BARE: A POP OPERA Reaction - Ep. 21 of Musicals I Know Nothing About
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- Опубликовано: 18 мар 2021
- This is me reacting to Bare: A Pop Opera and trying not to have a complete meltdown. Enjoy.
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the line that gets me every single time is „our love was pure and nothing else brought me closer to God“ I just can‘t
I'm with you 100%! That line literally sums up the entire point of the show
That song makes me sob uncontrollably.
“Will Peter end up playing Juliet” oh god the optimism, the joy, I’m so sorry
The pain
Allow me to say … sadly he did technically play the part of Juliet in the end 😢
Ouch!
Every time you say this is going to end well I die a little more inside.
BARE: A POP OPERA YES! I don't normally comment on videos but holy shit, this show is so underrated and doesn't get the recognition it deserves. I'm ready to watch this and drown in my tears again, let's gooo
What's even sadder about this musical is the composer eventually ended his life a few years after making this musical. Echoing Jason in a dark way. And Quiet Night At Home was the last piece of music he played on his piano before he died.
That's so heartbreaking :(
So, I actually did a staged reading of this show at the end of my freshman year of college (I was the stage manager), and I fell in love. It's got some cringe moments, since it was meant to take place in the early 2000's, but it's a really impactful story.
(Not so) Fun Fact: Matt's speech at the start of Jason's memorial/funeral "I'd like to start with just a... If we could take a moment... If only we were silent, or we had spoken..." is actually in Peter's nightmare from the very beginning of the musical, word for word, still said by Matt. Peter thinks it's his funeral in the nightmare, showing that Peter's worst nightmare came true, just not in the way he thought. It also foreshadows Matt's role in it all; if he had just stayed silent about what he saw, or if he had spoken in acceptance and support instead of jealousy and anger, Jason wouldn't have done what he did.
Hands down one of my favourite things about the show
Based on some of the lyrical and acting choices in Cross for the Priest-the desperation of "You're just a child, and things will change, I promise / You're young, you have time on your side", and the emotional weight with which that entire last paragraph from "Let the church be your spine / Don't question too much, and you'll get along fine" onwards is delivered-it's always been my Very Sad Headcanon that the Priest is a closeted gay man who's done exactly what he's advising and is trying, as best he can, to help Jason.
You’re not the first person I’ve seen say this. It’s not like it’s unheard of either, for a gay man to become a priest to avoid the expectation to marry a woman.
Watching this was physically painful because I knew how it ended but SO WORTH IT. I was raised catholic (now Jewish) and I'm gay and I found this musical right as I was coming into both of those things and it helped so much to see a depiction of a gay catholic who never questioned his faith despite having every reason to do so
It is interesting how we had such different reactions and responses to this show. It helped me and was pivotal in pretty much the exact opposite way that it was for you. I'm also gay, was raised catholic, and went to catholic schools. I found this show when I was newly out and questioning how I could or could not reconcile my religion and my sexuality. bare was crucial and comforting to me as I could relate to the characters struggling with religious homophobia (and be thankful that I'm a decade or two younger than them).
I cried the first time I heard Role of a Lifetime XD
And yes, Lucas' white boy rap is supposed to be cringey :P
Also the musical was written in the late 90's!
Really? I've always kinda vibes to that rap
The script (I don’t recall how I got a copy, somewhere online) labels Lucas’s Rap “a very white boy rap”. 😅 Tanya (his black girlfriend) explicitly tells him not to do it again if she takes him home when he finishes the rap.
u figured out that Jason is trouble in less than 5 minutes, thats impressive
welcome to the popopera side of bway
One detail about this musical that I have always loved is how the only time the actual word "gay" is used is in the positive words of sister chantelle. Either way, in general, this is my favorite musical and Im glad to see you go through all of the hard emotions it brings with it. Its a masterpiece all the way through in my opinion.
