#in the green

[forsooth-verily]

Oh TREE

where's my ASSSSS

[dollarstorevampyre]

Yeah

[now-imstruggling-tofreemyself]

[cactus-cactus-cactus]

Been normal moding in linear algebra as usual

[deusimminenti]

[lesbiansagainsttheatre]

Good vs. Bad

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Stephen Adly Guirgis / Laplace's Angels (Hurt People? Hurt People), The Normal Album, Will Wood / Adrift, The Magnus Archives / The Gang Gets Analyzed, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia / I Am Hungry, In The Green, Grace McLean / Make Your Mark, Barry

[natdrinkstea]

me to anyone: you should listen to this cool musical called in the green it has gorgeous powerful lyrics and music and incredible harmonies, it's really beautiful

in the green, every other song: rrrrRRrrrrREEEEEEEEEEEEEEErrrerrwrrrrrrrrreeeee huwoCOYK!! do wop. ah ah ah AYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAYEAUEAYEAEY rrrrrRrrrrr OughOUGHwaaaaaaaaaaaaaoooooooooo *four minutes of latin chanting*

[doyouknowthismusical]

[in-cara-gible]

look, I know in the green is first and foremost a narrative about trauma and recovery, but I think there's also something to be said about it as a reflection of queer experiences as well. like yes it's based on the lives of very real people but bear with me here.

I'm thinking along the lines of jutta as this mentor/parental figure presenting hildegard with the 'correct' way of existing. watch wait try dig and if you work hard enough everything will work out. I'm thinking about hildegard not even knowing there was any other way to be until she created one for herself. you have to let yourself be broken to see the light in the dark. you have to stop being what they want you to be before you can become yourself.

maybe im grasping at straws here but I can't help seeing my own experiences as an aspec individual in this story. I'm remembering growing up in a religious household. the way I had next to no awareness of the existence of queer people until I was almost sixteen. the feeling that I was somehow not quite the same as those around me but if i did what they told me, everything would be fine. the years I spent waiting on a future I never wanted. the time i spent trying to come to terms with what that meant for me.

like maybe in the green isn't supposed to be about being queer but to me it's about being queer. it's about no one out there wanted you and it's about keep the beast in the cage, on a leash and it's about all I ever wanted was to be free. it's about being queer and it's about being, fullstop.

[jaybee2000]

Today in Medieval Research:

Modern avant garde musical on Hildegard of Bingen points me towards 900 year old text on the Virgin Mary being the redemption of Eve written by a women (aka my thesis topic)

Anyway.

In the Green by Grace McLean. It’s weird but cool.

[asthe-crow-flies]

look what i got yesterday

I KNOW WHAT THE TALKING BITS ARE NOW

[iamonaloop]

Once again listening to the ripening on repeat

[dollarstorevampyre]

idk man, something about the fact that the traumatic experiences Jutta is trying so hard to suppress are collectively called the “green memory” and the colour of her dress (the most dominant colour on her costume) is Red. The opposite colour to green. Just,, something about that…

[musicalgifs]

Are there any other musicals with a similar musical style to In the Green?

this has been in my drafts for a while because honestly i'm not sure? of the ones i know of, dave malloy's shows feel most similar to me, particularly ghost quartet. but i'm not very good at picking up on musical styles, so i'm going to post this and see if anyone else has any ideas.

[cactus-cactus-cactus]

You’re telling me she buried her own bones and I’m not supposed to be insane about that. Ok sure.