#brown trousers

[aretis]

Chocolate 🍫 outfit!

[ouw11]

silly people!!! (& close ups)

[trobedarchive]

falsettos text posts 3 while i rewatch glee

part 2 ^

[cowchickenbeefpork]

in trousers is genuinely so fucking funny because why was marvin being haunted by how he treats women during his lifetime while he has gay sex with whizzer.

[lightlysaltedsalt]

Thinking about how in In Trousers it's mentioned that Whizzer smokes ("he takes me in his arms and then he lights another cigarette") but in Falsettos it's mentioned that he doesn't ("I don't smoke don't do drugs") so assuming these are both true and not a continuity error between the musicals, that means Whizzer is an ex-smoker, having quit sometime during his relationship with Marvin- most likely for the sake of his health, which makes it even sadder when he brings it up during You Gotta Die Sometime as he's trying to rationalize it all, because he did everything he could to stay healthy and it just wasn't enough.

[amazing-spiderlad]

I love how book of mormon fans are like-

"Kevin price is my baby. He's just a little guy. He didn't deserve all this trauma. I hope Connor keeps him safe and they go to disney world."

Meanwhile falsettos fans are like-

"Marvin Falsettos is a terrible and pathetic man, I would crush him in my palm, he's perfect. I hope him and Whizzer fuck each other until one or both of them can't walk."

And I find it funny because the Venn diagram of these two fandoms is a circle.

[shamelessly-obsessed]

“Marvin and the boy live happily ever after… that’s a sickening thought” - In Trousers (Marvins Giddy Seizures Part 2)

I did indeed restrain from posting this during pride month

Apologies in advance

[morphean42]

Okay okay but “love reads like a bad biography, all the names are changed to protect the innocent” and also the story of Columbus and his gay lover in ‘In Trousers’ which can be very easily seen as a metaphor or placeholder for Marvin himself and his relationship with Whizzer/men in general.

He changed the names of the characters to “protect” himself, but Columbus is still clearly Marvin. You see what I’m seeing right? God damn William Finn why are you so good at linking the smallest lines together

[this-tastes-lemony]

Falsettos Food Theory

Okay so someone asked what this is and I really wanna explain! So the falsettos food theory is that food represents love throughout the Marvin trilogy.

In the show, In Trousers, Marvin is very strict about what kind of food he wants, and he gets very upset when he doesn��t get it imminently or the way he wants. For example, in the song ‘How Marvin Eats his Breakfast” there is the lyric,

“No one looks busy in this kitchen

And my breakfast isn't ready

And my stomach aches.”

This is in reference to that no one at that moment is giving him the love that he wants, and that he aches for it. Later in the song he also says ,

“I don't want miracles from heaven

Just some eggies over spinach over toast

No, I will not apologize!

She should win a prize:

Very best emoting

That girl can't cook”

When he says the first line he doesn’t literally mean he just wants a basic breakfast, he means that he doesn’t want much, he just wants to feel loved. By saving “that girl can’t cook” he doesn’t mean she’s lousy at making food, he means that she doesn’t give him the kind of love that he wants. One of the other ladies says

“maybe she can’t cook, but have you seen her milk a cow?” Implying that sexually she “provides” to Marvin, even if he doesn’t romantically like her (obviously this means nothing, just because they can be sexually active does not mean that it is love).

Another one is in Whizzer Going Down he says,

“he hates my wife

I hate his food”.

He’s saying he hates when Whizzer shows him love because he is not ready to accept the fact that he can be loved and he can love another man.

There are many more references of this in the show In Trousers and if anyone wants to hear them I’ll gladly go into it in another post!!

The ones in Falsettos are even more obvious references to love. In the song Tight Knit Family, Marvin sings,

“We all eat as one

Wife, friend, and son

And I sing out as they cook

I love my tight-knit family

I love the way they cook linguine”

They all eat as one meaning they are all receiving love from one another, even if it isn’t good. The next line being “I sing out as they cook” (singing out meaning to say or shout something loudly, most likely implying the unhealthy relationship he’s in with his family) this line is saying that while they provide him love and what ever he asks, he continues to complain about it.

However, in the next line he says “I love the way they cook linguine” which is a considered normal traditional meal for a lot people. This is showing that he enjoys when they provide him with basic normal love, instead of arguing or disagreeing with him.

