Hi Mortius! I've only recently stumbled upon your channel and absolutely love the energy and passion you have for music and especially for Six The Musical! Idk if you already know about this but I haven't seen any comments about it yet so I decided to write one myself: There's this song called "Megasix" at the very end of the show which is as far as I know only performed live and not studio recorded - and I think you would absolutely love it! They even say 'get your phones out you're gonna wanna film this' at the beginning so I believe you should be alright reacting to it here on RUclips :D And if you're open to suggestions, my personal favourite performance of this is in a RUclips video called "six the musical megasix 13/10/19e ( millie, aimie & maiya's final show )" by "westendmusical" :)
Yay! So so glad you were able to go with the live version for this song, it hits so, so much harder than any animation (not that there aren't some good ones, but nothing can compare to the emotion Sam Pauly gives for this performance)
Anne of Cleves is called the luckiest of the 6 wives. She actually outlived them all! The story goes, that when Anne was shipped over from Germany, Henry wanted to do a test that was popular at the time. He dressed as a peasant and went to the room where Anne was. It was said that the people who are destined to be together will recognize each other even in disguise. As you can guess, Anne didn't. She didn't know a lick of english, let alone this fairytale of soulmates, so when some random man came into her room, while she was waiting for the king, she ignored him. That humiliated Henry, lol, he made a big scene of coming back in his usual king attire, which made her realize her mistake and apologize profusely. After that he started slandering her looks and her body, saying that Holbein painted her prettier than she is and deceived him, from where the story of her "not matching the picture" started. He waited for required 6 months, then, first moment he could, annulled the marriage, gave her a castle and *a lot* of money on the condition Anne couldn't return to Cleves (and tell people of mainland europe of how she was treated) then moved onto her lady in waiting. Anne remained as his close friend and was even called his honorary sister, being only a step under the queen and princesses in the powerscaling. She lived a long life and, honestly, got the best out of her situation
Also i think i just made a fun connection "Dance so hard that i'm causing a sensation" might be a reference to a story of how she and Katherine were dancing together for days during a new year's party, which was a big deal considering it's was a former queen and a current queen who was her lady in waiting (Even bigger stretch, but maybe the hounds mentioned at the beginning were in reference to dogs Katherine gifted her)
Yes they were, the kathrine Howard from the cast recording of all you wanna do (Aimie Atkinson) and Anne of Cleves, the one who sang get down in this video (Genesis Lynea, I think that’s how you spell it)
Wow! That actually makes what happened to KH THAT MUCH WORSE! she was just living her life… being amicable and kind and trying to handle her situation and HERE WE GO WITH ANOTHER SCANDAL! 😭 poor girl can’t catch a break
Haus of holbein is a feverdream of a song, lmao. On stage they queens are wearing wide ruff collars that have neon lights in them and neon glowing glasses, and the entire dance sequence is hilarious, club dancing while drunk vibes
They’re actually not wearing neon lights! They have neon colored ruff rims and glasses that just glow brightly when under dark light! As far as I know, sequins and other more glossy-metallic materials don’t glow under dark light, so their color accents basically disappear into near blackness. It’s a really cool effect and I commend the costuming department for coming up with it!
im not surprised, henry was feeling petty when he said "well thats obviously not you, ive been lied to!" which just makes him going to visit her after their divorce as just friends even funnier
The thing that makes that pretty much a solid reality? Holbein was a ~court~ painter, sent to make paintings of potential wives for the king. If he had really been faking it or even tweaking, he literally could lose his head for lying to the king. Possibly in a more painful way that Anne did. He was trusted to paint these, he HAD to keep it to reality. He also kept painting for Richard. If the portrait had been wrong, even if he lived, he would never work in the courts again. Possibly ANY court, news spreads. And the likelihood the portrait would have survived and not been utterly destroyed by Richard (who, by that time, had a hell of a raging tempter and not known for handling things exactly in a calm manner) in a fit is pretty low.
There was an English belief that destined lovers would recognise each other even if one dressed as a poor vagrant; Henry tried to be romantic and do just that Anne didn't know of this belief; so she told this poor man she didn't know to leave Henry's ego took a blow that day and it's believed that's the actual reason he wanted to divorce; but he used the painting this g as a more 'acceptable' excuse
@@milliegoodwin5389 That's a lie they created to exalt Henry's reputation so he wouldn't look like "The guy who got divorced because of something as stupid as someone's height" (It's literally said in the notes of those who helped), I think we should stop to take that story as "What happened" because it was created to do what he always did, lie about something to make himself look like a victim
OHHH that's the lyric?? I always thought it was "my formation", knowing that it's "reformation" does actually make it a lot funnier lmao thanks for saying this
She maintained good relationships with both of Henry’s daughters, was said to be “fair of face”, and was known to be kind and generous to her staff. The original cool aunt.
It's very important to know that Haus of Holbein IMMEDIATELY follows Heart of Stone, so you have Jane singing about how she's dying and leaving her son behind and then . . That
Yeah there’s a couple lines in between but literally I’ll transcribe (I’ve been in the teen edition so I know the general gist of it) *heart of stone* J.S : because what hurts more than a broken heart? A.B : a severed head *small bit of German playoff music leaving just A.C on stage (the other 5 get the costumes on, amd then come on and do hers for her while she speaks* A.C : now, seeing as Henry was running out of women to marry in England, he had to look a little further afield. Had to…adjust his location settings if you will. To find his next queen, we’re headed to Germany. *german music where other queens put A.Cs ruff and glasses on* A.C : where he enlisted the help of the legendary painter…Hans ALL : Holbein… *haus of holbein*
Holbein wasn't making his paintings prettier. He was just that amazing of a painter, that he got extremely close to his models looking like they did irl, which made him famous and thought after. Henry's hissy fit over Anne's portrait is actually the only time Holbein "embellishing" his models was an issue, and most likely was, again, just Henry throwing a fit to get out of marriage to her
Didn't he throw a fit because he broke into her room disguised as a peasant and she didn't recognize him, so he felt insulted by her reaction and started slandering her after?
@@feistsorcerer2251 yeah pretty much, there was a tradition (originating from french notions of chivalry, fun fact!) about love at first sight, where the suitor would dress as a peasant when meeting the lady, and she would either recognize him or be instinctively drawn to him. anne, not knowing this tradition and being reasonably freaked out by some random guy bursting into her room ignored and pushed him away. henry didn't want to marry her after this, but was forced to go through it for appearances sake. henry got the marriage annulled 7 months later, on the grounds that he didn't consent to be married to her (not like he agreed to the marriage and brought her over to england or anything...)
if you consult the german sources, you learn that looks had nothing to do with it. Henry didn't get the political wins he wanted out of marrying her - her brother in law controlled the invitations to a league of protestant powers, but changed the entry rules to keep henry out. that, and her brother was about to drag Henry into conflict with the Holy Roman Emperor over a land dispute, that henry wanted no part of
fun little fact here: the original west end actresses of Anne of Cleves and Katherine H were actually dating when they were performing in six!! happy pride gays ❤️🧡🤍🩷💜
Fun fact about Christina of Denmark: Henry didn't turn her portrait down, he actually made some sort of proposal to her, to which she replied that she'd gladly marry him IF she had had two heads. At least that's how the story goes in Denmark. ;)
As a german its always really fun for me to watch people react to anne of cleve's Songs because a lot of the german lyrics get lost in Translation and go over peoples head XD
Ja war schön das der Editer die Erklärung für die englischen Zuschauer reingeschnitten hat. Yes nice that the editer explained it for the english watchers.
