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garlicandnightmares · 7 years ago

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Vámpírok Bálja 10 years anniversary show(s) (6th and 7th of June)

So last Tuesday (and Wednesday as well) I returned to magical fantasy world where everyone sings about their feelings and cuts vegetables to the rhythm of the music. This time in Hungarian. Yes, I went to Budapest for the anniversary show and one "normal" show (both with @phantasmagoricfebruary which made the whole experience ten times better). It was awesome. Worth every penny (also Budapest is a really nice city, if anyone wants, I can write about my trip as well).

While I loved Russian vampires, in Budapest you can really feel that they've been doing this for ten years. And I mean it as a compliment. Actors are great in their roles and the whole cast seems more like a giant family rather than people connected just through work. It was great. I don't have anything more sophisticated to say other than great. Anyway, obviously I'm not going to end it at that, I just have to write like ten pages outlining every single song. I wouldn't be me if I didn't. Like always - all the magic happens under the cut.

First of all - Egyházi Géza. He was the Graf of 7th and let me tell you - he's the best Graf of them all. He might have dethroned Lukasz Dziedzic as my favourite Krolock. He has the posture and it's very obvious that he immensely enjoys being on stage. His Graf constantly smiles sinisterly and he can't keep his mouth shut - always hissing and showing off his fangs. I love that. Apart from Die Unstillbare Gier, his Krolock isn't a tortured soul, but rather a mastermind with a plan on how to get his fancy dinner. It’s probably my favourite interpretation of this character.

(All the photos of cast/show are from Vámpírok Bálja fb page. Also they’re from earlier show on 5h June)

Anniversary show was special (obviously) with cast changing throughout the show (Andrádi Zsanett appeared as Sarah and she stole my heart). There were four Krolocks throughout the show, but I'm not that fluent in Hungarian cast to have recognised them all at all times (apart from Egyházi, ofc). I think in the first act it was mostly Bot Gábor, but I still don’t know who sung Totale Finsternis. Alfred was mostly played by Pásztor Ádám, but Sánta László sung like two songs (Du bist wirklich sehr nett with Andrádi Zsanett and Ein perfekter Tag). Throughout the show Szemenyei János was Herbert, but there was a twist during the ball with Jenei Gábor and Pirgel Dávid appearing onstage. And I will talk about it more later on, because it was such a glorious thing. Also - two Magdas (Kecskés Tímea in act I and Sári Évi in act II).

Before we get to songs - the curtain. Or rather curtains. Because there were two and while the second one was simply red and shiny, the first one looked like iron fence. It was interesting. I wonder if it's simply an aesthetic choice or if there were some attempts at storming the scene and they decided to protect themselves.

Either way, before I form some conspiracy theory about the curtain, Ouverture. It never gets old, does it? It doesn't matter how many times I have heard it already, it always sends chills down my spine and gets me in a right mood. A mood for glorious cheesy vampires. But before we can actually get to the good stuff - Alfred loses Professor in Transylvanian woods. He, Ho, He was... alright. The Professor was as plastic as always and Alfred was as scared as always. I have nothing against this song, but I also don't love it. Likely because I'm simply not Alfred's fan (although I really liked Pásztor Ádám as Alfred, but I'll talk about it more later on). He, Ho, He is a nice opening setting the action, but let’s not dwell here. Do we have Professor loaded onto Alfred's back? Off we go then!

Knoblauch is growing on me. It's still a song I probably wouldn't be playing on repeat, but after Moscow show I did sing it for a week. And I might end up singing it again. It's so damn catchy. And in Hungarian as well. I'm continuously amazed at just how well Hungarian sounds in songs. I remember listening to Hungarian album for the first time and being so surprised that this many syllables can fit into the melody and sound good (mind, I was used to Polish version where Knoblauch is Czosnek, so only two syllables. Fokhagyma sounded like such a long word, I didn’t know if they could squeeze it into the melody. They can. And it sounds great).

Another thing - ensemble in Hungarian show is absolutely amazing. They work so well together, one might accuse them of using telepathy. And they look like they genuinely have fun onstage which pretty much makes the whole song. Also Hungarian Magdas are incredibly pretty. All three I saw were absolutely charming and very girly in their appearance. Chagal was surprisingly good in his role. It's really hard for Chagals not to feel forced or just plainly gross to me, but Pavletits Béla played the part really well. He played the fiddle in the beginning, jumped around the tables a bit and was a great host to Alfred and Professor, trying to pour pálinka down the latter's throat to warm him up a bit. It was all genuinely funny. Also - the dialogue between the Professor and Chagal was great. I loved the villagers in the background, looking oh-so-genuinely-surprised that anyone would try to look for a castle in this area, when there are absolutely no castles around. The quick come-on-hide-our-garlic-necklaces act and the following relief when Chagal explains that they like garlic because it's healthy - funny as hell, again, mainly because the ensemble plays so freaking well. During the last sung part, when Magda stands behind Abronsius’ and Alfred's chairs, Alfred was practically glued to her cleavage and Professor had to swat him away. These two have a really good chemistry throughout the first act and I have to admit, the thought of why is Alfred chasing after Sarah when Magda is around did cross my mind once or twice. Especially since this Alfred seems much less innocent and unworldly than most Alfred's. And he does look like he's taken straight out of some boyband, which slightly takes away from his i'm-so-sweet-and-unaware-of-women-flirting thing. Not that it's a bad thing, at least not for me, because I was never hooked on sweet and naive Alfred. This one was somewhat innocent at the beginning, but it wasn't overdone (and in Alles ist hell he flirted back when Magda dropped her turnip or whatever it was).

Back to the main story - oh the wonders of modern technology! A bathtub! … With a girl inside? Chagal played it great, but Török Anna seemed slightly off like she was somewhat uncomfortable. It was just this one scene, though. All throughout the rest of the show she was fine. This time, surprisingly enough, Alfred stole the show with his dreamy eyes stuck to Sarah and when Chagal closed the door almost on his face he looked delightfully shocked. It was great. And with Alfred looking the way he looks - I can understand Chagal's concern in Eine schöne Tochter ist ein Segen. Which was a brilliant song. Chagal came across as genuinely worried (and a tad possessive when he was singing about boarding the door with his hammer), but also funny in all the right moments. Pavletits Béla is truly great as Chagal. He has quite the voice too.

