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Sex Education (Final season)

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2023

Sex Education (Final season, 2023, UK)

Creator: Laurie Nunn

Directors: Dominic Leclerc, Michelle Savill & Alyssa McClelland

Mini-review:

Wow, it feels kinda weird knowing that we won't be seeing these characters again. This final season wasn't perfect, but it wrapped everything in a way that felt absolutely satisfying for me. Yes, I know some fans are very angry about certain things, but I dunno, it all felt completely true to the characters, something that is always key for a finale. If anything, my biggest complaint is that the show clearly struggles when it comes to handling and connecting so many characters and storylines. That already happened during the previous season, but I think the show's team had an even harder time with this one, because they needed to provide some form of closure for everybody. Anyway, I expected it to happen, so I got over it pretty quickly. I want to end this review by reminding everyone of how groundbreaking this show is. It basically set new standards when it comes to inclusivity and representation in mainstream television. Although it only premiered four years ago, its impact on the industry has already been incredible and undeniable. So, yeah, this was a flawed but satisfying final season, and Sex Education will be deeply missed.

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Millie Lies Low Review- A Movie That Deals With An Ailment A Lot of People Can Relate Too

There have been a handful or maybe more films where a character has a good life or has the potential for a good life when things start to unravel for them. That’s the case with Millie Lies Low. A New Zealand film just came out here in the States.  More often than not it’s a man going through these types of situations. In this movie, it’s a young Kiwi woman who has these issues. Millie (Ana…

[fashionbooksmilano]

Gaetano Savini the man who was Brioni

By Fernando Morelli, Lella Della Cagna and Michelle Finamore

Preface by Gigliola Savini Perrone

Assouline, New York 2015, 202 pages, 24.13 x 30.48 cm, ISBN 978-1614284543

euro 85,00

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In the age when Savile Row was synonymous with men’s style, an innovative Italian, Gaetano Savini, put his country on the map, forever reinventing menswear. From the first men’s fashion show at Florence’s Palazzo Pitti in 1952 to his craftsmanship influences still evident in today’s styles, Savini was truly a creator on the cutting edge. His legacy as the visionary and designer extraordinaire behind the Brioni luxury brand is celebrated in this spectacular illustrated edition. Highlighting examples of Savini’s innovative cuts, bold colors, and the psychedelic patterns that led the Peacock Revolution of the 1960s, The Man Who Was Brioni includes sketches and newspaper articles illustrating how the man became the legend. Replete with letters, photographs, and personal anecdotes from Savini’s daughter and Brioni heir, this volume details the brand’s far-reaching influence, and how it came to be known as “the Dior of menswear.”

05/07/23

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Persuasion

Adaptions from 1971, 1995, 2007, 2022

The sixth of Jane Austen’s novels, first published in 1817, posthumously, has had many adaptions over the years. The ones pictures above are detailed below:

Persuasion (1971 Miniseries)

5 episodes x 45min Written by Julian Mitchell, directed by Howard Baker

Starring Ann Firbank as Anne Elliot, Bryan Marshall as Capt. Frederick Wentworth, David Savile as Mr. William Elliot, Morag Hood as Mary Musgrove (née Elliot), Basil Dignam as Sir Walter Elliot, Marian Spencer as Lady Russell, Georgine Anderson as Mrs. Sophia Croft, among others

Persuasion (1995 TV Film)

While made for british TV, the film was later released in US theaters Written by Nick Dear, directed by Roger Michell

Starring Amanda Root as Anne Elliot, Ciarán Hinds as Capt. Frederick Wentworth, Samuel West as Mr. William Elliot, Sophie Thompson as Mary Musgrove (née Elliot), Corin Redgrave as Sir Walter Elliot, Susan Fleetwood as Lady Russell, Fiona Shaw as Mrs. Sophia Croft, among others

Persuasion (2007 TV Film)

Written by Simon Burke, directed by Adrian Shergold

Starring Sally Hawkins as Anne Elliot, Rupert Penry-Jones as Capt. Frederick Wentworth, Tobias Menzies as Mr. William Elliot, Amanda Hale as Mary Musgrove (née Elliot), Anthony Head as Sir Walter Elliot, Alice Krige as Lady Russell, Marion Bailey as Mrs. Sophia Croft, among others

Persuasion (2022 Film)

While made for Netflix, this film was first released in US theaters The film departs from the original novel in some points (a lot in tone)

Written by Ronald Bass & Alice Victoria Winslow, directed by Carrie Cracknell

Starring Dakota Johnson as Anne Elliot, Cosmo Jarvis as Capt. Frederick Wentworth, Henry Golding as Mr. William Elliot, Mia McKenna-Bruce as Mary Musgrove (née Elliot), Richard E. Grant as Sir Walter Elliot, Nikki Amuka-Bird as Lady Russell, Agni Scott as Mrs. Sophia Croft, among others

*****

I’m not big on Persuasion but I prefer the 2007 version myself. Then 1995. I also like 2022, but it feels different.

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[ui-artdump]

Hi! This blog is my personal art spam and unfinished things showcase! And other stuff!

This blog focuses on my stories and personal art

[under the cut are information about my stories etc]

DONT YOU THINK HIGHLY OF ME?

[ @namelesschoices ] might use this account for more focus of DYTHOM

Notable Characters: Nameless the Saintess, Atlantes Euckliffe, Eurydice Eucklisse, Zayel Edwards, Pierce Cliff, Ruby Castellan, Bianca, Michelle Saville. Misty Saville, "Apsephion", "Guide"

When a bored Saintess and an energetic Mage become friends, total chaos arises. It was not in Nameless' plans to befriend the infamous Atlantes Euckliffe throughout her life but being with her new friend makes her feel alive. Together with Atlantes, they cause headaches to those who cross them and adventure that leads them to form a guild where they find more secrets about the world that they shouldn't have.

◦▹ #project: DYTHOM, #: ̗̀➛ui dont you think highly arts

#➻prerewrite (???. canon), #➻postrewrite (peaceful universe, canon)

(fun fact, DYTHOM is akin to an Otome game but it's full of bad ends if we go to a certain universe where Nameless is not so nice.)

DREAM COME TRUE

Notable Characters: Cynth Anderson, Yeji, Solaris Celeste and Sol Nova von Wingerden, Stella Winona von Wingerden, Quomiere, Rastell (theres more, too lazy to list them all)

A story about a young girl named Cynth, the daughter of a Hero who dreams of becoming a hero herself. However, after being betrayed by her brother and a friend, Cynth wanted to give up. That is until a Spirit condemns her with a curse; as long as the boy who ruined her life lives, the more she'd be deeper in misery.

◦▹#project: DREAM COME TRUE

DEVOTE

Notable Characters: Cariel, Fraus Dela Ulrich, King Ambrose von Radcliffe, Axel von Radcliffe, Tiadelle Solomon

When Cariel returns from the expedition that took her 2 years to complete, she finds out the king has done some irredeemable things that name him a tyrant. As the king's self-proclaimed sister and knight, she tries her best to fix his mess and ways but with a revolution stirring up about replacing Ambrose, she could only rely on Fraus to keep her sanity from dwindling. Little did she know that the one wanting to replace the king is right in front of her.

◦▹ #project: DEVOTE

SOMEONE ELSE

Notable Characters: Kian, Klein the Time Sage, Prince of the ??? Seir, Avery Snow, Lament, Lucidell "Nightingale", Deidre

The Devil King disappeared from the face of the world after cursing everyone with misfortune to those who encountered jewels that looked exactly like rubies. Said jewels are fragments of the Devil's power and could easily corrupt anything that it touches. Kian, a famous jeweler who loves rubies encounters a fragment that leads to a famous Sage hunting him down after he had accidentally absorbed it. How he absorbed it was not completely an accident.

◦▹ #project: SOMEONE ELSE

[thepeoplesmovies]

Watch UK Trailer For Kiwi Comedy Millie Lies Low

Watch UK Trailer For Kiwi Comedy Millie Lies Low Watch UK Trailer for Kiwi Comedy #MillieLiesLow UK Premiere @edfilmfest #eiff22 @SignatureEntUK

Fake it till you make it. Or you could simply watch the UK Trailer for New Zealand comedy Millie Lies Low! Next week the 75th Edinburgh Film Festival, the world’s longest running running film fest will take place. One of those films making it’s Michelle Savill’s dramedy that’s already played SXSW and Berlin. Millie Lies Low follows Millie (Ana Scotney) who is an grad Architecture student whose…

[screenzealots]

"Millie Lies Low"

A complex film about humiliation, shame, and the very human desire to cover up our mistakes.

Shame and the desire to project an image of something you’re not is at the heart of “Millie Lies Low,” a sad but fully relatable film from director and co-writer Michelle Savill. It’s a small-scale story that confronts psychologically dark themes with compassion and honesty, even if it’s uncomfortable for the viewer to watch as the likeable protagonist continues to dig a deeper hole for herself…

[thediaryofatheatrekid]

Casting Goals: If/Then (UK Production)

1. Rachel Tucker as Elizabeth Vaughan 2. Rachel John as Kate 3. Niall Sheehy as Lucas 4. Oliver Saville as Josh Barton 5. Natalie McQueen as Anne

Honorable Mentions:

Amy Webb as Anne Charlotte Wakefield as Anne Kerry Ellis as Elizabeth Vaughan Louise Dearman as Elizabeth Vaughan Michelle Pentecost as Elizabeth Vaughan Miriam-Teak Lee as Kate Natalie McQueen as Elizabeth Vaughan

