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tumblr why couldn’t i post this 😭😭😭
welcome modern sarah to the ranks
and she’s here to say
fuck ai art 🥰
#jacobs’ family nose beloved#newsies#92sies#livesies#newsies modern au#sparky art#sarah jacobs#sarah newsies#my art#not ai art#ai art is fucking stealing#/info#modern sarah jacobs
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Jack: Dating a Jacobs is great!
Katherine: So great!
Jack: The best!
Katherine: But they can be a tad judgmental.
Jack: Almost punitive.
Katherine: They are monsters.
Jack: That’s why me and Katherine formed a secret alliance to help each other cover up our little mistakes. Like back in December, when I hastily purchased an expensive prop for an open house.
#newsies incorrect quotes#source: modern family#javid#newsbians#jack kelly#katherine pulitzer#katherine plumber#davey jacobs#sarah jacobs#jack kelly x david jacobs#katherine pulitzer x sarah jacobs#newsies#newsies musical#newsies 1992
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modern newsies hcs!!
- albert has pots and faints a LOT because he does nothing to manage it. has lots of bruises/cuts from this.
- davey wears a magen david around his neck. his mom gave it to him on his bar mitzvah day.
- race is a classically trained ballerina.
- kid blink is just constantly getting into fights at school (he wins)
- jack's mom died when he was a kid and after she died, his dad was abusive. jack was emancipated at 15.
- finch has autism. he's hyperfixated on birds and will randomly blurt fun facts.
- crutchie uses forearm crutches.
- spot has a bad knee injury from when he was a little kid and fell down the stairs. often wears a knee brace/knee tape. he doesn't explain it. theories are spread.
- splint is a bit of a ho (very affectionate) and the others don't understand how she gets so many men + women.
- katherine is on the girls' ice hockey team in high school. not only is she jacked but she is also violent when she's challenged.
- sarah is older than davey and jack by three years but only two years older than kath.
- race is abnormally strong, wins every arm wrestle ever. can pick spot up and toss him around like a pizza.
#newsies#livesies#92sies#racetrack higgins#racetrack newsies#albert dasilva#newsies bway#newsies broadway#newsies 2017#1992sies#1992 newsies#newsies 1992#albert newsies#spot conlon newsies#spot conlon#jack kelly newsies#jack newsies#jack kelly#davey jacobs#david jacobs#kid blink#splint newsies#katherine plumber#sarah jacobs#crutchie morris#finch cortez#modern newsies
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quick newsbians for day 9- pumpkin spice!! but the Spice is wlw 😌
@newsiestober2024
#i've drawn sarah like twice before! and i never drawn modern newsies anymore so#get ur content#newsbians#katherine plumber#katherine pulitzer#sarah jacobs#newsies#newsies the musical#newsiestober#newsies art#artists on tumblr#newsies fanart#fizz draws#fizz freaks
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The Annual Christmas Party 2024
Halloween Last Year
Last Year
Halloween
Jack Kelly - The Abominable Snowman
Jack is trying to get past the last party he threw. He debated whether or not to even throw this party, because of how the last has ended. But he does, to try to prove he’s fine. He dresses up as the Abominable Snowman, wearing all white, a furry white coat with matching boots and white antlers with icicles hanging from them. He uses makeup to make his skin look frost bitten. He decorated his apartment as a sort of snowy cave and all the cocktails are frosty and blue and full of a lot of alcohol. He ends up actually having fun and David and him end up pulling an all nighter in his bed, doing everything but sleeping.
Year Previous: Santa Claus
David Jacobs - A Christmas Angel
David fears Jack is angry with him and asks Race for help in a costume because he wants to have a serious talk with Jack tonight about having a long term, serious relationship. Race makes him into a Christmas Angel, letting David wear a lot of his own jewelry, all white, with large wings and feathers glued to him. David pulls Jack aside at the party to talk to him, starting to apologize and they just end up making out in the kitchen for most of the night. David invites Jack to Hanukkah with his family. Sarah approves.
Year Previous: Conductor of the Polar Express
Racetrack Higgins - A Slutty Christmas Present
Race is the first person to show up at his brother’s apartment in almost no clothing, much to Jack’s horror. Race is dressed as a Christmas gift for Spot, using mostly Christmas ribbon to conceal himself. He’s only wearing a tight pair of boxers. He’s crafted a crown of gift wrapping bows and uses wrapping paper and ribbon to wrap around his nipples and thighs, as well as his hips and over his boxers to make it look like he’s truly wearing nothing. Jack and him get into a heated argument over Race’s costume choice and Jack tries to force him to wear one of his own old costumes. Race refuses and Spot gives Race his jacket to try to cover him up. Jack is not happy about it.