Nie geseh'n - again, I was surprised just by how likeable this Alfred is. And he has a really nice voice. Torök Anna makes a decent Sarah. Not my favourite one, but I can't say anything bad about her as well. Her Sarah is dreamy, not overly manipulative and rather genuinely charmed by Alfred. On 6th she sounded slightly off, like she was sick, but on 7th everything was fine, so it was a one time thing. Chagal and Magda had their moment (on 7th Kecskés Tímea almost stabbed Chagal with that needle and if he had stayed few seconds longer be probably would end up being One-Eyed Chagal). I really liked the moment when Rebecca realised that she hit Abronsius and not her unfaithful husband and got all flustered about it.

Well, fun is over, the night in all its glory comes with dark and gloomy vampire. Yup - Gott ist tot. On 6th it was Bot Gábor singing and I have to say I was a little underwhelmed. While he has the voice and he sounds really well, for me he lacks the posture to be the perfect Krolock (although paired with Szemenyei János, who is also the shortest Herbert they make a nice and short von Krolock family, which is kinda adorable). He's simply too short to be intimidating (still taller than me, though, so maybe I shouldn't complain so much) and I love intimidating Krolocks (like Egyházi Géza and Rostislav Kolpakov, for example). Don’t get me wrong - he wasn’t bad. In fact, he is a pretty good Graf. He just isn’t my type of Krolock.

When Egyházi sung Gott ist tot on 7th - that was the performance which made me jump with excitement a little. Every gesture he made, even the smallest one felt very pointed and meaningful, especially when it was magnified by the shadows cast onto the background. Quick change of scenery and we're on Alles ist hell. I like that song. It’s nice and uplifting and Rebecca with that stuffed goose always cracks me up. Up until Koukol shows up, of course. Koukol in Hungarian production is especially gross. But it’s exactly what Koukol is supposed to be. There’s a lot of noises coming from him. I really liked the interaction between Koukol and Chagal. Chagal is a cheeky bastard in general, but Hungarian Chagal takes that to the extreme. It’s great.

And that’s how we arrive at Wahrheit. And here I have to mention Rebecca, because she is probably the cutest Rebecca I've ever seen. Cute may not exactly be the intended way for her to come across, but she was adorable. The face she pulled when the Professor came up to her is golden. Kecskés Tímea and Pásztor Ádám have great chemistry together. When she ‘accidentally’ drops the turnip, Alfred is very quick to help her out.

Fun fact about Wahrheit on 6th - piece of wood fell down too quickly (when Koukol appeared), so when Abronsius sung that high note Chagal threw his saw to the ground and then made incredibly adorably fake ‘it-wasn’t-me face at the Professor.

On 7th the Professor was played by Illés Dániel (I think it was his first performance ever) and he was slightly off when it came to that little walk Professor does with the rhythm of the music, but it’s probably just a matter of practice. And he has surprisingly good voice (he went really high in the part where Chagal drops the piece of wood). Also - he looks really thin in his costume and it makes the whole character feel somewhat… fragile, I suppose. Overall, I really liked his Abronsius.

Andrádi Zsanett and Sánta László sung Du bist wirklich sehr nett on 6th. And while Sánta László’s Alfred okay, but not anything special, Andrádi Zsanett’s Sarah was awesome. She was a perfect mix of cute and wheedling without coming across as calculating and cold. The two of them worked together really well.

Alfred’s out of the bathroom, Sarah’s all cosied up in the bathtub, which means it’s time for wild Krolock to appear! First thing that I notices was that the rooftop Krolock practically hangs down from the roof. It doesn’t look very dignified. I mean, it can be explained with him feeling this overpowering hunger for some blood, so he keeps reaching down, but I’m not sure I can get behind that 100%. I mean, at the end he looked like he was about to tumble down from that roof.

I don’t know who sung Einladung zum Ball on 6th, but it sounded off. It definitely wasn’t Bot Gábor or Egyházi Géza. However, on 7th Egyházi sung it and he winged it. His Krolock was perfectly balanced between hunger and complete self-control. He was so perfectly disdainful when he was inspecting the boarded up door to Sarah’s bedroom. Also he didn’t really seem bothered by being discovered, since he kept leaning over Sarah and ogling her neck even after Alfred started shouting and reluctantly left only when Alfred and Abronsius were practically entering the bathroom already.

Both Alfreds poked the air with their crosses with such conviction as if they were trying to push out every little particle of Krolock from the room.

I also really liked the outrage on Alfred’s face when he was peeking through the keyhole to Sarah’s room.

Anyway, let’s move to the quick rendez-vous in front of the inn - Draußen ist Freiheit. Again Ádám and Anna make for a cute Alfred and Sarah. I liked their bickering, Sarah being all ‘oh you’re scared now?’ and Alfred trying to be reasonable.

And finally we arrive at my second favourite dance of the whole show - Die roten Stiefel. That choreography is insane. The amount of throwing and dragging around which happens there makes my head spin. Sarah is rarely on the floor. I can’t praise the dancers enough. Both dancing and acting on their side was spot on. The dancer who plays Krolock has a very creepy way of staring as he stalks around the stage. And the kiss between Sarah and Krolock at the end was pretty passionate.

I have a soft spot for Das Gebet. It’s probably the most emotional song and it doesn’t have any comedic twist. The golden light shining from behind and beautiful voices get me every time. While on 6th Krolock (Bot Gábor, or at least I think it was him) overpowered the rest of the cast and at the end he practically was the only voice you could hear. And on 7th the delivery of the song was perfect.

Das Gebet came to an end and Sarah was off to the castle. There is one thing that fascinates me about the scene where Chagal and Rebecca find out that their daughter is missing. I mean, Chagal sees Alfred with Sarah’s shoes and immediately jumps into the conclusion that the Graf took her. Which makes me wonder, does Graf makes a habit of giving people new shoes instead of normal invitations? Like whenever there are random shoes left in the village does everyone go ‘Oh, the Graf is throwing a party.’?

Either way, Chagal runs off after Sarah, then we have Wuscha Buscha. Both Professors (Sándor Dávid and Illés Dániel) were delightfully unsympathetic and focusing only on inspecting the body. Horváth Mónika’s Magda seemed stunned to see Chagal’s dead body for the whole duration of Wuscha Buscha.