Yeah switching to German for "Das ist gut" to keep the cute/lute rhyme going is one of my favorite parts of Get Down, and the German in Haus of Holbein is also incredible
My favorite bit of the Get Down animatic is the frame of Ann B. and Katherine H. at the party stealing the snacks and throwing them into a bag. Beheaded cousins are so fun together.
I prefer most of Get Down from the studio records, but there is always the memory of Anne saying "GeT dOwn yoU dIrTy RaScAl" opera style in the live action version
YESSS BRITTNEY MACK!!! I adore all versions, but ms ma’am is the number one Anna of Cleaves imo because of how she interprets the song. Love her sass, her cutesie “Cuz I’m the queen of the castle 😊” followed by the GRIT in her voice for the next lines, her opera singing in the middle, her involving and encouraging the audience to get up and dance with her and talking to them a few times! Brittney my beloved 💕
Henry famously called Anne the "Flanders Mare" and reportedly said "I like her not!" when he saw her and lost it on the guys who set the marriage up. Anne of Cleaves never married after Henry. Also, he would visit her often, and they would play cards together. It amuses me that he'd have to walk past that portrait in the entrance way when he did pop by, lol
Actually, it wasn't that she didn't choose to, Anne wasn't *able* to get married after Henry due to how marriages were back in the day. Remarrying wasn't legally possible, unless she married Henry again, so having a family was out of the cards for her. From what I read, she did actually try to reconcile with Henry, but obviously he decided to marry Parr instead.
The flanders mare comment was not made by henry. This rumor started years after they both died. He said he liked her not because he dressed as a peasant to surprise meet her. She didnt recognise him and probably thought who tf let a peasant get this close to me and henry was ofcourse insulted by this. In true henry style. Their divorce didnt have a lot to do with him not liking her, but her brother playing stupid political games that henry wanted no part in
@@nadiar.4638 Yeah. Not to mention there is an entire country between Julich-Kleve-Berg and Henry damn well knew it. Currently got too many papers on the go but this one is happening. It's not even what it appears.
What's hilarious is King Henry didn't say Holbien drew her better than she was. He said that Holbien did in fact draw her true to life and was accurate in his portrait of her. Henry was using the 'she's ugly' excuse cause he was butthurt. He was big on romantic stories of the girl's true love dressing as a beggar and she recognizes him anyway and he tried to do that with Anne of Cleves. Who 1, didn't grow up with those stories, 2 had never met him before, and 3, her maids did not warn her he was doing this. So Princess Anne was in her room and this fat old smelly man barged into the room, dressed like a peasant, and just grabbed her and started kissing her. So, reasonably, she pulled away in disgust. Usually, people pretended they weren't disgusted by him cause they knew who he was, but this showed him how she truly saw him as he met her without introduction and she didn't know it was the King and so she didn't pretend. It was the classic toxic guy who hits on a girl and when she rejects him he goes 'well you're fat and ugly anyway' cause he's mad he got rejected. So while he put down her looks, he never said Holbien painted her incorrectly and said the portrait was accurate. Henry was just bitter that she didn't fawn over him upon their first meeting.
Mortius you're totally right about her not being in it to win the contest The conversation that directly follows this song Cleves: So yeahhh it was really heartbreaking T_T Aragon: Um... that doesn't sound difficult at all Cleves: Yeah you're right... guess I probably won't win then... Cleves: Oh well...back to the palace! *strikes a cool pose*
Boelyn: Well, now that there's one horse out of the race- Cleves: Rude. Boelyn: Lets check in with our contenders! Will the winner be the devoted wife, the divorcee, or the one who actually had problems to deal with?
The Thing about Anna of Cleeves was that Henry's Marriage to her was also meant to solidify some german ties. If he had just beheaded her or even _just_ divorced her, it could have caused an international scandal. So he complimented her out the Door gave her a huge cash sum and said "Pretty plese don't tell your Relatives I was mean to you, 'mkay?"
If you want Diagetics, check out The Guy Who Doesn't Like Musicals by Starkid - the concept is based the world suddenly turning into a musical, and those who aren't 'part of it' are confused as to why everyone else knows the lyrics and choreography
I second this!!!! He really should check out Starkid's stuff. I know he's a family friendly channel but I'd love to see him react to TGWDLM or Nerdy Prudes. Honestly after that one animatic of the cyclops saga from Epic, I don't think it'd be so much of an issue. ^-^;
Ngl I LOVE her sassy attitude. Like the rest of them are thunder dome'ing about how bad they had it and she's just like "nah, I rock, I'm the coolest and the hottest and the sexiest and the richest and I don't care about that man except to laugh at him." We stan a queen
21:50 this is an actual rhyme that kids sing in Britain when they're the highest up of their group (climb to the top of a tree? You're queen/king of the castle)
So, fun fact: in the show itself, when she says the line ‘as he takes my fur, as you were’ It’s a lot longer of a pause between where the gasp goes and she actually takes her jacket off. Fun all around
A perfect grove of fruits trees, Anne of Cleves definitely won in life between all the wives, she didnt die, got money and she became friends with Henry
There's a bit right after the song in the stage show where the others are like "uhhh that doesn't sound like a hard life at all!" and Anne of Cleves is like "oh damn you're right... *oh well back to the palace I go!* ✌😎💸"
I think my favorite part of 'Haus of Holbien' is the historical accuracy in the listed beauty treatments- make-up absolutely did contain lead, and lead poisoning does have clear, fragile skin as a symptom. Its such a scathing indictment of the historical damage that an obsession with beauty has caused to women's bodies (and the current, on-going damage in the same pursuit, as well). Yes, urine was historically an ingredient in yellow dyes- most of which were used on cloth, but some were used on hair. It was cheaper than most of the yellow herbal dyes- the best yellow herb dye was saffron, which is the most expensive plant/flavoring herb to this day. I'm looking forward to 'All You Wanna Do,' and if no one has warned you about putting up an adult content warning for that song yet, I'm doing so now. I've got a recommendation for you for that song- there's an amazingly well edited animated video (using Disney and non-Disney animated movies for material) for that song. I know that you've probably already seen and recorded for it, so I'm recommending the video "Non/Disney- All You Wanna Do (Rated 15+)" by 2009JoRose. It does an amazing job of highlighting the... historically disturbing events that are hidden under the peppy beat of that song.
Urine wasn't used as a dye, adding color to hair, instead it was stored until it broke down into ammonia and that was used as a bleach to lighten hair. Stale pee was also historically used to wash linens to get them brighter.
So, in the play the very next spoken lines after Get Down are one of the other wives going "...wait, that didn't suck at all, your life was fine?", to which Anne replies: "Oh well, back to the castle! :D" So yeah, she *absolutely* knows in-universe that she isn't winning the competition, she literally just wanted to brag.
I love that Anne kind of knows that she isnt going to win, so she just starts clowning around and having fun while bragging about how great her life was. And her part when all of the queens start fighting is golden!
10:00 yes, that was a thing, not only did they use urine... They used *aged* urine Although since the ammonia in urine isn't super strong, it tended to turn your hair more of an orange colour
Corsets weren’t used in this time. They used stays which weren’t bad for you. In fact they really helped with posture. A lot of people with connectivity issues will use types of stays. (They’re not called that now.)
