Superstar83
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The silliest things you've heard people say/ask about LMNot necessarily negative comments, just really stupid statements or questions.
Example, when I saw it in London a few weeks ago, we got all the way through the first act and then, during the intermission, some (adult) guy behind me asked his friend, sounding VERY confused "Which one's Marius?"
I can see how LM could be a bit hard to keep up with if you've never seen it before and aren't paying attention, but "which one's Marius?" after watching Look Down through to One Day More? Oh dear.
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flying_pigs
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When we went for my birthday last year my 12 year old brother was forced to come. Questions he asked:
Randomly through Look Down; 'Why did that girl cut her hair' Refering to Fantine, you could tell he had been thinking about that for a long time.
Also, a few years ago when I was watching the TAC he asked me what a prostitute was, that was an awkward situation!
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Bex
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...one of my friends once said 'i didnt think it would be such a miserable story' i had to point out the title to her.
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Jordan
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Marc can be a little bit blonde sometimes and as Valjean came on for the factory scene, I whispered to him that it was Valjean. He thanked me later cos he hadn't realised 
The classic is about Les Mis being an Andrew Lloyd Webber show 
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Superstar83
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| GayBoy wrote: | | The classic is about Les Mis being an Andrew Lloyd Webber show |
Oh, I hate that misconception. Yes, ALW has done a LOT of shows, but not every single one that's out there.  I don't even think LM really sounds or feels ALW like anyway...the only ALW show it's really similar too is Woman In White and LM is miles ahead in the quality department there.
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NotoriousFunnt
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| GayBoy wrote: |
The classic is about Les Mis being an Andrew Lloyd Webber show |
Ye gods, I've heard that one so many times, drives me craaazy.
Once in a show, someone kept mixing up Cosette and Eponine, and I heard her saying after the show, "That was so sad when Cosette got shot and died in Marius's arms, I wish Marius knew Cosette loved him!" and I went, ????
During the oboe solo, I actually heard: "Oooo clarinet!"
Idiot.
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happyguava
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My friend once asked me how you pronounce "Enjorlas". The saddest part was I didn't know!!!!! (I haven't actually seen it). 
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Fantine
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Well that may be hard since it's Enjolras.
The thing I hate is when people write 'Les Miserable' or when they pronounce it terribly wrong.
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Kragey
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"I don't get it. Who's Eponine in love with? Thenardier?"
I have no friends. Really.
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Megan the Phantom Girlie
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"Now what happened to the little girl?"
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Elin
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| NotoriousFunnt wrote: | | "That was so sad when Cosette got shot and died in Marius's arms. |
During a London performance, the woman behind me claimed that character was Fantine.
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NotoriousFunnt
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| Fantine wrote: | Well that may be hard since it's Enjolras.
The thing I hate is when people write 'Les Miserable' or when they pronounce it terribly wrong. |
AARGH YES.
That's one of my all-time pet peeves...I've heard it so many times, both actually in the theatres or elsewhere. Just say Les Mis if you can't say the whole title. My band director mispronounces it, but he's just doing it jokingly and everyone knows it, because he's a mizzie. But honestly, it's not *that* hard to pronounce! *palmface*
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happyguava
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My brother calls it "Less Mess" 
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Orestes Fasting
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"So why's it called 'Less Miserable' if they all die?"
And, at the stage door:
"So, waiting for anyone?"
"Oh, we don't know any of the actors. We're just waiting for *giggle* Captain Vest."
(I was utterly baffled for about ten seconds, then put it together with the sighs of "oh, he's so hot" and got it. And yes, they ambushed Victor Wallace and then left without talking to anyone else.)
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Lady Jemima
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I'm laughing so hard reading these quotes.
| Quote: | | "I don't get it. Who's Eponine in love with? Thenardier?" |
This one is my favorite 
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bwayprincess14
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Well, my AP English class just finished reading the book, and I must say, there were some pretty amusing pronunciations. The worst was Javert pronounced with an a as in cat, with the 't' at the end also pronounced. There was also Eponine with long 'e' and long 'i' and Joly as jolly.