The album cover breakdown blew my mind wow. And the nuns and comedy line is dead on! Such a perfect combination!!! Also I feel very called out on that Avril Lavigne bit 😅
Also: It was released in the 2000s! 2008 to be more specific!
Don't worry, we all had the Avril Lavigne phase hahaha
The album was released then, but the musical premiered in 2000.
When I first listened to this musical I was like a ghost the whole rest of that day. Not only was is so heartbreaking and emotionally overwhelming bug there's also so much to think about after listening to it. It's such an interesting and smart show you just have to pay attention and listen to it a few times to really get all of the details. Like the amount of foreshadowing they managed to slip in there without me picking up on the fact that Jason was gonna die at the end is really very impressive.
Yeah I totally feel like it's the type of show you have to listen to a couple of times to fully understand it
@@Barbara2.0 except you don't want to rewatch it, as it is SO painful XD
nice pfp :]
@@potato.pancake thanks
I first listened to it and was sad. Then I watched the 2013 LA version on youtube and just couldn't stop crying. I love the album, but if you combine that with good actors it gets SO MUCH WORSE (like, the positive worse, if there's such a thing).
The first time I watched bare I kept going "no this can't get sadder" AND IT JUST KEPT GOING. I love this show so much
I legit yelled, "Oh no, my sweet summer child! You're not ready!" And indeed, you were not ready. Glad you enjoyed it overall, despite the downer that it is. It's one of my favorite shows because it shows homosexual characters in a religious environment in a fairly neutral way. Most of the homophobia is in Peter's head (yeah, the opening part is also a dream sequence if you couldn't tell), but as you said he keeps his faith through to the end which is different from most situations like this portrayed in modern media. The language can be a bit crass (hey Nadia), but it's a decent show.
Yeah, the way they handle faith and religion was one of my favourite things
Pretty sure Peter does not actually keep his faith in the end. If I recall correctly, the script has Peter not join in with the prayer in the final song, and I’ve seen productions where it’s quite obvious that he does not. He also said in his song to the priest that his love of Jason is the one thing that brought him close to God, implying that Jason being taken from him has also taken Peter’s faith with it (because “if there was a God, why would He take Jason from me?” sort of thing).
Very hard breaking to hear you say "it'll have a happy ending, it has to" and knowing how it ends,,
Confession: I straight up loled when you said you weren't sure whether to trust Jason in "You and I". Also, I love that Bare is getting more traction! It's desperately underrated!
Matt is such an interesting character to me, especially if you read between the lines or have seen different actors interpretations of him. He has a good heart but is so consumed by his jealousy of Jason to the point it makes him into the antagonist of sorts. Jason seemingly has everything to Matt. He gets the role of Romeo over him, he is valedictorian, he has wooed Ivy who Matt clearly has feelings for and in a way I believe he's even jealous that Jason gets Peter.
Towards the end of Are you there, the music shifts into a playful interaction between Matt and Peter where in the productions I've seen ends with them waltzing with each other and Matt laughing asking who's leading to which Peter says he doesn't know. Matt then asks softly to Peter "Well who usually leads?" Pretty much saying a) I know about you two and b) and quite possibly Matt once again wishing he was in Jason's shoes. Because Jason even gets Peter, someone that genuinely loves him. Something Matt wants so deeply c) it could be a way of Matt saying in desperation "Well I could be your Jason". Matt may or may not have any sort of romantic feelings towards Peter but an intense desire to be needed by someone. To be someones first choice. You can hear the interaction on the album version. I have always thought that was a masterful little interaction that is so telling of his character.
I love Bare so much! Listening to it has been really carthartic and comforting to me as I've struggled to reconcile my sexuality with the religion I was raised in.
While the ending is sad yes. It’s surprisingly a more bitter sweet ending for Peter. He looks forward to a brighter future being out of the closet and getting to live his life as his truest self.