Ok but with the whole diagetic and non diagetic explanation made me really want Mortius to watch The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals (tho idk if it would fit the channel vibes) haha
One of my favorite bits that wasn't in these videos is all the other girls call her out on how none of what happened to her is really THAT bad (especially in comparison) and Anne says something along the lines of "Oh, yeah, I guess you're right. Oh well, back to my castle then."
I will 100% have a library with a secret spinning bookshelf section. with huge windows and lots of plants (that absorb moisture and not the other way around to keep the books safe)
Haus of Holbien is one of my favorites in this soundtrack! It's funny, lively, catchy! The whole theater turned into a rave when this song was sung when I went to go see it live in March.
I don't know if there is any outro to this, but yeah, she tosses in the towel on the comp right after this before they start Kate Howard's intro piece, which is so deceptively funny.
I love this one. Ok, so Anna of Cleves… King Henry lost Jane but was convinced to remarry. He sent the royal painter, Hans Holbein, to paint portraits of women who would be good political matches. He demanded that they be painted extremely accurately with no embellishment. The church of england was presumably protestant, but only in name. Germany, however, had a very successful protestant movement and one of the leaders of the movement was Anna’s brother. As this was being explained by his advisors as he overlooked the portraits, Henry expressed more interest in her than the others and since he was fighting against marriage so hard, one advisor tacked on that he has met her before and she’s a lot like Jane. The manipulation worked and Henry chose Anna. He announced that he chose her because her portrait was so stunning and he would marry her the day after she arrived in England, so all the important guests would be there to welcome her. He was known to be a big romantic, as all of his past marriages included some kind of public display of true love. He planned the same for Anna. A trope at the time about ‘true love’ was the fairytale scenario of a prince, cursed or otherwise in disguise, would be recognized for who he truly was upon true love’s kiss. So since his image was everywhere, his romantic displays before marriage were well known, and the guards would never let any common man get close enough to kiss her, he would dress up as a peasant and kiss her, and she would play along and ‘suddenly’ recognize him as the king she hasn’t met yet. True love. Unfortunately this was an english trope, not a german one. Anna had never seen him before and he’s dressed like a peasant. Due to culture differences, the english guards guiding her had probably responded (or not responded) in a variety of ways she didn’t expect. So when this “peasant” ran up and kissed her, she shoved him away and started berating him, insulting not only his “lower status” and “dirty appearance”, which he had done intentionally, also his age and weight and such. When she was told who he was and what had been planned, she basically berated him for that, saying that if he doesn’t want to be treated like a peasant, then he shouldn’t dress like one. So from day 1, they didn’t get along. He tried to have the wedding canceled, saying that it was false pretenses because she was not as pretty as her portrait, which was presumably why he chose her. She did have an illness between the painting and the marriage, so her appearance may have changed. But historical records say everyone who saw the painting called it a perfect recreation. Either way, royalty from other countries were already there for a royal wedding, so he had to marry her. When he punished someone for it, he never punished the painter, but had that advisor that told him she was like Jane killed. He immediately brought up annulment. She pointed out that an annulment means they were never truly married, which means any rumor that annulled their marriage would make her unmarriagable in general, and the only place she had to go was back to her brother. So he promised her the lifestyle of a queen, but instead sent her back unmarriagable to burden him. He would not be inclined to be kind after that. So when Henry kept trying to push, she said that she would help him get the annulment on the condition that his promise was kept. She would live the lifestyle of a queen for the rest of her days. He gave her multiple castles, she had more wealth than she knew what to do with so she used it to start her own trading business, she never wore the same dress twice, and when she attended court, she did so under a title created by the king just for her - The King’s Beloved Sister. And she could never marry, but she lived the lifestyle of a queen well after Henry’s death.
Definitely an art studio aesthetically placed in a garden, though if it had a Secret Library then I'm not complaining 😅 (I get to have It All, it's My Castle 🙃)
There was one thing you forgot to listen to (Before Haus of Holbein), "Now, seeing as Henry was running out of women to marry in England". I really recommend listening to it, and if you can't find a good version on youtube, it's on spotify. (And for your question: I don't know)
So Anne of Cleaves unlike any of the other queens Henry wanted rid of, actively leaped to go along with it, and was gainfully rewarded. She was given the legal status of the King’s sister, and a royal salary accordingly. She even outlived noted “survivor” Cathrine Parr. She was definitely the winner in terms of playing the hand she was dealt among the queens.
Mason's little comment on the German used in the song got me good lol "I still don't know what's going on btw" oh sweety you got brought in into the madness of this song with no context I'm so sorry lol "But the music is good!" ~ Mason, 2024
Yes her song not putting her in the running for “had it worst” is immediately lampshaded in the show and her response is “oh nooooo… oh well back to my castle!”
During the super slow voice morph during get down, I’m the live show Anne’s performer flips right into a high Operatic voice for “Get Dooown You Diiirty Raaaascaaaal!”
So I watch the unedited stuff on patreon. But I always make sure to watch the RUclips version aswell…. Mainly for mason :) he’s like the second main character on this Channel and I live for his little quips at Mortius
I was honestly expecting Haus of Holbein to become the new favorite for you, but it is definitely a pleasant surprise that Get Down is the actual potential new favorite; speaking out of bias since it's my favorite song from the performance
Alr I have a random question. In Get Down, when they remove Anna’s costume does she stay like that for the rest of the musical or do they put it back on at some point?
I love the use of the old kids rhyme/song used in this song it honestly makes me love this song so much more and gives me some nostalgia from being a kid and saying this on the playground
Just found you channel and love it already. You asked if urine on hair was a thing then - it was for more than hair! They let the urine dehydrate a while to create ammonia, which can be used like bleach. It was also used to bleach clothes.
"Hazbin Hotel! Because I know that's been a lot of musical theatre kids' hyperfixation right now!" I came here to have a good time and honestly I'm just feeling so attacked right now.
The corset line bugs me on several levels. 1st and foremost: during this time period they did not have corsets, they had a pair of bodies which were hand sewn and stiffens with either rope or reed. The ideal shape was conical, not hourglass, and it was impossible to tight lace (due to the hand sewn eyelets and the reeds, which would break if you tried to tight lace). The second reason being: tight lacing was not a standard practice, very few did it, and they were seen as extremely vain if they did. The small waists were an illusion created through structured undergarments, big sleeves and big skirts.
For your Patreon I recommend watching the live version of 'Get Down' with Brittany Mack. It's the American version and Mack brings so much energy to the performance
I'd have the perfect library hidden behind a secret door. It would have giant windows allowing a ton of natural light to flood the room. It would also have multiple floors you accessed by spiral staircase. There would be lush, comfy couches, armchairs, and other seating allowing for perfect relaxation.
My go to for explaining the difference between diagetic and nondiagetic is High School Musical, because you both get nondiagetic songs where the characters who are singing are actually just thinking out loud or having a normal conversation where the musical scoring comes from nowhere, and songs where the characters are actually singing/performing with the music coming from another character on piano, a karaoke machine etc.
23:00 Ah I thought it was going to be "dramatization" 29:50 In the live performance I saw, they didn't slow down and distort her voice like that. Instead, Anna sang it like it was opera.