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✨✨We are back and hella bright - - - - - Art Slice Museum Laboratories Division of Color Theory and Color Studies presents . . . FLUORESCENT YELLOW…LISTEN WHERE EVER PODCASTS ARE FOUND✨✨ ✅Thank you to everyone who submitted their color associations! ✅ Join us as we discuss FLUORESCENT YELLOW’s history that all started in a DayGlo lab and its far reaching effect on everything from military warfare, fashion, subversive pop culture, music and art history. We also dig into your associations listeners - which ranged from danger/caution, eeriness, youth, and nightlife - with FLUORESCENT YELLOW through data compiled by the Art Slice Pantrémon from clinical participants.  ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ IMAGES: 02. The Beatles’ Sargeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band printed in fluorescent ink, 1967. One of Andy Warhol’s Flower prints featuring fluorescent ink. 03. Factory Record’s Hacienda Club - with Ben Kelly’s designed interior 04. Dana Schutz, Surgery, 2004. Oil on canvas. 05. Packaging design from Peter Saville 06. Ugo Rondinone, Seven Magic Mountains, 2016. Las Vegas, NV. Locally sourced limestone boulders. Each totem is 30-35’ tall. 07. Jean-Michel Basquiat's, Untitled (1981) seen under UV light 08. Dan Flavin 09. Laura Grisi, 1967. Neon, plexiglass, aluminium, sliding panel. 10. Peter Halley, Day-Glo acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas. . . . . . #fluorescentyellow #colortheory #lauragrisi #sargeantpepper #andywarhol #peterhalley #petersaville #danaschutz #ugorondinone #basquiat #danflavin https://www.instagram.com/p/Cft6q7WrNN6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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JEAN DUJARDIN, ICON OF IMPERMANENCE

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans

There’s a fantastic new podcast Kill James Bond! providing a critical eye on the tired old cliché and media it inspired, from the Ennio Morricone-scored, Neil Connery-starring Operation Kid Brother to apparent #wifeguy Michel Hazanavicius’ revisionist French takes on the Bond also-ran OSS 117. Something clicked hearing the hosts discuss the joy the hero of the latter, Jean Dujardin’s entitled, thoughtless Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, takes in simple moments and simple experiences. Joys typically filled with double entendres, like having his biscuit buttered or getting oiled up, as well as those that provided novel thrills for a 1950s character, such as taking an airplane… or, for a dandy, getting a chance to wear his new alpaca tuxedo.

Anyone reading this has probably secretly had similar moments, moments that you can’t share with a partner, of finding the perfect occasion, the perfect excuse for being able to display a fanciful indulgence. And, along with other fanciful details of old 1950s and 1960s spy movies like rear-projected driving scenes and blue-filtered day-for-nights, the makers of OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies brought back the old tradition of having the hero’s suits made by a reputable tailor. Sean Connery and Patrick McGoohan had Savile Row tailor Anthony Sinclair, Cary Grant had a slew of Internet bores attempting to decipher a maker’s label in North by Northwest, and Dujardin’s spy had Jo Kergoat, renowned Paris tailor and protégé of none other than André Bardot, a founding member of the Groupe des Cinq of French custom tailors, the circle of prestigious 1950s tailors who shaped what French tailoring is today.

What is today? As tailored by Kergoat (who made 47 suits for the movie), Dujardin is a perfect French parody of Sean Connery, immaculately dressed in elegant detail – far better, for instance, than Daniel Craig ever has been as James Bond. Dujardin has reprised the role twice, once in 2009’s OSS 117: Lost in Rio, and now in OSS 117: Red Alert in Black Africa, which is slated to come out around the same time as the oft-delayed Bond film No Time to Die. In the meantime, during the long uncertainty of the pandemic, Jo Kergoat, who has previously raved that “everything’s going to hell and soon there won’t be a single real tailor in Paris," has helped fulfill his own prophecy and hung up his shears, at 91.

Hazanavicius and Dujardin have worked on other projects together, including the prominently Oscar-ed The Artist. Another period piece, it also featured the unusual attention to detail of French bespoke crafted clothing for Dujardin, this time from the custom tailor and shirtmaker at Lanvin, the oldest continuously existing French fashion house. Such a step was coherent with Dujardin’s role, a silent film star confronted with the new age of Hollywood talkies, in an age where studio systems practically required stars to maintain the same care in their off-camera appearance as in their highly orchestrated films. Not only was Lanvin one of Paris’ oldest couture houses, but with its men’s custom business founded in 1926 (in magnificent Art Deco premises decorated by Armand-Albert Rateau), it was one of the old guard of established French tailors, mostly forgotten names like Cristiani, Larsen, Knize and Creed (yes, the overhyped perfumers of today were once custom tailors to none other than the Shah of Iran, among others). An old guard against whom Bardot’s Groupe des Cinq had rebelled around the time that the action in the first OSS 117 movie takes place, because those five tailors (Socrate, Waltener, Camps, Bardot and di Nota) had wanted to show more progressive designs, back when prestigious custom tailors could set fashion because they dressed men of fashion, rather than being the isolated, crumbling redoubts they are today. And Lanvin itself lost its own such redoubt, after just under a century as one of the best, tailor and shirtmaker in the world, in the last year after the actual people responsible for such craft fled to the relative safety of Francesco Smalto… a tailoring house founded, ironically, by one of the alumni of the Groupe des Cinq.

It cannot be too coincidental that those two absurdly well-dressed, well-tailored roles make Dujardin confront periods of uncertain transition: his silent matinee idol facing the advent of films with sound and a whole new style of acting, and OSS 117, he who acts out all of the things 007 elides, like the need to carefully remove his custom suit jacket, shoes and cufflinks before jumping into bed with the femme fatale du jour, faced with the disintegration of colonial empires, of the illusion of France as a great power. In a way, Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath is Eurocentrism himself, forced to encounter other cultures as they shrug off imperialism (in the case of his first film, through the Suez crisis that destroyed British and French pretenses of power), as all of the absolutes that composed his worldview break down. So indeed the tailors and shirtmakers that made him. One can no longer take the joys of an alpaca tuxedo for granted, no matter how elegant one momentarily looked in it.

[itallbecameablr]

Kingsman: The Secret Service's Timeline Doesn't Make Sense- Part 2

And here we go folks, the payoff of my insanity. The culmination of spending over 3 hours watching the same few scenes over and over again.

By the way, I really only started going down this rabbit hole because I needed a general idea of the months the movie takes place in. Not the hours. Not even the days. Just the months... But then I guess something snapped and I went crazy.

Aaaaaanyway...

It's V-Day, BAE-BEE!

Day 3 (Dawn of The Final Day)- Sunday, June 22nd 2014

Here we have my most solid proof that this all goes down within the same. Weekend.

The Church scene.

South Glade Mission Church is an expy of Westboro Baptist Church, so we can assume that the sermon takes place on a Baptist church's schedule. 10:00 am, which thanks to time zones is 3:00 pm in England.

When the audience sees Eggsy watching Harry's feed, he's still wearing the same clothes so... He apparently just hung around Harry's house from the time of the argument at 7:00 pm to 3:00 pm the next day? Whatever floats his boat, personally I would have GTFO myself. Did he even sleep? I don't think he did, or we're not supposed to think he did because Eggsy looks tired.

Harry sits through at least a portion of the sermon before the, "Catholic whore." speech. We'll say it took about 15 minutes for him to confirm Valentine wasn't at the church and decide that he just couldn't stand to hear anymore of the sermon. That puts us at around 10:15 am EST when the infamous Church scene goes down.

By 10:30 am EST, or 3:30 pm UTC, Harry is shot in the head. Prompting Eggsy, who had been watching the whole thing, to go to the tailor shop and inform Arthur.

Here's more proof that I put way too much thought into this, like you needed any at this point. I know that in the best traffic, it would take a little under 15 minutes to get from Harry's house in Stanhope Mews S, South Kensington, to Savile Row where Kingsman Tailor shop is.

Then you get the whole scene where Arthur tries to kill Eggsy but is tricked into killing himself. We'll say it's another 15 minutes for simplicity's sake. And right as Eggsy is cutting the chip out of his neck, Arthur's phone starts the 6 hour countdown to V-Day and provides coordinates to his bunker. The coordinates apparently actually lead to a field in Russia while the bunker is clearly in some mountains, by the way. And if you're keeping track, that puts V-Day at starting at 10:00 pm in England.

Eggsy and Merlin arrive at the bunker when the countdown is at just under an hour.

Despite their best efforts and Valentines, V-Day starts at about the time it was scheduled for.

And we finally arrive at how I know the movie's timeline is very wrong. Because it's supposed to be 10:00 pm in London, that is the only way for everything that's come before this to have had time to take place.

But when we see it start in England, and more specifically we see Michelle Unwin trying to kill her daughter, it's still. Clearly. Daylight outside.

In Conclusion

And there we have it. The entire thing from start to finish. If anyone wants, I could even provide time codes for all of my proof.

So I've apparently put more thought into the timeline of events than the director did. Not sure how I feel about that. at any rate, Eggsy had one hell of a weekend. What a wild fucking ride.

Also, how the heck did Eggsy have the energy to bum Princess Tilde after all of this? If he didn't sleep between the argument and the Church scene like I suspect, then he's been up since about 9:00 am on Saturday to 10:00 pm Sunday night. That's 37 hours.

I mean, I've stayed up that long before, but at that point I'm basically a zombie. And I've never killed my boss and had to fight my way through a bunker during that time.

Addrenaline must be one hell of a drug.

[machiavellique]