She got more emotional in Tot zu sein ist komisch. Which was really good on both 6th and 7th. There was the right amount of mixed emotions, some sadness, some anger and then the hilarious scene with “I’m a Jewish vampire.” There seemed to be some mishap with the candle on the 6th because Chagal didn’t manage to put it off, so instead he tucked it away behind the mug so no one would see that it was still lit (but it was perfectly visible from the balcony where I was sitting :D). In general Béla had to improvise a bit on 6th.

While creeping downstairs Abronsius kept shushing both the floorboards and Alfred, who looked so funnily annoyed that the Professor would put all the blame for the noise on him.

The end of the first act was quite a thing. First - Bot Gábor on 6th. In that scene it was extremely obvious that he is the shortest Krolock. He’s just so tiny. And his costume makes him seem even shorter. Also he makes a lot of hissy and growly noises which combined with his petite posture gave quite hilarious effect. And when Szemenyei János as Herbert appeared, pocket von Krolock family was complete. Don’t get me wrong - I didn’t dislike it. It was actually quite adorable. And funny.

In the part with Alfred - when Gábor whipped out the sponge he also dropped the card from the Professor and then very elegantly covered it with his cape and whenever he moved the card got dragged along. It was hilarious little detail, especially since Gábor’s Krolock looks like he wants to murder everyone all the time.

But my absolute favourite performance was on 7th with Egyházi Géza (and János once more). Also, quick side note - since Géza is rather tall, when János‘ Herbert walked out the height difference between them was ridiculously hilarious. But back to Géza’s Krolock. God almighty, if there’s a limit to just how much fun you can have on stage he has crossed it time after time. It’s delightful to watch. His Krolock knows exactly who appeared at his doorstep and he has so much fun with his melancholic act. He gazes at the moon longingly, makes dramatic gestures and basks in the attention from the Professor and Alfred. The fake smile when he was talking about loving Abronsius’ book was the most fake smile on the planet Earth. And the face he pulls the moment he turns away is golden. His mimics deserve a separate mention on the cast list. And his teeth. Like I’ve said - he simply can’t keep his mouth shut. When he’s not singing or talking, he keeps smiling or pulling faces which include showing his fangs even to last rows. When he was closing the castle door at the very end of act I he gave the audience the widest and the most delighted grin I’ve ever seen. It’s hilarious and I love it.

Okay, act I came to an end. Before I get to act II, I just quickly want to talk about the theatre itself. It’s fairly small, but very cosy (and the seats in the first row are very comfortable). Part of the foyer decoration were small bats hanging from the ceiling - it was brilliant, I loved it.

(Tiny and cute)

Even though the theatre is in the middle of the city, there is small area in front of it where one can go out during the break (and I was lucky enough to arrive to Budapest on a day when it was 34 degrees during the day, the possibility to go outside was truly a blessing).

Anyway, time to return to the performance. On 6th Totale Finsternis did not do anything to me. I’m not sure if it was Zöld Csaba or Langer Soma (I think it was Csaba), but his gestures were very sharp and felt somewhat rushed. Vocally it also wasn’t the best Totale… I’ve heard. It wasn’t bad, but it felt a bit… underdone, I suppose.

No one should be surprised by this point when I say this - Totale Finsternis with Egyházi Géza swept me away. Similarly to Gott ist tot - his gestures felt very deliberate, very calculated. He was like a cat playing with a mouse. Again the amount of fangs shown per minute - exceptionally high. Also, this Sarah seemed ready to be eaten here and now.

But let’s move onto my absolute favourite dance of the whole show - Carpe Noctem. Not as much throwing each other around as in Die roten Stiefel ballet, but with the things they do on those bed poles - I’m still not quite sure if they are actual human beings. I’m amazed that this bed was still standing at the end of the song. The slow descent from the top of the bed that the White Vampire does - amazing.

On 7th I was sitting in the first row and had a very good view on the part where Black Vampire bites the White one. And let me tell you - Túri Lajos Péter is great as the Black Vampire. All throughout the dance he keeps hissing at everyone including the audience (I think he took some lessons from Egyházi Géza in terms of keeping his fangs out all the time). He has his eyes only for the White One and he gets so wonderfully possessive when Sarah tries to come and check on White One after he gets bitten. Overall, I have to say I really liked Túri Lajos Péter and Baranya David together. They both have this very disturbing vibe and great charisma onstage. Oh, and the Black Vampire lost his vest. I’m certainly not going to complain about it. I liked his makeup too - he had his spine accentuated with black, which made him look very skeleton-like.

I have to say - I’m fascinated with the fact that when Alfred dreams about the Graf he imagines him shirtless and with a six-pack and Sarah is in her normal white dress with nothing fancy added. Alfred, your priorities are showing and it looks dangerously like pretty girl is not one of them.

Also Carpe Noctem was the first song where I noticed just how good vocally Szemenyei János is. I might have some issues with his costume and makeup, but I really like his voice a lot.

Koukol in the bedroom scene is oddly cute (and gross, but he’s always gross). I really liked that moment when Alfred notices the porridge and he wonders who has made it. Koukol looks so pleased, he’s nearly jumping and pointing to himself. And he gets so disappointed and angry when Alfred jumps into conclusion that it must have been Sarah (btw. on what does he base that conclusion? All she was talking about when he was seeing her was bathing and sponges).

The porridge looks more like alien jelly, I love the face Alfred pulls when he tries to eat it.

Für Sarah was sweet. Adam has a strong voice and although when he holds a longer note he looks like he forgets that he is supposed to act as well and looks like he focuses solely on not choking. But overall, I liked his performance. Like I’ve said, he has this teenage heartthrob vibe and it mixes really well with a song about how he is going to save the girl (even though we all know that he ultimately fails).

Ein perfekter Tag - I love this song. It’s short, but very rhythmical and it makes you just want to jump out of your seat and explore. I think it shows why Alfred tags along with the Professor when he’s mostly treated like an accessory to the tools bag (also, I really like the sound of Hungarian word for a bag - taska). I really like how Alfred and Abronsius sing back and forth. It shows how they student-teacher relationship would look like if the Professor was slightly more of a people person.

Everything that went on in the crypt was truly a comedic gold. First of all - on 6th the Professor nearly jumped off too early when he was reaching his leg to check how high he was. When he didn’t find ground he looked towards the audience with a very funny oh-shit kind of face. And the Professor on 7th was extremely expressive, when he was already hanging down over the crypt. He kept scolding Alfred for every little noise and when Alfred failed to stake the von Krolock family - I did for a moment wonder if maybe he was having an actual heart attack. The disappointment was palpable. He flopped and hung down so much that you could catch a glimpse of the harness keeping him from falling down. Watching him was very entertaining.