On the subject of diagetic vs non diagetic, in Six the wives are performing these songs to convince the audience who had it worst. The wives are very much aware they died and are performing for an audience. They address the audience throughout the show as well. I think technically all of the songs in Six are diagetic because of this!
HAHA!! Love the intro Mortius, it made me laugh, thank you so much for listening to us and always going above and beyond (and props to your editors!!) SOOOO happy to see you're doing the live of All You Wanna Do (I was one of those thousand comments....) thank you so much for your reactions they are always so genuine and interesting
Cozy hobby room/cave. Easiest way to describe what I want in my very hypothetical castle. I want somewhere that I can do my adhd hobbies and be my antisocial self when I don't feel like being around people or don't feel like being a person. Found you when you started reacting to Six, and can say that I am absolutely enjoying not only you but also the editors' comments.
Anne got a good deal mainly because she didn't make the "mistake" that Catherine made and didn't kick up a fuss to fight against Henry divorcing her. And she wasn't around long enough for them to reasonably make a claim that she'd slept around with a bunch of the guys in the court, so they couldn't go that way. Also, she wrote to her brother the Duke of Cleves and made sure he didn't turn the divorce into an international incident, and her reward for doing all this was the king making her his honorary sister, giving her a sizable pension and several big manors (including Hever Castle, which used to belong to the Boleyns, hehehe). They even struck up something of a friendship, or at least the kind of friendship one can have with a king.
Whaaat, so no animatic for All you wanna do? :( That's a shame, that song has some of the coolest animatics, in my opinion. That beeing said, Anne of Cleves has to be my favorite of the wives xD While all the others are fighting over who had it worse, she's aparantly just here to have a good time xD
Something I love about Haus of Holbein is that JS and KH speak for AB and CA😂😅because they were the closest thing Henry had to them after their passing. For example: Jane and Catherine were both Catholic and also friends with one another during their years of life despite Catherine not knowing a grasp of English And for KH and AB; Katherine and Anne were both cousins despite Anne being French while Katherine is British❤ She was alive during Anne’s beheading and most likely either watched and/or heard about it. So she was probably watching Anne haunting Henry after they got married, and have zero problem with it. They probably both enjoyed watching Henry’s coffin explode after he died❤😂
I love how mason jumped in the middle of the first song and gave us a fun fact while also being like: “I have no idea what’s going on but! The music awesome, crack on!!😉” 🤣🤣🤣❤️
“I’m the queen of the castle, get down you dirty rascal.” The way it was said sounds like that tune kids do to tease “Nuh Nuh Nuh Nuh you can’t catch me!”
something that i find interesting about six is that the whole musical is diagetic- it starts off with the pretext that the queens have formed a band, and are performing together, which makes the musical feel like a concert in a really interesting way. the lute would be better described as non-anachronistic, in that it actually belongs to the time period anne is singing about :D
Absolute love the nine/nein lyrics XD Castle Dream Room: an indoor/outdoor sunroom x reading room x catio. Lots of huge windows, plants and really comfy lounges with cat highways along the walls and ceiling. Accessed only by secret passages.
as an ex-music student, i really enjoyed your explanation of diegetic vs non-diegetic! but i still wanted to point out that this whole show is actually diegetic as well, since it's posed as a concert. The whole gimmick (which, fair if you've forgotten. as you said, its been a while!) is that they're singing to compete to be the leader of the band, they might be describing moments but its always just in singing, not recreating a scene. can't wait to see your reaction to all you wanna do, its my favorite :)
I love watching Mortius's raw footage on patreon, absorbing it, then watching the RUclips edits to see what Mason/"new editor"(still don't have their name memorized yet...sorry) add to the video
About your comment on "women getting at least something in a divorce [back then]": no - except being sent to a nunnery. Anna of Cleves didn't fight Henry VIII on the divorce - and he rewarded her for that. After having broken with the catholic church to be able to divorce Catherine of Aragorn, he probably would have had problems to force another divorce.
I’m so happy Anna of Cleaves also became a favorite of yours, Get Down and Anna are my absolute favorite song and queen of the show!!! Also it’s so funny how you brought up at the end “isn’t this whole show a competition on who put up with the most B.S.? I think she lost HAHA” because literally right after her song THE OTHER QUEENS SAY THE SAME, and our Queen Anna goes “oh yeah I guess you’re right…. OH WELL, BACK TO THE PALACE! *sassy dance*” LOL I love her so much
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Hi Mortius! I've only recently stumbled upon your channel and absolutely love the energy and passion you have for music and especially for Six The Musical! Idk if you already know about this but I haven't seen any comments about it yet so I decided to write one myself:
There's this song called "Megasix" at the very end of the show which is as far as I know only performed live and not studio recorded - and I think you would absolutely love it! They even say 'get your phones out you're gonna wanna film this' at the beginning so I believe you should be alright reacting to it here on RUclips :D
And if you're open to suggestions, my personal favourite performance of this is in a RUclips video called "six the musical megasix 13/10/19e ( millie, aimie & maiya's final show )" by "westendmusical" :)
Yay! So so glad you were able to go with the live version for this song, it hits so, so much harder than any animation (not that there aren't some good ones, but nothing can compare to the emotion Sam Pauly gives for this performance)
I am here to GET DOWN
Such a queen
Anne of Cleves is called the luckiest of the 6 wives. She actually outlived them all!
The story goes, that when Anne was shipped over from Germany, Henry wanted to do a test that was popular at the time. He dressed as a peasant and went to the room where Anne was. It was said that the people who are destined to be together will recognize each other even in disguise. As you can guess, Anne didn't. She didn't know a lick of english, let alone this fairytale of soulmates, so when some random man came into her room, while she was waiting for the king, she ignored him. That humiliated Henry, lol, he made a big scene of coming back in his usual king attire, which made her realize her mistake and apologize profusely. After that he started slandering her looks and her body, saying that Holbein painted her prettier than she is and deceived him, from where the story of her "not matching the picture" started.
He waited for required 6 months, then, first moment he could, annulled the marriage, gave her a castle and *a lot* of money on the condition Anne couldn't return to Cleves (and tell people of mainland europe of how she was treated) then moved onto her lady in waiting. Anne remained as his close friend and was even called his honorary sister, being only a step under the queen and princesses in the powerscaling. She lived a long life and, honestly, got the best out of her situation
Also i think i just made a fun connection
"Dance so hard that i'm causing a sensation" might be a reference to a story of how she and Katherine were dancing together for days during a new year's party, which was a big deal considering it's was a former queen and a current queen who was her lady in waiting
(Even bigger stretch, but maybe the hounds mentioned at the beginning were in reference to dogs Katherine gifted her)
@@sunnysunsins weren't one of the pairs of performers of them dating
Yes they were, the kathrine Howard from the cast recording of all you wanna do (Aimie Atkinson) and Anne of Cleves, the one who sang get down in this video (Genesis Lynea, I think that’s how you spell it)
@@Daniel-in3zi that's so cute omg!!!!
Wow! That actually makes what happened to KH THAT MUCH WORSE! she was just living her life… being amicable and kind and trying to handle her situation and HERE WE GO WITH ANOTHER SCANDAL! 😭 poor girl can’t catch a break
Haus of holbein is a feverdream of a song, lmao. On stage they queens are wearing wide ruff collars that have neon lights in them and neon glowing glasses, and the entire dance sequence is hilarious, club dancing while drunk vibes
My son loves this part and he dances with them runs back and forth between me and his granny adding in the “house of Holbein” its hilarious
They’re actually not wearing neon lights! They have neon colored ruff rims and glasses that just glow brightly when under dark light!
