#Urinetown

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[submissive-dumbass]

“Kill them with kindness” WRONG. Send their ass to Urinetown

[the-bug-carnival]

from what I remember about Malthus’s theories, he thought that specifically the poor should be regulated and limited in terms of resource use and reproduction. malthus attributed the depletion of resources to irresponsibility and lack of moral restraint among the poor. I think Malthusianism mainly appears in the leisure & freedom the rich possess as opposed to the poor! :)

It's been years and I'm still very confused by the inclusion of "hail Malthus" at the end of Urinetown. On the one hand, a narrative bait-and-switch was clearly the intention, and that's obvious from halfway through act 2, and so the ending largely fits within the rest of the story; but on the other hand, the conclusion that it comes to (hail Malthus) is not supported by the text.

The water shortage in Urinetown is attributed to a drought, and not overpopulation. There's no mention of a significant change in population throughout the show, neither regarding the "stink years" nor during the epilogue which refers to water "getting silty and then drying up altogether." The closest we get is a pregnant character appearing in the final scene with a baby, and that's more to signal that time has passed.

To be clear, the show is successfully critical of both Bobby and Cladwell's ideologies, but I'm really not sure where Malthusianism reasonably comes into play.

[nobodysdaydreams]

If you love the plot of the musical “Newsies” but wish it was less serious, didn’t have a happy ending, was set in a fictional dystopia instead of New York in 1899, had more murder in it, and was about a drought, then boy do I have the musical for you.

And on the flip side, if you love the plot of the musical “Urinetown” but wish it was less comedic, didn’t have a sad ending, was set in New York in 1899 instead of a fictional dystopia, had less murder in it, and was about newspapers, then boy do I also have the musical for you.

[sewerspagetti]

St Cassian Chamber Choir dead in tragic rollercoaster accident!

[inkybinkyboink]

guys. girlies. folks. people. listen ok. if you're a minor on this platform who's also very into Broadway (I know you exist. I used to be you.) I need you to know this so so so bad. and this is from someone who's been studying theatre and English for a good four years now, and i cant emphasize this enough:

everything done in a show is intentional.

literally, I promise you, everything that seems weird has a purpose. I swear to God. that rhyme, the repetition, the seemingly offhand choices. it's intentional. I saw someone say into the woods basically ended after act one. bullshit. sondheim made those choices for a reason. every melody and theme is there for a reason. all those harmonies (they're annoying I know) are there for a reason.

this isn't to say that people can't casually enjoy a show, I think that's important too, but if you're doing it at your school, if you're doing an essay on it, don't write anything off. your character has those exact lines for a reason. your script is your best friend. the stage directions are your other best friend. everything you need to create your character no matter how big or small is right there. I promise.

[bratmobiler]

saw this tweet and did a double take because is that

is that

[kaeruutv]

Me when my musical has a -town suffix, town represents where you go when you die, narrator/character who is aware its a story but actively participates, story repeating being mentioned in show, 75% through gets a good ending, instantly goes downhill, is not a happy musical. its a sad song, two main characters are a love story representing capitalist vs. anti-capitalist ideals, two love stories in different generations, main villain utilizes people in poverty’s needs for his own gain, deep voiced male main villain with an out-of-love tough woman lover who has a big solo song. who also ends up siding with the protagonist in the end, somewhat clueless but hopeful young man mc, begins with music interlude, introduction to show, then song about how poverty affects your life, is mainly brass accompanied by piano, ends with epilogue explaining how things will always go the same way, has the ensemble as greek chorus, underhandedly addresses the consequences of economic inequality, the entire beginning of the show’s problems is climate-related, main couple fall in love very suddenly, it is their first time & are eventually separated as one of them dies, the second act is when the sheeple wake up and decide to fight for their lives.

[agentcalypso]

so urinetown peeple how we feeling

[sparrowsortadrawzzz]

no one:

me when it's a hard cold tumble of a journey, worthy of a gurney, a bumbledown:

[fencecollapsed]

she's a nepo baby. she's got an absolutely massive heart somewhere beneath the tissues. she may not have learned much at the most expensive university in the world, but she did learn that kidnapping people is wrong. also how to manipulate mass groups of people. her boyfriend starts a revolution and holds her hostage and all the rebels wanna kill her so bad they sing a song about it. the only reason they don't kill her is because she's their bargaining chip against her father and her father doesn't even save her. she's a bastard child and her estranged mother is her boyfriend's boss. she joins and takes charge of the revolution that wanted to kill her so bad. she kills her father and then becomes another version of him and sends her town into despair. she comforts a dying woman by telling her there's a glass of water inside her. she likes bunnies. I didn't say her name but she popped into your head didn't she-

[strawberryamanita]

What is Urinetown? Well, that's easy.

Urinetown is $20 for a bottle of water.

Urinetown is fees for sitting or standing in one place for too long, even if you're pregnant or physically disabled.

Urinetown is the loitering fee -- which is basically a charge you get for existing in public without buying something.

Urinetown is hostile/anti-homeless architecture.

Urinetown is having to pay extra for food products that are safe for you, as opposed to ones that will give you allergic reactions.

Urinetown is fresh produce costing more than a fast food meal that's devoid of nutrition, despite the former coming from the Earth and the latter costing God-knows-what to process the meal.

Urinetown is insulin costing ridiculous amounts of money, and always being in short supply.

Urinetown is the [pay-to-use toilet] that inspired the show in the first place.

Urinetown is every moment when a poor person has to choose between paying to use said toilet or buying a meal with the little money they have that day.

Urinetown is the weaponization of the poor's lack of hygiene against them, as if it's their fault that they're not allowed in public showers, there are very few public bathhouses in the West, and anywhere else that they exist in public is frowned upon.

Urinetown is any and every inconvenience that the elite have forced upon the lower classes in the name of wringing even more money out of them, that they then either sit their dirty asses on or feed to the War Machine.

That is Urinetown. Urinetown is here.

Fuck the UGC and fuck 12.

[funkyyusername]

did every single urinetown tumblr fan also play little sally at one point which became their turning point

[pocketpauling]

My Buddy in theater posed the question “is ICUP a slur in Urinetown” and I think he was onto something

[pleasesetmywagononfire]

Act 1 finale sLAPS