Chagal and Magda’s duet was hilarious both on 6th and 7th, although I think I did like the performance on 6th slightly better. Magda is so wonderfully daring and charming and clumsy throughout that song. When she offers her hand to Chagal, she smiles at the audience charmingly. Oh and also - I’m not sure, but I think the beginning of Die Menschliche Geilheit Ist Stärker is slightly faster in Hungarian. It made the whole song feel more lively and playful.

I feel like the Professor channeled my feelings with his awe at the sight of books. Although, the Graf should definitely take more care of his library. I mean, spider webs? On books? Dreadful. I’m continuously amazed at how quickly the Professors are able to sing the string of philosophers names.

Sarah seemed extremely bored with Alfred on both evenings. Her mind was all on Graf, pretty dresses, big sponges and tonight’s ball. And even Pásztor Ádám’s pretty face didn’t make me sympathetic to his case when he ran back to Abronsius with sad, puppy eyes and ‘why doesn’t she want to come with me?’.

But enough about Alfred and Sarah, let’s talk about Alfred and Herbert. On both evenings it was sung by Pásztor Ádám and Szemenyei János (which means I’m definitely coming back to Budapest, because I really want to see Jenei Gábor as Herbert as well). János’ Herbert is very intense. He bounces around like a cheering child, he hisses, he growls and at some point he even snarls like a horse. And while I do like the intensity, but the horse noise was too much for me.

But I have to say - he was great after the chase, when he came up to Alfred. On each evening he his a different thing to get his attention, which I liked a lot, because I love when actors act differently during various performances.

Like I’ve said earlier - János has great voice. Slightly deep for Herbert, but I love deep voices (and he can also sing high as well, there was a moment during Tanzsaal when his vocal range genuinely surprised me).

My biggest problem with this Herbert is his makeup. It’s all wrong, it makes his face seem extremely round and that makes his whole silhouette seem somewhat chubby (and he is a very petite and young looking guy irl). I don’t know who got drunk when coming up with makeup for him, because both Jenei Gábor and Pirgel Dávid have great make up (funnily enough - very different from each other).

There was a small snipped with Alfred and Abronsius going through a low arch with a bat sculpture hanging there in the middle. Professor practically headbuts the bat and only Alfred’s quick reaction saves him from that encounter.

Sie irren Professor - on the 6th Graf’s microphone decided to sing a song of its own and it kept screeching throughout the whole song. But on 7th everything was fine. And I’m going to repeat myself - Egyházi Géza doesn’t play Krolock. He is the Graf. I guess then years in this role will do that. The joy in his voice is almost palpable when he sings about having Alfred’s soul.

Now - vampire dance off, also knows as Ewigkeit. Oh, how much I love this song. The choreography, the music, the costumes. It’s great. And on both evenings the performances were perfect. One thing, though - no lady with a ship on her head! I mean, I’m so disappointed. I feel like lady with a ship on her head should be a part of every TdV performance. When the song ended vampires walked into the audience and scared a few people before disappearing.

As the cemetery emptied, our Graf decided to scold the moon for hiding from him. Die Unstillbare Gier sung by Egyházi Géza is the best version of this song I’ve heard. That man’s voice is magic. I don’t know how he manages to sing the way he does. He walks through the cemetery with such confidence and he really knows how to work the cape. Again - I love just how deliberate his movements and gestures are. He puts the perfect mix of melancholy, anger and nostalgia into his performance. And this might be the only part of the show where he doesn’t constantly show his fangs.

Quick stop for Alfred’s second thoughts and one of my favourite instrumental intros rolls in. Which means we are at the very beginning of the ball. Ball on the 6th was the most awesome ball of all balls ever (I might be exaggerating a little).

We got three Herberts (and I think it should be the standard number of Herberts during every performance). I might have squeaked a little when the three of them marched onto the stage. And they all had so much fun together, they were giving each other little backrubs, whispering and chatting. It was great especially since Hungarian Herberts are very different from one another.

My favourite one, in terms of appearance, posture and behaviour (excluding singing, because I only heard Szemenyei János), is probably Jenei Gábor. He is the tallest one, I think. And he is extremely lean and elegant, very subtle and subdued in his gestures. Also, he has very small head and it looks somewhat odd, but once I got used to it, his Herbert quickly sneaked into my taste. It’s not really that surprising, taking into account, that my absolutely favourite Herbert is Kirill Gordeev and he is definitely of the subtle and lean type. I’d love to see Gábor live for a whole show one day. And I have to mention that he was really nice during the fan meet, which only made me like him more.

Szemenyei János looks even shorter than he is, when he stands next to Gábor and Dávid. But he makes up for his height with the intensity of his performance (fangs were shown a lot).

And of course - Pirgel Dávid. I would place him halfway between János and Gábor. He is elegant, but he isn’t as ethereal as Gábor. He has a somewhat boyish air to me. Very cheeky.

@phantasmagoricfebruary had an interesting comment about those three - that they look like three stages of Herbert’s vampire life with János being the youngest with the least amount of self-control, Dávid being the middle one and Gábor being the oldest and most refined and controlled.

On 6th Tanzsaal was the only song performed by Egyházi Géza and when he appeared on top of the stairs - the whole audience roared and started cheering.

For the culminating point of the ball - Sarah’s appearance both Torök Anna and Andrádi Zsanett walked out and Géza was joined by another Krolock (I am fairly sure that it was Langer Soma). Anyway he caught my attention, because he reminded me of Thomas Borchert a little. He just had this vibe and visually he is slightly similar (not up close, though, only when he’s on stage with the right lighting). They both sung the last part of the song. At the beginning they seemed slightly out of synch, but they quickly harmonized nicely and it was great. The more members of von Krolock family onstage the better.

My favourite little detail from the ball must be when Krolock carries Sarah and shows her off to the rest of the guests. Géza went up to his son(s) with such proud stride almost as if he was saying ‘Look at my nice dinner, isn’t she great?’ and all the Herberts were like ‘Yeah dad, good job. Can we move onto my dinner?’ I loved that.