As far as I know, sequins and other more glossy-metallic materials don’t glow under dark light, so their color accents basically disappear into near blackness.
It’s a really cool effect and I commend the costuming department for coming up with it!
The funny thing about Anne's story is that according to all accounts from the castle staff, Anne looked exactly like her picture
im not surprised, henry was feeling petty when he said "well thats obviously not you, ive been lied to!" which just makes him going to visit her after their divorce as just friends even funnier
@@gothic_ace2037The thing is, how do they put your height and extremely small marks from having had smallpox in a painting? LOL
The thing that makes that pretty much a solid reality? Holbein was a ~court~ painter, sent to make paintings of potential wives for the king. If he had really been faking it or even tweaking, he literally could lose his head for lying to the king. Possibly in a more painful way that Anne did. He was trusted to paint these, he HAD to keep it to reality. He also kept painting for Richard. If the portrait had been wrong, even if he lived, he would never work in the courts again. Possibly ANY court, news spreads. And the likelihood the portrait would have survived and not been utterly destroyed by Richard (who, by that time, had a hell of a raging tempter and not known for handling things exactly in a calm manner) in a fit is pretty low.
There was an English belief that destined lovers would recognise each other even if one dressed as a poor vagrant; Henry tried to be romantic and do just that
Anne didn't know of this belief; so she told this poor man she didn't know to leave
Henry's ego took a blow that day and it's believed that's the actual reason he wanted to divorce; but he used the painting this g as a more 'acceptable' excuse
@@milliegoodwin5389 That's a lie they created to exalt Henry's reputation so he wouldn't look like "The guy who got divorced because of something as stupid as someone's height" (It's literally said in the notes of those who helped), I think we should stop to take that story as "What happened" because it was created to do what he always did, lie about something to make himself look like a victim
Honestly not enough people appreciate the 'okay ladies, let's get in reformation' joke
I think the musical does an awesome job in double meaning/play on words: consort/concert, court/court, etc.
Oh that killed me the first time I heard it. But my mom didn't get it, because she isn't a history nerd like I am.
OHHH that's the lyric?? I always thought it was "my formation", knowing that it's "reformation" does actually make it a lot funnier lmao thanks for saying this
I loved it
She maintained good relationships with both of Henry’s daughters, was said to be “fair of face”, and was known to be kind and generous to her staff. The original cool aunt.
RICH!! cool aunt! 😆😆 the one that can't be bothered to have kids so she just spoils her nieces and nephews rotten!
It's very important to know that Haus of Holbein IMMEDIATELY follows Heart of Stone, so you have Jane singing about how she's dying and leaving her son behind and then . . That
I decided to see SIX without hearing any songs from it beforehand. That tone shift was wild.
In the actual play I think there is a short song in between heart of stone and Holbein
@@itsmxtwist There is an instrumental whil they go get their costumes on
Yeah there’s a couple lines in between but literally I’ll transcribe (I’ve been in the teen edition so I know the general gist of it)
*heart of stone*
J.S : because what hurts more than a broken heart?
A.B : a severed head
*small bit of German playoff music leaving just A.C on stage (the other 5 get the costumes on, amd then come on and do hers for her while she speaks*
A.C : now, seeing as Henry was running out of women to marry in England, he had to look a little further afield. Had to…adjust his location settings if you will. To find his next queen, we’re headed to Germany.
*german music where other queens put A.Cs ruff and glasses on*
A.C : where he enlisted the help of the legendary painter…Hans
ALL : Holbein…
*haus of holbein*
Holbein wasn't making his paintings prettier. He was just that amazing of a painter, that he got extremely close to his models looking like they did irl, which made him famous and thought after. Henry's hissy fit over Anne's portrait is actually the only time Holbein "embellishing" his models was an issue, and most likely was, again, just Henry throwing a fit to get out of marriage to her
Didn't he throw a fit because he broke into her room disguised as a peasant and she didn't recognize him, so he felt insulted by her reaction and started slandering her after?
@@feistsorcerer2251 yeah pretty much, there was a tradition (originating from french notions of chivalry, fun fact!) about love at first sight, where the suitor would dress as a peasant when meeting the lady, and she would either recognize him or be instinctively drawn to him. anne, not knowing this tradition and being reasonably freaked out by some random guy bursting into her room ignored and pushed him away. henry didn't want to marry her after this, but was forced to go through it for appearances sake. henry got the marriage annulled 7 months later, on the grounds that he didn't consent to be married to her (not like he agreed to the marriage and brought her over to england or anything...)
in fact, according to people who WEREN'T Henry who saw both the portrait and the woman herself, it was a very good likeness indeed
if you consult the german sources, you learn that looks had nothing to do with it. Henry didn't get the political wins he wanted out of marrying her - her brother in law controlled the invitations to a league of protestant powers, but changed the entry rules to keep henry out. that, and her brother was about to drag Henry into conflict with the Holy Roman Emperor over a land dispute, that henry wanted no part of
fun little fact here: the original west end actresses of Anne of Cleves and Katherine H were actually dating when they were performing in six!!
happy pride gays ❤️🧡🤍🩷💜
WHAT!?! I didn't know that! That's so cute! Happy pride month!!🏳🌈🥳
YESSSSS QUEENS
A win for girlbosses everywhere, let’s go lesbians 🏳️🌈
Fun fact about Christina of Denmark: Henry didn't turn her portrait down, he actually made some sort of proposal to her, to which she replied that she'd gladly marry him IF she had had two heads. At least that's how the story goes in Denmark. ;)
Smart woman. Mary of guise also turned down henry.
That's how the story goes in Britain too but I suppose they changed it here to simplify the story.
As a german its always really fun for me to watch people react to anne of cleve's Songs because a lot of the german lyrics get lost in Translation and go over peoples head XD
Yes! (Fellow German here.) These two songs are such a treat when you understand all the wordplay and how cleve(r) it is :’D
Ja war schön das der Editer die Erklärung für die englischen Zuschauer reingeschnitten hat. Yes nice that the editer explained it for the english watchers.
I'm not german by any means but I did learn it for years and it's so fun honnestly
i grew up around german speakers, and explaining the lyrics to my friends is always fun.
Yeah switching to German for "Das ist gut" to keep the cute/lute rhyme going is one of my favorite parts of Get Down, and the German in Haus of Holbein is also incredible
My favorite bit of the Get Down animatic is the frame of Ann B. and Katherine H. at the party stealing the snacks and throwing them into a bag. Beheaded cousins are so fun together.
Time stamp pls I can’t find it 😭
@@eeee7950 In this video it's 28:18.
@@anobservatory4227 oh okay ty!
I prefer most of Get Down from the studio records, but there is always the memory of Anne saying "GeT dOwn yoU dIrTy RaScAl" opera style in the live action version
IIRC, Brittany Mack fron the OG Broadway cast is a trained opera singer, so that became her particular riff for Cleves.
YESSS BRITTNEY MACK!!! I adore all versions, but ms ma’am is the number one Anna of Cleaves imo because of how she interprets the song. Love her sass, her cutesie “Cuz I’m the queen of the castle 😊” followed by the GRIT in her voice for the next lines, her opera singing in the middle, her involving and encouraging the audience to get up and dance with her and talking to them a few times! Brittney my beloved 💕
@@morganring8385She chose well for that
Henry famously called Anne the "Flanders Mare" and reportedly said "I like her not!" when he saw her and lost it on the guys who set the marriage up.
