Hadestown Tour Thoughts

Hadestown tour thoughts 

1/7/24

All the expressed observations are jokes 

Will Mann and Malcolm Atwood are besties. They did a hand signal to each other 

Hermes puts his hand on Eurydice's shoulder, and they look at each other as they seem to be aware of what's about to happen

The tallest fate and Hermes are also besties

Persephone is very dramatic and has rich auntie vibes, and Hades is giving typical male behavior as in he hides feelings internally and makes it everyone's problem

Hermes gives me pastor vibes with inflections at the end of sentences 

Eurydice will fight everyone 

The fates run the shade room 

Eurydice's lacy shorts look good fashion-wise 

I know the musical is inevitable, but singing something over and over is going to get old 

The chorus has a big personality 

The fates are haters 

How strong is the alcohol 

Half handstand sexy time

Hades and Persephone seem to be better in the beginning

Hades: men don't listen 

The look Hades gives Eurydice, and she looks back to ask why is this old man trying to hit on me

Honestly, hades’ glasses look like he got them at a Bass Pro shop

Trombone lady!!

For someone so rich you think they can afford a new paint job

Hades was so proud of his environmental destruction and exploitation of his workers

Hades: the Henry Ford of it all

Also, hades: if you don't want the indentured servitude, then I'll get a side chick

Hades has absolutely no rizz

Eurydice caves when he says she has something fine

The first note of Hey Little Songbird is deep

Hades hand snatched from Eurydice’s ticket was so trifling 

The fates stay on Eurydice's ass

Hermes telling Orpheus about Eurydice is like a disappointed parent who got a call from the principal 

Persephone is resigned 

Why we build the wall is like a republican rally

Hades losing his tie is so sleazy. Yuck 

I do want a drink, but it needs to be punk lemonade 

Hermes did not appreciate the butt slap by Persephone 

Dancing pain away is a good idea, Persephone 

Eurydice wants to make a friend 

Amaya did an excellent job of flowers 

Orpheus to the rescue 

Hades always shows up when he is not wanted

You're not intimidating. You're just tall and skinny 

The workers seem pretty shocked at their actions

The fates singing is good, but character-wise, they’re annoying 

They're creating a union 

Persephone, I think you and your husband should go to marriage counseling 

Now Hades is trying to crush the union 

Now sing for your life 

Persephone crying breaks me

All workers starting to remember who they were breaks me even more

Yet again, the fates are up in everyone's business 

Big decisions require slamming your chair

Yes, how can your employees be so ungrateful when you practically enslaved them

 The way Hades called for Hermes felt like a microaggression

And now we play the game don't look back at the game 

I enjoy how Orpheus's singing has a bit of grit when he is in despair 

Oh no, he looked back. I can't believe it🤷

I feel bad for the characters being a constant time loop 

At least Orpheus is on stage for the final song

The story's moral is that we try, despite the bad outcome, to see a better one. But not this time though, you thought 😂

Congratulations to Fantasia Barrino for her Golden Globes Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) in The Color Purple!

Myth

Ovid is the only acceptable version of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. End of story (I’m serious though most others are ‘love is stupid he deserved it because love is dumb’). I’m posting it here instead of my main blog because… I get the vibe Anaïs read this version. Something about how lyrical it is, how we get the full song he signs to hades and Persephone and how fucking soul crushing it is? She must have read this one.

ALSO

There is a separate myth “the death of Orpheus” which, is absolutely. My heart cannot take it.

He’s the first to say they found each other in the end 😭

New Coraline design drop

In defense of Demeter (who seems constantly villainized in recent interpretations)

The ideology "Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves" fits Poseidon so well, you know?

Poseidon wasn't just an angry, violent god. Taken from mythology, his past had shaped him into who he is now. He was devoured by his own father when he was young, and when he grew up, he had to engage in a year-long war to kill his father and uncles.

Poseidon had to learn to be cruel to survive all the unfortunate hardships. Not everything can be solved by kindness - like how he and the six Olympians defeated the Titans to free themselves.

Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves. You have to be ruthless to save yourself.