I love this musical. I was a bi boy brought up in Catholism and this show nails how it felt. I really enjoyed your reactions to this; it's fun to watch someone connect the dots and make guesses and just enjoy the music and experience for the first time. I saw you "seeing" the characters as their layers grew. They were savage and often mean, but also so vulnerable and deserving of better than most of them get.
I love how the first song in the show foreshadows the last. The first song is a dream sequence and Peter guesses it's his funeral, but he's obviously wrong. Also, Ephiphany has the title of the musical too, for what it's worth.
One of the most important contrasts in the show to me is how Sister Chantelle reacts to Peter being gay versus how the priest reacts to Jason. Chantelle shows how religion SHOULD embrace everyone. The priest shows how damaging it is when religion excludes and demonizes people. Peter learns to accept himself; Jason learns he's right to hate himself which leads to his overdose.
Thanks again for this video. I hope it helps people find Bare. I think there are people who need to hear it.
Lmao the thumbnail. ‘I suddenly understood the meaning of highway to hell’
A bit late, but there's some good bootlegs on youtube (my favorite's the 2013 LA version bc the cast is great), so if you wanna cry some more (believe me, this is so much worse as a whole show when you get to see the actors break down crying), definitely check those out!
One of my favourite things about this show is that EVERY character is likeable and unlikable at the same time. Even Matt, who is arguably the Antagonist is so raw, and even though he outs Jason... You can understand where he is coming from. The one character you hate is Father (Or The Priest) but honestly if they delved into his character like they did with theo thers even then I would probably understand.
I mean, if we're being honest, the priest behaves exactly as we would expect a priest to behave though
I have never liked Matt. Not just for the outing but because his lines to me read as the guy who feels he’s been friendzoned and deserves more just because he’s been nice to someone. I get that he’s young but it has still always bothered me.
@@NSnicket I think it's also important to remember that 1) Jason is constantly one-upping Matt in everything he does, from stealing the role of Romeo at the last second to stealing the girl he'd been crushing on for ages, 2) Matt knew Jason was gay since the rave and that made him feel especially betrayed because he knew Jason could never love Ivy like he could, and 3) he sympathizes with Peter (as seen in Are You There) because they have both been hurt by Jason's actions. So while outing somebody is a truly asshole thing to do, Matt had been hurt a lot by Jason and was completely aware of how many other people Jason had hurt up to this point. Part of the reason he outs Jason because he's fed up with how much his facade of being straight has been hurting others (especially Ivy and himself).
@@thoroughbryce hurt because Jason is a better student and better at sports/theatre? Sorry but Jason in no way goes out of his way to take anything from Matt and you can even get the impression that he doesn’t care for his popularity so I’m with Jason on this one. Also Matt is a little weasel who thinks he has earned Ivy’s love by treating her well and complaining that after he has treated her so well she should love him back. He’s the epitome of a whiny entitled white boy.
@thoroughbryce I mean, there's even a production where Matt and Ivy kiss at the end of Portrait of a Girl (and they're both seen hugging and holding each other up until that song), implying that they were already a couple. So, at least in the production, he has more reason to be mad at Jason. He STOLE HIS GIRLFRIEND! (at least in Matt's eyes)
My wife has been hung up on this show for well over a decade now (even used "Plain Jane Fat-Ass" as an audition piece once), so I know a lot by proxy - and your cover analysis was SO ON POINT.
(On the topic of "Plain Jane Fat-Ass," it says a lot about Nadia's comedic chops that she's entrusted with the Nurse, but I also wholly understand her frustration. One of my high school friends was under 5 feet tall and got thoroughly sick of always being cast as a child or a mouse.)
this musical is the most surefire way to make me full on sob. i always think if i don't have the background and attachment established in the beginning ill be fine listening to act 2 but I'm always wrong
Act 2 HURTS.
I fully gasped when I saw this video :)
Bare is my actual favorite and not many people know about it! Thank you from this loyal fan!
i actually love your interpretation of the cover. im a huge fan of bare & i hadn’t even considered the color scheme on the cover relating to the show, but i think you’re absolutely right about that. very interesting analysis, loved it !
