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‘A good tragedy is always both preventable and inevitable’ is one of my main hills to die on. It’s literally so important to me. I’m fucking correct

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i've come to realize there are only two kinds of tragedies: preventable and inevitable. preventable tragedies are the kind where everything could have maybe worked out if only. if only romeo had gotten the second letter. if only juliet had woken up earlier. if only creon had changed his mind about antigone sooner. if only orpheus hadn't turned around.

inevitable tragedies are the kind where everything was always going to end terribly. of course macbeth gets deposed, he murdered his way to the throne. of course oedipus goes mad, he married his own mother. of course achilles dies in the war, he had to fulfill the prophecy in order to avenge his lover.

both kinds have their merits. the first is more emotionally impactful, letting the audience cling to hope until the very end, when it's snatched away all at once leaving nothing but a void. the second is more thematically resonant, tracking an inherent fatal flaw in its hero to a natural and understandable conclusion, making it abundantly clear why everything has to happen the way it does.

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Anaïs Mitchell wrote "Whole Dam Nation's watching you" and I have never been okay since

#literally lost my mind in the theatre when i heard that

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how many black long sleeves does Matt Murdock have? he got stab wounds and GSWs through those things every night, was he buying them in bulk?

#how many black shirts can a man for himself buy for it becomes suspicious?

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My husband’s job primarily employs adult men but there is one (1) teenage girl and my husband said originally he worried she might be a bit of an outcast but instead every man on the crew was like “huh guess I am a dad/older brother now.”

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The Great Lakes should have their own very small species of whale

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solved the paradox of the ship of Theseus btw!! turns out the answer was “it depends”. hope that helps, have a good weekend everybody!

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i've come to realize there are only two kinds of tragedies: preventable and inevitable. preventable tragedies are the kind where everything could have maybe worked out if only. if only romeo had gotten the second letter. if only juliet had woken up earlier. if only creon had changed his mind about antigone sooner. if only orpheus hadn't turned around.

inevitable tragedies are the kind where everything was always going to end terribly. of course macbeth gets deposed, he murdered his way to the throne. of course oedipus goes mad, he married his own mother. of course achilles dies in the war, he had to fulfill the prophecy in order to avenge his lover.

both kinds have their merits. the first is more emotionally impactful, letting the audience cling to hope until the very end, when it's snatched away all at once leaving nothing but a void. the second is more thematically resonant, tracking an inherent fatal flaw in its hero to a natural and understandable conclusion, making it abundantly clear why everything has to happen the way it does.

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things about seeing hadestown live that just. hits.

- the beginning, where hermes goes “aight!” and the company responds, and then he does it again and the audience responds

- hades and persephone sitting up in the little balcony chatting

- during road to hell where hermes goes “orpheus and eurydice!” and they bump into each other and just. stare.

- the fates are always just waiting. in the background. watching.

- during any way the wind blows when eurydice asks if anyone has a match, orpheus runs from his spot stage left to give one to her, but he’s not quick enough

- all the train whistle sounds come from a whistle that hermes has!

- additionally, each of the fates has a different instrument they play: one plays accordion, one plays violin/fiddle, and the other plays various percussion

- everytime hades dramatically flicks on his sunglasses the entire audience laughed

- during livin it up on top the trombonist comes down and plays with the ensemble

- also major ensemble shoutout, there’s only five of them and they killed it. so full of energy and emotion

- and the orchestra!!!! they’re great and they’re onstage the whole time and during act 2 persephone calls them put by name and everyone claps for them

- during the ensemble dance numbers keep ur eyes on orpheus and eurydice they’re being incredibly cute in the background

- WHEN STAGE EXPANDED MY MOUTH DROPPED OPEN IT WAS INSANE AND THE LIGHTS OH MY GOD

- the ensemble swings lanterns out over the audience and its amazing

- persephone does a lot of interacting with the audience and talking to them during our lady of the underground. major flirt

- watching the turntables is even better in real life

- when orpheus races up to greet eurydice in the underworld he comes up from the house right aisle

- nothing can prepare you for seeing orpheus turn around live

i saw jordan and solea, and i thought they were great! a different vibe from eva and reeve, but i think they’re going to really grow into their roles and have great chemistry together.

also lillias was out when i saw it so malcolm stepped in as hermes and he did great!!

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sorry for being cringe i was trying to have a human experience

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does anyone like actually know what in trousers is about