Year Previous: Cousin Eddie
Spot Conlon - John McClane
True to the last few years, Spot is good old John. It is the only costume he ever wears to this party and he’s not about to change that now. He ends up asking Jack if he can ask Race to marry him.
Year Previous: John McClane
Crutchie Morris - Tally the Elf
Crutchie is the newest Christmas sensation, Tally. He is a bit anxious to be around everyone because of the tension going on, but is ultimately able to have a good time and is everyone’s favorite bartender this year.
Year Previous: Hermey the Elf
Katherine Plumber - Harry
Katherine goes with Sarah as the Wet Bandits. She is Harry. She and Jack talk and make up and Katherine tells Jack that he needs to accept that he loves David and get over his fear of commitment fast.
Year Previous: Heat Miser
Sarah Jacobs - Marv
Sarah is Marv and she is here to have a good time. She get wildly drunk and then tells Katherine to put a baby in her.
Year Previous: Snow Miser
Albert DaSilva - An Eloise Christmas
Albert is an Eloise Christmas, everything is pink. His gifts, his outfit, everything, and he confesses his love for his new coworker, Finch.
Year Previous: Christmas Tree
#newsies#newsies live#newsies musical#jack kelly#much love#racetrack higgins#newsies au#modern era#modern au#newsies fanfiction#david jacobs#katherine plumber#sarah jacobs#spot conlon#albert dasilva#crutchie morris#javey#sprace#newsbians#christmas#christmas party#christmas drinks#christmas costumes#costume party#2024#2025#new year#merry christmas#moodboard#mood board
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Hi I have braces now and will probably have them for the rest of high school so may I introduce you to the Modern!Davey with braces agenda
He let Les choose the colors once and it was the Power Rangers colors. He hated it and let Jack choose the next time and it was the Power Rangers colors. Finally he asked Sarah for some sense of rationality and she chose the Power Rangers colors.
#texted this to my friend and it deserves to see the light of day#newsies#splat soaks 'em#davey jacobs#newsies modern au#sarah jacobs#les jacobs#jack kelly
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Trans Davey who panics the first time Jack comes to his house, because Jack just picked up a photograph of Davey as a kid, and is asking who this little girl is, so Davey blurts out:
"That's my s-sister!" (He hates to lie, but he's only known Jack a couple of weeks, and he's terrified)
"You've never mentioned a sister before."
"You never asked."
"What's her name? Why haven't I met her?"
"Her name is um--" He won't say his own deadname, so instead his favorite cousin's name comes to mind. "Sarah. Her name is Sarah. She's away at college."
Jack just nods. "I'll just have to meet her when she comes home for a visit. She looks so much like you. You sure ya ain't twins?"
Davey just laughs nervously and changes the subject before Jack can ask more questions he won't have answers for.
(elsewhere, Sarah Jacobs gets a nearly incomprehensible letter* from her younger cousin David begging him to pretend to be his sister when she comes to visit next)
#*text if it's a modern AU#couldn't really make up my mind.#Newsies#David Jacobs#Jack Kelly#Sarah Jacobs#is this actually funny I can't tell
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Random newsies thought:
Modern AU where the Jacobs siblings move from New Jersey to New York sometime during the late 80s/early 90s.
Before they moved to Manhattan, David and his family lived in Freehold, New Jersey. But then his dad Mayer lost his job and they ended up having to move to Manhattan.
#newsies modern au#newsies#92sies#1992sies#newsies 1992#david jacobs#sarah jacobs#les jacobs#newsies 80s au
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Modern David Jacobs sleeps with a weighted stuffed animal. It probably smells like lavender.