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NotoriousFunnt
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Weird pronounciations yes...I remember someone here saying a long time ago that they had a teacher that said Rue Plumet as "Rue Plummet, as in, a falling kangaroo"
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Sairin
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A few weeks ago, from a small child just after the line 'General Lamarque is dead'...
"Is he the black man?"
It was perfectly timed.
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Jordan
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| NotoriousFunnt wrote: | | Weird pronounciations yes...I remember someone here saying a long time ago that they had a teacher that said Rue Plumet as "Rue Plummet, as in, a falling kangaroo" |
Doesn't Kaho Shimada (sp?) pronounce it that way on the CSR? Not saying she's right but I'm certain she says it that way. (Yes, I realise that she spoke NO English.)
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Eponine1832
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I heard this one as i was buying a t-shirt after the shirt after the show,
*At the Merchandsie bit teenage girl talking to her dad about which recording to buy*
DAD: Well what one do you want
GIRL: I dunno...the one by Cameron Mackintosh looks good..
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Aimee
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| Eponine1832 wrote: | I heard this one as i was buying a t-shirt after the shirt after the show,
*At the Merchandsie bit teenage girl talking to her dad about which recording to buy*
DAD: Well what one do you want
GIRL: I dunno...the one by Cameron Mackintosh looks good.. |
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Mademoiselle Lanoire
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When does she say "Rue Plumet"? I'm stretching my memory, but I can't really think of a single instance where she says it.
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Jordan
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| Mademoiselle Lanoire wrote: | | When does she say "Rue Plumet"? I'm stretching my memory, but I can't really think of a single instance where she says it. |
I have a letter Mssr,
it's addressed to your daughter Cossette,
It's from a boy at the barricade sir,
at the Rue Du Plumet
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Fantine
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| GayBoy wrote: | | Mademoiselle Lanoire wrote: | | When does she say "Rue Plumet"? I'm stretching my memory, but I can't really think of a single instance where she says it. |
I have a letter Mssr,
it's addressed to your daughter Cossette,
It's from a boy at the barricade sir,
at the Rue Du Plumet |
That's Rue de Villette actually. Rue Plumet is where Cosette lives, Rue de Villette is where the barricade is situated...
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Kragey
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| Fantine wrote: | | GayBoy wrote: | | Mademoiselle Lanoire wrote: | | When does she say "Rue Plumet"? I'm stretching my memory, but I can't really think of a single instance where she says it. |
I have a letter Mssr,
it's addressed to your daughter Cossette,
It's from a boy at the barricade sir,
at the Rue Du Plumet |
That's Rue de Villette actually. Rue Plumet is where Cosette lives, Rue de Villette is where the barricade is situated... |
Exactly! I can't remember Rue Plumet being said at all throughout the musical...?
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Aimee
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Well NF was talking about the book when she mentioned it and GB [bless him] made a mistake about the two different locations.
Confusion solved. 
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Fantine
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| Kragey wrote: | | Fantine wrote: | | GayBoy wrote: | | Mademoiselle Lanoire wrote: | | When does she say "Rue Plumet"? I'm stretching my memory, but I can't really think of a single instance where she says it. |
I have a letter Mssr,
it's addressed to your daughter Cossette,
It's from a boy at the barricade sir,
at the Rue Du Plumet |
That's Rue de Villette actually. Rue Plumet is where Cosette lives, Rue de Villette is where the barricade is situated... |
Exactly! I can't remember Rue Plumet being said at all throughout the musical...? |
It is in fact, during the scene with Javert and Valjean where Valjean lets Javert go at the barricades...:
"You will find me at number 55 Rue Plumet, no doubt our paths will cross again!"
"Go."
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Jordan
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| Fantine wrote: | | GayBoy wrote: | | Mademoiselle Lanoire wrote: | | When does she say "Rue Plumet"? I'm stretching my memory, but I can't really think of a single instance where she says it. |
I have a letter Mssr,
it's addressed to your daughter Cossette,
It's from a boy at the barricade sir,
at the Rue Du Plumet |
That's Rue de Villette actually. Rue Plumet is where Cosette lives, Rue de Villette is where the barricade is situated... |
Gosh darn do I feel silly! I've never actually read the lyrics there so...
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convict24601
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My dad said after the show, "I thought the show was going to be about children" lol no clue how he came to that....i guess the Cosette logo.
