#it draws similarities between rudolf and elisabeth and their politics
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with every minute that passes my need to make a video essay in defense of 2003(?) budapest elisabeth grows. i see so much hatred for it sometimes and its SO SAD because its my second fave production
#elisabeth das musical#european musicals#its so good guys please give it a chance#the political undertones are amazing and even if its less todolf#death still manifests themselves in a way that appeals to rudolf#who is still just someone desperate for some political advantage + to be taken seriously by the world#who knows firsthand the struggles of the working class and finds laws and ordinances passed to be unfair#death manifests as a political ally; a partner in crime so to speak#and the entire show is hinged on politics more than ever in this production which is WHY THIS WORKS#the extended version of the first 4 years w/ some dialogue between the hungarians is amazing for that#and also the extension of eljen for that purpose too. it demonstrates how important politics will be as the show goes on since#at the end of the day it's politics that drives FJ and rudolf apart. FJ finds out that rudolf was conspiring against him#and the antisemitism movement that he interrupts is inherently against him too because of him working with jewish people#hass is a song about him and how the world views him and it serves as almost a reprise of milch even in the melody#it draws similarities between rudolf and elisabeth and their politics#and its just really good guys please
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