#Sarah made it for him for his birthday one year because he had told her he has trouble sleeping because of his anxiety#and she looked for one that was 1. an animal he liked and 2. was scented because they had discovered aromatherapy worked for David#but she couldn't find one that was both of those things and weighted#so she was like “fine I'll do it myself”#it's Davey's prized possession#he avoids sleep overs because he cant sleep without it and doesn't want anyone to know#Jack turns out to be his college room mate#when he inevitably finds out he suddenly understands why Davey never took up his offer to spend the night#he thinks its the cutest thing ever#he asks Sarah to make him one too#(so Davey is less embarrassed of course)#i like to think Davey's is a tarantula#Jack's is a horse?#or maybe Davey's is an otter and Jack's is a tarantula#either way one of them has a tarantula you can't change my mind#newsies#david jacobs#jack kelly#davey jacobs#modern newsies#david jacobs has anxiety#david jacobs probably has autism#eventually all of their friends have one of their own#sarah makes it into a business#with custom weights and scents#and she has a list of animals she makes but will make others upon request#Davey's is falling apart because Sarah had never made anything like it before his and he's had it for so long#he never washes it because he can't spend a nugbt without it#sarah eventually makes him another one so he has 2 of the same one but he insists on still sleeping eith the first one#someone take away my writing privileges or i will write this (/threat)
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list of hozier songs that should be javid fics. it will come back werewolf au (fully formed in my mind). almost (sweet music) canon era jack dating sarah unable to get over davey feeling very guilty abt it.
#almost sweet music as in i laugh like me again she laughs like you#i'm almost me again she's almost you jack thinks as he's happy in this relationship!#but also part of him has never stopped wondering what would have happened if he'd been brave enough to tell davey how he felt#modern au i think it happens when davey has moved on fallen in love with somebody else is happy#and i think jack is genuninely happy with sarah they love each other it's not like jack is replacing davey he loves sarah#but there's these weird moments. these freeze frames. when sarah laughs and he hears davey. when sarah says something just like davey would#and jack is like huh. what could have beem.#javid#newsies#jack kelly#davey jacobs
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*chanting quietly* modern au! modern au! modern au! modern au! (maybe some katherine stuff?)
I need everyone to remain calm as I try to work through these like 50+ asks (idk if there's actually 50, it just feels like a lot)
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Kath in the modern au!!
I haven't thought much past the basics, so here have some stream of consciousness ideas that will come to me as I type (probably)
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So, I don't know if/where/when I posted the basic stuff I had written for her, Sarah, Bill, and Darcy. So, here that is:
Katherine
Advocate within the gay community. They regularly picket and protest and refuse to back down even under threat of being canceled or arrested or their channels and socials being deleted. They. Don’t. Back. Down. Gay News: Joint youtube channel with Sarah, Bill, and Darcy. They each write on different news in the LGBT community, and essentially have a news cast (except it isn’t lame and boring like normal news channels. They make it fun and interesting) They do skits and challenges to deliver the news.
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It started as just LGBT, but then it branches into more and more, because there's so much bad happening in the world, and it all needs to be talked about.
Katherine is the main point of contact if anyone wants to do like a partnership or anything, any kind of business transaction with the channel has to go through her first (it almost always goes through all four of them anyway, Katherine just likes knowing where and when everything is happening).
They start off just doing silly skits about some of the ridiculous things going on in their city. It soon expands to all of New York, then to the United States, and eventually they go international.
She, Sarah, Bill, and Darcy split the cost of rent for a two bedroom house. Could she, Bill, and Darcy have used their fathers' legacies (tbd, but they're still higher class and well off) to afford something bigger? Something flashy and telling? Yes, they could have. But, Katherine is the kind of person to want to make it on her own. She wants to blaze her own path through the world.
Katherine writes most of their stories and scripts. She's the one up late into the night at her desk with a tea (Sarah made her stop drinking coffee that late) typing away at her computer.
If you're curious, Bill and Darcy do their website and merch design (when they become popular enough for merch) and Sarah does their costuming.
Katherine meets Jack and The Gang™ when they're younger. Her father was doing some charity work at the biggest orphanage in the city, The Refuge. Katherine started writing about the experiences she'd hear from the kids. That's what made her a journalist. She would hear all these horror stories from the kids in there, and never saw anything done about it.
She was a part of their school paper with Bill and Darcy, and they became close. Even more so when Sarah and her brother joined. Sarah insisted it was because David needed extracurriculars and refused to come alone, and this was the only one they could agree on. She neglects to mention that she'd seen the redhead around and needed an excuse to talk to her.
They raise money for different things. If there's nothing big happening, they'll raise for the underfunded foster system. They raise for Palestine. They raise to help LGBT adults to move to safer states, and LGBT youths to have resources and travel to access those resources.
They have a segment at the end of every episode for happy news only. Their viewers send in some good news they got that week. About anything. Something as small as "I brushed my teeth today" or as big as "I came out to my family and it went really well"
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This is all I can think of for now I hope you enjoy ily mwah
#newsies#livesies#92sies#newsies modern au#katherine plumber#sarah jacobs#bill hearst#darcy reid#sparky thoughts
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On November 10, 2008, I Was a Teenage Serial Killer was screened at CPH: DOX.