Anne of Cleaves never married after Henry. Also, he would visit her often, and they would play cards together. It amuses me that he'd have to walk past that portrait in the entrance way when he did pop by, lol
Actually, it wasn't that she didn't choose to, Anne wasn't *able* to get married after Henry due to how marriages were back in the day. Remarrying wasn't legally possible, unless she married Henry again, so having a family was out of the cards for her. From what I read, she did actually try to reconcile with Henry, but obviously he decided to marry Parr instead.
She ended up being called The King's Beloved Sister since she didn't contest the annulment.
The flanders mare comment was not made by henry. This rumor started years after they both died.
He said he liked her not because he dressed as a peasant to surprise meet her. She didnt recognise him and probably thought who tf let a peasant get this close to me and henry was ofcourse insulted by this. In true henry style.
Their divorce didnt have a lot to do with him not liking her, but her brother playing stupid political games that henry wanted no part in
@@nadiar.4638 Yeah. Not to mention there is an entire country between Julich-Kleve-Berg and Henry damn well knew it. Currently got too many papers on the go but this one is happening. It's not even what it appears.
What's hilarious is King Henry didn't say Holbien drew her better than she was. He said that Holbien did in fact draw her true to life and was accurate in his portrait of her. Henry was using the 'she's ugly' excuse cause he was butthurt. He was big on romantic stories of the girl's true love dressing as a beggar and she recognizes him anyway and he tried to do that with Anne of Cleves. Who 1, didn't grow up with those stories, 2 had never met him before, and 3, her maids did not warn her he was doing this. So Princess Anne was in her room and this fat old smelly man barged into the room, dressed like a peasant, and just grabbed her and started kissing her. So, reasonably, she pulled away in disgust. Usually, people pretended they weren't disgusted by him cause they knew who he was, but this showed him how she truly saw him as he met her without introduction and she didn't know it was the King and so she didn't pretend. It was the classic toxic guy who hits on a girl and when she rejects him he goes 'well you're fat and ugly anyway' cause he's mad he got rejected. So while he put down her looks, he never said Holbien painted her incorrectly and said the portrait was accurate. Henry was just bitter that she didn't fawn over him upon their first meeting.
Mortius you're totally right about her not being in it to win the contest
The conversation that directly follows this song
Cleves: So yeahhh it was really heartbreaking T_T
Aragon: Um... that doesn't sound difficult at all
Cleves: Yeah you're right... guess I probably won't win then...
Cleves: Oh well...back to the palace! *strikes a cool pose*
Boelyn: Well, now that there's one horse out of the race-
Cleves: Rude.
Boelyn: Lets check in with our contenders! Will the winner be the devoted wife, the divorcee, or the one who actually had problems to deal with?
The Thing about Anna of Cleeves was that Henry's Marriage to her was also meant to solidify some german ties. If he had just beheaded her or even _just_ divorced her, it could have caused an international scandal. So he complimented her out the Door gave her a huge cash sum and said "Pretty plese don't tell your Relatives I was mean to you, 'mkay?"
If you want Diagetics, check out The Guy Who Doesn't Like Musicals by Starkid - the concept is based the world suddenly turning into a musical, and those who aren't 'part of it' are confused as to why everyone else knows the lyrics and choreography
That was the first thing that came to mind when diagetics was being explained.
I second this!!!! He really should check out Starkid's stuff. I know he's a family friendly channel but I'd love to see him react to TGWDLM or Nerdy Prudes. Honestly after that one animatic of the cyclops saga from Epic, I don't think it'd be so much of an issue. ^-^;
Ngl I LOVE her sassy attitude. Like the rest of them are thunder dome'ing about how bad they had it and she's just like "nah, I rock, I'm the coolest and the hottest and the sexiest and the richest and I don't care about that man except to laugh at him." We stan a queen
we all agree that cleves is an icon right?! 🤩
YES. I am obsessed with get down, I feel like a bad bitch when it's on
21:50 this is an actual rhyme that kids sing in Britain when they're the highest up of their group (climb to the top of a tree? You're queen/king of the castle)
We say it in America too lol
Cool, I've never seen it in US TV so I didn't know
So, fun fact: in the show itself, when she says the line ‘as he takes my fur, as you were’ It’s a lot longer of a pause between where the gasp goes and she actually takes her jacket off. Fun all around
A perfect grove of fruits trees, Anne of Cleves definitely won in life between all the wives, she didnt die, got money and she became friends with Henry
There's a bit right after the song in the stage show where the others are like "uhhh that doesn't sound like a hard life at all!" and Anne of Cleves is like "oh damn you're right... *oh well back to the palace I go!* ✌😎💸"
I think my favorite part of 'Haus of Holbien' is the historical accuracy in the listed beauty treatments- make-up absolutely did contain lead, and lead poisoning does have clear, fragile skin as a symptom. Its such a scathing indictment of the historical damage that an obsession with beauty has caused to women's bodies (and the current, on-going damage in the same pursuit, as well).
Yes, urine was historically an ingredient in yellow dyes- most of which were used on cloth, but some were used on hair. It was cheaper than most of the yellow herbal dyes- the best yellow herb dye was saffron, which is the most expensive plant/flavoring herb to this day.
I'm looking forward to 'All You Wanna Do,' and if no one has warned you about putting up an adult content warning for that song yet, I'm doing so now. I've got a recommendation for you for that song- there's an amazingly well edited animated video (using Disney and non-Disney animated movies for material) for that song. I know that you've probably already seen and recorded for it, so I'm recommending the video "Non/Disney- All You Wanna Do (Rated 15+)" by 2009JoRose. It does an amazing job of highlighting the... historically disturbing events that are hidden under the peppy beat of that song.
Urine wasn't used as a dye, adding color to hair, instead it was stored until it broke down into ammonia and that was used as a bleach to lighten hair. Stale pee was also historically used to wash linens to get them brighter.
So, in the play the very next spoken lines after Get Down are one of the other wives going "...wait, that didn't suck at all, your life was fine?", to which Anne replies: "Oh well, back to the castle! :D"
So yeah, she *absolutely* knows in-universe that she isn't winning the competition, she literally just wanted to brag.
She’s an icon
I love that Anne kind of knows that she isnt going to win, so she just starts clowning around and having fun while bragging about how great her life was. And her part when all of the queens start fighting is golden!
10:00 yes, that was a thing, not only did they use urine... They used *aged* urine
Although since the ammonia in urine isn't super strong, it tended to turn your hair more of an orange colour
Eccch
In the live performance, for the 'slowed down' portion the actress pulls out a full opera style hold on the words
Corsets weren’t used in this time. They used stays which weren’t bad for you. In fact they really helped with posture. A lot of people with connectivity issues will use types of stays. (They’re not called that now.)
I mean, in general, corsets and stays weren't bad for you. The only reason they would be bad is if they were made too small for the person
Corsets aren't bad either when worn normally, tightlacing wasn't actually super common.
