#jönköping

[postcard-from-the-past]

Promenade in Jönköping, Sweden

Swedish vintage postcard

[clownaddict]

Old Jönköping slang translated for non-Scandinavians (and other Swedes):

Gojja - beautiful woman

Smäck - hat

Smula - beanie

Gola - speaking loudly/yelling

Osj devon - oh damn

Tjabo - guy

Kaav me moos - Hotdog with mashed potatoes

Sulle - should

Bäss - beer

Gitta - leave

[giannic]

"Love me, love me!

Say that you'll love me.

Leave me, leave me;

Just say that you need me!

I can't care about anything but you!" 💔

[derearchiviatoria]

Brunstorp housing Jönköping, Sweden 2015–2018 Mikael Olsson (1969–), photographer Arrhov Frick (2010–), architect

[twoseparatecoursesmeet]

A Cabinet Card from Jönköping, Sweden, 19th century

[scrapblring]

Varnamo, Sweden (by Johan Arthursson)

[angu1973]

[norrhavetsblog]

Jönköping Varumärkeskommunikation | Norrhavet

Jönköping Varumärkeskommunikation spelar en avgörande roll för att bygga och stärka varumärken. På Norrhavet erbjuder vi skräddarsydda tjänster för varumärkeskommunikation som hjälper dig att kommunicera ditt varumärke på ett kraftfullt sätt. Vi skapar en genomtänkt kommunikationsstrategi som engagerar din målgrupp och förmedlar dina unika företagsvärden. Genom att använda rätt kanaler och budskap kan du skapa starka kopplingar med din målgrupp och öka medvetenheten om ditt varumärke.

[neroushalvaus]

I wanna ask you an important (not really) question, but don't feel like you have to answer.

Javert in epilogue Heaven: yes or no? Is he in hell or purgatory maybe?

Hey, as far as I am concerned, this is an important question ;D This is actually a discussion I have cared enough about to give a whole ted talk about it in my friends' musical theatre podcast (sadly the episode is in Finnish). But yeah, my opinion is a very definitive "yes".

Because I know people have conflicting views about this, I hope you don't mind me explaining myself, I don't want to end up on people's "bad les mis takes" blocklists before I get to justify my case.

So, when we talk about Heaven in the context of Les Mis, we can't ignore the fact that Les Mis as a musical and as a book holds Christian values. If we look at the main theological themes present in the book, it preaches hospitality, grace and forgiveness (and also liberation theology even though it wasn't called that back then but we are keeping it simple). That's why "Javert can't go to Heaven because he was a bad person" doesn't work for me, even though I absolutely agree that he is. If Javert is not in Heaven, I think having Javert's Suicide mirror Valjean's Soliloquy is a bad decision. The bishop shows Valjean kindness, Valjean looks within and Valjean gets a new life; Valjean shows Javert kindness, Javert looks within... And? I think it makes narrative sense that Javert gets a new life, even if it is after death.

Another argument I have seen is "Javert wouldn't want to be in the epilogue, there is a barricade there", and I don't agree with that either. Like. I don't think it's a literal barricade, it is a metaphor for how the equal world the Amis wanted exists after death. I'm not saying it's not a bittersweet ending – I think Karl Marx would absolutely hate it –, but that's what it is. It's not a very revolutionary ending. For what it's worth, I don't think the literal character of Enjolras would actually be comfortable singing about how everyone will be equal once they're dead and that's fine. It only works if the barricade is a metaphor.

Aside from being Heaven, I think the epilogue has two purposes; to gather all the characters on the stage once more, and to give the audience some catharsis. This is why I think Javert should be there, and in fact, I think every character in the show should be there. The book and the show are called Les Misérables for a reason, every character in it is wretched and has been left behind by society. The musical is pretty vague about Javert's wretchedness, but I think he reveals just enough for the audience to see that this is a miserable bastard and if he were to sing in the end with the others, that would bring the audience some catharsis. Especially seeing him together with everyone the society he has served has harmed, and he himself has harmed. I personally would really like that. "We will walk behind the plowshare, we will put away the sword. The chain will be broken and all men will have their reward". I also like how that would prove Javert wrong. As he sings in Stars, he thinks that "those who follow the path of the righteous shall have their reward"; then he, in his own mind, fails to follow that path; and he gets in Heaven, where everyone who has suffered in their life will be rewarded, no matter the bad things they did. Not to quote the book too much, but "This door does not demand of him who enters whether he has a name, but whether he has a grief. You suffer, you are hungry and thirsty; you are welcome".

I think that would be the correct way to end this musical. The ending may not be revolutionary, but at its best it is cathartic, hopeful and gentle. So in my opinion it should be as gentle as possible.

[scrapblring]

Brahehus, Sweden 🇸🇪

[starlene]

starting to feel really complicated about the upcoming Finnish production of Moulin Rouge!

[postcard-from-the-past]

View of Jönköping, Sweden

Swedish vintage postcard

[clownaddict]

“Mö ha ja rest å sett i min da, ifrån stadsparken te unnergången- men gulltänner i snetruten på en hunvalp? De få jag no aldrig se igen.”

-Hunnamuschen

[gerralk]

Bara för bilden...

Bild  254

En del människor är för alltid ihågkommen.

[so-the-flowers-whisper]

[findingajobs]

Att bli av med nedre bukfett kan vara en utmaning för många. Men med rätt kunskap och strategi är det fullt möjligt att uppnå det önskade resultatet. I denna