Here's some new art to mark the occasion!
#i was a teenage serial killer#sarah jacobs#no budget film#black and white film#feminist film#riot grrrl#indie film#1990s#horror#horror movies#cult cinema#underground film#tcm underground#movie art#art#drawing#movie history#pop art#modern art#pop surrealism#cult movies#portrait#cult film
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What part does Sarah have in the wallflower AU?
Sarah is close friends with the group! She and Davey are almost always together because I headcanon that they’re twins. But they do tease each other a LOT cause, y’know, siblings. Her and Katherine are also close friends.
She works at a flowershop and has everyone’s favourite flower memorised, she sometimes brings them to people if they’re sad or feeling down.
I’m personally not a huge fan of Jack and Sarah’s relationship in the film as to me it felt rushed a little forced? (Absolutely no shade if anyone who follows me ships it though <3)
My friend and I jokingly shipped her with one of the Brooklyn Girls from UKsies who’s named Pips and now that’s sort of developed into something we’re both quite attached to 😅 (Happy Pride Month Y’all🏳️🌈). They’re cute :))
It seems to be a common thing for my friend and I to joke about a ship and then get attached. Several of these ships have made it into the Wallflower AU.
Edit: I also Headcanon she’s transfem cause God knows we need more transfem rep
#newsies#1992sies#newsies 1992#92sies#livesies#newsies live#newsies broaday#newsies au#newsies modern au#newsies wallflower au#wallflower au#sarah jacobs#sarah jacobs newsies#newsies sarah jacobs#finch talks
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Modern Newsie headcannons: NYC edition
i know the newsies live in nyc but a lot of the headcannons aren’t about them living in nyc so i came up with some
- Race sleeps a lot on the subway, mostly when he’s with albert cuz he knows albert will get them off at the right place. When they’re standing on the subway, and race is leaning his head on albert’s shoulder, al will keep his arm around Race’s waist so he doesn’t fall. If he’s asleep while they’re sitting down, albert will make sure his head doesn’t hit the wall.
- race and al use one pair of air pods on the subway to listen to the same music
- jack hates the subway (country boy at heart)
- finch will always ask someone if they would get up for crutchie to sit down if they’re are no empty seats
- race just knows the manhattan subway and streets by heart (native new yorker lookin ass)
- david carries hand sanitizer with him for after using the subway cuz you don’t know where everyone’s hands have been (the other newsies catch on cuz it’s smart)
- david is TERRIBLE at navigating the subway system. it’s overwhelming to him. he has cried while trying to figure out where they’re supposed to go when going somewhere new and jack takes over and never lets him navigate again. (unless he really wants to)
- race fanning albert while they wait for the subway (it’s hot as fuck down there)
- i know a very popular hc is that one of the newsies (usually jack) has a van, but realistically, these mfs don’t own cars 😭
- albert and jack will almost always take the stairs over the escalator
- race has fallen asleep alone on the subway and ended up somewhere completely different than where he was headed, which is why he now usually only sleeps if he’s with someone else
- most of the newsies live in lower manhattan (duh), but some of them live uptown north of central park. jack and crutchie live in the bowery with medda. the jacobs live in the lower east side (many jewish families settled there when they moved to nyc). races family lived in east harlem, but they moved to lower manhattan when race was a baby. spot and elmer are roommates (they live in brooklyn)
- race family is the classic italian roman catholic family
- david, sarah, and les are first generation immigrants from poland
- finch has picked up a pigeon off the streets on multiple occasions
- most of the newsies have never really left the city
- you know the newsies are constantly joining broadway lotteries
- race works at the broadway dance center (sky flaherty core)
- albert has no patience for slow walkers, he weaves in between people. he always looks like he’s on a mission.
that’s it for now !!
#newsies#newsies broadway#newsies live#jack kelly#davey jacobs#albert dasilva#racetrack higgins#finch newsies#finch cortez#crutchie#crutchie newsies#crutchie morris#modern newsies#headcannons#newsies headcanons#david jacobs#ralbert#javid#newsies movie#newsies 1992
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I know it’s not on the list but I really enjoyed the High School Musical Newsies AU and was wondering if I could request a sequel? I love all your fics btw 💖💖💖
High School Musical 2
Characters
Jack Kelly — Troy Bolton
Katherine Plumber — Gabriella Montez
Sarah Jacobs — Sharpay Evans
David Jacobs — Ryan Evans
Spot Conlon — Chad Danforth
Racetrack Higgins — Taylor McKessie
Crutchie Morris — Kelsie Nielsen
Hi Anon! Four years later, but yes you can absolutely request a sequel. lol, this fic is so interesting and fun for me.