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RyanJ
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When people mispronounce Les Miserables. I explained to my grandmother that you pronounce it like "Lay- Mis-er-ob", and she just kept saying it how it looks. "Less Miserables".
I just gave up and let her keep doing it. It felt like a lost cause.
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Sairin
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"I love Eponine because I can really relate to her."
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Timmy_Wishes he was Quast
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So the policeman guy...killed himself?
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Fantine
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I also hate it that my mum keeps switching Fantine, Eponine and Cosette's names.
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Orestes Fasting
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| Sairin wrote: | | "I love Eponine because I can really relate to her." |
Win.
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LesMisForever
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| Sairin wrote: | | "I love Eponine because I can really relate to her." |
*muted laugh* just in case someone is relating to her
Sairin, you are cruel 
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Kragey
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"I don't like that musical. Too many French names." --My mom, who married my French father and gave me a French name.
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Fantine
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Maybe she was being ironic?
What is your name, Kragey?
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Timmy_Wishes he was Quast
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Just had one now....ahhh the idiots in my family.
"So let me get this straight...that guy singing is the lead?" (This is in the Epilogue...as Val Jean is singing to Marius and Cosette)
Then in the next breath.
"Weren't those other two dead?"
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IvanP
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Then there's the perennial "French Revolution" bit.
No! 1832, folks! NOT 1789!
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Kragey
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| Fantine wrote: |
Maybe she was being ironic?
What is your name, Kragey? |
No, she was being stupid.
It's Renee.
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broadwaybaby246
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My friend and i have our high school's version on DVD, and sometimes we will watch it. Well, her little cousin was over and she heard us talking about "Les Mis". She thought that we were saying Lame is. Half way into it she says "So which one is lame?"
i found that hilarious
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DaddyDiesel
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My little brother, "why do they keep asking us if we can hear them singing, of course we can there all doing it." Small laugh and then a purple nurple, just because Im his big brother and it was a stupid question. By the way my little brother is 28. the only reason I call him my little brother is because im 8 inches taller than him and he can't retaliate. Glorius Revenge!!
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Kragey
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That actually sounds kind of funny. XD
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Fantine
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Pssst... Happy birthday
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Kragey
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| Fantine wrote: | | Pssst... Happy birthday |
:: hugs ::
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convict24601
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Happy Birthday Kragey!
My Sister, trying to pronounce the title of the show: "Less mi-ZER-a- BLAAHS"
My little brother: "why are those ladies lovely?" at nine years old he really loved Les Mis, (it was his favourite musical) but he didnt know what "lovely ladies" really were (personally im glad he doesnt, but that put me in a rather awkward posiotion.)
My Dad: (to my mother whos crying a lot during the finale and ALFOR) Do you have a cold?
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La Carmagnole
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I've heard so many stupid questions about Les Miz so I'll mention just the most ridiculous.
My friend (after having listened to the entire CSR): So why on Earth did those boys build the barricade?
My dad: That cop was chasing Jean Valjean just for a piece of bread? How stupid.
And finally...
My mum: I don't understand why you love this musical so much. Prostitutes, violence, death scenes every five minutes... You definitely shouldn't get so excited about this.
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Orestes Fasting
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| La Carmagnole wrote: | | My friend (after having listened to the entire CSR): So why on Earth did those boys build the barricade? |
My mom still doesn't understand the principle of a barricade. "Okay... so they shut themselves off at the end of a street... with a limited supply of food and ammunition... and are waiting for the army to come kick their butts? What kind of a combat strategy is that?" I tried to explain about fortification and city-wide revolt and little narrow twisty streets that aren't particularly easy to get troops and artillery down, but she keeps boggling.
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Aimee
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Just remind her that it the 'French way'. They used to [and still do] have these uprisings every now and then when they take to the streets and challenge the establishment. The only time it REALLY worked was the Frebnch Revolution but they tried before then and after then.
Just look at the riots in Paris a few months ago. Its still going on now.
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Orestes Fasting
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| Aimee wrote: | Just remind her that it the 'French way'. They used to [and still do] have these uprisings every now and then when they take to the streets and challenge the establishment. The only time it REALLY worked was the Frebnch Revolution but they tried before then and after then.