But nothing lasts forever and mirror reflections gave away the presence of unwanted guests on the ball. Because on 7th I was sitting in the first row, I could hear sounds made by the actors which weren’t picked out by the microphones. And when Alfred ran up to Krolock with the candle-holder, Géza made this tsk, tsk sound looking all amused. That’s why I love first row. Yes, you don’t see the whole stage at once and you have to look up constantly, but you can see the smallest little details.

I’m somewhat happy that Budapest production has the “traditional” ending, so no Krolock in crocodile leather. But that also means no Krolock’s evil laugh and no disappearing through a trap door. But I don’t think I could survive seeing Egyházi Géza in that leather coat and not burst out in laughter.

The Hungarian casts seems to bask in the applause. They came out about four times each night if I remember correctly (it could have been more, though, I wasn’t exactly counting in the moment).

I might write a small supplement about the meeting after the show on 6th if anyone is interested, but for now that’s it. Overall, the Hungarian vampires won my heart. It was phenomenal.

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daizyuyu · 7 years ago

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Hi! This post will basically be about my summer of anime and my “reviews” for them. I finished eight animes but wish I could finish more. Currently I am watching Kakegurui and Sakurasou no Pet no Kanojo (is it wrong to be watching multiple animes at the same time???). Although I wasn’t “efficient” with my time, I have to say I watched some pretty good animes. So in the following I will list the anime I watched and my thoughts about some of the animes. Please Enjoy and Comment your opinions too!

*italics: Opinions Below (Warning! Spoiler Alert! However, no revelation of the endings)*

Finished Anime (Not in any particular order)

Fate Stay Night UBW

Shokugeki no Souma

Shingeki no Kyojin S2

Neon Genesis Evangelion (Opinions in Evangelion Rant)

Kimi no Na wa

Koe no Katachi

Erased

Ao no Exorcist 2

Watching-ish (not in any particular order)

Kakegurui

Sakurasou no Pet no Kanojo

Touhou

On-hold (not in any particular order)

Re:Zero

Noir

Himouto! Umaru-chan

Ok the first anime I started, actually more like continued, in the summer is…

Fate Stay Night UBW (9/10)

A quick refresher: Fate Stay Night UBW has a similar plot line to Fate Stay Night but with a different route where Emiya Shirou and Rin Tohsaka are shipped together rather than Emiya Shirou and Saber. In both stories, magicians of a younger generation (after Fate/Zero) are chosen to compete in a fierce competition for the Holy Grail, a magical wish-granting device. These magicians, known as masters in the War, summon up “servants” whom assist the magicians in obtaining the Grail. The main character of the story is Emiya Shirou, who joins the War by accidentally summoning his own servant, whom is of the Saber Class (a pretty strong servant!). Forming a truce with his classmate, Rin Toosaka (Tohsaka??? whichever you prefer) who is also a strong mage and summoned the Archer Class servant, they basically fight together to defeat all the other masters and servants.

With the basic summary in mind, lets start the review:

I like the whole concept of the Fate series in which magicians are fighting against each other to fulfill their own wishes and ambitions. People from many different backgrounds are united by this competition in a twisted way in which they must fight to the death (not necessarily all the time). The servants the masters summon are also based on their personalities. Shirou’s idealism that he is a “champion of justice” are similar to Saber’s idealism of wanting no one to get hurt. Illyasviel’s Hercules represents the repressed darkness and loneliness Illya suffered when her parents never came back for her and she was locked in Einzbern castle.

If you watched the Fate/Stay Night UBW movie, you would know that a lot of information was cut out and everything was mashed up to fit the time limit. Fortunately, the studios realized that the movie is very flawed and decided to make an actual 25 episode anime that actually explained what is going on. The story was more in-depth and covered confusing parts in the movie. The story is not so confusing and for almost anyone. It is better that the audience has watched the previous series but it doesn’t make so much of a difference. The anime was not boring, I had my eyes stuck on the screen watching the plot go down. The story is not very predictable unless you’ve watched Fate Stay Night but even so the story has a completely different ending and also different scenes. Overall, Fate Stay Night UBW has some charm that keeps the audience wanting for more since it’s so interesting and the story holds an interesting concept that was flawlessly carried out.

The art, done by Ufotable (pretty good group), was done pretty well. For some reason I didn’t like how Ufotable drew the noses of the characters. The faces of the characters were more “rounded” compared to Fate Stay/Night’s faces which had sharper tones. The fight scenes are executed wonderfully. The spark effects when their weapons clash are fantastic, honestly anything that involved magic has such a pretty visual. When summoning their servants, the designs of the magic circle used are clearly well thought-out and intricately designed. The lines that glow during the summoning are like a bunch of fireflies trying to push through.

My favorite opening of the series is Brave Shine by Aimer. I was looking forward to this opening to appear since the beginning of the anime. I searched up the OSTs and listened to them again and they are definitely worth it if you want some time to just chill and listen to anime music for whatever reason.

Ok so i noticed the first review was a little long so ill shorten them. You can request a specific anime that you want me to do some analysis on but hopefully i watched the anime

Shokugeki no Souma/Soma (9.5/10)

If anyone hasn’t noticed it yet, Shokugeki no Souma is one of my highlights of what I watched during the summer. Shokugeki no Souma, in a sentence, is “Another anime that makes something that seems boring not. I thoroughly enjoyed the anime since I couldn’t stop laughing at some scenes, I became extremely attached to the characters, and THE ELITE TEN ARE SO GUCCI (well you don’t really get to them know them yet unless you read the manga or seen the recent OVA).

The characters are likable and they all are unique. I really like Soma/Souma’s creativity in his dishes since the dishes reflect each character’s personality: Megumi’s dish creates a sense of home and wellness, Takumi and Isami’s dish represent their homeland of Italy. All of the characters’ dishes show their strong passion for cooking and their competitiveness (mostly Takumi against Soma). The people who attend Totsuki are all strong chefs who believe their dishes are the best. These type of people are trained at Totsuki to further their skills and actually reach their dreams of becoming a world-class chef. The fact that Shokugekis exist show how the school emphasizes strongly on the importance of cooking.

The choice of music put into Shokugeki is selected pretty well. I am still obsessed with the cute ending “Spice” since i brings such a smile to my face when I listen to it. Rising Rainbow is such an energetic opening that gets me pumped. Sometimes I just really can’t skip out on that op and ed like I usually do.