Really appreciate that. Glad you liked it :)
I’ve listened to Bare so many times and I still sob uncontrollably every time I listen to Absolution
Every theatre kid has that one show that changed their life. And mine was Bare: A Pop Opera. I grew up in a very catholic household. While, luckily, my parents weren't super conservative in my upbringing, I did go to a private catholic school for the first 13 years of my life (I'm 17 and in public high school now). So, I wasn't exposed to the real world. I grew up having religion class every day and mandatory church on Fridays and Sundays. Priests would come into class and say hi. We even had a faith bee (like a spelling bee, but it's theology rather than spelling). I didn't realize how much I hated it until I went to a public high school. I always suspected I was queer. But of course, I refused to acknowledge that because of the "hate the sin not the sinner" teaching. It sucked. The summer before 10th grade, I really thought I was queer. I went to a catholic conference, had a come to Jesus moment, and was like, "NOPE IM STRAIGHT! How could I ever be queer when I'm such a devote Catholic?!" Well, that didn't last long. I grew to accept myself over time. It took so long for me to actually do my own research and form my own opinions. Pretty soon, I found out how awful and oppressive the church is. It broke my heart. I couldn't believe this group I was raised in thought such awful things about the LGBTQ+ community, sex before marriage, purity, etc. I hated it. After doing my own research, I finally accepted the fact that I'm queer. According to the church, God made me perfect. He made me queer! That's what I know.
So, when I listened to Bare for the first time, I couldn't believe what I was hearing. It's a work of art that perfectly captured everything I'd gone through. While I myself have never been directly targeted like Peter and Jason were, I ALWAYS feel people breathing down my neck saying, "You have to be straight. You have to be pure. You have to be modest." I cried so much listening to Bare, not because of how sad it was, but because I knew firsthand what Peter, Jason, and Ivy were going through. I was astounded there was a musical about my life. It was shocking to me.
Well, that was a long-winded way of saying Bare is the most important musical in the world to me. It captures my high school life perfectly.
Aw thanks for sharing your journey, Lorraine :) I'm glad you learnt to love yourself for who you are despite it all. We all deserve love, no matter in which form
I saw this in my recommended and immediately thought "poor lady that ending is going to DESTROY her"
And you were very right :(
Oh man!! I’ve been waiting for this. So glad you’re watching it. I’ll edit this after I finish, but I hope you enjoy it!’
Edit: Oh man you made me cry again with your commentary and pieces of music. Hearing someone go through this so genuinely is really heartwarming. You are a master of deduction through the title background, wow! I’m going to start making guesses off of that myself from now on. All your thoughts matched mine exactly, down to thinking how it would get resolved so close to the end. I know this musical isn’t for everyone, but I’m glad you enjoyed it here! Keep up the great work, and I look forward to watching more of these videos.
So glad you enjoyed it 🥰
I think i recomended this one so I‘m very happy! Ivy is my absolute dream role if I had any talent whatsoever. Such a great album!
And now I will say that you have to listen to Hunchback of Notre Dame Musical Album! In my opinion the best recording ever!
Will definitely do!
@@Barbara2.0 The show never made it to Broadway, but I saw it performed with Broadway actors in the local theater here in Sacramento. In the production I saw, the actor who played Quasimodo was deaf, and his vocals were performed by one of the gargoyles. He acted with American Sign Language. The entire show was outstanding.
Wow that's insane!
@@corvus1374 the original show made it to Broadway back in 2000
Ohhh nooo.... I am not ready.
... though I asked for this...
OK, I'll get ready to cry.