Ok but with the whole diagetic and non diagetic explanation made me really want Mortius to watch The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals (tho idk if it would fit the channel vibes) haha
One of my favorite bits that wasn't in these videos is all the other girls call her out on how none of what happened to her is really THAT bad (especially in comparison) and Anne says something along the lines of "Oh, yeah, I guess you're right. Oh well, back to my castle then."
I will 100% have a library with a secret spinning bookshelf section. with huge windows and lots of plants (that absorb moisture and not the other way around to keep the books safe)
Haus of Holbien is one of my favorites in this soundtrack! It's funny, lively, catchy! The whole theater turned into a rave when this song was sung when I went to go see it live in March.
Fun fact: panic spelled with a k is the way you spell panic in Danish (which goes well with the former princess they showed)
And how you write it in German....because Anna von Cleve who is a Wiener Schnitzel :)
@@kurikuri6683 yes of course😊😂 I only had one year of German so I’m pretty bad at it😂
Gigi drew Anne of Cleves with so much gremlin energy and I am here for all of it!
I don't know if there is any outro to this, but yeah, she tosses in the towel on the comp right after this before they start Kate Howard's intro piece, which is so deceptively funny.
I was lucky enough to catch the musical while it was on stage in Canada and Haus of Holbein was WILD fkdslfjgds
I really love get down, it's such a woman overpowering song! Sometimes I just listen to it for extra confidence
I love this one. Ok, so Anna of Cleves…
King Henry lost Jane but was convinced to remarry. He sent the royal painter, Hans Holbein, to paint portraits of women who would be good political matches. He demanded that they be painted extremely accurately with no embellishment.
The church of england was presumably protestant, but only in name. Germany, however, had a very successful protestant movement and one of the leaders of the movement was Anna’s brother. As this was being explained by his advisors as he overlooked the portraits, Henry expressed more interest in her than the others and since he was fighting against marriage so hard, one advisor tacked on that he has met her before and she’s a lot like Jane. The manipulation worked and Henry chose Anna.
He announced that he chose her because her portrait was so stunning and he would marry her the day after she arrived in England, so all the important guests would be there to welcome her. He was known to be a big romantic, as all of his past marriages included some kind of public display of true love. He planned the same for Anna. A trope at the time about ‘true love’ was the fairytale scenario of a prince, cursed or otherwise in disguise, would be recognized for who he truly was upon true love’s kiss. So since his image was everywhere, his romantic displays before marriage were well known, and the guards would never let any common man get close enough to kiss her, he would dress up as a peasant and kiss her, and she would play along and ‘suddenly’ recognize him as the king she hasn’t met yet. True love.
Unfortunately this was an english trope, not a german one. Anna had never seen him before and he’s dressed like a peasant. Due to culture differences, the english guards guiding her had probably responded (or not responded) in a variety of ways she didn’t expect. So when this “peasant” ran up and kissed her, she shoved him away and started berating him, insulting not only his “lower status” and “dirty appearance”, which he had done intentionally, also his age and weight and such. When she was told who he was and what had been planned, she basically berated him for that, saying that if he doesn’t want to be treated like a peasant, then he shouldn’t dress like one.
So from day 1, they didn’t get along. He tried to have the wedding canceled, saying that it was false pretenses because she was not as pretty as her portrait, which was presumably why he chose her. She did have an illness between the painting and the marriage, so her appearance may have changed. But historical records say everyone who saw the painting called it a perfect recreation. Either way, royalty from other countries were already there for a royal wedding, so he had to marry her. When he punished someone for it, he never punished the painter, but had that advisor that told him she was like Jane killed.
He immediately brought up annulment. She pointed out that an annulment means they were never truly married, which means any rumor that annulled their marriage would make her unmarriagable in general, and the only place she had to go was back to her brother. So he promised her the lifestyle of a queen, but instead sent her back unmarriagable to burden him. He would not be inclined to be kind after that.
So when Henry kept trying to push, she said that she would help him get the annulment on the condition that his promise was kept. She would live the lifestyle of a queen for the rest of her days. He gave her multiple castles, she had more wealth than she knew what to do with so she used it to start her own trading business, she never wore the same dress twice, and when she attended court, she did so under a title created by the king just for her - The King’s Beloved Sister. And she could never marry, but she lived the lifestyle of a queen well after Henry’s death.
Definitely an art studio aesthetically placed in a garden, though if it had a Secret Library then I'm not complaining 😅 (I get to have It All, it's My Castle 🙃)
anna of cleves is an icon fr
How am I supposed to watch this video and dance at the same time
There was one thing you forgot to listen to (Before Haus of Holbein), "Now, seeing as Henry was running out of women to marry in England". I really recommend listening to it, and if you can't find a good version on youtube, it's on spotify.
(And for your question: I don't know)
I'm still so very charmed by 'ladies, get in Reformation'
So Anne of Cleaves unlike any of the other queens Henry wanted rid of, actively leaped to go along with it, and was gainfully rewarded.
She was given the legal status of the King’s sister, and a royal salary accordingly. She even outlived noted “survivor” Cathrine Parr. She was definitely the winner in terms of playing the hand she was dealt among the queens.
Mason's little comment on the German used in the song got me good lol
"I still don't know what's going on btw" oh sweety you got brought in into the madness of this song with no context I'm so sorry lol
"But the music is good!" ~ Mason, 2024
Yes her song not putting her in the running for “had it worst” is immediately lampshaded in the show and her response is “oh nooooo… oh well back to my castle!”
During the super slow voice morph during get down, I’m the live show Anne’s performer flips right into a high Operatic voice for “Get Dooown You Diiirty Raaaascaaaal!”
So I watch the unedited stuff on patreon. But I always make sure to watch the RUclips version aswell…. Mainly for mason :) he’s like the second main character on this Channel and I live for his little quips at Mortius
I was honestly expecting Haus of Holbein to become the new favorite for you, but it is definitely a pleasant surprise that Get Down is the actual potential new favorite; speaking out of bias since it's my favorite song from the performance
Alr I have a random question. In Get Down, when they remove Anna’s costume does she stay like that for the rest of the musical or do they put it back on at some point?
She puts it back on during first verse of "All you wanna do", while focus is on Katherine
@@sunnysunsinsOoooh ty!
Anne of Cleves is amazing.
I love the use of the old kids rhyme/song used in this song it honestly makes me love this song so much more and gives me some nostalgia from being a kid and saying this on the playground
You gotta love the use of Greensleeves in the first song, as the myth is that Henry wrote the poem/song for Anne Boylen.
“I look more rad than Lutheranism.”
Love
Paired with “let’s get in reformation “ as Martin Luther lead a reformation of the church
26:40 Best use of the word “nondiegetic” is in an episode of the newest season of Doctor Who when he says, “I thought that music was nondiegetic.”
Just found you channel and love it already. You asked if urine on hair was a thing then - it was for more than hair! They let the urine dehydrate a while to create ammonia, which can be used like bleach. It was also used to bleach clothes.
"Hazbin Hotel! Because I know that's been a lot of musical theatre kids' hyperfixation right now!" I came here to have a good time and honestly I'm just feeling so attacked right now.
I'd want a gigantic garden with a swing. It must have a swing. And deers.
WE TURNIN A VIER INTO A NINE WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
The bladder point, they really did use it for a lot of things.
but one I remember is the yellow stain glass in older buildings could have pee in them.
i honestly wish you watchedthe live action of this song...
Today i learned that in the enire Hatchedfield Saga from Starkid Productions, only the first Musical is Diagetic!😅
Henry took care of Cleves in order to keep the alliances happy.
