#it was soooooooooo cool to see it for myself AND _so_ cool to shake hands with aris akglsömfödkf

[fitzrove]

Oh, and on a separate note.

Do you have opinions on the current run of Rebecca and changes to Maxim since the original production?

Ahahaha, thanks for asking!!

I saw Rebecca live for the first time in February in Vienna (it was also the first time I ever went to Vienna, and the famous Raimundtheater, and oh also I met Aris Sas sjögkslfpskdld), and I've tentatively been planning a new video titled something like "Rebecca review and retrospective" where I'd compare the book (which I've now read) to the famous 1939 film which I think has had a lot of influence on all further adaptations, and then look at what happened with the musical (it was thematically a bit wonky from the start - or rather, did away with the main themes of the book and replaced them with "a love that set me free" - but it got worse after they added stuff like Zauberhaft Natürlich lol).

I haven't watched a lot of different productions yet, so I should definitely do that if I plan to do a vid. (I love the original cast album, Uwe's Maxim is so interesting and pathetic - some people describe him and Wietske!Ich as two weirdos who fit together and I agree, they're amazing. Haven't seen videos of the original run yet but I plan to. And before seeing it live I'd only watched clips of the Stuttgart production, mostly Ich-related because she's my favourite character).

But idk, in general I think Maxim in the current production is extremely bland 🤣 Granted, I've heard that the understudies are better, but omg... Mark just doesn't seem to remember to act at all, he's just Some Guy. I only really liked him in one single line of hilf mir durch die nacht & then some of kein lächeln. But it really pales in comparison to previous portrayals. Idk if he's just tired of being trapped in the VBW machine or what ajflksöff. His voice is really nice but his performance as Maxim is generally so bland and generic... and it's so sad to see when the rest of the main cast and even actors portraying more minor characters are so good. Like, James Park as Frank Crawley has a lot more nuance than Markxim and he only has one solo song to himself!!!

But to return to the original topic - I don't think I can answer this yet, because I haven't watched all of Uwe or Jan Ammann (who I think are considered among the most influential Maxims - I'll have to do some research to find out which other prods are considered impactful), but I'd love to do a video about it! :D