I always have Role of a Lifetime playing on loop whenever I can lol one of my favorite songs in the musical that doesn't immediately make me cry
I saw this twice, done by high school students, some of whom are gay. It was so brave. The director had performed in the show years earlier when he was in high school. Knowing the emotional challenge of this, he asked the audience to remain for a discussion, and people were able to process the emotional heaviness of it. The story isn't true, about one person, but it's the real life experience of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people who feel lost, alone, and/or don't know how to be authentic because of religion, their family can't accept them, or other reasons. They were heroes in my mind because they gave a voice to people who have no voice. One performer said her mother apologized to her after the show because she had been dismissive when she came out of the closet. The music is hauntingly beautiful, the raw emotion, the emotional vulnerability, the courage of this story all has the potential to save lives. I wish many many more people would see this show.
I need to amend something I said in the above comment about some of the performers being gay. That's not the point at all. That was a limiting thing to say. The show depicts struggles with body image, teen pregnancy, parental acceptance, and even rejection of a heterosexual character, Matt, being rejected by Ivy for someone who may be gay. (Jason isn't so sure and Ivy doesn't know at that point whether or if he is). That leads to something else I loved about the play; that it so courageously confronted all of that!
I like how this video is actually recent. Every time I look up this musicals name, every video is old and the most recent you’ll see is 3 years ago 😅 This musical was the second one I have ever seen, but I never really understood it fully until I rewatched it on RUclips. This musical will always be dear to my heart because of how well it is of showing emotions. We know so much about the characters even if they aren’t really apart of the main cast (The ongoing couple the “I finally nailed my girlfriend” guy and the “I blinked and it was over” girl 😂 also Jason’s parents). For the end, I blame both Jason and Peter. I get Peter couldn’t wait to come out, but Jason was extremely unprepared. Especially with Jason’s constant pressure to live up to his dad’s expectations to be the straight athletic boy. Jason’s fault for reckless thinking for breaking up with Peter and getting physical with Ivy 😬
I really hope you saw this musical again in action this time instead of just listening to the audios! It really shows you stuff like when Matt accidentally saw Peter and Jason kiss in Best Kept Secret which is why Matt is singing in Confession. This musical is so underrated, not enough people are talking about it and I hope one day I can share it with my friends!
33:20 I’m surprised, this moment actually made me mad because I really didn’t like the Priest 😂 I remember I immediately said “I wouldn’t forgive him 😤” The musical never fails to make me have strong emotions 😅 Even relistening to the songs I still get sad. Especially Bare which is my favorite song. “The act is beginning, the audience waiting. No! Stay in this moment!” It’s sung beautifully and I like how Jason tries to bring Peter back because it literally is the last moment they’d have. Especially when Jason only talks in a past tense in this song.
i have no idea how you lasted so long without crying... my first experience with this show was watching the whole recording in one sitting (i forced myself not to listen to the soundtrack because i knew it was something special), and i was already sobbing halfway through the FIRST ACT. you can imagine how hard i was crying at the end.
you are literally so wise be my bff i mean- this is my favourite musical, period, and i listened to it enough times already to only get emotionally affected if i'm really needing some drama to shake me up, now tho i was just on eDGE for 35 minutes, felt like i was experiencing it all for the first time again with you. i loooove your comments, i'm feeling all kinds of feelings now the most prominent being happiness that in my life i have found a) bare a pop opera and b) your channel. you're really the most genuine and nice and smart youtuber to talk about musicals out there! anyway lots of luv
I literally have tears in my eyes, not even joking. THANK YOU SO MUCH for your kind words ❤
The LA production BROKE me
"I'm now seeing they're all villains... and not villains."
Yeah... that is one of my favourite things about the play, none of the people are really The Villain.
The real villain in this whole thing is fear, loneliness, and, you know, being 17 in a boarding school.
It's heartbreaking.
Watch the la revival 2013 slime tutorial on RUclips . Just trust me
Yes please do!!!!!!!!!
I'm a bit late, but i am ALWAYS happy to see this show getting the attention it deserves!! one of my favorites, and yes, it absolutely BROKE me when I first watched it, and still does
Oh jeez, halfway through this video and knowing how crazy, sad, and unfortunate things get is wild!
