#jon matteson appreciation

[sewerratzz]

Gonna talk about a part of The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals that i really love

[this was brought on by me getting ready to shower and then being distracted because i put on Let It Out and Thoughts happened]

SO after the meteor hits and people are singing and dancing, Paul goes to work and asks about it. Charlotte says that her husband Sam isn’t a bad singer, but he’s always been a little flat. But this morning, he was singing in the shower and he sounded like an angel and it frightened her

So we’re told that becoming infected changes your voice. You know, you become part of the hivemind and basically an instrument for pokey’s orchestra, sounding as good as he needs you to sound. But we get no example of this.

We don’t hear any characters sing when they’re not infected (ignoring Emma in RCOC and the professor in Show Stopping Number), we have no frame of reference for voices really changing after infection.

Until Let It Out. We get the “Jekyll and Hyde” type scene from Paul.

[gonna take a long minute here to really show some appreciation for Jon’s physical and vocal acting, that man is wonderful]

Of course, we can see the difference between the paul we know, and the paul he is becoming because of infection in his body language. The dancing. Human Paul will not dance, is actively fighting against the puppet strings attached to his limbs that are getting stronger by the second, and infected!Paul is dancing happily, in a way that almost doesn’t completely fit the tone of this song.

Human Paul is terrified by what’s happening to him, his confusion and fear written on his face every time he loses control of his body and voice. Infected!Paul is revelling in human!Paul losing control, a wide smile on his face as he dances and sings.

But the vocal acting is my favourite part of Jon’s performance in this number. You can hear the difference between human and infected (and if you can’t hear it in the show, it’s much more obvious in the cast recording). Human Paul’s voice is lower, shakier, clearly showing that Paul is scared and not wanting to sing. Infected!Paul’s voice is higher, louder, more full, because he wants to sing. He’s a part of Pokey’s orchestra and it’s finally his time for a solo. Infected!Paul even takes his moments in control to say how much happier he is and how he was crazy to resist this, while human! Paul is battling for his life and saying he’d be crazy now to give in, and his final words are “I don’t like musicals!”

Jon does perfectly acting as Paul fighting against two different versions of himself and i love him. Big round of applause for Jon Matteson👏👏👏

And then of course in inevitable, any trace of human Paul is gone from his voice. He is completely, 100% infected now. Part of the hivemind. Not coming back. The happiness with which he sings and dances, all the while at some moments being hostile towards Emma as she tries to get away and he tries to infect her too. It’s finally his time to shine, he doesn’t get to sing or dance in almost the whole show, he gets one full song to show his prowess and by Pokotho, he is gonna show it !!

i love these numbers sm, there’s a reason they’re two of my favourites in the show

[ashtxeman]

THIS VIDEO CONTAINS VERY MINOR CINDERELLAS CASTLE TALK!! BUT IT'S MOSTLY HATCHETFIELD!!

presenting one and all my jon matteson cameo resulting from me gushing about jon's roles. enjoy.

[man-down-in-hatchet-town]

Love how Lauren's and Jon's characters almost always have some sort of special bond. Paul and Emma, and by an extension Emdroid and Paul 23. Linda with Gary, Wiggly, AND Roman. Daniel/Stopwatch as Hannah’s first real friend. Wiggly and Blinky are siblings. And Richie and Ruth being a delightful pair of absolute-best-friend weirdos (they always stand so close! Little peas in a pod!).

They just bounce off each other so well in so many different contexts. And it's always so fun to watch.

(...and then you have Boy Jerry accusing Donna of being a serial killer out of nowhere lol)

[wigglys-dikrats]

just uncle things ya know?

[bright-heart-raccoon]

Jon: what about you Jeff do you like Shakespeare?

Jeff: N O P E ! ! !

[come-see-our-show]

patiently waiting for the “30-year-old on a scooter” music video

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Compulsory Jon Matteson appreciation post ‼️

here’s a few sketches of some of his characters I made for stickers!! :)

[aneldritchmoth]

SILLY RICHIE / NPMD MEME HEHE

i saw the shirt saved in my cursed folder and i had to draw this

i did this instead of preparing for art fight oops, im almost got everything ready tho so it should be alright. im 4 days early.. kinda nervous still.

anywho my favorite starkid headcanon right now is probably the jon matteson family tree. and all the fanfics i've read where richie live with paul are the best. could that count as found family?? dunno lol.

unrelated but i've been thinking of making a superpowers/superhero au except max would be alive and sort of the cocky hero while the nerds are the villains?? idk could be interesting. ik i want grace and max to team up in said au that im cooking up. im having trouble figuring out what the nerds' powers would be.

max has ghost abilities, for, obvious reasons LOL. going invisible, phasing through walls- maybe telekinesis? and grace has light based powers- she can bend light. that makes sense to me. i might have ruth be the guy in the chair and steph be a loner anti-hero that joins forces with the nerds after?? AAAAA idk

lmk if yall would be intersted to see this sorta au and any power suggestions for pete, richie and steph would be appreciated. ok im done yapping now BYEEE

[wigglyscardigan]

appreciation post for jon matteson bc how the hell does that man manage to sing in wiggly’s voice

[ghostinacardboardbox]

We don't appreciate Jon Matteson's comedy enough.

[charlicpace]

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I love all StarKid shows, but the ones that I mainly hyperfixate on are:

✰ The Hatchetfield Series (Including both series of NMT)!!

✰ Starship!!

✰ Cinderella's Castle (I'm waiting for the YT release, so no spoilers please!!)

Musicals!!

✰ Heathers!!!

✰ Hamilton!

✰ Spies are Forever!!

TV shows!!

✰ Doctor Who / Torchwood!

✰ Buffy The Vampire Slayer!

✰ Gravity Falls!

✰ Over The Garden Wall!

✰ Steven Universe!

Music!!

✰ Any & all StarKid music!

✰ James Marriott!

✰ Will Wood (And The Tapeworms)!

✰ Lemon Demon!

Content Creators!!

✰ Team StarKid!

✰ Dan and Phil!

✰ Tubbo!

✰ Smosh!

✰ Thomas Sanders!

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[kalakilo]

i want us all to appreciate the way jon matteson as paul says "whaaaaat?" in this scene it's my favourite thing in the world

[man-down-in-hatchet-town]

This is a Jon Matteson appreciation post. From Paul to Wiggly to Boy Jerry to Richie to everyone in between, his range and specificity are incredible. His work is so lived-in and nuanced without losing any of the zany humor at the core of Starkid. I always love watching him and I can't wait to see what he does in the future.

[fadedjadedmandarin]

Starkid Dreamcast: Ruthless! The Musical

Only like three people are going to fully appreciate this but: Here's a Ruthless! dream cast.

Tina Denmark: Kendall Nicole Yakshe Judy Denmark: Lauren Lopez Sylvia St. Croix: Joe Walker Louise Lerman/Eve: Angela Giarratana Myrna Thorn/Emily Block*: Jaime Lyn Beatty (u/s Lita) Lita Encore: Lily Marks

Frederick Denmark: Jon Matteson (u/s Sylvia)

Understudies: Bryce Charles (Louise/Eve, Tina), Kim Whalen (Judy Denmark, Miss Thorn)

*For those unaware, the actress who plays Miss Thorn used to have a role in Act 2. She was a reporter for Modern Thespian interviewing Ginger DelMarco. (This role should be brought back bc the only princess track in that show belongs to Lita Encore)

[medusas-asss]

Moment of appreciation for Jon Matteson singing Let It Out in tgwdlm it’s so just *chefs kiss*. The perfect vibes of just not knowing your own mind and just yes