·         The Atheist's Mass (Honoré de Balzac) ·         The Beautifull Cassandra (Jane Austen) ·         The Communist Manifesto (Fredrich Engels and Karl Marx) ·         Cruel Alexis (Virgil) ·         The Dhammapada (Anon) ·         The Dolphins, the Whales and the Gudgeon (Aesop) ·         The Eve of St Agnes (John Keats) ·         The Fall of Icarus (Ovid) ·         The Figure in the Carpet (Henry James) ·         The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows (Rudyard Kipling) ·         Gooseberries (Anton Chekhov) ·         The Great Fire of London (Samuel Pepys) ·         The Great Winglebury Duel (Charles Dickens) ·         How a Ghastly Story Was Brought to Light by a Common or Garden Butcher's Dog (Johann Peter Hebel) ·         How Much Land Does A Man Need? (Leo Tolstoy) ·         How To Use Your Enemies (Baltasar Gracián) ·         How We Weep and Laugh at the Same Thing (Michel de Montaigne) ·         I Hate and I Love (Catullus) ·         Il Duro (D. H. Lawrence) ·         It was snowing butterflies (Charles Darwin) ·         Jason and Medea (Apollonius of Rhodes) ·         Kasyan from the Beautiful Mountains (Ivan Turgenev) ·         Leonardo da Vinci (Giorgio Vasari) ·         The Life of a Stupid Man (Ryunosuke Akutagawa) ·         Lips Too Chilled (Matsuo Basho) ·         Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime (Oscar Wilde) ·         The Madness of Cambyses (Herodotus ·         The Maldive Shark (Herman Melville) ·         The Meek One (Fyodor Dostoyevsky ·         Mrs Rosie and the Priest (Giovanni Boccaccio) ·         My Dearest Father (Wolfgang Mozart) ·         The Night is Darkening Round Me (Emily Brontë) ·         The nightingales are drunk (Hafez) ·         The Nose (Nikolay Gogol) ·         Olalla (Robert Louis Stevenson) ·         The Old Man in the Moon (Shen Fu), Miss Brill (Katherine Mansfield) ·         The Old Nure's Story (Elizabeth Gaskell) ·         On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts (Thomas De Quincey) ·         On the Beach at Night Alone (Walt Whitman) ·         The Reckoning (Edith Wharton) ·         Remember, Body... (C. P. Cavafy) ·         The Robber Bridegroom (Brothers Grimm) ·         The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue (Anon) ·         Sindbad the Sailor ·         Sketchy, Doubtful, Incomplete Jottings (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) ·         Socrates' Defence (Plato) ·         Speaking of Siva (Anon) ·         The Steel Flea (Nikolai Leskov) ·         The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe) ·         The Terrors of the Night (Thomas Nashe) ·         The Tinder Box (Hans Christian Andersen) ·         Three Tang Dynasty Poets (Wang Wei) ·         Trimalchio's Feast (Petronius) ·         To-morrow (Joseph Conrad), Of Street Piemen (Henry Mayhew) ·         Traffic (John Ruskin) ·         Travels in the Land of Serpents and Pearls (Marco Polo) ·         The Voyage of Sir Francis Drake Around the Whole Globe (Richard Hakluyt) ·         The Wife of Bath (Geoffrey Chaucer) ·         The Woman Much Missed (Thomas Hardy) ·         The Yellow Wall-paper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman) ·         Wailing Ghosts (Pu Songling) ·         Well, they are gone, and here must I remain (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

[mysticalhearth]