Here’s a few of my top favorite musicals that I didn’t see on your list:
RENT (classic if you haven’t seen/heard it)
Tick...Tick...BOOM! (Same person who did RENT, and I honestly prefer it 😂)
Throughly Modern Millie (set in 1922 and based on Chrysanthemum)
Repo! The Genetic Opera (not a Broadway musical, but still so amazing!)
I love that you’re diving so far into the wonderful world of musicals. There’s such a diversity to them and you can have a song for any occasion. Also, it’s on your list, but Book of Mormon is HILARIOUS. Can’t wait to see more from you!!
I also echo repo!!!! And I recommend American murder song, a project band by one of the creators of it Terrance and his friend. There’s two albums, one about the donner party and one about 1816: the year without a summer, I recommend both. American murder song isn’t really a musical but it kind of is because of how it’s presented.
My favorite part of you touched my soul is the hint of all grown up at the end.
I played Peter in the summer 2015. This show has such a deep personal connection to me. I grew up gay and confused while going to Catholic school and was able to really relate with both Peter and Jason in different ways. We had protestors at our performance everyday (I lived in the same city as the Westboro Baptist Church. IYKYK) During our production gay marriage because legal in the United States. This show changed my life. 💕
Such a great musical. But after it, we need healing. chocolate is not enough. I ended up looking up fanfiction with tags "HAPPY ENDING", "NOBODY DIES", "EVERYBODY LIVES". Jason x Peter forever!
PPS: I still don't understand why we love things that hurt us so much. Ugh.
hearing you analyze the lyrics and music is really amazing and i am very glad i found this video. i really look forward to watching your other videos. also i hope you can cath all the motifs in the music your second way around, it makes for a more fun way to really see whats going on in everyone's heads in the songs.
"If this doesnt end with them having the best time at prom, Ill be real mad". Me: Ahahahah *cries*
This musical helped me come to terms with my sexuality and eventually come out to my parents. I owe so much to this show and everyone involved.
Oh god, I dared not hope that you'd do this one
Welcome to awful emotional pain, my friend
There's this production of the show on youtube to sob even harder 😭😭😭
How have I only just found this review. Bare is spectacular
I'm so happy you are reacting to this one. I only discovered it last year and have been trying to beam vibes back to my closeted 2000s middle and high school self
I’ve been listening to bare on repeat for weeks now and just love it so much. I’m about 5 minutes into the video when writing this and I just know this is gonna be a rollercoaster video
You during Bare being so hopeful 😭😭😭
Tell me about it 😞 This one was painful
OMG I WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MUSICAL REACTIONS PLAYLIST BEGGING THAT YOU'VE REACTED TO BARE AND YESSSS!!!! IM SO HAPPY!!!! THIS IS MY FAV MUSICAL EVER AAAA
This year I'm playing the argentinian version of Bare as Nadia and wooow, it was such journey watching your reactions! Even though it is a downer, it's really well written, with such complexity...it leaves you thinking a lot. But I understand that for the first time hearing it/watching it it could be pretty overwhelming....happy to see someone give Bare some spotlight!! : ) keep it up!
Break a leg!
"I'll need so much chocolate to get over this" Omg I know
My favorite character in the whole show is Nadia.
I highly recommend you watch the show on the BareInIndy channel. It's a community theater production, but it's my favorite production on the whole Internet. The actress who plays Nadia, and the actor who plays Peter, are outstanding. Unfortunately, the actor who played Peter died young.
"There's no such thing as heroes who are queer" is such a heart breaking line.
That's so sad :(
I've heard before that the song bare is Jason's suicide note 😭😭
Don't hurt me like that 😢
As a gay man with religious issues, I found this musical at one of the most pivotal points in my life. Some of these songs saved me, even if I'm not catholic or even Christian. These emotions carry past that.
You should absolutely listen to Next to Normal!!!!