The only thing that really bothers me in Shokugeki would be the “ecchi” part of it. I have never tasted food so good that I would strip (seems like I’m missing out on all the “fun”). Every time the judges taste the food:

Judges: (facial expression changes immediately to shock)

Suddenly, the scenery around them changes to of food heaven and their bodies embraced by the fluffiness of the ____________.

Judge 1: I see! This __________ is made from all the essential ingredients cooked precisely at the right temperature. bla bla bla explaining stuff about food that I don’t really understand but is important to the flavor and texture.

Cook: Exactly! However I put one secret ingredient…

and it goes on.

Although I don’t understand what is going on with the dishes and how the cooks make it, it’s just so cool to see these chefs in high school cooking up dishes that even some pros can’t make. It’s one of the reasons why I enjoyed Shigatsu too because the main characters are prodigies of music. I recommend reading the mange of Shokugeki no Souma since it’s basically the same as the anime but obviously has more content.

Kimi no Na wa (10/10)

It is very understandable why Kimi no Na wa topped MAL’s top anime list for a long time (and still holds its position!). Just by looking at the cover of Kimi no Na wa, you can pretty much see how beautiful the art is. The story is also very unique as the male protagonist Tachibana Taki and female protagonist Miyamizu Mitsuha switch bodies and live out each other’s life (not to mention gender-bent). The irony is that Mitsuha wants to be a boy from the city while Taki is juggling his life in the city. It’s quite interesting to see how the switch helped save Mitsuha’s huge village from disappearing. They even “fall in love” in the end (kind of… but lets just say so). The soundtracks are very memorable (thanks RADWIMPS for great music!). Sparkle is one of my favorite OSTs, I listen to it quite often. The piano version by Theister is pretty cool so check it out when you have the time. Although there wasn’t much character development (correct me if I’m wrong), right from the beginning, the characters are pretty decent. The movie mainly tells of their lives and give the audience a little bit of info about them and their personality. I personally enjoyed the movie and got a little bit emotional at the end. The ending is up to interpretation (comment what you think happened if you watched/ don’t read the comments if you want to watch the anime lol).

Koe no Katachi (10/10)

A silent voice.

Koe no Katachi is such a touching film since it represents true struggles of bullying. Nishimiya Shouko, a deaf girl, transfers into a new elementary school. We hope that she would be treated with care by her peers however the opposite happens. Shouya Ishida, the delinquent of the class, is one of the first bullies of Shouko, leading his classmates on to bully Shouko to defeat his boredom. His bullying gets worse to the point that Shouko is transferred to another school. Soon, his friends turn on him and blame him for all the shenanigans and bullying. In high school, Shouya Ishida is an outcast and tries not to get involved with others. When Shouko reappears in his life, she helps him with his path of redemption. The art quality of the movie is superb. The characters are drawn out well. The expressions on the characters are strong enough to invoke emotions in the audience. The whole concept of the X’s on Ishida’s classmates are great imagery of his choice to avoid others. I like the scenery of Koe no Kitachi since it’s very beautifully crafted like the sakura trees, the school festival, etc. The characters are very important to the movie as it represents Ishida’s growth from elementary school to high school. There are some characters that are more or less likable for example Ueno never really changes and continues to make fun of Shouko even after all the years. What’s really important is the focus of bullying in this movie. The fact that Shouko wants to commit suicide and we see throughout the movies that she attempts multiple times makes the audience feel sad and frustrated with her condition. Personally it affects me since I also share similar feelings of not being able to be like normal people because of my defect. Shouko is such a strong character since she was able to stand all the bullying done to her through elementary school until she transferred. She’s worked hard and gained some friends also. She tried to communicate to Ishida and express that she likes him through her voice even though it’s easier to communicate through sign language. Ishida also is one my favorite characters since he had major character developments. It was frustrating for me to watch all his classmates blame him for ALL the bullying (yes he did destroy expensive hearing aids which is terrible but he shouldn’t get blamed for everything) and they all ended up bullying Ishida (TERRIBLE “FRIENDS”) and that just gets my blood boiling. After Ishida started to get bullied, he started to realize how Shouko must of felt. That is when he closes everyone out and even wanted to commit suicide. Everything that happened to him mirrors Shouko. I gained so much respect for him once he realized he needed to redeem himself. Although the path to redemption was hard, he gained back his friends and decided to stop avoiding people (the X’s fell of people’s faces). I praise this movie a lot in trying to spread the word about bullying and how it affects not only the victim but ALSO the bully.

P.S. The OST Lit is pretty lit (hahaha)

Erased (9/10)

“When your killer waits for you, but your girl doesn’t… ” – Youtube

I have to say Erased was really interesting to watch. Satoru Fujinuma has the ability to go back in time to prevent an accident from happening. Once his mother gets murdered, Satoru travels back to his elementary days and learns that his mother’s killer is also responsible for the death of his classmate Hinazuki Kayo. Basically he must find out who the killer is and prevent the deaths in the past. Referring to the quote from Youtube, I AGREE 100%. Instead of waiting for Satoru to wake up from his coma after the killer tried to kill him, she either doesn’t like Satoru in that way or idkkkkkk. Like I know Satoru lowkey has a crush on Kayo (christmas tree scene and all the bunch of stuff he did to save her from dying but then again it’s his job to save her). Anyways the plot is interesting on how Satoru has superpowers to reverse time (I wish I had that power) and change the event. I think though the plot was somewhat predictable since obviously if you can go back in time and change all the events, it should be a happy ending (my assumptions). The art is pretty good 🙂 (sorry don’t have much to say about it). I really like the opening and ending song (still listen on repeat today). I heard that the opening revealed a lot about what’s going to happen and even reveals who the killer is?? although i never would’ve guessed from the picture… Erased was pretty good though so I definitely recommend. If you like action and drama and bits of comedy I suggest this anime. Elementary Satoru and Kayo and the others are so cute!

Kakegurui (ONGOING)

OK so an anime that is ongoing during this summer is Kakegurui. So apparently if you are from a rich family it’s important for you to know how to gamble. Your reputation in the school is based on how good you are at gambling. Jabami Yumeko is the female protagonist of the series and seems to be some innocent girl in the beginning. HOWEVER, once she showcases her brilliant gambling skills (mainly her ability to recognize cheats) she turns into some gambling monster. Luckily Yumeko is on the side of our male protagonist Suzui Ryouta since he kinda sucks at gambling. I want to see how this anime goes down because apparently the student council is important to the plot.

