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what's wrong with Dolores being aged up to 15? nothing. it doesn't make a story even a bit more palatable

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What's even funnier now, Missy Just admitted on a Weverse newsletter, that T&D rehearsal wasn't mandatory. REHEARSAL WASN'T MANDATORY.......once again Rehearsals WASN'T MANDATORY ..... So, what was the real reason why they hated on Manon? We know why, but I want to know the new excuse...

The original actress in the Broadway production was Julie Andrews. During one of the performances, Walt Disney was part of the audience. After the show was over, Walt goes back state and meets Julie. It was this meeting that brought Julie to Disney studios and the female lead in Mary Poppins, Julie's first film role.

it was nayoung, 21, who already went through a survival show. yoonchae, 15, was a trainee for another company (not sure if this was hybe). I don't deny that manon was not putting in the effort as much as the rest of the girls, but i don't think she would have kept it up if she got a true lashing from the management. it seems like a lot of people were irked with her, but did not really confront her aside from maybe sophia. even some of the girls who went into this program with wide eyes did not know the extent to how much a kpop trainee trains. perhaps the trainer sent to switzerland gave her an impression of training that did not align with how the one in LA was run. I may be very defensive of manon here but i just can't believe she would be intentionally disrespectful if any authority really called her out. she may have been the prettiest, but there were other gorgeous girls there as well. and cosmetic procedures are a thing in the western entertainment agency just as much as in kpop. they kicked out a 3rd place nayoung because they were afraid she would not be fully committed to the group in favor of going solo. I don't think it was so one-sided as to assign all the blame on manon i also feel like you have a very rosy idea of what goes into a kpop group and how survival groups (which field uber-successful groups in korea) are put together. i would not say that sisterhood is part of how a group is formed by the company. there is an image, a market, and positions that execs have in mind when choosing girls. if you want it bad enough you will put your differences aside with a girl you do not really vibe with. and by not showing the "reality" part of dream academy i guess the execs really wanted to see how on-stage performance would sway audiences first and foremost, seeing as that is how they will catch the attention of casual fans. throughout the entertainment industry, "live" prerecorded stages are an amalgamation of different takes and are edited. and its not that the girls are lying with their surprise at the group missions-the surprise could be for the song they were given. I'm pretty sure emily practiced buttons but was put into wannabe. on all levels the entertainment industry has never been and never will be a strict meritocracy. and while the doc brings to light pretty horrible things that were done to the girls, you cannot deny the boom of popularity the group has gone through. now that the process has been revealed, young and vulnerable artists will be more cautious going into programs like this.

There was actually more girls that got sent home that the documentary did not show. If you go back and watch it, you can see there are a few other girls who had no screen time other than being in background. Eventually we stopped seeing them and can only assume that they were removed before the survival show started.

that was the only thing i didnt like was the AI delivering the elimination news that was weird and chicken-shit so to speak.

with adela we did get to see her on screen a ton and then to be eliminated that was out of nowhere. but i get it.. it in no way means she isnt great at what she does. she definitely has that "it" factor. i think with the contestants they had to choose from visually she didnt blend in if that makes sense like missy said "adela is a solo artist"

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I'm sorry but I partially have to disagree. Manon didn't make half the effort the other girls did, and was rewarded for it. She truly didn't deserve to end up on the show. Much less the group. The reason is because she had a big following, she was allowed to act the way she did without repercussions. Whilst when Lexi needed time to think, after 4 days if Lexi hadn't decided to leave, they had already decided to kick her out anyway. So basically, because they wanted the exposure of Manon, Manon got free passes left and right whilst the rest was held to a higher standard. This is not Manon's fault, but definitely says alot about and I sure it dropped morale for the group.

Since this was a collaboration between Geffen and Hybe I wonder if maybe they had vastly different ideas about how this process should have been done.

I wish to see more of the cat.

Brava! Was the emcee Randy Rainbow?

I have the biggest crush on him😭😭

I just received my first pair of Gaynor Minden pointe shoes in the mail a few days ago and sewed the ribbons and elastic on. I have not danced or worked in them much yet except to test them out. The fit is great and I don't need padding in these except a toe cap and may possibly need some tape where an area is rubbing a little near my little toe! I am surprised at how stiff the shanks are! I got the supple shank. I have very high arches and bendy feet and I tend to roll way over the box in everything but Russian Pointe/R class shoes, so I was surprised at the stiffness in these. It is still very workable but I would not want to go any stiffer in this shoe for myself. I could even go down a stiffness. I like to really articulate my feet through pointe. I do love that I am right over the box in these though! Not too far over and not too pulled back.