I will! :)
Omg! I didn't see this until now, but I'm so excited for your reaction to this! I love your videos, and I hope you have a nice day
Right back at you, lovely
YESS!! im so glad more people are listening to Bare, its one of my favourite shows!!
just about to watch and I already know you're gonna cry, I'm gonna cry, everybody's going to cry. One of my absolute favorites!
Love that you did this show. It's such a gripping story. You should also do Next to Normal at some point. Definitely my all time favorite and has a similar pop rock score. Also won the Pulitzer prize for its powerful message.
Next to Normal is definitely on the list!
Just listened to it for the first time and OH MY GOSH. I need this reaction to help me process my feelings lol
Also, the line “WE WERE SO IN LOVE” Broke. Me.
“This will end well.”
Oh, no.
I’ve never seen a series of videos set up like this, but I absolutely love it!
"it will end well, I know it will" oh my sweet summer child
oh my god im so excited to watch you listen to this!!! ill edit this when im done with the video
I had a bootleg audio of the workshop version of this show that was I think from 2005. I think as someone who also grew up queer and deeply closeted in a hyper-religious environment, I was able to sympathize with most of the kids because they were all being told in some way or another that they were intrinsically wrong and they were hurting, and hurt kids often lash out and hurt others, ESPECIALLY in an environment like this. The worst bullies I ever had were at church and the religious school I attended. It's shitty but like. Who's gonna teach them anything else when they can't even trust their hurts to the adults around then bc the adults are CAUSING them?
Omg yessss I'm so excited for this
Idk if you’ve ever seen the Billy Elliot musical, but if not I really recommend it! It’s one of my favourites. One of the West End performances was filmed for a DVD which you can download, and the kid who plays Billy (Elliot Hanna) is absolutely incredible. Anyway, I love your reactions so much! Can’t wait to see more ❤️
My heart was breaking for you this whole video. 😭 I hope you have watched this by now! The LA cast is up on RUclips and it’s phenomenal!
Amazing! I love you!!!!!
First off I loved watching this and the whole time thinking "she doesn't know he dies oh no"
It was very entertainitng I'm glad there's more people who appreciate the beautiful pain
Also I highly reccommend listenign to if/then there's. a few paralells and some of the same cast and i adore that musical
So glad you enjoyed it, L! 🥰
As soon as I saw the update I knew I gotta have a drink to go with the video, Bare just brings up the worst stuff, really
But loved your takes on it! As always, sending you my best wishes and a hug, this show really is emotionally draining.
P.S. Do you happen to have a discord server or something of the kind to discuss musicals?
Not yet, but definitely thinking of starting a Discord server :) Sending hugs back!
I cried from this musical.
There's highlight of Peter and Jason but I think someone said in an interview about it being about young people or high school or teenagers or something I forgot hehe
I’m so excited to see you react to this!!! I love it so much and am currently planning a day to watch it with my cousins
Edit: Noooo! You should know not to say it can’t get worse lol it can always get worse...😅
I'll never learn... 😥 hahahaha
I had requested for you to react to this before finding this video. I feel like such an idiot now.
bare is one of my favorite musicals & i loved your reaction! i would love to see you react to spring awakening if you haven't seen it (although it's not much happier...)
19:48 It is! It's Bach's famous Cello Suite
I was just thinking about how it could be a cool video idea to talk about which of these musicals you still listen to regularly or maybe an update on how your thoughts on these musicals have changed😁
Good one! Will definitely keep that in mind
i kept screaming at my screen cause you stayed do optimistic for so long...im so sorry
😆😢
please check out The Mad Ones! it’s an amazing show
I can only agree with this comment. I found "The Mad Ones" literally a week ago (through the "Go Tonight" animatic) and it is the only musical besides "bare" that made shed actual tears while listening to the soundtrack...
It is sooooooooo underrated.
