#gee officer krupke

[willsolace-loml]

FERAL FOR BEN COOK IN GEE OFFICER KRUPKE!!!

[this-is-macy]

Me when I forget to put my phone on do not disturb and someone texts me

[this-is-ali]

Krupke, we got troubles of our own!

[anixknowsnothin]

"juvenile delinquency is purely a social disease" "HEY I GOT A SOCIAL DISEASE"

[iloverace]

so you know in Gee, Officer Krupke (2021), in the movie after “he needs a year in the pen”, Baby John goes “ok!”. WHY THE HELL ISNT THAT IN THE SOUNDTRACK VERSION

[thesongofpurplesummer]

He’s like Natalie May Paris in Six the musical

[marcmarcmomarc]

Miraculous

Chapter 12: Getting Nowhere

(Adrien and his group are now in the midst of fleeing from Marinette and her new friends again.)

(They get back to Marriott’s Grande Vista and barely escape with their lives again.)

LUNA-TK: Dang it!

MARINETTE: Again?

(In their villa, the gang sits around as Adrien paces.)

MYLÈNE: We can’t get anywhere near those hardcore protectors!

MARC: Can we even get near Marinette?

LUKA: Apparently we can’t.

NADJA: As long as she’s protected, we are hopeless!

MANON: But I want her back!

ADRIEN: We need to be faster than them!

ALYA: How?

IVAN: She thinks too fast.

SABRINA: She doesn’t let anyone get a word in before she gives the order.

ADRIEN: I believe we can. I just need to think.

(In a montage, Adrien presents the group with plan after plan, and the gang barely escapes from Marinette. This happens three times before we catch up with them returning to their villa out of breath after their latest escape.)

SABINE: This is hopeless.

KAGAMI: Marinette is too good.

ADRIEN: I’m not giving up hope just yet.

ONDINE: You sure? I don’t know how much I can keep running.

(Adrien sighs.)

CHLOÉ: Come on, Adrien. If we go out there again, Marinette will probably get the police on us.

SABRINA: If only my father were here. He’d probably be able to vouch for us.

JULEKA: These guys would treat us like we aren’t even human.

(Adrien ponders.)

ROSE (O.S.): Cops in the US do get pretty mad, huh?

LUKA (O.S.): And for what, a group of people trying to apologize to someone feeling mistreated?

ALYA: Exactly!

ADRIEN: Then we need to show them. See, cops believe what they read in the papers about anyone. So we need to give them something good to believe in.

(Sabrina starts mimicking a policewoman.)

SABRINA: Hey, you!

ADRIEN: Who? Me?

SABRINA: Yeah! Give me one reason why I shouldn’t throw you in jail right now, you punk!

ADRIEN: (SINGING) Dear kindly Sergeant Raven, you’ve gotta understand We want to bring back a friend, not to get out of hand We don’t want any trouble, we just want to undo Golly Moses, we don’t want to harm you

(Alya and Nino join in.)

ALL: Gee, Officer Raven, we’re very upset We never gave the love that Marinette should get We aren’t delinquents, we’re misunderstood Deep down inside us, there is good

ADRIEN: There is good

(Chloé, Kim, Ivan, Mylène, Juleka, Rose, Nathaniel, Alix, Max, Kagami, Marc, and Ondine join in.)

ALL: There is good, there is good, there is untapped good Like, inside the worst of us is good

(They all dance around gleefully.)

SABRINA: Aw, that’s a touchin’ good story.

ADRIEN: Let me tell it to the world!

SABRINA: Just tell it to the judge!

(They take Adrien to the kitchen. Kim assumes a stern judicial mien, using his shoe as a gavel.)

KIM: Court is in session. Will the defendant step forward?

