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| mm10 |
Your picture is excellent - well done! | ||||
| ~MuSiCaL MaNiAc~ |
YKYOWLMW...
You're studying the Ambrose Burnside and Joseph Hooker while in the Civil War unit and your teacher has a slide show with information to takes notes on in it. Then, a slide pops up with one side labeled "Burnside Attacks" (as in the attacks Burnside made) and "Hooker Attacks". Then, you immediately think of Fantine's Arrest  .
True story, happened today  .
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| PureDiamondLight |
haha, thanks for the comments on the picture I'm glad you guys like it!!
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| Pan |
YKYOWLMW
you read most of this thread, but then it is suddenly 4am and you really need to go to bed..but not before deciding you need a pretty forum signature x.x + I recently found a picture of Jake Gyllenhaal [whom I love] wearing a t-shirt saying 'good looking revolutionaries needed' I squee'd for a while by myself, then annoyed my mother with it. Needless to say, I need that t-shirt. @PureDiamondLight your picture is awesome, especially the hug  and Marius, because the look on his face is just 'I can't believe people expect me to love you, hurry up and die dirty girl'
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| PrinceEstEnChemin |
YKYOWLMW:
-You try and sneak furniture into your room to build a barricade -You buy fake blood so you can act out the barricade scenes -You see a small boat painted red, white and blue and you want it even though you have no idea what you would do with it -You freak when your friend talks about about 'Jean Javert' |
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| jeanette_1832 |
YKYOWLMW:
... you convince your professor that Les Mis would make an excelent topic for your economics essay ... you ask your professors at uni to take your mid term exams a week earlier so you can go to London to see the show on the Barricade Day (and they let you )
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| kemathenga |
- if your daughter persuades her teacher to do ECAET for a piece at her violin performance (and then plays it by heart and beautifully);
- if your daughter gets herself a paper-round to save money for a third trip to the U.K. within five months to see Les Mis on stage - if you actually support this folly and are glad that Ryanair does not permit children under 16 to fly unaccompanied so you HAVE to go to London, too. |
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| Jaym |
- When you finally get to go to London to see Les Mis and you bring both the Pl�iade version you got at the University Library and your own English one.
- You dream about doing a signed version of Les Mis - .. you're cooking something and it has to boil for a certain amount of time; you measure that time by singing a part of Les Mis |
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| Eponines_Hat |
... when you dream that you "forget" its the cast change matinee and turn up at the Queens at 5:30 as it finishes. Woke up in a cold sweat after that one....
XD |
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| Muscialperformer92 |
HAHA I know that so well! A couple of weeks ago I was in a shortfilm about murder- and I was so happy when I got to have fake blood on me, thinking "Ooh this is just like Ponine and the barricade scenes in Les Mis" haha
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| lovesinging |
YKYOWLMW:
You spend all day at a Les Mis rehearsal only to come home and watch more Les Mis videos, do more character study, and read more of The Brick. |
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| kemathenga |
- when you go sightseeing in one of the oldest towns in Germany (Regensburg) and you constantly whisper with your daughter: "Let's build a barricade here!"
- when you come by a sign in the said town reading: "Napoleon was wounded here in 1809" and you stick a note under it to the wall bearing the words "only at the heel and only once!" (and afterwards you become slightly uneasy when you realize the square is video-supervised  )
- when you spend hours on a bus to that said town creating as Nightmare-Cast for a Les Mis performance featuring all the members of your choir and afterwards go about all the time talking it through with your one accomplice (daughter/mother) "Klaus would make an adorable loudhailer. Let's have Rudolf for Monsieur Th�nardier. We still need an understudy for Cosette" ... |
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| Roseinmisery |
YKYOWLMW
You spend all of barricade day listening to the OLC and singing along to Eponine, fantine and, strangely, Valjean's parts (in ODM and the finale I sang Eponine's part only) even though you were supposed to be doing history revision. Admittedly I did do history revision but it was on the Paris uprisings and not Hitler's foreign policy. You have convinced your sister to buy a blue greatcoat, hat and stick on sideburns so that she can be Javert when you are Eponine. I know the idea of a twelve year old girl as Javert sounds really weird and wrong, but trust me, if you ever meet my sister you would understand. Your best friend has gotten so tired of you singing Les Mis all the time that she swears she will take you to barricade and shoot you. She can also quote Eponine's death and does so mockingly. I end up having to bash her over the head with the Brick before realizing what I've done. You sing "Mon Histoire" in French class. You cast everyone from your drama class as some character or other in Les Mis. There are two boys who remind you exactly of Montparnasse and Gavroche and have to resist calling them that. You get your Manga obsessed friend to watch Shoujo Cosette, thus converting her to Les Mis. |
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| Mezzo-Soprano-Mizzie |
You spend both Barricade Days with your best friend (who loves Les Mis too), with moments of silence, lots of Les Mis fanfiction, fanart and clips of our favorite scenes/actors. And making Sims for all the characters. And discussing how jealous we are of Loony, Eppie-Sue and the other girls in France for Barricade Day. And watching the TAC DVD and the '58 movie. And lots of other Les Mis related stuff. | ||||
| Eppie-Sue |
Hah, I'm touched. But I wasn't in Paris on Barricade Day. I was in London, though, if that counts. |
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| Mezzo-Soprano-Mizzie |
Heh heh. Yeah, that counts too.  I was on the right continent, which is enough for me.