Thanks for reading this review!

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lunaamatista · 8 years ago

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Current Thoughts on Coco

Warning: this is very, very long, but please read all the way through before you complain about anything.

Edit: I’d suggest you also read inpraiseofdarkness’s excellent post on misconceptions surrounding Coco!

With the release of the new trailer, I’m seeing a lot of backlash on Coco, saying it’s a ripoff of Book of Life and whatnot, so I wanted to address some of the things I’ve seen, because most of them are largely uninformed.

As a Literature major, I’m of the firm belief that what makes a piece of narrative (in a written, visual, musical, etc.) unique is not its plot, but how it is approached, so I refuse to pass judgement on any work until I can experience that approach myself. And as a person born, raised, and living in Mexico, with a particular fondness for this holiday, I want to talk about how even as of now, they are vastly different. Full disclaimer: Because I have been following development for both of these films since the very, very beginning, I had made a post regarding this same topic around a year ago, so a lot of it might be similar; however, some of my feelings regarding it might have changed. I will try to give links to everything I mention, to allow other people to read on their own and form their own opinions. And as a side note, English is not my first language, which will likely become obvious once you spot the amount of fillers I use.

1. Regarding development.

The main thing I seem to be seeing is that people feel bitter that Pixar went ahead and made a film about a concept it had rejected before, thus appropriating it from Mexican people in favor of having it be produced by white people and whatnot.

What bugs me about this is that it’s not true at all.

The timeline as I know it:

- In 2007, The Book of Life is pitched to Dreamworks, but it remains stuck in development stage due to “creative differences”. - In 2010, Unkrich pitches the concept of Coco to Pixar. - In February 2012, it is announced Guillermo del Toro is hopping on board for a film that will be called Day of the Dead, produced by Reel FX. - In April 2012, Coco, by then untitled, is announced as a long gestating project. - In December 2012, Day of the Dead changes names to The Book of Life, to diferentiate itself from the Pixar film centered around the same celebration. And, likely, to avoid the controversy that would follow... - In May 2013, Pixar requests to trademark “Day of the Dead,” as well as “Día de los muertos,” for marketing purposes. It is met with severe backlash and quickly withdrawn. Pixar invites a team of cultural consultants to supervise production. More on this later. - In October 2014, The Book of Life is released. - In April 2015, title and concept for Coco are revealed. - In April 2016, animation for Coco begins. - Coco is to be released in November 2017.

So Coco was never a concept that was pitched to Pixar. They did make a bad call regarding the copyright of the name, everyone was furious and you can still be and I won’t hold anything against you. You can argue that they still went through with a concept that was the same, but...

2. Regarding concept.

From the time Guillermo del Toro’s involvement in The Book of Life was announced, it was described as “a Romeo & Juliet-style love story set against the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead”. As for Coco, “the premise of the story comes from a simple question: ‘What if you could meet your long dead family members?’ (...) Coco is the celebration of a lifetime, where the discovery of a generations-old mystery leads to a most extraordinary and surprising family reunion.”

For the unaware, Day of the Dead is precisely about that: altars are made to “invite” the dead over to the world of the living, celebrate with their favorite foods, music, etc., and then go back to rest. Altars can be made for any dead person, but family members are most common. It is a common activity in grade school to involve yourself with your culture or just your family by making altars either for people famous in popular Mexican culture or for a family member you might have not even known.

Jorge Gutierrez, regarding the world represented in The Book of Life: “This is not a documentary, this is my magic version of Mexico. And I’m more than likely going to lie to you and make up crazy stories, but that’s the version of Mexico we’re going to do.”

The Book of Life is a sort of play on mythology. This is a bit hard to explain, but Mayan mythology has a world of the dead, called Xibalba. It is governed by the gods of sickness and death, which in Mayan mythology are seen as part of life and thus not inherently “bad” or “evil” (they have other things to represent that). Yes, Xibalba was the name of the ruler of the Land of the Forgotten that La Muerte, ruler of the Land of the Remembered, makes a bet against in The Book of Life.

The idea of an underworld ruled by these concepts deemed “bad” by Christian thought was key to integrating native Mexican and Christian religions. But before the incorporation of the idea of Christian heaven, which turned Xibalba into a world akin to hell, Xibalba was the only option for the dead, so there was a way of crossing safely to it, with the company of a xoloitzcuintli. More on that later.

Regarding the world represented in Coco: “this is a film drenched in traditional culture that Unkrich and his team picked up from their own experiences and over several research trips to Mexican towns. ‘I’ll be the first to say that going on a few research trips doesn’t make us experts in anything,’ Unkrich says, ‘but it would have been wrong for us not to go down.”

Chief of Pixar, John Lasseter, has talked of efforts to be more culturally inclusive in Disney films. After the copyright backlash in 2013, Pixar invited over a team of cultural consultants, among them Lalo Alcaraz, one of the harshest critics of the initial decision, Marcela Aviles, consultant of Latino cultural affairs, and Octavio Solis, playwright with a particular concern for Mexican-American experiences. So while born from a fascination with the visuals of Day of the Dead, from what we know Coco is an attempt at representing what the Day of the Day is about. Kind of like all the movies about the true meaning of Christmas.

2.5 Regarding visual concept

I will briefly touch up on this because this is the part I’ve seen most criticized for Coco. As a general note, (Mexican) Day of the Dead has a very specific aesthetic and colors, which both movies got right.

“The representation of La Muerte (The Death) looks similar!”

That’s because, in both cases, she’s based off what is now the most popular interpretation of her. We call her “La Catrina” (The Dapper Skeleton), and she was first represented in this way by José Guadalupe Posada, a Mexican artist.

Here she is as represented by Diego Rivera, another Mexican artist.

Fun character. This is a sugar skull, which you might have seen in the Coco poster and might remind you of character design in The Book of Life. They are are allusive to ever-present death.

It’s common to paint your face either as a skull or a sugar skull, wear dapper clothes, and say you’re a Catrin/Catrina. Sylvia Ji, an American artist, has drawn many, many, many depictions of this.

“There is x/y/z element in both films!”

This is papel picado. It is part of every altar and decoration related to Day of the Dead. They represent wind and festive joy. You might have seen it in The Book of Life and also in Coco posters.