YES DO THIS YES
Yes yes yes yes yes all time favorite musical and top tier ANGST BOPS
Can't believe my favorite show is getting some love. No one knows about it! My recommendations are Brooklyn the Musical and Zanna Don't, other very under appreciated soundtracks!
Omg I love Bare!
I feel like this is one of those plays thay definitely benefits from being able to see it.
The songs are lovely, but the staging really helps with separating life vs dreams as well as public vs private spaces.
Also "i wish your pinata was that big" is way funnierwhen you can see the pinata is about the size of Peter's torso and dick-shaped. XD
Also (depending on the production) you can see Jason down the drug right before 'Bare', so even the break through between them wasn't ever going to be enough.
He was already dead before R&J even started and it is devastating.
Pleeease would you react to The Mad Ones?? Super underrated musical which would be super interesting to watch someone react to for the first time!
Hey! Idk where the best place to send reaction requests/ideas would be but I’d love to see you react to Shrek and/or the Spongebob musicals! Great music and production quality from both💜☺️
Seconding SpongeBob! Shrek can wait IMO
@@kaviweaver5152 I’m definitely hoping for spongebob first! I just thought of shrek too right when I typed it lol 😂
@@WillowFae954 that's fair! I think in terms of well crafted musical theatre SpongeBob is Far and Away superior but if you like Shrek the Musical I don't wanna yuck that yum for you :)
I'm definitely doing Spongebob :)
I’m very late to the party but I recently discovered this pop opera and I have been obsessed. After I finished it a second time I cried so much. Also does anyone know where I can watch the production with the original cast, I am having a hard time finding it.
Oh you would be correct Bare did come out in 2000 I think lol
If you need any more recommendations for musicals I’d say Bandstand is a really good one to do!
you gotta do spring awakening & carrie at some point
Both on the list yay
AH I have so many words to say about this musical!! So buckle up!
I admit that my knowledge and even my interest in theater is pretty minimal. Bare was my first exposure to musicals, and it came at the perfect time - I remember lying in bed with these songs in my headphones while everyone else was asleep, 12 years old in the midst of my own similar turmoil. I am a lesbian raised in a religious cult, and have felt the same pain, pressures, and despair as these characters. I connected so deeply and personally with the storyline of Bare that it became the soundtrack of my younger years. The ending of course was tragic but at the same time, it gave me a feeling of knowing this experience was not being survived by me alone, and that was an important takeaway for me. Personal story aside, I'm so happy to see more people appreciating this musical for all its drama, chaos, and sadness. It's a reflection of many true stories put together in such an artistic way. Your thoughts on each track were both fun and insightful! Loved that clever analysis of the cover which I had never payed much attention to. Genius! And I really enjoyed your input on the musical details too - I've always loved the return to the main melodies throughout so many tracks, they are great to play on piano!
Did you know the writers of Bare want/are planning to do a movie? Apparently it's been in the works for some time, not sure of its progress though (late 2021 began filming). Also, the singer who plays Peter (Matt Doyle) was also in an LGBT movie adaptation of Romeo & Juliet - a coincidental tie in with the R&J themes in Bare!
One final note - I have a musical rec for you!it's not a traditional musical, and is criminally underrated. It's audio only and features 2000s/2010s rock singers (literally Brendon Urie is in there...). It's called Razia's Shadow and is created by the band Forgive Durden. Absolutely worth a listen, beautiful otherworldly love story that I hope you'll love, or even react to! The storytelling of it is just so enchanting
I'm so sorry to hear you struggled growing up and really hope it only made you stronger. It's beautiful to know you can relate to a show in such a personal level that it helps you through tough times, isn't it? The magic of art.
I didn't know they were planning a movie, that would be really cool to watch :)
Thank you so much for you kind words and recommendations!
glad to know that I'm not the only one who knows this musical exists lol
If you liked this, definitely do Bat Boy the musical!
Omg yes we’re entering the underrated off Broadway world. react to batboy soon!