Mortius: hOlBEeean
Me: it’s Holbein! Hole-BAI-n! 😅
Right
the library of alexandria just dropped in my castle with books adding to it as it gets written
1. Editor appreciation , love all the bits you put in
I always wanted the Libary Belle had in Beatuy & the Beast since a kid 😂
The corset line bugs me on several levels. 1st and foremost: during this time period they did not have corsets, they had a pair of bodies which were hand sewn and stiffens with either rope or reed. The ideal shape was conical, not hourglass, and it was impossible to tight lace (due to the hand sewn eyelets and the reeds, which would break if you tried to tight lace). The second reason being: tight lacing was not a standard practice, very few did it, and they were seen as extremely vain if they did. The small waists were an illusion created through structured undergarments, big sleeves and big skirts.
For your Patreon I recommend watching the live version of 'Get Down' with Brittany Mack. It's the American version and Mack brings so much energy to the performance
I love the editor comments along with Mortius is talking 😂about
I’m so glad mason points out that AMAZING line!! I was hoping it would be noticed
I'd have the perfect library hidden behind a secret door. It would have giant windows allowing a ton of natural light to flood the room. It would also have multiple floors you accessed by spiral staircase. There would be lush, comfy couches, armchairs, and other seating allowing for perfect relaxation.
My go to for explaining the difference between diagetic and nondiagetic is High School Musical, because you both get nondiagetic songs where the characters who are singing are actually just thinking out loud or having a normal conversation where the musical scoring comes from nowhere, and songs where the characters are actually singing/performing with the music coming from another character on piano, a karaoke machine etc.
Oh that’s a great point! There aren’t a lot of properties that have both, so I will definitely keep that in mind for future explanations :)
Not only did they rhyme Croquet-ya with playa, they also rhymed every day with Croquet on its own.
Yes after the Song they talk about how she is out of the race. It is so funny 🤣
23:00 Ah I thought it was going to be "dramatization"
29:50 In the live performance I saw, they didn't slow down and distort her voice like that. Instead, Anna sang it like it was opera.
On the subject of diagetic vs non diagetic, in Six the wives are performing these songs to convince the audience who had it worst. The wives are very much aware they died and are performing for an audience. They address the audience throughout the show as well. I think technically all of the songs in Six are diagetic because of this!
HAHA!! Love the intro Mortius, it made me laugh, thank you so much for listening to us and always going above and beyond (and props to your editors!!) SOOOO happy to see you're doing the live of All You Wanna Do (I was one of those thousand comments....) thank you so much for your reactions they are always so genuine and interesting
29:56 she sings opera style, at least in the broadway version
If your looking for a live version to watch, "Get Down: American Cast" is such a vibe. You will be deceased at cleeves
RAHHH SCREAMING
It always makes my day when Mortius posts
Cozy hobby room/cave. Easiest way to describe what I want in my very hypothetical castle. I want somewhere that I can do my adhd hobbies and be my antisocial self when I don't feel like being around people or don't feel like being a person.
Found you when you started reacting to Six, and can say that I am absolutely enjoying not only you but also the editors' comments.
The way I giggled at your mention of Hazbin because it’s my theater kid hyper fixation at the moment. I’m not over it
I’ve always wanted a castle for one. But I need a huge library. I have so many books and I keep buying more 😂❤
Anne got a good deal mainly because she didn't make the "mistake" that Catherine made and didn't kick up a fuss to fight against Henry divorcing her. And she wasn't around long enough for them to reasonably make a claim that she'd slept around with a bunch of the guys in the court, so they couldn't go that way. Also, she wrote to her brother the Duke of Cleves and made sure he didn't turn the divorce into an international incident, and her reward for doing all this was the king making her his honorary sister, giving her a sizable pension and several big manors (including Hever Castle, which used to belong to the Boleyns, hehehe). They even struck up something of a friendship, or at least the kind of friendship one can have with a king.
Whaaat, so no animatic for All you wanna do? :(
That's a shame, that song has some of the coolest animatics, in my opinion.
That beeing said, Anne of Cleves has to be my favorite of the wives xD
While all the others are fighting over who had it worse, she's aparantly just here to have a good time xD
(Only my opinion) Yes, All you wanna do animatics are great, but the live version of Samantha Pauly is just on another level
Something I love about Haus of Holbein is that JS and KH speak for AB and CA😂😅because they were the closest thing Henry had to them after their passing.
For example: Jane and Catherine were both Catholic and also friends with one another during their years of life despite Catherine not knowing a grasp of English
And for KH and AB; Katherine and Anne were both cousins despite Anne being French while Katherine is British❤ She was alive during Anne’s beheading and most likely either watched and/or heard about it. So she was probably watching Anne haunting Henry after they got married, and have zero problem with it. They probably both enjoyed watching Henry’s coffin explode after he died❤😂
I love how mason jumped in the middle of the first song and gave us a fun fact while also being like: “I have no idea what’s going on but! The music awesome, crack on!!😉” 🤣🤣🤣❤️
“I’m the queen of the castle, get down you dirty rascal.”
The way it was said sounds like that tune kids do to tease “Nuh Nuh Nuh Nuh you can’t catch me!”
Mortius: Hears the song say hol-bine
Also Mortius: Holbin!
30.00 So in irl they have some great skills to slow down their singing and dancing, that looks really good
something that i find interesting about six is that the whole musical is diagetic- it starts off with the pretext that the queens have formed a band, and are performing together, which makes the musical feel like a concert in a really interesting way. the lute would be better described as non-anachronistic, in that it actually belongs to the time period anne is singing about :D
Absolute love the nine/nein lyrics XD
Castle Dream Room: an indoor/outdoor sunroom x reading room x catio. Lots of huge windows, plants and really comfy lounges with cat highways along the walls and ceiling. Accessed only by secret passages.
as an ex-music student, i really enjoyed your explanation of diegetic vs non-diegetic! but i still wanted to point out that this whole show is actually diegetic as well, since it's posed as a concert. The whole gimmick (which, fair if you've forgotten. as you said, its been a while!) is that they're singing to compete to be the leader of the band, they might be describing moments but its always just in singing, not recreating a scene. can't wait to see your reaction to all you wanna do, its my favorite :)
Anna is such a gem in the musical. xD Only in the competition to brag and she does it in style.
I love watching Mortius's raw footage on patreon, absorbing it, then watching the RUclips edits to see what Mason/"new editor"(still don't have their name memorized yet...sorry) add to the video
About your comment on "women getting at least something in a divorce [back then]": no - except being sent to a nunnery. Anna of Cleves didn't fight Henry VIII on the divorce - and he rewarded her for that. After having broken with the catholic church to be able to divorce Catherine of Aragorn, he probably would have had problems to force another divorce.
Me who took German Duolingo: I understood the German lines! 😃
I love the input from Mason! These writers are so clever. (:
I’m so happy Anna of Cleaves also became a favorite of yours, Get Down and Anna are my absolute favorite song and queen of the show!!! Also it’s so funny how you brought up at the end “isn’t this whole show a competition on who put up with the most B.S.? I think she lost HAHA” because literally right after her song THE OTHER QUEENS SAY THE SAME, and our Queen Anna goes “oh yeah I guess you’re right…. OH WELL, BACK TO THE PALACE! *sassy dance*” LOL I love her so much