” of the four Patron-Minette heads. Instead, Montparnasse could perhaps be interpreted as the Patron-Minette’s young prodigy – which urges me to position his character within this circus metaphor as the “star” or “face” of the group.

What I mean by this is that Montparnasse is a “star” in the sense that he is described as a criminal sensation despite his young age, being a young man who ‘had all the vices and aspired to all the crimes’. Montparnasse also arguably sees himself as the “star” of the group – he appears to be arrogant enough to skip jobs, and (seemingly) is able to get away with it without the other Patron-Minette heads complaining too much or intervening.

Perhaps his arrogance is deserved though - does Montparnasse have more of a reputation that Babet, Claquesous, or Gueulemer? Well, let’s take a look at his introduction below and be reminded of how dangerous he truly is:

Few prowlers were as feared as Montparnasse. At eighteen, he already had several bodies to his name. More than one passerby, with their arms outstretched and their face in a pool of blood, lay dead in the shadow of this miserable wretch. With his crimped and pomaded hair, his pinched waist, his womanly hips, and the bust of a Prussian officer, surrounded by the murmur of admiration of the girls on the boulevard, his tie suavely knotted, a club in his pocket and a flower in his buttonhole; such was this fop of the house of death.

The obvious reputation that Montparnasse has is indeed unique, and we never see any description like this applied to the other Patron-Minette heads. Although it should not be forgotten that Hugo does acknowledge that the Patron-Minette are notorious as a collective group – Montparnasse clearly has a standalone reputation also. And unlike the other heads, he has “fans” in the form of the murmuring girls on the boulevard – which fits nicely into this idea of him as the “star” in this crime circus allegory.

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The group as a ‘troupe’

So, after that (unnecessarily long) diversion, we end up with unique, clearly defined circus-like roles being implicitly thrust upon each head of the Patron-Minette.

But, it doesn’t just stop there. The Patron-Minette’s associates are also listed off in a similarly theatrical way. Hugo writes that, by listing off these associates, we as readers might obtain a better understanding of the ‘play’ that the Patron-Minette effectively perform; ‘Sometimes you can tell what a play is like from the list of the characters, similarly, you can more or less appreciate a gang by the list of gangsters’. Here crime and theatre are directly compared to each-other. We also see this link reiterated when Hugo details how the Patron-Minette works as a firm:

Thanks to their offshoots and to the underlying network of their contacts, Babet, Gueulemer, Claquesous, and Montparnasse ran the general ambush business of the entire départment of the Seine. They performed the coups d’état of the underworld on unsuspecting passersby. Men with ideas in this line, men of nocturnal imagination, came to them to get the job done. People came to these four rogues with the outline and they took care of the stage management. They worked up a script. They were always able to provide the right number and type of personnel for any crime that needed a hand and was sufficiently lucrative. If a crime was shorthanded, they subcontracted accomplices. They had a troupe of shady extras at their disposal for any secret underworld drama.

Now, since it has been established that the Patron-Minette’s description corresponds to such theatrical analogies, we should begin to consider why would this criminal firm be compared to a circus troupe? It might seem an unusual comparison to make at first, but upon closer inspection many logical parallels reveal themselves.

In a symbolic sense, there are many similarities between the way that crime organisations and circus troupes are run. Both are mobile organisations, constantly on the move – disappearing and then seemingly reappearing in a new location every night to put on a new “performance”. There is also the fact that circuses tend to consist of various societal “outsiders”, much like a crime-ring does.

Both organisations also have a uniquely compelling nature in terms of danger and thrill. Much like how we are fascinated by watching dangerous feats being performed, are we not also morbidly captivated by the inherent spectacle of reading about dastardly crimes? This has been recognised at a genre level, where for many centuries there has been unique connections made across literature between the Gothic, horror, and theatrical institutions such as circuses and freakshows, likely for the same reasons stated above.

Perhaps the parallels drawn between the Patron-Minette heads and theatrical characters of the circus also provide a useful commentary on society’s general obsession with criminal figures as “celebrities” specifically. The relation between the Patron-Minette heads to various famous archetypes of the circus arguably illustrates the way that in society, notorious criminals often end up becoming famous and recognisable in the same way that a notable, talented performer might do. Comparisons such as these also present themselves in a vast range of stories from this era, including “Penny Dreadful” texts and “Sensation Novels” that relied on plots featuring powerful criminal personalities to bring in readership.

Circuses perform theatrical, dangerous spectacles that shock and thrill audiences - and much like this, we get similar thrilling reactions when reading sections of Les Misérables that involve the Patron-Minette performing risky schemes, such as the prison break at La Force. Therefore, the allegory of the Patron-Minette as a theatrical ‘troupe’ fits nicely, even if it seems a bit unusual upon first consideration. The comparison enables Hugo to emphasise the general theatrics of crime and explore how such gruesome, disturbing stories of murder and thievery can quickly transform into societal spectacle.

#patron minette #patron-minette #montparnasse #babet #claquesous #gueulemer #literary analysis #les miserables #les mis #the brick #meta #theatres of crime

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vmpkai · 4 months

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this is how i see the revolutionary set and co dressing

hamilton: wears either black, grey or green hoodies and jeans all the time. he probably would hiss at you if you put him in anything else ( just like lin, he'd wear jeans and a shirt to the mf whitehouse and you cannot convince me otherwise )

laurens: overall just dresses really casual. he doesn't overdress since that takes energy. his outfits are simple and they work perfectly for him.

lafayette: he is one of two things; either extremely well dressed, like fashion model type shit, or has no fucking dress sense at all, like he gets dressed in the dark. and yet he always makes it look good. ( he's also definitely alt in some way but i can't tell what )

mulligan: basically just wears baggy ass pants and a tank top on the regular ( he seems like the type of person who would wear shorts in winter on some elsa "the cold never bothered me anyways" type beat )

angelica: she's a dark academia girlie and they all slay. i have nothing more to say

eliza: she's just very casual, very cozy. they might be simple but they're stunning each time.

peggy: she wears anything imo and she makes it all work. also something tells me that she is a queen at accessorizing and everyone comes to her for tips and advice ( except for thomas. he's just stuck up )

jefferson: runway model. designer everything. his outfit alone will call you a broke bitch.

maddison: sweaters sweaters sweaters. well, he's always sick so he gotta dress all warm and snuggly and shit

burr: he's always in some form of suit. casual? unless that casual has a business in front of it, that ain't him. he the type to carry a briefcase with nothing in it, or like a singular pen inside

washington: dad. need i say more? ( he once showed up in socks and sandals and everyone fucking exploded. ofc he didn't know why and thought they were overreacting )

king george: he's flamboyant stylish bitch energy. he's also colorful as all hell too. i can really think of much from him aside from everything is as dramatic as he is

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polappi-draws · 3 days

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A friend and I were talking and somehow came to the conclusion that if Buggy and the Ghoul had a baby it would have a perfect nose so now I’ve had this stuck in my head all day