ADRIEN: Dear kindly judge, Your Honor, my father locks me up Because I’m camera fodder, he acts like I’m a pup He never wants to let me leave the freaking house Leapin’ lizards, it’s like I am a mouse

KIM: Right! Officer Raven, you’re really a square He doesn’t need a job, he needs an analyst’s care It’s just his neurosis that’s gotta be curbed He’s psychologically disturbed

ADRIEN: I’m disturbed

ALL: We’re disturbed, we’re disturbed, we’re the most disturbed Like, we’re psychologically disturbed

(The gang mimics psychologically disturbed behavior.)

KIM: Hear ye, here ye! In the opinion of this court, this youngster is depraved on account of having a troubling home!

ADRIEN: Hey, I’m depraved on account I’m deprived!

KIM: So take this nut to a headshrinker!

NATHANIEL: We’ll take it from here.

(Nathaniel and Marc take Adrien to the living room table. Marc pretends to flip through a notebook in “analyst” mode.)

ADRIEN: My father lost my mother, my mother got dizzy My grandparents, no other, they’re unable to see My cousin is a trickster, puts me under much stress Goodness gracious, that’s why I’m a mess

NATHANIEL: Yes! Officer Raven, he shouldn’t be here He doesn’t need a couch, he needs a useful career

MARC: Society’s played him a terrible trick And, sociologically, he’s sick

ADRIEN: I am sick

ALL: We are sick, we are sick, we are sick, sick, sick Like, we’re sociologically sick

(The gang mimics sociologically sick behavior. Resuming their analyst roles, Nathaniel and Marc approach Adrien.)

NATHANIEL: In my professional opinion, what we’ve got here is a run-of-the-mill juvenile delinquent. And juvenile delinquency is a social disease!

(Everyone recoils in disgust.)

KAGAMI: Adrien, you have a social disease?

MARC: Bring him to a social worker!

SABRINA: Can I catch it by touching him?

ALIX: I’m on it.

(Alix takes Adrien to the table, playing the social worker.)

ADRIEN: Dear kindly social worker, they say go get a job Like be a soda jerker, which means I’d be a slob It’s not I’m anti-social, I’m only anti-work Glory, Osky, that’s why I’m a jerk

ALIX: Officer Raven, you’ve done it again He doesn’t need a job, he needs a year in the pen

(Alix slaps Adrien across the face.)

ADRIEN: Ow.

ALIX: It ain’t just a question of misunderstood Deep down inside him, he’s no good

ADRIEN: I’m no good

ALL: We’re no good, we’re no good, we’re no earthly good Like, the best of us is no dang good

(The group roughly shove Adrien into each other.)

KIM: The trouble is he’s crazy!

KAGAMI: The trouble is he drinks!

CHLOÉ: The trouble is he’s lazy!

ALIX: The trouble is he stinks!

IVAN: The trouble is he’s growing!

NATHANIEL: The trouble is he’s grown!

ALL: Raven, we’ve got troubles of our own Gee, Officer Raven, we’re down on our knees

ADRIEN: ‘Cause no one wants a fella with a social disease

ALL: Gee, Officer Raven, what are we to do? Gee, Officer Raven, Krup you!

ADRIEN: Alright. Let’s get to planning.

[gone-with-the-windrixville]

Watching West Side Story again and I forgot how much I liked the way they staged this number. It definitely has the gang prepping Ponyboy the first time he's brought in to speak with the cops vibes. I like to think that Two Bit instigates as Officer Krupke and Dally caries the song, primarily.

There are so many parallels between WSS and The Outsiders (and That Was Then, tbh) and I hope to get more into that another time. For now, enjoy Officer Krupke and a bonus Brian D'Arcy James.

[sweaterkittensahoy]

I haven't seen the 2021 West Side Story yet, so I don't want to judge the entire remake based on seeing the 2021 version of Gee, Officer Krupke, but I will say that song should never, ever take place in a police station because it's about a street gang mocking the system, and you can't stick them within that system visually and get the same vibe.