F

Fack ju Göhte – Das Musical - Munich, Germany - July 14, 2018 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Max Hemmersdorfer (Zeki Müller), Johanna Spantzel (Lisi Schnabelstedt), Elisabeth Ebner (Frau Gerstner), Lukas Sandmann (Danger), Rebekka Corcodel (Chantal), Silvio Römer (Burak), Susi Studentkowski (Zeynep), Robin Cadet (Jerome), Sandra Leitner (Laura), Jennifer Siemann (Charlie) Falsettos - Broadway - January-February, 1993 FORMAT:  MP4 (SD) CAST: Mandy Patinkin (Marvin), Stephen Bogardus (Whizzer), Barbara Walsh (Trina), Chip Zien (Mendel), Andrew Harrison Leeds (alt Jason), Heather MacRae (Dr. Charlotte), Maureen Moore (Cordelia) Falsettos - Broadway Revival - October 28, 2016 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Christian Borle (Marvin), Andrew Rannells (Whizzer), Stephanie J Block (Trina), Brandon Uranowitz (Mendel), Anthony Rosenthal (Jason), Tracie Thoms (Dr. Charlotte), Betsy Wolfe (Cordelia) NOTES: Beautiful HD capture of the Revival following opening night. Such a talented cast and the chemistry amongst them is incredible. Beautifully executed and not to be missed! A Falsettos - Broadway Revival - December 30, 2016 (Matinee) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Christian Borle (Marvin), Andrew Rannells (Whizzer), Stephanie J Block (Trina), Brandon Uranowitz (Mendel), Anthony Rosenthal (Jason), Tracie Thoms (Dr. Charlotte), Betsy Wolfe (Cordelia) Falsettos - Broadway Revival - January, 2017 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (SD) CAST: Christian Borle (Marvin), Andrew Rannells (Whizzer), Stephanie J Block (Trina), Brandon Uranowitz (Mendel), Anthony Rosenthal (Jason), Tracie Thoms (Dr. Charlotte), Betsy Wolfe (Cordelia) NOTES: Filmed in January 2017 and aired on PBS on October 27, 2017. Can be found on BroadwayHD to stream. Falsettos - Hartford Stage (March Of The Falsettos & Falsettoland) - September-November, 1991 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Evan Pappas (Marvin), Roger Bart (Whizzer), Barbara Walsh (Trina), Adam Heller (Mendel), Josh Ofrane (Jason), Andrea Frierson (Dr. Charlotte), Joanne Baum (Cordelia) NOTES: Good for its age Falsettos - Off-West End - September, 2019 (hitmewithyourbethshot's master) FORMAT:  MTS CAST: Daniel Boys (Marvin), Oliver Savile (Whizzer), Natasha O'Brien (s/b Trina), Joel Montague (Mendel), Albert Atack (Jason), James Williams (Jason), Gemma Knight-Jones (Dr. Charlotte), Natasha Barnes (Cordelia) NOTES: View partially obstructed throughout, James takes over as Jason mid-act 2 Falsettos - Second National Tour - April-July, 1994 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Michael Rupert (Marvin), Stephen Bogardus (Whizzer), Barbara Walsh (Trina), Chip Zien (Mendel), Sivan Costel (Jason), Heather MacRae (Dr. Charlotte), Carolee Carmello (Cordelia) NOTES: The same video that has been titled 1993 Los Angeles. Dates confirmed via contemporary reviews (ie: Variety) April 28-July 3, 1994 Falsettos - Third National Tour - February 16, 2019 (Highlights) FORMAT:  MP4 (SD) CAST: Max von Essen (Marvin), Nick Adams (Whizzer), Eden Espinosa (Trina), Nick Blaemire (Mendel), Jim Kaplan (Jason), Bryonha Marie Parham (Dr. Charlotte), Audrey Cardwell (Cordelia) NOTES: Highlight running almost five minutes long, includes What Would I Do? only. Filmed from the rear orchestra, there's a decent amount of washout and obstructions, but very clear audio. 1080p YouTube rip, gifted upon request. Falsettos - Third National Tour - April 13, 2019 (Highlights) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Max von Essen (Marvin), Nick Adams (Whizzer), Eden Espinosa (Trina), Darick Pead (u/s Mendel), Jonah Mussolino (Jason), Bryonha Marie Parham (Dr. Charlotte), Audrey Cardwell (Cordelia) NOTES: 1080p YouTube rip. 4 clips lasting approx 13 mins. Bar partially obstructs stage Falsettos - Third National Tour - April 19, 2019 (thehouseonsunset's master) FORMAT:  MOV (SD) CAST: Max von Essen (Marvin), Nick Adams (Whizzer), Eden Espinosa (Trina), Nick Blaemire (Mendel), Thatcher Jacobs (Jason), Bryonha Marie Parham (Dr. Charlotte), Audrey Cardwell (Cordelia) NOTES: Pretty much the full show. Missing the last 15 mins of Act Two. Ends at the Bar Mitzvah Scene. Occasional head blocking the right of the stage. Fame - 8th UK Tour (30th Anniversary Tour) - October, 2019 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Stephanie Rojas (Carmen), Jamal Crawford (Tyrone), Molly McGuire (Serena), Keith Jack (Nick), Albey Brookes (Joe), Hayley Johnston (Mabel), Jorgie Porter (Iris), Simon Anthony (Schlomo), Alexander Zane (Goody), Louisa Beadel (Lambchops), Mica Paris (Miss Sherman), Katie Warsop (Miss Bell), Duncan Smith (Mr Scheinkopf), Spencer Lee Osborne (Mr Myers), Courtney George, Daisy Edwards, Lauren Crooks, Morgan Jackson, Ryan Kayode, Serina Mathew, Tom Mussell NOTES: ProShot released on BroadwayHD Fame - First National Tour - January 27, 1999 FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Natasha Rennalls (Carmen), Jenn Gambatese (Serena), Gavin Creel (Nick), Jose Restrepo (Joe), Dioni Michelle Collins (Mabel), Amy Ehrlich (Lambchops) Fame - Madrid - 2009 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: - Fame - Netherlands - 1999 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Nurlaila Karim (Carmen), Gino Emnes (Tyrone), Eva Poppink (Serena), Albert Klein Kranenburg (Nick), Jim de Groot (Joe) NOTES: little generation loss. Fiddler on the Roof - Broadway (2004 Revival) - December 4, 2005 FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Harvey Fierstein (Tevye), Rosie O’Donnell (Golde), Rita Harvey (u/s Hodel), Jacob Fishel (Motel), Paul Anthony Stewart (Perchik), Sally Murphy (Tzeitel), Nancy Opel (Yente), Tricia Paoluccio (Chava) NOTES: Direct from the master, includes NY1 segments. Fiddler on the Roof - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield (Pre-West End) - January, 2007 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Henry Goodman (Tevye), Beverly Klein (Golde), Alexandra Silber (Hodel), Gareth Kennerley (Motel), Damian Humbley (Perchik), Frances Thorburn (Tzeitel), Julie Legrand (Yente), Victor McGuire (Lazar Wolf), Natasha Broomfield (Chava), Michael Conway (Fyedka), Steve Fortune (Constable), Vincent Pirillo (Rabbi), Adrien Mastrosimone (Fiddler), Juliet Alderdice (Fruma Sarah), Tomm Coles (Mordcha) Fiddler on the Roof - Sixth Broadway Revival - December 29, 2015 (SJ Bernly's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Danny Burstein (Tevye), Jessica Hecht (Golde), Samantha Massell (Hodel), Adam Kantor (Motel), Alexandra Silber (Tzeitel), Alix Korey (Yente), Adam Dannheisser (Lazar Wolf), Melanie Moore (Chava) NOTES: First couple minutes of Act Two are blacked out, but the show is otherwise complete; a few scenes are very dark, but the actors' faces can be seen; slight washout in the brighter scenes. Excellent picture otherwise and clear sound; good video. Finding Neverland - Broadway - April 30, 2015 (NYCG8R's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Matthew Morrison (J.M. Barrie), Laura Michelle Kelly (Sylvia Llewelyn Davies), Kelsey Grammer (Charles Frohman/Captain James Hook), Teal Wicks (Mary Barrie), Carolee Carmello (Mrs. du Maurier), Aidan Gemme (Peter Llewelyn Davies), Alex Dreier (Michael Llewelyn Davies), Christopher Paul Richards (Jack Llewelyn Davies), Sawyer Nunes (George Llewelyn Davies) NOTES: Video filmed from center mezzanine with very clear picture and nice close-ups Finding Neverland - Broadway - July 22, 2015 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Kevin Kern (u/s J.M. Barrie), Laura Michelle Kelly (Sylvia Llewelyn Davies), Anthony Warlow (Charles Frohman/Captain James Hook), Teal Wicks (Mary Barrie), Carolee Carmello (Mrs. du Maurier), Christopher Paul Richards (Peter Llewelyn Davies), Alex Dreier (Michael Llewelyn Davies), Eli Tokash (Jack Llewelyn Davies), Casey Butler (George Llewelyn Davies) NOTES: Beautiful HD capture of Kevin Kern in the role of Barrie. Also features Anthony taking over the role of Charles and a different set of the Davies children. A Finding Neverland - Broadway - February 28, 2016 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Tony Yazbeck (J.M. Barrie), Laura Michelle Kelly (Sylvia Llewelyn Davies), Paul Slade Smith (u/s Charles Frohman/Captain James Hook), Dana Costello (u/s Mary Barrie), Kristy Cates (u/s Mrs. du Maurier), Christopher Paul Richards (Peter Llewelyn Davies) NOTES: Beautiful HD capture of Tony joining the cast with no obstructions. He gave a wonderful performance as did the understudies who were performing. A Finding Neverland - Broadway - March 31, 2016 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Alfie Boe (J.M. Barrie), Laura Michelle Kelly (Sylvia Llewelyn Davies), Kelsey Grammer (Charles Frohman/Captain James Hook), Teal Wicks (Mary Barrie), Sally Ann Triplett (Mrs. du Maurier), Christopher Paul Richards (Peter Llewelyn Davies) NOTES: Beautiful capture of Alfie and Sally joining the cast. Alfie commanded the score and sang the hell out of it. So many beautiful moments and such chemistry with Laura. A Finding Neverland - Pre-Broadway / Cambridge - August 17, 2014 (Matinee) (SJ Bernly's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Jeremy Jordan (J.M. Barrie), Laura Michelle Kelly (Sylvia Llewelyn Davies), Michael McGrath (Charles Frohman/Captain James Hook), Jeanna de Waal (Mary Barrie), Carolee Carmello (Mrs. du Maurier), Aidan Gemme (Peter Llewelyn Davies), Alex Dreier (Michael Llewelyn Davies), Hayden Signoretti (Jack Llewelyn Davies), Sawyer Nunes (George Llewelyn Davies) NOTES: Fantastic capture from start to finish with just a couple quick dropouts in act one; clear video with no washout or obstruction; filmed in 16:9, with a mix of wides, mediums, and close-ups. Finding Neverland - Pre-Broadway / Cambridge - September 3, 2014 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Jeremy Jordan (J.M. Barrie), Laura Michelle Kelly (Sylvia Llewelyn Davies), Michael McGrath (Charles Frohman/Captain James Hook), Jeanna de Waal (Mary Barrie), Carolee Carmello (Mrs. du Maurier), Aidan Gemme (Peter Llewelyn Davies), Alex Dreier (Michael Llewelyn Davies), Hayden Signoretti (Jack Llewelyn Davies), Sawyer Nunes (George Llewelyn Davies) NOTES: Beautiful HD capture of this sensational new show headed to Broadway. The performances, actors, music, book, the comedy are all divine. I think this will take 2015 Tony and also awards for Jeremy and Laura, it was that stunning! A+ First Date - Broadway - July 13, 2013 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Zachary Levi (Aaron), Krysta Rodriguez (Casey), Sara Chase (Woman #1 (Grandma Ida/Lauren/Aaron's Mother)), Bryce Ryness (Man #1 (Gabe/Edgy British Guy)), Kate Loprest (Woman #2 (Allison/Google)), Kristoffer Cusick (Man #2 (Reggie/Aaron's Future Son/Edgy Rocker Guy)), Blake Hammond (Man #3 (Waiter/Casey's Father/Friendly Therapist)) NOTES: Excellent HD capture of this charming and fun show. Both Zachary and Krysta are adorable in the roles, as is the supporting cast! A First Date - London (Crazy Coqs) - October, 2020 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Simon Lipkin (Aaron), Samantha Barks (Casey), Danielle Steers, Nicholas McLean, Oscar Conlon Morrey, Rufus Kampa NOTES: Livestreamed virtual performance Fleabag - West End - September 12, 2019 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  M4A (untracked) CAST: Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) NOTES: Proshot - National Theater Live Flower Drum Song - Broadway Revival - February 26, 2003 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Allen Liu (Harvard), Alvin Ing (Chin), Hoon Lee (Chao), Jodi Long (Madam Liang), Jose Llana (Ta), Lea Salonga (Mei-Li), Randall Duk Kim (Wang), Sandra Allen (Linda Low), Ericka Hunter NOTES: Broadway debuts for Allen Liu, Hoon Lee, Rich Ceraulo, Marcus Choi, Telly Leung, Daniel May, and Ericka Hunter Yang Flowers For Mrs Harris - Chichester Festival Theatre - September 29, 2018 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Clare Burt (Ada Harris), Joanna Riding (Lady Dant), Joanna Riding (Madame Colbert), Gary Wilmot (Major), Gary Wilmot (Monsieur Armande), Luke Latchman (Terry), Claire Machin (Violet), Louis Maskell (Bob), Louis Maskell (Andre), Rhona McGregor (Flower Girl), Rhona McGregor (Dressmaker), Mark Meadows (Mr Harris), Mark Meadows (Marquis), Laura Pitt-Pulford (Pamela), Laura Pitt-Pulford (Natasha), Nicola Sloane (Countess), Nicola Sloane (Sybel Sullivan) NOTES: Multi-camera setup, soundboard, professionally done. Follies - Madrid - June 14, 2012 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (SD) CAST: Muntsa Rius (Sally Durant Plummer), Vicky Peña (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Pep Molina (Buddy Plummer) NOTES: Recorded for Archival purposes. Follies - National Theatre - November 16, 2017 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  Other video (see notes) CAST: Imelda Staunton (Sally Durant Plummer), Janie Dee (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Peter Forbes (Buddy Plummer), Philip Quast (Benjamin Stone), Tracie Bennett (Carlotta Campion), Di Botcher (Hattie Walker), Josephine Barstow (Heidi Schiller), Dawn Hope (Stella Deems), Adrian Grove (Sam Deems), Geraldine Fitzgerald (Solange LaFitte), Norma Atallah (Emily Whitman), Liz Izen (Dee Dee West), Gemma Page (Sandra Crane), Julie Armstrong (Christine Donovan), Gary Raymond (Dimitri Weismann), Billy Boyle (Theodore Whitman), Bruce Graham (Roscoe), Zizi Strallen (Young Phyllis), Fred Haig (Young Buddy), Adam Rhys-Charles (Young Benjamin), Emily Langham (Young Carlotta), Aimee Hodnett (Young Hattie), Alison Langer (Young Heidi), Leisha Mollyneaux (Young Stella), Sarah-Marie Maxwell (Young Solange), Kate Parr (Young Sandra), Barnaby Thompson, Edwin Ray, Emily Goodenough, Jeremy Batt, Jordan Shaw, Liz Ewing NOTES: London’s National Theatre production, broadcast live to cinemas around the world. The National Theatre revival is the first fully staged major London production of Follies to present the original Broadway version of the show. Sondheim and Goldman revised large parts of the show’s script and score for its 1987 London premiere, toning down the underlying bleakness of the Broadway original, and offering a more hopeful finale for its central characters. Director Dominic Cooke revisited early drafts of Goldman’s script, restoring original dialogue and moments that have not been seen in the production since its 1971 Broadway run. Follies - Paper Mill Playhouse - 1998 FORMAT:  MP4 (SD) CAST: Donna McKechnie (Sally Durant Plummer), Dee Hoty (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Tony Roberts (Buddy Plummer), Laurence Guittard (Benjamin Stone), Ann Miller (Carlotta Campion), Kaye Ballard (Hattie Walker), Carol Skarimbas (Heidi Schiller), Phyllis Newman (Stella Deems), Liliane Montevecchi (Solange LaFitte), Natalie Mosco (Emily Whitman), Billie Thrash (Dee Dee West), Laura Kenyon (Sandra Donovan), Ann Cunningham (Christine Crane), Eddie Bracken (Dimitri Weismann), Donald Saddler (Theodore Whitman), Danette Holden (Young Sally), Meredith Patterson (Young Phyllis), Billy Hartung (Young Buddy), Michael Gruber (Young Benjamin), Jillana Urbina (Young Carlotta), Krista Lepore (Young Hattie), Carol Skarimbas (Young Heidi), Pamela Jordan (Young Stella), Jean Marie (Young Solange), Julie Connors (Young Sandra), Pascale Faye (Young Emily), Temple Kane (Young Christine), Karen Lifshey (Young Dee Dee), Arte Phillips (Young Theodore), Peter Davenport (Young Roscoe) NOTES: Different recording than the PRO SHOT Footloose - North Shore Music Theatre - August, 2011 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: John Jeffrey Martin (Ren McCormack), Chelsea Morgan Stock (Ariel Moore), Matthew Dorsey (Willard Hewitt), George Dvorsky (Reverend Shaw Moore), Maureen Brennan (Vi Moore), Gwen Hollander (Rusty), Marissa Rosen (Wendy Jo), Sean Watkins (Chuck Cranston), Marci Reid (Ethel McCormack), Stephen Berger (Principal Clarke), Gary Lynch (Uncle Wes) Footloose - The Netherlands - March 15, 2009 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: William Spaaij (Ren McCormack), Kim-Lian Meij van der (Ariel Moore), Roy Kullick (Willard Hewitt), Jeroen Phaff (Reverend Shaw Moore), Marleen van der Loo (Vi Moore), Talita Angwarmasse (Rusty), Nicky van der Kuyp (Wendy Jo), Nadine Nijman (Urleen), Richard Rodermond (Chuck Cranston), Joyce Stevens (Ethel McCormack), Vincent de Lusenet (Travis/Cowboy Bob), Evert Jan Korving (Lyle), Michel Sorbach (Uncle Wes), Britt Lenting (Eleanor), Britt Lenting (Irene/Betty Blast) NOTES: Official DVD version Footloose - West End - 2006 (House-Cam's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Derek Hough (Ren McCormack), Lorna Want (Ariel Moore), Stephen McGann (Reverend Shaw Moore) NOTES: Recorded through the house camera, so it's a stationary full-stage shot with sound patched in directly from the soundboard Fosse - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 2002 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Simone Kleinsma (Ann Reinking), Stanley Burleson (Performer), Pia Douwes (Dancer & Singer) NOTES: Sung in English. Missing the first few minutes. Frankenstein (play by Nick Dear) - National Theatre - March 17, 2011 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MKV (HD) CAST: Jonny Lee Miller (Victor Frankenstein), Benedict Cumberbatch (The Creature), Ella Smith (Gretel/Clarice), John Killoran (Gustav/Constable), Steven Elliott (Klaus), Karl Johnson (De Lacey), Daniel Millar (Felix de Lacey), Lizzie Winkler (Agatha de Lacey), Andreea Padurariu (The Female Creature), William Nye (William Frankenstein), George Harris (M. Frankenstein), Naomie Harris (Elizabeth Lavenza), John Stahl (Ewan), Mark Armstrong (Rab) NOTES: Proshot for National Theatre Live. Frankenstein (play by Nick Dear) - National Theatre - March 24, 2011 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MKV (HD) CAST: Benedict Cumberbatch (Victor Frankenstein), Jonny Lee Miller (The Creature), Ella Smith (Gretel/Clarice), John Killoran (Gustav/Constable), Steven Elliott (Klaus), Karl Johnson (De Lacey), Daniel Millar (Felix de Lacey), Lizzie Winkler (Agatha de Lacey), Andreea Padurariu (The Female Creature), William Nye (William Frankenstein), George Harris (M. Frankenstein), Naomie Harris (Elizabeth Lavenza), John Stahl (Ewan), Mark Armstrong (Rab) NOTES: 24 March: Jonny Lee Miller (Creature), Benedict Cumberbatch (Victor) Frankenstein - A New Musical - Union City, New Jersey - 2001 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Shuler Hensley (The Creature), Ivan Rutherford (Dr. Frankenstein), Rita Harvey (Elisabeth), JC Hoyt NOTES: Innovative Demo Video In 2001, the team undertook a bold step to try to launch the show’s professional future: a full-length video demo that was produced and directed by Jeff Jackson and titled Frankenstein, The Musical. Staged over a four-day shoot in a rented Union City, NJ theater, the production starred Tony Award®-winning actor Shuler Hensley (Oklahoma) as The Creature and featured Broadway veterans Ivan Rutherford (Les Miserables) as Victor Frankenstein and Rita Harvey (Phantom of the Opera) as Elizabeth. The production was a hybrid of a film and a live show. Shot cinematically out-of-sequence with multiple cameras and without an audience, the show was nonetheless filmed on a single stage with traditional theatrical lighting. The final product was published on DVD in 2002, but only screened privately for potential backers of future productions. - wikipedia Freaky Friday - First National Tour - May 2, 2017 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Heidi Blickenstaff (Katherine Blake), Emma Hunton (Ellie Blake), David Jennings (Mike Harper), Chris Ramirez (Adam), Jake Heston Miller (Fletcher Blake), Jessie Hooker-Bailey (Savannah), Jeannette Bayardelle (Journalist/Ms. Meyers/Officer Sitz/Ensemble) NOTES: Excellent HD capture of the new musical on tour, based on the Disney film. Such a fun show with great music and cast. Heidi is at the top of her game and a rare master comedic actress with matching voice! She really knocked the role outta the park, as did Emma! Frozen - Broadway - May 3, 2018 (NYCG8R's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Caissie Levy (Elsa), Patti Murin (Anna), Greg Hildreth (Olaf), Jelani Alladin (Kristoff), Andrew Pirozzi (Sven), John Riddle (Hans), Robert Creighton (Weselton), Timothy Hughes (Pabbie), Olivia Phillip (Bulda), Ann Sanders (Queen Iduna) NOTES: Great capture from the Broadway transfer and a few minor changes from the Denver run. Nicely captured from the balcony. Frozen - Broadway - February, 2020 (StarCuffedJeans's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Ciara Renée (Elsa), McKenzie Kurtz (Anna), Anna Rae Haller (Young Elsa), Charlie Tassone (Young Anna), Ryann Redmond (Olaf), Noah J Ricketts (Kristoff), Adam Jepsen (Sven), Ryan McCartan (Hans), Kevin Del Aguila (Oaken), Robert Creighton (Weselton), Donald Jones Jr (Pabbie), Tracee Beazer (Bulda), Tyrone L Robinson (King Agnarr), Ann Sanders (Queen Iduna), Robin Masella (Head Handmaiden), Jacob Smith (Bishop), Anthony Sagaria, Austin Lesch, Bronwyn Tarboton, Cajai Fellows Johnson, Charissa Hogeland, Charlie Williams, Claire Camp, Ellen Marlow, Harris M Turner, Jacob Smith, Jake David Smith, Julius Anthony Rubio, Kate Bailey, Keely Beirne, Michael Fatica, Nina Lafarga, Spencer Clark Frozen - Broadway - January, 2020 (StarCuffedJeans's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Alyssa Fox (s/b Elsa), Patti Murin (Anna), Suri Marrero (Young Elsa), Fiona Morgan Quinn (Young Anna), Chad Burris (t/r Olaf), Harris M Turner (u/s Kristoff), Andrew Pirozzi (Sven), Joe Carroll (Hans), Kevin Del Aguila (Oaken), Robert Creighton (Weselton), Jeff Pew (u/s Pabbie), Keely Beirne (Bulda), Tyrone L Robinson (King Agnarr), Alicia Albright (u/s Queen Iduna), Robin Masella (Head Handmaiden), Brian Steven Shaw (s/w Bishop) NOTES: Stunning HD capture of Alyssa as Elsa, Chad’s temporary residence in the company and one of Harris’s first shows as Kristoff. Filmed from the left orchestra with a mix of wides, mediums, and many closeups. Frozen - Broadway - March, 2019 (mynewfavoriteday's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) |  TRADER'S NOTES: Act 1 only CAST: Caissie Levy (Elsa), Patti Murin (Anna), Jenna Weir (Young Elsa), Leila Rose Gross (Young Anna), Ryann Redmond (Olaf), Noah J Ricketts (Kristoff), Andrew Pirozzi (Sven), Joe Carroll (Hans), Kevin Del Aguila (Oaken), Robert Creighton (Weselton), Zach Hess (Pabbie), Olivia Phillip (Bulda), Nicholas Ward (King Agnarr), Alicia Albright (u/s Queen Iduna) NOTES: HD capture of the new replacement cast members. Filmed from center mezzanine, Act One is blind shot until "Reindeer(s) are Better than People," and Act Two is fully aimed and filmed. There are great closeups and wide shots, but there can be a bit of spotlight washout at times. Frozen - Broadway - October, 2019 (StarCuffedJeans's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Charissa Hogeland (u/s Elsa), Patti Murin (Anna), Winter Donnelly (Young Elsa), Fiona Morgan Quinn (Young Anna), Ryann Redmond (Olaf), Noah J Ricketts (Kristoff), Andrew Pirozzi (Sven), Joe Carroll (Hans), Kevin Del Aguila (Oaken), Robert Creighton (Weselton), Donald Jones Jr (Pabbie), Tracee Beazer (Bulda), Nicholas Ward (King Agnarr), MaryAnn Hu (Queen Iduna), Robin Masella (u/s Head Handmaiden), Jacob Smith (Bishop), Adam Perry, Anthony Sagaria, Austin Lesch, Cajai Fellows Johnson, Claire Camp, Jake David Smith, Jeremy Davis, Joe Beauregard, Kate Bailey, Keely Beirne, Lauren Nicole Chapman, Nicholas Edwards, Nina Lafarga NOTES: Beautiful HD capture of Maryann's last show, filmed from the right orchestra. Act One starts with Patti Murin singing at the door right before Charissa Hogeland’s entrance. Act Two starts during Hygge. Please do not post screenshots of this video on Twitter ever. Gifs on Tumblr are okay after the NFT date, but don't go linking things to actors and shows. Frozen - First National Tour - November, 2019 (Highlights) (StarCuffedJeans's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Caroline Bowman (Elsa), Caroline Innerbichler (Anna), Alyssa Kim (Young Elsa), Stella R Cobb (Young Anna), F Michael Haynie (Olaf), Mason Reeves (Kristoff), Evan Strand (Sven), Austin Colby (Hans), Michael Milkanin (Oaken), Jeremy Morse (Weselton), Tyler Jimenez (Pabbie), Brit West (Bulda), Kyle Lamar Mitchell (King Agnarr), Marina Kondo (Queen Iduna), Caelan Creaser (Head Handmaiden), Michael Milkanin (Bishop), Berklea Going, CK Edwards, Daniel Switzer, Hannah Jewel Kohn, Kelly Methven, Kyle Lamar Mitchell, Michael Allan Haggerty, Michael Everett, Naomi Rodgers, Zach Trimmer NOTES: Stunning HD capture of the First National Tour of the hit Disney stage show. The video is Act One only and starts with “Do You Want to Build a Snowman” between little Elsa and Anna. Caroline Bowman and Caroline Innerbichler both fill the lead roles very well. Please do not post screenshots of this video on Twitter ever. Gifs on Tumblr are okay after the NFT date, but don't go linking things to actors and shows. Frozen - Pre-Broadway/Denver - August 17, 2017 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Caissie Levy (Elsa), Patti Murin (Anna), Ayla Schwartz (Young Elsa), Audrey Bennett (Young Anna), Greg Hildreth (Olaf), Jelani Alladin (Kristoff), Andrew Pirozzi (Sven), John Riddle (Hans), Kevin Del Aguila (Oaken), Robert Creighton (Weselton), Timothy Hughes (Pabbie), Olivia Phillip (Bulda), James Brown III (King Agnarr), Ann Sanders (Queen Iduna) NOTES: First Preview! The set malfunctions about 10 minutes into Act 1. Thomas Schumacher comes out to give a speech to pass the time. Act 1 then resumes. No set problems with Act 2. Audience is extremely receptive and the cast is absolutely spectacular. Frozen - Pre-Broadway/Denver - September 30, 2017 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Caissie Levy (Elsa), Patti Murin (Anna), Greg Hildreth (Olaf), Jelani Alladin (Kristoff), Andrew Pirozzi (Sven), John Riddle (Hans), Timothy Hughes (Pabbie) NOTES: Second to the last day. Sometimes the rail can get in the way of the shot Frozen - Pre-Broadway/Denver - October 1, 2017 (Closing Night) (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Caissie Levy (Elsa), Patti Murin (Anna), Greg Hildreth (Olaf), Jelani Alladin (Kristoff), John Riddle (Hans), Timothy Hughes (Pabbie) NOTES: Beautiful capture of the Final Performance in the Pre-Broadway Denver Tryout. Some wonderful powerful vocal variations by Caissie. There are a few blackouts, and a few parts in Act 1 has something blocking the right side. But other than that, zooms and quality is perfect! Fully Committed - Broadway - May 14, 2016 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Sam and others) NOTES: Jesse Tyler Ferguson stars in this one man comedy where he works a red-hot reservation line at one of New York’s trendiest restaurants. Excellent HD capture with no obstructions and so much fun! A Fun Home - Broadway - March 29, 2015 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Beth Malone (Alison), Emily Skeggs (Medium Alison), Sydney Lucas (Small Alison), Michael Cerveris (Bruce), Judy Kuhn (Helen), Roberta Colindrez (Joan), Oscar Williams (Christian), Joel Perez (Roy), Zell Steele Morrow (John) NOTES: Great HD capture of the Broadway Transfer. Performed mostly in the round, the actors are all over the stage. Judy's performances are so layered and beautiful, as is the entire cast! A- Fun Home - Broadway - April 12, 2015 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Beth Malone (Alison), Emily Skeggs (Medium Alison), Sydney Lucas (Small Alison), Michael Cerveris (Bruce), Judy Kuhn (Helen), Roberta Colindrez (Joan), Oscar Williams (Christian), Joel Perez (Roy), Zell Steele Morrow (John) NOTES: An okay HD capture of Original Broadway cast. There are around seven minutes of blackouts total and it is filmed around heads as best as possible. Still some great footage for fans of the show. Fun Home - Broadway - June 23, 2016 (SJ Bernly's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Beth Malone (Alison), Emily Skeggs (Medium Alison), Gabriella Pizzolo (Small Alison), Michael Cerveris (Bruce), Judy Kuhn (Helen), Roberta Colindrez (Joan), Joel Perez (Roy) NOTES: Great capture of the performance. Instead of where Sunset recorded, SJ recorded it from the other side of the stage. Fun Home - Broadway - June 23, 2016 (SJ Bernly's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Beth Malone (Alison), Emily Skeggs (Medium Alison), Gabriella Pizzolo (Small Alison), Michael Cerveris (Bruce), Judy Kuhn (Helen), Roberta Colindrez (Joan), Joel Perez (Roy) NOTES: Great capture of the performance. Instead of where Sunset recorded, SJ recorded it from the other side of the stage.  