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| akitti234 |
YKYOWLMW:
...You have listened to Les Mis (TAC version) in its entirety, while knowing ALL the words, 36 times in the past month. And you counted.
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| Quique |
When you refer to the show's logo as your "daughter dearest" and think that's perfectly OK/normal/not weird/not freaky/not psycho/etc.. | ||||
| Orestes Fasting |
...you march around Paris on a brutally hot June afternoon, wearing long sleeves and a waistcoat and a tricolor sash, visiting the Caf� Musain and the site of the barricade.
...you manage to get well over a dozen people to follow you while you do this and listen to you ramble about the history of the places in the novel. ...your enthusiasm amuses museum staff so much that you get special anecdotes about how the French government tried to make all the Parisian prostitutes wear mourning on the day of Victor Hugo's funeral if they were going to ply their trade on the parade route. ...at the stage door on June 5, you somehow end up giving Cosette directions to the Rue Plumet. |
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| PureDiamondLight |
YKYOWLMW...
When looking at a map of London from the 1800s that your mum has dug out from somewhere, she points out not Buckingham Palace, not the houses of parliament... but points straight to Shaftesbury Avenue and says "that's where the Queens Theatre would be now." Good old mum
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| kemathenga |
...when you are supposed to be shopping for new shoes with your mother and instead of looking for those point out to her "The Matinee has just started" (600 km away). | ||||
| jeanette_1832 |
YKYOWLMW...
... When your professor asks you about it on your Economics oral final. As in, to illustrate on it a problem from one of your exam questions. |
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| TheRealEponine |
YKYOWLMW..
You can't find a proper Eponine hat anywhere so you spend the next hour and a half making one out of an old brown t-shirt. Then to take pictures of it you have to put dirt on your face. 
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| riverdawn |
YKYOWLM when....
You still keep checking to see if MdN is alive, even after it's been down for days and days.
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| Starlene |
YKYOWLM...
when you use so much energy drawing and colouring a Les Mis picture that your right hand still hurts the following day. A zombie Les Mis picture, to be exact. |
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| PureDiamondLight |
ah yes. that sounds painfully familiar. Also, you squeal with excitment when you see this poster in the Greek Island of Zante: 
Uploaded with ImageShack.us go to the performance (in an actual open air amphitheatre, people!!) then spend the next three hours crying because it turned out not to be the musical after all, but a random greek play based in the book, and a major breach of copyright. 
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| PureDiamondLight |
umm. sorry for the massive picture. I don't know how to shrink it.
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| lovesinging |
You also freak out when you watch the Da Vinci Code movie for the first time and there's a clip of them driving past a giant Les Mis poster.
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| Orestes Fasting |
I wonder if that was a prop, or just something that happened to be on the street when they were filming.
I wouldn't be surprised if an opera based on Les Mis had played somewhere in Paris--in the ten months I was there, there were two or three theatrical adaptations and a couple of parodies playing--but you'd think there would be evidence of its existence somewhere on the web. Also, who did the bad Photoshop job of blurring out the theatre name? And why? (There is a similar visual shoutout in the original V for Vendetta graphic novel, btw.) |
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| Roseinmisery |
Wow. I love the idea of an opera based on Les Mis. Although, come to think of it, the musical's pretty operatic as it is.
