Not titling this with song lyrics; you're welcome.

[melannen]

According to my ~highly scientific~ poll in my last post, approx. 30-40% of all Dreamwidth users have had songs from Les Miserables stuck in their heads ever since the movie came out.

I don't suppose those of you who are getting more active in the fandom would consider, as a kindness, "earworm warnings" for any quotes from the lyrics (including song titles)?

//just kidding

//mostly

//although it would be nice to be able to go more than 24 hours without hearing the people sing in the background of all I do. I've kind of forgotten what that's like.

Although I have gotten quite a lot of cleaning done while unable to concentrate on anything but listening to the soundtrack on repeat, so there's that.

(I tried putting on "Once More With Feeling" instead today; it only took about half an hour before One More Day was back.

I haven't tried Cabaret yet; that's the nuclear option.)

ETA: Warning: lyrics in comments.

Comments

[carmarthen]

Fair enough! I can get behind that. What I can't get behind is the total dismissal sans historical context I've seen in some places (not here!).

(There is some interesting discussion out there about why the musical tries to downplay the students because of when it was written, which is one of the things I find fascinating about adaptations.

[melannen]

Yeah, I've read some really interesting analysis of the musical as a reaction to disillusionment with the 1960s leftist student movements, and I definitely get that reading out of the song lyrics, at least. (dammit I'm going to have to read the thing just so I can discuss crackfic with you people, aren't I? Part of the reason I am trying to avoid being-in-the-fandom is that I don't want to have to start researching the historical context of mid-19th-century France which I would if I started writing fic dammit)

[carmarthen]

Hey, I still haven't read the Brick! Although I will have to if I want to write crackfic (OMG I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RESEARCH. Clearly what I needed to get into a new fandom was a NEW PERIOD TO RESEARCH).