Fun Home - Broadway - July 20, 2016 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Beth Malone (Alison), Emily Skeggs (Medium Alison), Gabriella Pizzolo (Small Alison), Michael Cerveris (Bruce), Judy Kuhn (Helen), Roberta Colindrez (Joan), Cole Grey (Christian), Joel Perez (Roy), Zell Steele Morrow (John) NOTES: Excellent HD capture of the shows final weeks before closing. Garbriella does a terrific job taking over the role of Alison, while the whole cast is still perfection. A Fun Home - First National Tour - November 3, 2016 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Kate Shindle (Alison), Abby Corrigan (Medium Alison), Alessandra Baldacchino (Small Alison), Robert Petkoff (Bruce), Susan Moniz (Helen), Karen Eilbacher (Joan), Pierson Salvador (Christian), Robert Hager (Roy) NOTES: Great HD capture of the newly launched tour. Some really beautiful performances from the entire cast. Staged differently from the Broadway production to fit touring theaters. A Fun Home - First National Tour - November 4, 2016 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Kate Shindle (Alison), Abby Corrigan (Medium Alison), Carly Gold (alt Small Alison), Robert Petkoff (Bruce), Susan Moniz (Helen), Karen Eilbacher (Joan), Pierson Salvador (Christian), Robert Hager (Roy), Lennon Nate Hammond (John) NOTES: Terrific HD capture of the tour with the alternate actress playing Small Alison. Terrific work from the whole cast. Kate really is stunning in the role and doing amazing work! A   Fun Home - First National Tour - March 1, 2017 (SJ Bernly's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Kate Shindle (Alison), Abby Corrigan (Medium Alison), Alessandra Baldacchino (Small Alison), Robert Petkoff (Bruce), Susan Moniz (Helen), Karen Eilbacher (Joan), Pierson Salvador (Christian), Robert Hager (Roy) NOTES: This is one of the recordings of the tour cast with really nice closeups. Filmed in 16:9 and includes playbill scans. This is one of the last recordings of SJ before she stopped. Fun Home - Victory Gardens, Chicago - September 21, 2017 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Danni Smith (Alison), Hannah Starr (Medium Alison), Sage Elliot Harper (Small Alison), Rob Lindley (Bruce), McKinley Carter (Helen), Danielle Davis (Joan), Leo Gonzolez (Christian), Joe Lino (Roy), Preetish Chakraborty (John) NOTES: includes introduction by Janine Tesori and Lisa Kron. Exists as 1.5 GB file (720p) and 6.25 GB (1080p) Funny Girl - Manchester - August, 2017 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Sheridan Smith (Fanny Brice), Chris Peluso (Nick Arnstein), Rachel Izen (Mrs. Brice), Joshua Lay (Eddie Ryan), Zoe Ann Brown (Mrs. Meeker), Myra Sands (Mrs. Strakosh), Nigel Barber (Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.), Jennifer Harding (Emma), Abigayle Honeywell, Alexandra Waite-Roberts, Alexandra Wright, Bronte Lavine, David McIntosh, Flora Dawson, Gillian Parkhouse, Joseph Dockree, Kit Benjamin, Lloyd Davies, Nova Skipp, Peter Nash, Rhianne Alleyne, Sam Wingfield, Tom Partridge NOTES: Professionally filmed live at the Manchester Palace Theatre. There's two common copies of this being traded, one is lower quality and windowboxed (see 1st screenshot), the other is 1080p (file is 10GB)