I was recently at a festival where they had a "dress up as your favourite literary character for a day" thing going on. And I just happened to have brought along my trenchcoat and managed to buy a newsboyish cap from a nearby vintage stall. Unfortunately no one knew who I was. At a pizza stall they asked me my name to which I said "Well, today it's Eponine". The woman took me seriously and said "Oh that's a lovely name! What does it mean?" I told her it was a french variation on the Celtic goddess' name Epona and sat down. Little did I know that when my pizza was done she would yell "PIZZA FOR EPONINE" ridiculously loudly. I thought the idea of Eponine eating pizza was pretty funny was hilarious and couldn't stop laughing. Given that I was wearing a giant trenchcoat and covered in mud, I reckon they all must have thought I was completely mental. They also had a circus tent complete with unicycles which I rode, trenchcoat and all, around the festival. It's a shame I forgot my camera because the sight of Eponine on a unicycle would be funny in a very surreal way. |
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| westendtoyou |
Come and Join the revolution....Hi Les Mis fans,As a passionate Les Miserables fan and west end performer I've arranged for the Director of 17 professional productions of Les Miserables worldwide and the former associate director to Cameron Mackintosh to run this unique workshop for amateurs. Details are below and I hope to see some of you there.... This years 3 day course is in the seaside resort of Weston-Super-Mare at the famous Winter Gardens Ballroom and is being directed by West End director and Sir Cameron Mackintosh's Associate Director, Ken Caswell. Ken played and recorded the role of the Bishop in the original RSC Barbican and West End production of Les Mis�rables. He went on to play many of the leading roles throughout his time as an actor before becoming one of the countries leading directors. Working for Cameron Mackintosh and alongside Sir Trevor Nunn he directed 17 productions of Les Mis�rables worldwide with musical theatre legends including, Ruthie Henshall, Michael Ball, Patti Lupone , Alun Armstrong, Francis Ruffelle and Philip Quast making Ken one of the definitive leading experts of Les Mis�rables. You will be immersed into the Les Mis�rables experience being treated as a professional, - learning songs from the show with West End Musical director, Michael Morwood (Sunset Boulevard, Annie, Showboat, Blood Brothers, The Full Monty), - Workshopping and rehearsing key scenes, - Developing characters, - Learning new skills, Discovering the secrets of the West End and a wealth of stories about the show that have never been heard outside of the theatre. You will then be joined by a current leading cast member from the West End Production of Les Mis�rables who will also work with you and perform in your final showcase in front of friends and family. Recording artist and West End performer Christian Jon Billett and Theatrical and TV agent Stephanie Evans (of Stephanie Evans Associates) will also be on hand for advice and assistance. The course is designed for adults over 18 who are keen amateurs wishing to improve their skills as a performer, to gain confidence and to have fun or for people who want to see if professional theatre is something they might want to take further. There are currently only 6 places available so we would encourage you to book as soon as possible. On completion of your booking you will receive a welcome pack with more information about the course and the local area. For more information please visit www.westendtoyou.com We look forward to seeing you on the 27th, 28th and 29th August 2010 for an unforgettable experience. |
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| Buff Daddy |
YKYOWLMW
you audition for an amatuer production after performing it 9 years previously saying you'll only accept a lead role, but then do it even though you didn't get a lead role! Buff
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| Pontmercy |
YKYOWLMW
Your fake address for junk mail you don't want is as follows: Cosette Pontmercy 9340 Valjean Ln. Paris Amonate VA 24601 I have no idea if the first number is correct, I think I type it differently every time. I also occasionally use Cosette Pontmercy for when I'm ordering free samples, and my dad was yelling through the house "Why do we have mail for Cosette? Who is that?"
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| PureDiamondLight |
Hahaha
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| LovelyFantine |
I feel a bit obsessed when I'm walking along listening to the soundtrack on my mp3 player, wearing my Les Mis top and drinking from my Les Mis water bottle
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| PureDiamondLight |
YKYOWLMW
you begin to feel slightly depressed when there's been no new posts on the LM forum a whole day, and keep checking to see if there's anything new... 
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| LovelyFantine |
I spent most of today watching videos of the actors on their Swings facebook page and looking up everything I could find, haha. | ||||
| Roseinmisery |
YKYOWLMW
David Thaxton haunts your dreams. In my last one he was in Enjolras costume spray painting "Will you join in our crusade?" on one of the Barbican's walls. |