I am not going to spend long on the Christmas round-up, because I find it unnecessary, but I did get an item that is relevant to the rambling post I am about to inflict upon you all.
I can has a proper flannel nightgown (the blue pattern)! (This is not the relevant item.) This year, Dad had a whopping gift card for LL Bean, so he had my sister and I go through a catalog and pick some things we wanted. I haven't had a real nightgown since I was a kid, and this is totally old-fashioned, voluminous, unflattering, Little House on the Prairie style. I freaking love it. It's so comfortable. Even if it does look like I'm hiding a five month pregnancy.
Okay, THIS is the relevant item. Brand new MP3 player with way more space than my old one. When I picked my Zen Nano a couple years ago, I couldn't conceive of needing more than a gigabyte for portable music, but having an MP3 player instead of a Discman changed the way I listen to music when I'm out. Plus I started collecting different recordings of musicals. Yes, as a matter of fact, I do need multiple versions of Les Mis and Evita available IMMEDIATELY, all right?
Which brings me to my point. Having enough space to not have to pick and choose gave me a chance to finally listen to the original London recording of Evita, bringing me up to a total of four productions I've heard. There is a concept album, but I am currently too lazy to look to see if it's available anywhere. Naturally, I have thoughts on these.
I'm not going to compare all four; that would easily fill a thirty-page essay and also I would end up doing research because I'm kind of a buff on Eva Peron herself but I've forgotten a lot of what I used to know. Anyway. I am in the mood to compare the various performances of the three main roles.
The four productions in question: the 1978 West End debut, the 1979 Broadway show, the 1996 movie (look, SHUT UP, I was fourteen and it was awesome and I didn't know any better, okay?), and the 2006 West End revival. The three main roles: Eva, Juan Peron, and Che. The comparisons: categorized by role, performances listed from least to most favorite.
(I don't know why I'm so disorganized in real life. Obviously I can organize the shit out of anything if I want to.)
( Comparisons cut for the convenience of everyone except maybe four people on my flist who might give a shit. )
I can has a proper flannel nightgown (the blue pattern)! (This is not the relevant item.) This year, Dad had a whopping gift card for LL Bean, so he had my sister and I go through a catalog and pick some things we wanted. I haven't had a real nightgown since I was a kid, and this is totally old-fashioned, voluminous, unflattering, Little House on the Prairie style. I freaking love it. It's so comfortable. Even if it does look like I'm hiding a five month pregnancy.
Okay, THIS is the relevant item. Brand new MP3 player with way more space than my old one. When I picked my Zen Nano a couple years ago, I couldn't conceive of needing more than a gigabyte for portable music, but having an MP3 player instead of a Discman changed the way I listen to music when I'm out. Plus I started collecting different recordings of musicals. Yes, as a matter of fact, I do need multiple versions of Les Mis and Evita available IMMEDIATELY, all right?
Which brings me to my point. Having enough space to not have to pick and choose gave me a chance to finally listen to the original London recording of Evita, bringing me up to a total of four productions I've heard. There is a concept album, but I am currently too lazy to look to see if it's available anywhere. Naturally, I have thoughts on these.
I'm not going to compare all four; that would easily fill a thirty-page essay and also I would end up doing research because I'm kind of a buff on Eva Peron herself but I've forgotten a lot of what I used to know. Anyway. I am in the mood to compare the various performances of the three main roles.
The four productions in question: the 1978 West End debut, the 1979 Broadway show, the 1996 movie (look, SHUT UP, I was fourteen and it was awesome and I didn't know any better, okay?), and the 2006 West End revival. The three main roles: Eva, Juan Peron, and Che. The comparisons: categorized by role, performances listed from least to most favorite.
(I don't know why I'm so disorganized in real life. Obviously I can organize the shit out of anything if I want to.)
( Comparisons cut for the convenience of everyone except maybe four people on my flist who might give a shit. )
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