#“He was stupefied; thought and speech alike failed him; the sum of possible astonishment had been surpassed.”

[wanderinghedgehog]

Sometimes Les Mis being a musical is really funny to me because it leads to these really weird scenes that only make sense in a musical. My favorite of these has got to be near the end of Who Am I when Valjean gets to the trial. Of course Javert has to be there so there doesn’t have to be a separate scene of a messenger telling him about Valjean. But that means that he’s literally just there to observe. He can’t do ANYTHING. While Valjean is singing the really long note at the end of the song, Javert just has to politely wait until the singing is done. Even then, when Valjean runs off, Javert can’t immediately chase after him because then how would Valjean get to Fantine’s death scene with so much time to spare. It’s so silly.