Hey thank you for putting this video up, it’s nice to see people still have something interesting to say about Shakespeare

absolutely agree!

I have always loved SYTYCD and I was SO excited that it was coming back for a new season… then I started watching and it went downhill from there! The new format is absolutely horrid! I feel zero connection with the contestants and the choreography is sub-par at best. Super disappointed

You are so so right! I watched the auditions, then the selection and then, what was that?!!! I felt as if it was a cheap version of what used to be a great show. Where is the enthusiasm? Where are the real tears, sweat and blood! Where is the challenge! These dancers never get a chance to show us what they really can do! I was there for the first series and was in haw of all the dancers had to do. No more for me. That's sad for the world of dance.

I suspect some of this also has to do with Nigel's firing... I'm sure that really rocked the very essence of the show. I totally agree with your video other than one point: I've always had an issue with the audience voting for the winner, as I feel that people who actually know and understand dance and dancers do a better job deciding who is the best, and I DO think the best is preferable to the favorite. I have watched every season, every episode (except season 1 as I wasn't aware of it). I've also watched this show in other countries, as well as other dance shows in other nations. I was also a dancer myself; I could have tried for a career, but I ended up dancing in local theater. This version is awful. I hate it but I watch it anyway for the same reason you do. I want the real SYTYCD back. I still watch my favorite duets from time to time, and I will never hear "Gravity" without tearing up and seeing that dance, which is still my #1. I also love to follow my favorite dancers from the show: Neil Haskell was playing King George on one of the Hamilton tours last time I checked, which tickled me. SYTYCD has done so much for the dance community; I just hope we get it back.... I'm afraid, like you, that dance will lose so much momentum without it. Oh, and all your favorites are mine too. I'm sure I have more as well!

This season really is terrible.... for all the reasons you mentioned! So disappointing.

Well this is disheartening. The new format sounds truly awful. But honestly, as someone who was a passionate fan of SYTYCD for eight seasons, the show started to fall a long time ago. I stopped watching because gradually all the diversity started to winnow out. They were choosing more and more dancers with similar look and style, many of whom were grounded in the sphere of competition contemporary. And at the same time, they narrowed the pool of choreographers they worked with. Everything started to look samey and repetitive. The dances, the way they were danced, the people who danced them. Fewer artistic risks resulting in, for me at least, fewer rewards as a viewer (and dancer myself). On top of that, the judges stopped giving nuanced, considered criticism. Suddenly everything was AMAZING, BRILLIANT, Best EVER, even when I could see things they definitely would have called out on earlier seasons. How hot is the hot tamale train if everyone is riding it every week? It just got frustrating. I got the sense that the show was increasingly geared towards hitting an algorithm rather than exploring, celebrating, and uplifting a diversity of artistic dance expression. I suspect that's at the heart of these new format changes as well. It's depressing, but the show I'm really missing hasn't been on the air for a very long time.

great video! this new season sounds awwwwwful. tbh i didn't even know the show was still on, but i was obsessed with it when it started. ive been a huge fan of choreography ever since!

I'm so glad that someone has spoken up over this new format that sytycd and I miss the dancing pairs showing all dance styles. I don't care for the house daily living or who likes who. I want to see radom pairing and the celebration showing the beautiful dancing styles. Please bring back sytycd like the past seasons

An important conversation. Thank you!

Thank you for this, SO useful for someone who doesn't know anything about stage makeup! Now I know what to add to my makeup bag and can get to practising! 😊

Well put, thank you! I remember watching for the first time just when Elphaba entered I felt "This is me!" And seeing how she was my representation in that world.

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Really cool video and proposal! funnily enough I ended up doing something similar in my costume design masters thesis on lolita wrt visually distinguishing between dolores and lolita, though i based mine off the 6th musical draft/revival script which I think does a lot of similar stuff as your proposal wrt filtering the story through a dialogue with the psychiatrist and having scary lighting going on every time humbert makes up some wild shit about dolly being seductive. if you're still looking for books from dollys POV that aren't awful i'd recommend roger fishbite by emily prager, molly by nancy j jones or gemma by meg tilly (this one is REALLY graphic though). theres also journal de L (french) and darling river by sara stridsberg (swedish) but i can't vouch for those because i don't speak either language.