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ARCHIVE: 슈프림 (Part 1)

1. 슈프림(Supreme)

Part 1 (1) 슈프림의 탄생과 성장 (2) 로고 플레이 (3) 콜라보레이션 4) 스트리트와 메종의 경계 (5) 사고 싶어도 살 수 없는 슈프림

Part 2 (6) 젊은이들에게 슈프림의 가치 (7) 짝퉁과의 전쟁 (8) 옷보다 잘 팔리는 액세서리 (9) 슈프림과 비즈니스

(1) 슈프림의 탄생과 성장

패션 사업에 부푼 꿈을 안고 뉴욕으로 건너간 제임스 제비아(James Jebbia)는 골똘히 생각에 잠겨있다. “사람들을 확 끌어 당길만한 단어는 뭐가 있을까?” 그의 질문에 그의 여자친구는 펜을 쥐고 각종 아이디어가 빽빽이 적혀있는 공책에 여러 단어를 적기 시작했다. 무심코 공책을 바라보던 제임스 제비아는 한 단어에 눈길이 간다. ‘Supreme’.

전설은 종종 사소하게 탄생한다. 슈프림은 그렇게 시작했다. 별반 새로울 것 없는 시작이었다. 그들의 반항적 성격이 드러나기 전까지는 그랬다. 우리는 브랜드를 떠올리면 대게 ‘패션 브랜드’를 떠올리고 그 대부분은 상업적인 노선에 몸을 싣고 있다. 패션과 비즈니스의 불가분적 성향 때문이다. 그러나 슈프림은 탄생부터 지금까지 ‘안티(Anti)’ 정신을 추구하고 있다.

10대의 제임스 제비아는 소호의 빈티지 숍, 파라슈트(Parachute)에서 일하면서 훗날의 언디피티드(Undefeated)의 창업자인 에디 크루즈에게 리테일 산업에 대해 배웠다. 후에 그는 슈프림을 오픈하기 전인 1989년에 유니온(Union) NYC를, 1991년에 스투시(Stussy) NYC 오픈을 도왔다. 스투시가 뉴욕에 정착할 당시 제임스 제비아는 그를 도와 많은 부분에 관여하게 된다. 이렇게 제임스는 서브 컬처와 패션 브랜드의 관계에 대해 자연스럽게 관심을 두게 되었고 그 중 스케이트보드 문화에 심취했다. 미국 시장에서 큰 성공을 이룬 스투시가 대중화에 힘쓰며 정체기를 맞이하게 되는데, 그 시기 회의감을 느낀 제임스 제비아는 1994년 12,000달러(약 1,300만 원)의 자금을 가지고 뉴욕 맨해튼에 자신의  독립 브랜드를 론칭하기에 이른다. 슈프림의 창업자로 새로운 도전을 꾀한 것이다(그는 사실 슈프림을 운영하는 중에도 스투시에서 일하기도 했으며, ‘SUPREME’으로 상표 등록을 하지 못해 ‘SUPREME NYC’로 등록했다).

제임스 제비아는 초기 매장 디자인에 곳곳에 안티 정신을 심었다. 특히 문턱을 모두 없애고 테이블 혹은 진열대를 정리하여 가운데 넓은 공간을 만든 것이 대표적이다. 직원과 고객 모두 스케이트보드를 타며 슈프림을 즐길 수 있도록 매장을 고안했다. 뉴욕 뒷골목의 스케이트 보더를 직원으로 채용했고, 직원과 고객들은 함께 보드 스킬을 나누며 문화를 즐겼다. 그야말로 보더들의 아지트가 된 것이다. 그들은 ‘슈프림’이라는 이름으로 스케이트보드팀을 결성하기도 했다.