Another reference later on in the musical is in the ENTIRETY of the song “This Had Better Come To A Stop”. The first set of unique lyrics though is what I’ll cover.

“Whizzer's supposed to always be here

Making dinner, set to screw

That's what pretty boys should do

Check their hairlines, make the dinner

And love me”

This is saying that Whizzer is supposed to always be at Marvin’s command, loving him and giving himself to Marvin sexually at all times. He mentions making dinner twice in these lyrics, again implying that he doesn’t want Whizzers love unless it’s later in the day once he’s gotten his love from his other family ( breakfast specifically).

Another general reference to food equaling love is Cordelia’s entire character. All she does throughout the show is provide food and such to the characters, this being her giving them constant love. Since Cordelia was giving Marvin so much food (presumably) during the two year gap during intermission, we can assume that her unique and (sometimes) not so great food taught him that he doesn’t always get to choose what to eat, but that he should be greatful someone is cooking for him anyway. I think Cordelia is one of the most amazing characters in the story.

For all of the song “Days Like This” she’s trying to get Whizzer to eat something, meaning she’s trying to share her love with him.

In the song “Jason’s Bar Mitzvah”, Dr. Charlotte says

“She's cooked for some 200 guests

[CORDELIA]

We number not that many

Actually... we're seven”

This shows that she has provided so much love for all of these people, even though there’s only seven. Only a couple lines later, she tries the food Cordelia made, and says that the food “tastes really yummy.” (in the pro shot Trina nods her head to agree).

This is important to me because it shows that Cordelia finally found a way to show/express her love with the rest of the characters, and have them reciprocate it for the first time on stage, showing that they are all at peace and finally love each other.

Just like in trousers there are hundreds of more references in Falsettos so if any of you would like me to go more into it I’d be happy to!

This is all speculation of course, we don’t know if any of this was intentional, buts it’s by far my favorite thing to talk about that’s falsettos related. Hope you enjoyed reading!

[aretis]

Elegant lady 🤎🤍

[catboymoses]

Just realized that he took her advice 😭

[cyb3rsup3rst4r]

I LOVE HIM SO MUCH HE ATE FR

[lightlysaltedsalt]

I think it's easy to write off Whizzer Going Down as the haha funny gay sex song, and don't get me wrong, it totally is funny and silly, but I feel like we're all forgetting how genuinely beautiful it is.

Its a song about a repressed gay man finally getting to express himself and be with who he wants. It shows Marvin finally accepting that he wants men, and Allowing himself to be with one. It's the first time we see Marvin really, truly happy. It's not a "giddy seizure" or bid for attention, he's really genuinely celebrating life and love and being utterly over the moon about Whizzer and his new-found sexual freedom.

He calls what he has with Whizzer delightful, he loves it so much he says he might just die. Even though they're already fighting, he admits he cares for Whizzer & truly celebrates him.

The name "Whizzer" is said over and over and over again in the song. The other characters in in Trousers don't even get names. Just "wife" or "sweetheart" (except Ms Goldberg, who still doesn't have a first name). But Marvin repeats "Whizzer" so so much because for the first time, he found someone who he truly cares about, who Matters to him. Even though falsettos shows us how toxic they'll turn out to be later, it's still utterly beautiful to see this side of Marvin- how he can learn to love and care and celebrate life and his sexuality- even if it's still going to be a long journey.

[amazing-spiderlad]

Some more highlights from the Falsettos script

Here we have Mendel being weird-

Bro literally came while listening to a therapy client talking about his ex wife

Mendel is twirling in circles

Things get out of hand

This whole part is gold

Marvin has one of his iconic violent outbursts

I can't get over the fact that Marvin fucking THREW ALL THE FURNITURE AT WHIZZER JESUS CHRIST IS HE OKAY?? IS THIS ONE OF HIS GIDDY SEIZURES?? Anyway it's their furniture now.

Hell breaks loose

Enter the LESBIANS

[elibbo2]

my favorite ship trope?

hmm probably: queer varsity team baseball pitcher thats too pretty for his own good x freakshow daddys money theatre kid that has giddy seizures since he doesn't get enough attention at home

[sapphic-soup-enjoyer]

Hi (with intentions of learning the thrill of first love lyrics + choreo from falsettos to perform in front of our stuffed animals)