I personally don't want anymore adaptations of the book. People should just read the book. We don't need anymore visual representations unless it is going to be based on the POV of Dolores which is something we don't get from the book. The 64 version makes it seem so innocent and nothint happened and then she's askint for forgiveness for "cheating" 🤬 the 97 version is very inappropriate. Far too many shots of them being inappropriate and it seems dreamy and romantic but it's actually not. They make it seem like she's flirting and teasing. I also think Jeremy Irons was too good looking but in the book he says he knows he's handsome and that women do make passes at him. 😮‍💨 I just don't want to see another version where a man is calling her a monster, a demon, a temptress and he's constantly explaining away what he's doing and how he's so kind cus he gives her sweetmeats and pocket money. Only from her account would we be able to see how she was probably just fighting for survival. The part in the 97 movie where she's screaming at him to murder her like he did her mom is the saddest part. It shows how she's been traumatised by him, she's got nothing left, she's afraid of her fate and probably knows at some point he may do that because he's sick. I actually agree with Mrs. Haze running to the street and coincidentally being hit by the car. It's too easy. Maybe he's lying and he drugged her and she ran out into the street half out of it? Maybe he chased her out? But he is unreliable as a narrator. I think killing Quilty was more about getting revenge because he took Dolores, he lost his power and control of her. It again is all about him, CQ took him on a chase and basically "won" and made him look a fool. It clearly upset him that another learned man was in charge. HHs ego was bruised, it had nothing to do with him proving he wasn't as bad or avenging Dolores. It's a tragedy but for victim and both movies make out HH to be a victim when he's not.

oh now I have to watch it. I have soooo many questions!!!

It would have been lovely to have seen your Rosalind. I have directed 'As You Like It' (and 'Hamlet' for that matter) and one of my favorite lines in Shakespeare is Celia's "O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful, and yet again wonderful, and after that out of all whooping!" As for 'no female leads in Shakespearean tragedy', have you forgotten Cleopatra? I really feel it is her play. I am a regular with the Instant Shakespeare Company. Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have been doing the majority of our readings on Zoom and now we have many performances on RUclips. We shall be performing a staged reading of 'Cymbeline' at the Yorkville Branch Library this Saturday on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Please join us if you're in town!

Thank you for a very astute and well-thought-out assessment of my favorite musical. I knew it well when I saw the 1980 revival with Richard Burton at the age of 14 (remember it like it was yesterday) and I was lucky to play Arthur myself in a high school production. Not since, though I've auditioned a few times. I've learned a few things from your video. Keep up the great work!

The algorithm recommended this to me a month ago, I'm finally watching it. Great stuff! Deserves more views.

This is fascinating and interesting.

Why don’t these have more views!?!? You’re videos are phenomenal!!!!

It’s just as hard to adapt as Superman or Super Mario. But whenever there’s a good adaptation of them like Superman: The Animated Series or the recent Super Mario Movie by Illumination, it’s really good.

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Same! Feel you. I also was very disappointed with "Disenchanted", the sequel to "Enchanted" (2007), as well...

Omg, there are sooo many adaptations I wasn't even aware of. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White/

This one is from 2019: ruclips.net/video/WT284lYtsR8/видео.html

Unfortunately, I don't know if english dubbed versions or subtitles are available with certain european adaptations. I'm from Austria, german is my mother tongue and I know a couple of interesting adaptations from Germany for example. I will link them below for anyone who might be interested. This one is from 1992: ruclips.net/video/ZD2eC7bSojY/видео.html

Like white = Danish to them? Neither the original VA for acting or singing was Danish either. Also there are black Danish people. It would blow their fucking minds, but there are.

Another misunderstood character is Ariel. She doesn't just change "for a man". She desperately wants to be a human and experience everything about human life, and a man is just part of the package! Like they didn't even listen to and sing her song obsessively as a kid lol

Hi everyone! Just FYI I chose to focus specifically on American adaptations of "Snow White" because, well, otherwise this video would be five hours long, and I thought it was a good focus for this particular conversation. If you'd like me to make a follow up video about other adaptations, including non American ones, let me know in the comments! And in the meantime, I HIGHLY recommend checking out the beautiful Spanish adaptation "Blancanieves".

Have you seen "Blancanieves" (2012) by Pablo Berger?