Just look at the riots in Paris a few months ago. Its still going on now. |
Weeeell, the barricades worked in 1830 and 1848 too, there was just a lot less cutting off of heads involved. Heh.
Silly boys. "Let's build a barricade, it worked two years ago!"
"But there isn't as much general unrest and--"
"We still have the working classes behind us! Am I right, boys? ...boys?"
"....."
"....oh, merde."
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convict24601
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| La Carmagnole wrote: | | My mum: I don't understand why you love this musical so much. Prostitutes, violence, death scenes every five minutes... You definitely shouldn't get so excited about this. |
My dad actually said somthing simmilar to that in the car.
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La Carmagnole
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| Orestes Fasting wrote: | | La Carmagnole wrote: | | My friend (after having listened to the entire CSR): So why on Earth did those boys build the barricade? |
My mom still doesn't understand the principle of a barricade. "Okay... so they shut themselves off at the end of a street... with a limited supply of food and ammunition... and are waiting for the army to come kick their butts? What kind of a combat strategy is that?" I tried to explain about fortification and city-wide revolt and little narrow twisty streets that aren't particularly easy to get troops and artillery down, but she keeps boggling. |
My dad says exactly the same things. I also try to explain, I talk for hours about city-wide revolts and mass support and revolutionary crowds but he still repeats "It seems that those boys just wanted to kill themselves"
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mizzie
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My Dad: In the perfect cast of Les Mis, I'd play Javert, your mother would be Fantine, and [my brother]: would be Marius.
Me: And who would I be?
Dad: You'd be the third whore from the left.
I love my dad. And oddly enough, guess who I was in my camp's "Hey, Big Spender" number!
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Inspector_Javert
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I have a black coat what's very like Javert's dark blue one (with two lines of buttons, collar and all you need).
My father:
"You look like that policeman in that... I dunno."
So that's the reason I'm using the name of Javert, although I'm a woman.
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actor
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When Fantine started singing in the Finale:
"I thought she was dead!"
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Elin
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Les Mis takes place in England.
YouTube is a good place to find stupid comments ...
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Orestes Fasting
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I was reading outside a caf� yesterday when this jock type--whose friend had clearly just dared him to go flirt with the freaky goth chick--started pestering me. The entire one-sided conversation was incredibly stupid, but I thought you guys would appreciate this excerpt:
Mr. Bigshot: So what're you reading?
* Orestes silently holds up the French edition of LM she very much wants to get back to
Mr. Bigshot: Is that like in Latin or something? What's it about?
Orestes: A great epic work about French people dying.
Mr. Bigshot: Wait, a great ape what?
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bigR
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Oh, my God! !It can't be true!
I love so much that guy right now! (yes, I have a thing for silly dumb boys)
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lizavert
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| Orestes Fasting wrote: | | Mr. Bigshot: Wait, a great ape what? |
Don't ya just love non-mizzies?
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lesmisloony
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That guy sounds like fun...
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musical4eva
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From my friends who have refused to come and see Les Mis BOTH times I've been in it-
"What's the point, i already know everyone dies."
and
"Why do people want to see a play called the miserables?"
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dcrowley
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In high school, I was reading the novel for the second time, and some girl came up to me... trying to flirt... and was like "Whatcha reading?" I presented "the brick" to her, and she said "OMG, I didn't know you could read French."
"I don't". I say... "the title is French, the novel is in English"
"Oh!" she responds... "but that is like, really big... like, what, 600 pages long."
"Actually, it is 1500 pages" I say.
"wow! so what is it about?"
I then told her I was gay and she didn't have to pretend to be interested in the book 'cause she didn't have a snow ball's chance in Hell with me.
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lesmisloony
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But now I love you too...
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lizavert
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This from my mom: "It's depressing!"
*sigh*
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VATheatreDad
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| lizavert wrote: | This from my mom: "It's depressing!"
*sigh* |
People have told me the don't like Les Miserables because, in their opinion, a musical should have a happy story.
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Mistress
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Iguess they haven't seen Sweeney Todd either...
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lost in the darkness 101
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"..... ok soo which one was the Jean - Somthing or other guy??"