This is cempasuchil, one of the flowers used to decorate altars. There are three used (white, for heaven; purple, for wake and to cleanse the place of bad spirits; yellow, for earth), but if there is one the altar will never go without, it’s the yellow cempasuchil.

Its petals are scattered all over the altar, and also arranged in front of it as to form a “path” that, thanks to its bright colors, will lead the person you’re inviting toward the altar with offerings for them. You can see the cempasuchil path as a bridge covered in petals in the Coco trailer, in what for now I’m assuming is the world of the dead. Yes, that’s its actual purpose. The path will have candles on its sides. I believe such a candle path was used in The Book of Life at some point (it has been a few years).

“The outfits are the same!”

Listen, music is part of any celebration, Day of the Dead included, and mariachis are very, very Mexican. Also, the recording the boy in Coco is watching seems to be a nod to Pedro Infante. (The Mexican side of my Twitter timeline was pretty excited for a moment). It’s pretty cute; it’s something younger Mexicans might miss completely, but that their parents will highly appreciate.

Why do both movies go out of their way to include music (other than being Disney)? This is my own speculation, but that might be because Michoacan, the Mexican state that makes the best guitars, and one of the states the mariachi tradition was developed, is also the state where the modern Day of the Dead celebration hails from.

“In both films they travel to the world of the dead!”

Day of the Dead is a celebration in which the dead travel to the world of the living, there’s nothing particularly odd about making the topic the direct opposite of this and having the living travel to the world of the dead. This has happened in mythology like, always, and is also not an unexplored topic in modern films.

“The towns look the same!”

Most of Mexico is crossed by two mountain ranges, the Sierra Madre Oriental and the Sierra Madre Occidental. Little towns in mountains are... well, "common” is an understatement. I hardly think I’ve been to a flat part of Mexico that isn’t by the sea, and I’ve visited half of the states in the country.

We were conquered by Spain, so the architecture is very similar in places with a more heavy Spanish influence.

There’s also this program called “Programa Pueblos Mágicos” (Magical Villages Programme), that promotes... well, the name is telling, but towns that are considered “magical”. They have many characteristics in common. Usually, they will be old towns with a certain architecture, and usually they will even have similar colors, partially because Mexico likes bright colors, and partially because the promotion of these towns serves an encouragement to keep them nice and clean and to “beautify” them, which... well, as I said, Mexico likes bright colors. Usually oranges, reds, pinks, yellows, and very warm browns.

Bonus: “Oh great there’s an animal sidekick.”

On one hand I agree. On the other, remember how I said there’s a way to cross safely to Xibalba? That’s with the company of a xoloitzcuintli. The dog in Coco is one. It makes a lot of sense. In fact, because you need one to cross, Mayans were buried with one, and the most traditional altars will contain xoloitzcuintli figures, so the dead can make their way back safely.

All in all, both movies very accurately represent an aesthetic that is both very Mexican and very particular to Day of the Dead. If Coco went out of their way to change it, we would no longer recognize it as Day of the Dead themed, which would make no sense, because the movie is about that. By the way, know who did their own take of Day of the Dead aesthetic, and it went by unnoticed by everyone, because nobody recognized it? Tim Burton, in The Corpse Bride. The underworld is Day of the Day inspired. Yeah, it happens.

3. Actual representation in the production teams.

Before you go off saying Coco is directed by a white person, take into account the writer and co-director, Adrian Molina, does come from a Mexican background. And while The Book of the Dead director, Jose Gutierrez, is in fact Mexican, his co-writer is not.

I had already mentioned Guillermo del Toro was on board The Book of Life, and that Coco had a group of cultural advisors that are specialized in Mexico, as well as the production team visiting the country.

But both films also have pretty interesting voice actors!

The Book of Life has Diego Luna, who you might have recently seen in Rogue One; and Kate del Castillo, who... I’m not sure is known in America, but she very famously had the lead role in La reina del sur here.

Coco has Gael Garcia, who has been in many things (I am also not sure what’s known in America; maybe Mozart in the Jungle?), and actually is Diego Luna’s co-founder for a TV and film production company called Canana Films (Mexicans might recognize the title Rudo y cursi); Ana Ofelia Murguia, (sorry, Spanish only) who is not known for many lead roles but has a long, highly awarded history in Mexican TV and cinema; and Renee Victor, who while not fully Mexican, has a mother of American descent.

And while we still don’t know about music direction, Lee Unkrich did tweet about recording with a Mexican band called Mono Blanco. (Son Jarocho is a Mexican musical style). There’s also Tierra Mojada, who will record two songs traditionally from the Mexican state of Oaxaca.

4. My thoughts.

I think it’s very unfair to call a movie a copy of another when the similar elements are an accurate representation of a cultural expression and should look similar. I would be more concerned if they didn’t.

The movies also have wildly different approaches of the concept of Day of the Dead, in which for one it’s part of the ambience, and for the other is the topic itself.

Pixar made huge blunders in the beginning (1), but from the looks of the trailer, they have made an effort to make what follows as accurate as possible. Several journalists (and more; I can’t possibly remember everything that goes on in my timeline) tweeted in appreciation of the trailer. The first one, Denise Dresser, called it “a very necessary love letter to Mexico,” which is an opinion Lee Unkrich himself shares: “because in the wake of an embattled election marked by hostile anti-immigrant rhetoric, America could stand to fall for the fleshed-out protagonists of a film that director Lee Unkrich is calling ‘a love letter to Mexico.’” I, for one, also think it’s important that a studio with the magnitude of Pixar is making a film about our culture.

The first concern that remains: please stop saying Pixar stole the concept/visuals of Day of the Dead from The Book of Life because it’s not something The Book of Life made up or has ownership of. You don’t go saying movies stole the concept of Independence Day or Christmas or Thanksgiving from other movies. It doesn’t work that way.

The second concern that remains: Day of the Dead seems to be the only Mexican tradition represented in film, ever, but I guess there’s a long way to go when people don’t even seem to understand this one, since others might be more local...

For what it’s worth, I still think there are many reasons to give it a chance.

(1) Edit #1: Yes, I mean the trademark of the name, which, if you care to know, was like drinking a very bitter shot. Another Mexican movie, though, did trademark the name. You can find a trailer here, but I’m finding it hard to find more information. Do I like it? Not really, but I am several degrees less upset about that than if it were an American company.

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