1961: They are on the street mocking authority because everything about them is seen as a mocking to authority, so of course this song is part of them just being street kids on the street.

2021: They're in a police station singing this song because...we didn't want to make an exact duplicate of 1961 but also don't want to admit that maybe the cops are a bunch of fuckboys and that's part of the whole thing.

[marvinsbitch]

[sondheim-girly]

they should do a version of the outsiders where instead of singing trouble before the rumble, they keep it more accurate to the book and sing “gee, officer Krupke” from wss

[emjee]

I’m watching the new film version of West Side Story and very much enjoying it so far but. They should have let those boys swear in four part harmony like God and Stephen Sondheim intended.

[unofficially-racetrack]

“GEE OFFICER KRUPKE!”

“KRUP YOU!”

Let’s review, Shall we?

This is the scene in West Side Story 2021 where Diesel, A-Rab, Mouthpiece, Baby John, and others I have yet to learn the names of (don’t worry I’m going to learn them just like every Newsie 😃😃), and there singing about why their no good. The song is called “Gee, Officer Krupke”.

Let’s review the first quote.

“GEE, OFFICER KRUPKE”

I love how Mouthpiece (Ben Cook) and Baby John (Patrick Higgins), their voices blend together so well! They both sound like children :D

Now the second quote.

“KRUP YOU!”

What more need be said?

[cagesings]

 a  little  priest  🤝  gee  officer  krupke

 seemingly  kind  of  silly,  goofy  showtunes  but  with  darker  undertones  when  you  really  listen  to  the  lyrics

[loveinhawkins]

yes it was my headcanon & I am in love with this, just as i am with your sondheim lover Steve thoughts & further west side story thoughts, & I will be thinking about “I wanted to know how it felt,” & “Easy, Action,” forever ❤️❤️❤️

Watching West Side Story and thinking of Sondheim Fan Steve and theater kid Eddie who did the show at some point (I think this was @loveinhawkins’s hc?) and here we are— “I played Action, once.” “What?” Steve answers, as if that sentence doesn’t tilt his entire world on its axis. “When?” Eddie flips onto his back, his tee shirt creeping up the long, pale expanse of his torso. “Middle school-ish? I think I was 12.” “Why don’t I remember this?” “It was before I moved here.” His arm is thrown over his eyes, his voice even. He chuckles. “I wasn’t even into theater. My dad thrust me into it cause it meant I’d have something to do after school, eheh.” Something sharp wrenches in Steve’s guts. “Kinda a weird production for a middle school,” he says. “Some adult themes, right?” “It was a community theater. I was the youngest member of the cast.” “A community theater cast you as Action?!” Eddie laughs. “The casting director was trying to make a point. “ He raises his arms, flops his hands to fall over his wrists. “Look at this sweet boy. Isn’t he so young. Isn’t he so misunderstood? Isn’t this all so tragic?” He pauses. “I think…she was trying to tell me something.” He clicks his tongue. “I didn’t get it then.” Steve rolls onto his side, settles his hand on the side of Eddie’s face. “Show me?”

Eddie’s eyes are huge and glittering. “Show you what, baby?” Baby knifes though him. He slides to the floor. He slides his hand to curl around the nape of Eddie’s neck. “I auditioned for Anita once,” Steve giggles. “They thought it was joke, and I guess it was a little. But I wanted it. I wanted.” He pulls Eddie closer. “Show me?” Eddie’s breath comes out in short, impatient bursts. His back arches; he melts into the supportive touch of Steve’s hand on his lower back.

“I auditioned for Maria,” he murmurs. “Mm?” “I wanted…” He pushes his face into Steve’s chest. “I wanted to know how it felt.” “What, baby?” “How it felt to be loved.” His laugh vibrates against the base of Steve’s throat. “Sad, right?” Steve feels him trying to pull back. He crosses his wrists to lock at the top of his spine, his fingers crawling into his hair.  “Easy, Action,” he whispers, and kisses him.