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Pannic
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| convict24601 wrote: | | My dad said after the show, "I thought the show was going to be about children" lol no clue how he came to that....i guess the Cosette logo. |
I'm somewhat guilty of that misconception. I mistook the meaning of "student rebellion."
I saw the show at my school not having a clue what it was about.
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LittleGavroche
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"You know, the police guy, Inspector Javier." [pronounced in the Spanish way]
I must have stared at my friend a full minute before it dawned on me.
"You mean Javert?"
And another favorite, as the ensemble comes on stage for the finale, "I'm confused. Didn't they die?"
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Quique
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I took a friend of mine to see the show back in 1991. During BHH, he turned to me and asked, "Is that supposed to be the moon."
It was the follow spotlight above.
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Lazarus (Adam G)
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The all-time favorite:
"LES MIZERABULS IS FER FAGS!!!111"
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Orestes Fasting
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| Quique wrote: | I took a friend of mine to see the show back in 1991. During BHH, he turned to me and asked, "Is that supposed to be the moon."
It was the follow spotlight above. |
If you look up and to the right during Dog Eats Dog, during "...and only the moon looks down," there is indeed a spotlight that looks like the moon. I always wondered if that was intentional.
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bigR
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Ehem. I always thought that Valjean and Th�nardier were lighted by the moon, both in BHH and DED.
But I've just realized that Th�nardier is inside the gutters during his song, so little chance for the moon to reach him there I guess...
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Quique
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| Orestes Fasting wrote: | | Quique wrote: | I took a friend of mine to see the show back in 1991. During BHH, he turned to me and asked, "Is that supposed to be the moon."
It was the follow spotlight above. |
If you look up and to the right during Dog Eats Dog, during "...and only the moon looks down," there is indeed a spotlight that looks like the moon. I always wondered if that was intentional. |
I guess it would be understandable in that scene, in a way, lol.
I just thought it was funny when my friend asked me during BHH as he didn't mean the lighting as it was upon Valjean and the stage, but the actual source--the follow spot. But come to think of it, even that sort of looks moon-ish. And he was (we both were) only in grade school then, so I guess it shouldn't really be considered that silly, haha.
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bare24601!
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I was listening to Seussical just now and my brother walks in and says, "Is this Les Miserwhatever it's called?"
I was like....
............
....................NO
Hahaha
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lost in the darkness 101
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| bare24601! wrote: | I was listening to Seussical just now and my brother walks in and says, "Is this Les Miserwhatever it's called?"
I was like....
............
....................NO
Hahaha |
I dont know why, but i laughed so hard at that
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Theaterfan101
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I was Jean Valjean for Halloween. I wore a prison uniform that was grey and had numbers (I made them 24601) and i put a yellow piece of paper with the words "ticket of leave" on it in my pocket. No body knew who I was, but one person. I went up to a senior who is big on theater and was like "Do you know who I am?"
The response was "Yes! You are [our drama teacher]"
Then when I went to the drama teacher after school to see if he knew who I was, singing Look Down he had no idea. So I told him, and he said "I knew that, I just forgot the guys name." (he didn't know0
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Quique
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I've always wanted to dress up like Valjean for Halloween!
I'd brand my chest and carry around a loaf of bread.
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lesmisloony
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I still have my Javert costume.
OT, though, I personally was really annoyed when (before having read the Book and after having seen the TAC 135891079843 times) I saw the show and the bishop was old. I was under the impression that the bishop was a young guy with long pretty brown hair...
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Eponine93
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Back when the revivial was still on Broadway, my grandparents went to see it about a month after I did. We had this conversation soon after:
Me: So, how did you like Les Mis?
Grandma: It was really enjoyable. I really liked that guy.
Me: Which guy?
Grandma: You know, the guy. The one that sang.
Me: A lot of guys sing in Les Mis. Which one are you talking about?
Grandma: The one that sang that song.
Me: *headdesk*
Sorry, I don't really have anything especially funny. The rest of the stories are hilarious though!
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Orestes Fasting
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Dude. Where have you been?!
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sopranodespair
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I've heard Jean Valjean pronounced Jeen ValJeen. It made me cringe.
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bare24601!