이렇듯 초기 슈프림은 스케이트보드에 중심을 둔 보딩 브랜드로 초점을 맞춘다. 스케이터들만을 위한 숍임을 명확히 했다. 그렇기 때문에 직원들은 불친절하기로 악명 높았고, 어울리는 사람이 아니다 싶으면 옷을 만져 보지도 못하게 했다. 헤비메탈이나 공격적인 뉴욕 힙합이 요란하게 울리기도 했다. 일부러 가고 싶지 않게 만든 것이다. 하지만 이상하게도 이런 태도는 불편함보다는 스케이트보드를 즐기는 이들의 문화로 받아들여졌다. “우리라고 좋은 제품을 만들지 말란 법은 없다는 생각이 들었어요.” 이후 스케이트보드 제품에서 의류 라인으로 사업을 확장한 슈프림은 보드 데크뿐만 아니라 액세서리, 티셔츠 등이 큰 인기를 끌고 부리나케 팔려나간다.

론칭 초 슈프림은 도심 여기저기에 로고 스티커를 붙이는 게릴라 마케팅을 즐겼는데, 이는 슈프림의 정체성을 확실히 알리는 계기가 됐다. 공격적이고 직관적인 마케팅으로 여러 구설에 오르기도 했지만(캘빈클라인(Calvin Klein)은 1994년 케이트 모스(Kate Moss) 광고에 슈프림 박스 로고를 붙였다는 이유로 슈프림을 고소했다), 그 자체만으로 마니아들은 슈프림만의 멋진 행보라 여겼다.

슈프림은 박스 로고 디자인에 힘을 실으며 미적인 외향과 기능성의 접점에 자리했다. 이후 점차 젊은이들의 상징적인 브랜드로 성장한다. 여기서 제임스 제비아는 무리한 사업 확장 대신 제품의 질, 기본에 충실하고자 했다. 높은 품질의 제품이 좋은 비즈니스를 가져오듯 슈프림은 손에 꼽을 수 있는 몇 개의 매장을 운영했지만 발매 제품마다 품절되는 희귀한 현상을 이끈다. 2020년 현재에도 미국, 영국, 프랑스, 일본 네 국가에서만 운영하고 있는 슈프림 공식 매장은 매주 목요일 슈프림의 옷을 입은 젊은이들로 인산인해를 이룬다. 슈프림은 권위 있는 디자이너 브랜드부터 스트리트 브랜드, 여러 분야의 예술가, 컬쳐 아트 등 다양한 콜라보레이션 컬렉션과 라이프스타일 전체를 아우르는 독특한 액세서리로 명실상부 최고의 스트리트 브랜드로 자리매김하였다.

슈프림의 경영방식은 건방질 정도다. 제임스 제비아는 “600개를 다 팔 수 있어도 나는 무조건 400개만 만들 것이다.”라고 말한다. 사려면 사고 사지 않으려면 말라는 식이다. 라인을 확장하고, 물량을 늘리고, 유명 백화점에 입점했다면 더 많은 수익을 거둬들일 수 있었을 것이다. 하지만 여전히 몇 개의 매장과 웹사이트를 통해 한정 수량만을 판매하고 있다. 왜냐면 바로 이것이 ‘슈프림다운 것’이기 때문이다.

“우리의 시작은 스케이트 보딩이었고, 그 DNA는 여전히 뿌리 깊게 존재하고 있습니다. 슈프림이 다양한 협업을 통해 큰 인기를 끌고 있지만, 우리의 방향성과 맞지 않는 파트너와는 절대 일하지 않는 것이 원칙입니다. 우리는 여전히 같은 스탠스를 유지할 거에요. 팀이 왜 이 자리에 있으며 누구인지 잘 알고 있습니다. 비록 그 정체성이 대중성에 벗어나 있다 하더라도, 저희는 그 방향을 끝까지 지켜나갈 겁니다.” - 제임스 제비아

(2) 로고 플레이

로고는 브랜딩에 있어 상징적인 객체를 만들어내는 주된 요소다. 슈프림은 이 로고 플레이를 가장 잘 활용하는 레이블로 알려져 있다. 제품 디자인의 8할을 그것이 차지하고 있다 해도 과언이 아니기 때문. 특히, 박스 로고는 브랜드를 대표하는 대명사가 되었다. 티셔츠부터 벽돌까지 슈프림의 로고만 들어가면 모두 완판이다. 어느 베이직한 제품이라도 빨간색 박스가 덧입혀지면 쿨해지는 이 느낌은 과연 무엇 때문일까? 슈프림을 상징하는 이 그래픽 타이틀은 바바라 크루거(Barbara Kruger)라는 아티스트에서 그 기원을 찾을 수 있다. 이미지에 사회적 메시지를 결합하는 그녀의 작업 방식은 두 요소의 충돌과 재해석이 중심이다.

한 아이가 누군가를 놀리는 듯한 이미지에 'Money can buy you love'라는 문장을 대입해 이성이 작동하기 전 무의식적으로 미디어에 휘둘리는 소비 풍토를 비판하기도 했고, 여성과 남성의 이미지를 대조하는 듯한 이미지와 문장을 표현해 낙태법에 대한 분노를 표출했다. 태아를 죽이고 살리는 일에 있어 남성의 권리가 더 중요시해지던 사회적 풍토를 <Your body is a battleground> 작품으로 페미니스트적 관점을 제시했다.

슈프림은 바바라 크루거가 작품의 가장자리, 'Futura Heavy Oblique' 폰트의 단어와 문장의 배경으로 사용한 빨간색 박스에 초점을 기울였다. 후에 검은색, 흰색, 보라색 등 다양한 배경색을 사용하며 다채로운 로고 플레이를 전개한다. 불합리성에 대한 안티 정신, 거친 스트리트 무드를 녹여내기에 이보다 좋은 레퍼런스는 없을 터였다. 이 박스 로고는 브랜드를 움직이는 동력으로 현재도 매우 유의미하며, 여타 브랜드와의 협업에서도 빛을 발한다. 슈프림 로고는 제작자의 정체성 주입, 이미지의 환기라는 측면에 있어 최고의 장치로 자리 잡았다. 진부함으로 치부됐던 큰 로고가 다시금 맥시멀리즘의 물결을 일으킬 수 있었던 건 로고 플레이 장인 슈프림이 있었기 때문이다.

(3) 콜라보레이션

패션 브랜드가 다른 분야의 아티스트나 기업과 협업하는 것이 어제오늘 일이 아니지만 슈프림만큼 브랜드 아이덴티티를 확실히 반영할 수 있는 파트너는 드물다. 이질적인 것을 섞어서 대중적으로 만든다. 이 역설적 법칙은 이미 패션계의 유행이 되었다. 물리적 변동이 어렵게 책정된 고가의 의류들이 대형 생산공정을 갖춘 브랜드와 만나며 대중에게 더 가까이 다가갔으며, 고리타분한 이미지를 깨부술 절호의 기회를 얻는 이들도 있었다.

슈프림에게 콜라보레이션이란 무엇을 의미할까? 현재 패션 신을 주름 잡는 이 트렌드는 슈프림에게 특히 빼놓을 수 없는 부분이다(슈프림의 콜라보레이션 작업은 약 700건 이상이다). 스트리트로 첫발을 내딛은 대부분의 의류 브랜드는 로고 플레이에 주를 둔 자유로운 디자인 형식에 기반을 둔다. 그러나 때론 이것이 의류학적 접근에 있어 명확한 한계를 야기하기도 한다. 모든 것을 포용할 수 없다는 얘기다. 이런 점에서 협업을 같이 할 수 있는 파트너와의 만남은 지지부진한 브랜드�� 동력과 추진력을 더해줄 똘똘한 엔진인 셈이다.

슈프림의 콜라보레이션이 단연 돋보이는 이유는 한 끗의 차이를 적절히 유지하기 때문이다. 아키라(Akira)와 같은 고전 장르를 빌려 애니메이션 마니아뿐만 아니라 개성을 1순위로 생각하는 젊은이들의 환호를 받기 충분했고, 누구도 넘볼 수 없을 것 같았던 거대 패션 하우스에 스트리트 무드를 심은 루이비통(Louis Vuitton)과의 컬렉션 역시 당시 최고의 화두였다. 또한, 19금 프린트를 비롯해 반항적인 이미지와 텍스트로 무장한 그래픽은 그 한 끗을 적절히 담금질해 줄 중요한 장치였다.

더불어 그들은 패션 브랜드와의 작업에만 협업의 비중을 두지 않았다. 예술가, 뮤지션과 같은 문화계 다양한 인물들과도 콜라보레이션을 진행했다. 만연하게 자행되는 구태의연한 작업을 최대한 줄이고자 하는 노력이다.

2005년 영국의 전설적인 그래픽 디자이너 피터 새빌(Peter Saville), 2008년 그래픽 아티스트 카우스(Kaws), 2009년 사진작가 테리 리차드슨(Terry Richardson)과 2013년 장 미셸 바스키아(Jean-Michel Basquiat) 협업이 그 예다. 그뿐만 아니라 제임스 브라운(James Brown), N.W.A, 퍼블릭 에너미(Public Enemy), 마일스 데이비스(Miles Davis), 루리드(Lou Reed), 프로디지(Prodigy)와 같은 뮤지션 역시 콜라보 리스트에 이름을 올렸다.

2012년 선보였던 꼼 데 가르송 셔츠(Comme des garcons Shirt)와 선보인 '폴카 도트 후디' 라인은 두 브랜드의 균형이 완벽하게 조화를 이룬 컬렉션이라는 평가를 받았다. 슈프림의 스트리트 실루엣에 꼼 데 가르송을 상징하는 도트가 이질감 없이 녹아들었기 때문. 특히 'SUPREME'을 좌우로 뒤집어 놓은 로고 플레이는 마니아들의 무릎을 탁 치게 했다.

노스페이스(The North Face), 스톤 아일랜드(Stone Island)와의 첫 번째 가을, 겨울 시즌 협업 역시 호평을 받았다. 반대로 2017년 루이비통과의 협업은 많은 관심을 받았지만 그에 비견되는 아쉬움을 남겼다. 하지만, 럭셔리를 대표하는 명품 하우스와 스트리트 브랜드의 대표격인 슈프림이 만났다는 점과 루이비통의 러브콜을 받았다는 점 역시 여러모로 시사하는 바가 큰 컬렉션이었다. 맥시멀리즘을 기반으로 전개한 아이템들은 두 브랜드의 상징을 조화롭게 담아내지 못했다는 평이 대다수지만 그 파급력과 영향력은 패션 역사의 한 부분으로 자리 잡기 충분했다.

