More rehearsal footage of Ghost Story: a new musical, this time of “Sheep in Wolf Country”!
Catch us at the Clark Chateau in Butte, MT TODAY 7/20 at 12:45pm! Free to attend. (If you’re not in the Montana area, don’t worry — we’ll be uploading a recording of the show after.) Excited to show y’all more of what we’ve been working on!
I love songs in musicals where characters tell stories to parallel their own situation generally, but Jimmy July being an actual historical figure makes it much more meaningful, considering the way Ghost Story is fundamentally talking about minorities' place in American history and how in the modern day people often look back, whether to romanticize or criticize or just find evidence that someone else understands what you're experiencing. Like the concept of Anthony telling this story about assimilating into white American culture to emphasize his own struggles with the same thing is inherently a powerful narrative moment, but Jimmy July was a real guy. Blurring the lines between fictional commentary and actual discourse about American history etc etc, emphasizing that while Anthony is a fictional character his struggles are very real by having him relate to this real person etc etc.
ADAMANDI FANDOM PLEASE GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER MY GOD. the show is about queerness, yes BUT ITS MAIN THEME IS RACISM. STOP MAKING VINCENT A STUPID GUY BECAUSE HES SHOWN AS STUPID AND BELIEVES HES STIPID BECAUSE OF RACISM NOT TO MENTION THE FACT HES AUTISTIC CODED. STOP DEFENDING THE FACT AMRBOSE IS FRIENDS WITH LITERAL RACISTS. STOP MAKING QUINCYS ONLY TRAIT THE FACT HES SMART. STOP MAKING PORTIA AN UWU VUTE GIRL THAT IS INNOCENT AND DOESNT SWEAR. STOP IGNORING THE FACT RACISM PUSHED BEATRIX TO MANIPULATE VINCENT SO SHE COULD PROVE HERSELF DUE TO RACISM. STOP MAKIMG AMBROSE NOT HOLD ANY SEXIST/TOXIC TRAD MASC IDEALS AS WELL AS INTERNALISED JOMO/TRANSPHOBIA. STOP THISPLEASE
adamandi is a show about SYSTEMIC RACISM. ABOUT HOW IT PUSHED BEATRIX VINCENT AND QUINCY TO HORRIFIC LENGTHS JUST TO PROVE TJEMSELVES. I AM WHITE SO I DONT UNDERSTAND IT FULLY, BUT STILL. PLEASE.
and for the love of god, stop sexualising the characters.