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Wow... today I was singing part of "One Day More" and my brother, the same one that thought Seussical was Les Miserables, goes, "Is that from Aladdin?"
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Fantine
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| lesmisloony wrote: | | I still have my Javert costume. |
Pictures??
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Catherine
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When people get the pronunciation of the name right until they say "bluh" or "blay" I just wanna scream "NO! Its not Lay miz-eh-rahblay! Its not Lay-miz-eh-rabluh! Its just Lay-miz-eh-rahb! No blay! No bluh!"
Silly people.
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Orestes Fasting
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Well, the final 'L' is there. It's just subtle, certainly not emphasized enough for a full-on "bluh" at the end. But that's totally a French thing, and switching back and forth between French and English phonology in the middle of a sentence is a pain in the ass.
I usually just say 'Les Mis' if I'm speaking, because I am lazy.
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Mistress
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Way back when I was in 10th grade and didn't really know what les Miz was, I was under the impression that it was some extremely depressing French opera-like thing about poor people working in factories and being horrible abused by the rich...which is why I wasn't too interested when my mom asked if I wanted tickets to see that for my Birthday as the tour was in town at the time (I must admit that I do regret that a little). I saw Hairspray instead...but yeah, I had really weird assumptions about the show.
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Kragey
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"You only like it cause you're FRENCH!" (said as an insult)
Apparently, this is also why I'm a coffee-drinking intellectual pacifist. Nevermind the fact that I only have one French grandparent. Count 'em, kids, ONE.
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lesmisloony
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| Fantine wrote: | | lesmisloony wrote: | | I still have my Javert costume. |
Pictures?? |
Dude, somewhere out there I have an epic picture of the year my mom was Mme T, my friends were Enj and Eponine, and my brother was (fail at being) Gavroche... I just dunno where it is. Hopefully in a photo album somewhere...
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Quique
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Heehee! Love the banner, Loony!
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lesmisloony
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XD
And I'm pretty sure I can trace at least two of those pictures back to you...
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sopranodespair
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Where's the anime picture from?
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lizavert
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I think it's from Shoju Cosette, or however it's spelled. Am I right?
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lesmisloony
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Yep. My dear friend PhantomInspecter/AngedeMystere sent me a Monty from the anime collage, and that's one of the pictures. And the little Monty looking back it his hat is an illustration from the Book.
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Kragey
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Yeah, Loony's banner is pretty much the most amazing thing EVAH.
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nabla
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"Les Mis, that's the one set in Germany right?"
NO! NO! NO!!!! Why does the fact that the title is quite obviously french not tip you off!
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SylvieProuvaire
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I've no idea how to go about introducing myself...So, I'll magically pop up here and say that when I saw the revival last April, I overheard two women discussing Fantine's presence in the finale.
"If she came back as an angel, shouldn't she have better hair?"
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Monsieur D'Arque
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| lesmisloony wrote: | | Yep. My dear friend PhantomInspecter/AngedeMystere sent me a Monty from the anime collage, and that's one of the pictures. And the little Monty looking back it his hat is an illustration from the Book. |
So who/what are the Montys from left to right? I'm intrigued, as the one on the far left looks like Cirque Du Montparnasseil.
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lesmisloony
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Sylviiiiiie! *squeeage*
(Actually, magically popping up is the way most people introduce themselves hereabouts.)
Re: my banner
I have a nasty habit of just right-click saving every Monty picture I see without any decent labels, but I can do my best to identify them from left to right...
1. Over at lesmis.com they have some pictures big enough to be desktop backgrounds. One of them is a Look Down picture, which I snagged, and then noticed a random Monty in it. I think it's from a recent London cast.
2. Anime. Shoujo Cosette. *nods*
3. From... a Brazilian cast? Or something? Quique posted this one in our Random Pictures thread.
4. From some random copy of the Book. Fantine put it in the random pictures thread.
5. Quique gave me that one for my birthday. 
6. This is the Montparnasse picture everybody and their mother can find. The internet is littered with it. I think it's Ken Krugman and Tia Riebling?
And yes, there is also an unexpected!TARDIS.
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lizavert
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Sylvie! Welcome, delighted to have you here!
P.S. I noticed the unexpected!TARDIS, loony.
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