(4) 스트리트와 메종의 경계

우리는 패션 하우스와 스트리트 브랜드, 올드스쿨과 뉴스쿨 사이의 경계가 사라지는 것을 최전선에서 경험하고 있다. 슈프림으로 대표되는 스트리트 브랜드와 파리의 오트 쿠튀르 점포를 일컫는 단어이기도 하며, 현재 디자이너 스튜디오를 뜻하기도 하는 메종(Maison)의 차이는 무엇일까?

스트리트 브랜드는 복잡한 공정구조를 벗어나 생산하기 쉽고, 컷 앤 소싱보다는 그래픽과 스크린 프린팅에 크게 의존한다. 이렇듯 편하고 실용적이며 자신의 개성까지 자유롭게 표현할 수 있는 브랜드 형태는 과거 맞춤 셔츠, 드레시 룩의 반대급부로 큰 인기몰이를 했다. 옷을 사는 행위와 소통, 문화의 의미를 내포하고 있기도 하다. 아무것도 없이 무언가를 만들 수 있다는 것을 증명했고, 이는 현재 전 세계인들에게 큰 위안을 가져다주는 발상이다. 스트리트 브랜드의 몸집이 점점 커진 것인지, 애초에 탄생부터 몸집을 불려 나타났는지는 몰라도, 너나 나나 할 것 없이 '스트리트'를 외치는 것을 부정할 수 없게 되었다. 시즌에 큰 의미를 두지 않는 드롭 방식의 성행과 복잡한 기술에 의존하지 않는 디자인 형식, 출시 가격에 또 다른 웃돈이 붙어 판매되는 리셀이 그것을 증명하는 몇 가지 단서다.

메종 디자이너들이 패션 위크에서 신나게 뛰어논다면, 슈프림은 그곳에 모습을 드러내지 않더라도 대중에게 상당한 인지도를 가진다. 오죽하면 뒷골목의 루이비통이란 얘기가 나왔을까. 그만큼 현재 패션 신에 큰 영향력을 행사하고 있음이 분명하다. 인디 성향을 가지고 있지만 실상 메이저의 형태라고 해도 무방한 이 역설적인 상황이 슈프림의 방향성을 말해주는 듯하다. 하지만 그들은 자만하지 않고 스트리트 브랜드로서의 한계를 보완하기 위해 유수의 디자이너를 발굴하고 영입하는 노력을 기울이기도 한다. 그렇게 성장한 디자이너는 질샌더(Jil Sander)의 루크 마이어(Luke Meier), 그의 아내 루시 마이어(Lucie Meier) 듀오와 어웨이크(Awake) NY로 독립한 안젤로 바크(Angelo Baque)처럼 또 다른 패션 레이블로 이동하거나 자신의 이름을 걸고 새로운 둥지를 틀기도 한다.

스트리트웨어라는 단어는 애초에 뜻하던 바와는 달리 넓은 범위에 통용되는 상징이 되었다. 옷을 얘기할 때 흔히 쓰이는 탓에 그 뜻이 점점 모호해지고 있기도 하다. 우리는 패션 기득권층이 스트리트 브랜드를 얕잡아 보는 불편한 진실을 부인할 수 없다. 그러나 확실한 단 한 가지는 초창기부터 현재까지의 스트리트 브랜드의 움직임은 소위 고급이라 일컫는 브랜드 등에서 보여주는 것보다 훨씬 창조적일 수 있다는 것이다. 그리고 대중의 실생활에 더 깊게 맞닿아 있다는 측면은 경계의 파괴를 뜻하고 새로운 회귀를 의미할 수 있기도 하다.

(5) 사고 싶어도 살 수 없는 슈프림

슈프림의 많고 많은 성공 비결 중에 빼놓을 수 없는 비즈니스 전략은 바로 소량 드롭 판매 방식이다. 슈프림은 주기적으로 시즈널 컬렉션을 공개한다. 매주 목요일, 슈프림의 오프라인 매장 앞엔 진풍경이 펼쳐진다. 끝이 보이지 않을 정도로 늘어선 긴 행렬, 이 가운데는 전날 밤부터 노숙을 한 사람들도 꽤 있다. 오전 11시 문이 열리지만, 매장 안에는 10명씩밖에 들어갈 수 없기에 줄은 더디게 줄어든다. 한 사람이 살 수 있는 제품은 한 개다.

보통의 브랜드가 한 시즌의 컬렉션을 한 번에 발매하는 것과 달리, 슈프림은 매주 적은 수량의 아이템을 선보인다. 이를 ‘드롭(Drop)’ 시스템이라고 하는데, 한정된 물량이 출시되다 보니 대부분의 제품이 발매와 동시에 매진되거나, 며칠 안에 완판된다.

슈프림의 온라인 매장도 전쟁터다. 출시와 동시에 완판이 되다 보니, 유튜브와 블로그 등엔 ‘카드 결제를 빨리하는 법’과 같은 튜토리얼이 게시되고, 자동으로 물건을 구매할 수 있는 매크로 프로그램 '슈프림 봇(Bot)'이 거래되기도 한다. 이날 팔린 상품들은 몇 시간도 안 돼 비싼 값이 매겨져 이베이에 올라온다. 애초 발매가 18만 원의 박스 로고 후드 티셔츠가 120만 원까지 뛰는 믿기 어려운 광경이 펼쳐지기도 한다.

슈프림을 열광케 하는 또 다른 요소는 오로지 한정판으로 출시되는 콜라보레이션이다. 이제는 당연해진 협업과 한정 판매의 시초가 바로 슈프림이다. 그렇다 보니 온라인이든 오프라인 매장에서든 누구보다 빨리 사는 것이 중요해졌다. 구매 성공률을 높여줄 튜토리얼이 유튜브와 블로그에 게시되고, 봇을 통한 대행 구매 서비스가 거래되기도 한다.

봇을 통해 슈프림 구매를 대행해주는 '슈프림 세인트'를 운영하는 맷과 크리스의 이야기를 살펴보면 흥미롭다. 슈프림 세인트는 초창기 트위터 계정과 블로그로 시작했다. 2014년부터 맷과 크리스는 플로리다에서 프록시 서버를 이용해 슈프림의 유럽 웹사이트에 들어갔다. 슈프림은 모든 웹사이트에 같은 URL 포맷을 쓰기에, 영국 링크를 그냥 복사해서 워드프레스 블로그에 올렸고, 사람들은 미국 사이트에서 자기가 원하는 아이템을 클릭하기만 하면 무료로 비효율적인 슈프림 홈페이지를 거치지 않고도 구매할 수 있었다. 슈프림 세인트의 팔로워는 곧 수천 명으로 늘어났고 유명해졌다. 영국 사이트의 초기 링크를 올리기 시작한 지 1년 정도 후 슈프림은 URL 포맷을 바꾸었다.

봇을 만드는 사람들이 이 시장을 지배한다. 구매자가 상품을 고르고 결제 및 운송 정보를 제공하고, 봇은 사전에 정해진 시간에 구매한다. 슈프림 세인트 봇은 단순함과 속도를 위해 한 번에 각 상품을 하나씩만 살 수 있다. 하지만, 소비자들은 결제 절차에서 잠깐 시차를 두어 보안 관리를 속이는 등의 복잡한 세팅을 할 수도 있다. 웹을 건너뛰고 서버와 직접 커뮤니케이션해 무제한으로 상품을 구매할 수 있다. 심지어 슈프림이나 나이키가 이 같은 행위를 의심하고 주문을 거부할 경우, 수없이 많은 계정을 만들 수도 있다. 즉, 이러한 시스템은 재판매를 목적으로 하는 리셀러들에게 더 유용한 서비스다.

슈프림은 제품 구매 성공률이 지나칠 정도로 높은 IP 주소들을 접속 금지하고, 흔히 쓰이는 방식이 아닌 온라인 개입이 더 어려운 웹 인프라를 직접 만들었다. 슈프림도 알고 있다. 누가 봇을 쓰는지, 어디서 봇을 구하는지, 봇으로 뭘 사는지 다 안다고 브랜드 관계자는 말한다. 슈프림은 재판매자들이 아닌 진짜 고객들, 즉 "옷을 사서 실제로 입고 싶어 하는 주요 소비자들”에게 충실한 것이 주목적이다. 슈프림은 이 봇들이 슈프림의 가치에 영향을 주지 않는다고 말한다.

시간이 지남에도 그들의 태도는 살아남았다. 슈프림은 의도적으로 모든 제품을 소량만 만들어 완판시키고, 사람들은 물건을 손에 넣기 위해 애써야 한다. 한번 다 팔리고 나면 매장에 재입고되는 제품은 거의 없다고 보면 된다. 평범한 슈프림 티셔츠는 구매가 거의 불가능하다. 티셔츠뿐만 아니라 키 체인, 모피 배터리 팩, 뉴욕 메트로카드, 라면 그릇, 침낭, 심지어 손잡이에 ‘SHIT HAPPENS(안 좋은 일도 생기는 법이지)’라고 새겨진 18인치 강철 지렛대도 마찬가지다. 뭐든 나왔다 하면 순식간에 사라진다. 그리고 슈프림의 옷은 더욱 특별해진다. 슈프림은 패션계가 그들을 받아주었을 때도 아웃사이더였고, 패션이 앞으로 나아가는 현재에도 그 태도는 여전하다.

글 l 김명준(MANGDI)

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Chapters: 20/20 Fandom: Kingsman (Movies) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Harry Hart | Galahad/Gary "Eggsy" Unwin Characters: Harry Hart | Galahad, Gary "Eggsy" Unwin, Merlin (Kingsman), Original Male Character(s), Dean Baker, Michelle Unwin, Daisy (Kingsman), Andrew (Kingsman) Additional Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alpha Eggsy Unwin, Omega Harry Hart, Blindness, Canon Divergent, Classism, idiots gradually falling in love, clashing temperaments Summary:

Blind omega Harry Hart's family tailor shop on Saville Row is the front for the Kingsman intelligence agency and has been since its inception after World War I. His best friend Merlin decides to poke about in Harry's life yet again, this time inviting a young alpha with a criminal history into Harry's tiny universe.

Harry will never admit to his interfering friend that it might just be the best thing Merlin's ever done for him.

Thank you so much, @daenerystargaryensass for the request,  and to @lyssa1385 for being my shoulder to lean on through this story.