So, after the events of the first movie, which you can find linked here, the wildcats are set to enjoy their summer vacation. Jack and Katherine are dating, Jack and Race are safe with Medda and Jack is looking for a summer job.
He is trying to get to college, he wants to go for art, and wants to save up his own money, despite Medda promising to help him out. Sarah overhears him telling Race about applying to local ice cream shops and she takes it upon herself to get her parent’s resort to reach out to him with a summer job for him. However, as Jack does accept the job, Sarah is unaware that Jack also recommended his girlfriend, Katherine, to be a lifeguard at the pool and all the other kids from the school apply for other jobs as well, getting hired as kitchen staff.
Sarah is upset at this and David begs her to keep a cool head because he enjoys having all of his new friends at the resort. He has become very close with Jack and Race and some of the others and Sarah, still wanting to date Jack, does not listen and tries to get the manager of the resort to make their jobs awful and drive the wildcats to quit, while giving Jack luxury items and passes to their resort. Jack is a bit put off by this.
See Jack is experiencing a lot of PTSD from staying with Snyder and realizes during these times where the manager of the resort, Obadiah Weisel, is alone with him, that he feels like he can’t breathe. He struggles to remain calm with things like glass breaking and being late to work. Race notices this, as he too is working in the kitchen, and he tells Katherine who calms Jack by making him a picnic and taking him out by the lake to have a nice romantic date together. Sarah sees them, however and turns on the sprinklers to try and ruin the moment, but it doesn’t work. Jack actually has a very good time and they dance in the sprinklers together.
Later that day, Sarah insists that Crutchie writes new music for a show to put on for the resort's gala that they have once a year. Crutchie hesitantly does so, writing a duet he assumes will be for Jack and Katherine, but Sarah steals the music away from him the moment it’s done and devises a plan to get Jack to agree to sing it with her instead.
As Sarah knows David is close with Jack, she tricks him into spying on Jack to get information on when Jack and Kath are having their next date and arranges for Jack to be at dinner with her and her family, as her father is a art enthusiast, very well known in the art community, and offers to write Jack a letter of rec, upon Sarah’s insistence, as long as he has dinner with them. Jack does and Race and Spot end up serving them, which makes Jack very uncomfortable. He tries to help them but Sarah treats them like absolute garbage to try and look better in front of her parents, whom she is relentlessly trying to impress. But she eventually trips Race which sends Jack to lash out in an almost violent way as he is remembering Race being hurt when they were younger. Everyone at the table is stunned and Jack rushes off, humiliated.
Spot nearly quits but Race insists he’s fine and they hang out by the lake while their friends finish serving the Jacobs dinner. Race opens up to Spot about how different his brother is acting and how scary he gets sometimes because of what he’s been through and Spot can only comfort him by saying Jack is still working through the trauma of everything Snyder did to him and to give him time.
Meanwhile, Jack rushes to his date with Katherine where they go night swimming and have a romantic moment before being caught by security, nearly getting Katherine fired. Jack insists it won’t happen again and that it was all his idea and that if anyone should be fired, it should be him, but Sarah instead insists that Weisel promote Jack, which makes Jack even more uncomfortable because it means spending more time with Sarah. To try and mend what happened at dinner, Sarah apologizes by setting up a chance for Jack to play football with Columbia University for an afternoon, though he was supposed to play baseball with Race, Spot and the others. Jack is hesitant to go, but Race insists he go because he thinks it’ll make Jack a little bit happier and then he invites David to play in his place, noting David seems a little more down than usual as Sarah seems to be ignoring him completely.
Katherine is starting to get concerned for Jack, but Race insists he needs space, as it’s only been a few months since Snyder’s house and he’s still coping with the abuse. Katherine agrees and goes to watch the baseball game.
David, who’s not really a baseball player, gets pointers from Spot on how to play the game, making Race a little bit jealous. David and Spot end up going head to head a lot, becoming very good friends and David teaches Spot how to dance a little bit on the field, amusing the rest of the wildcats.
David then invites the rest of the wildcats to put a song together for the gala and they all agree, except for Race, whom they notice is missing. They go to search for him and David finds him curled up by the pool, hiding from everyone else because he’s feeling isolated and alone and wants his brother back and the two of them bond over their sibling dramas.
The next day, Jack goes back into work and feels anxiety about people being mad at him and not wanting him around, though that simply is not true. Him and Race get into a very public argument and Race runs off, accidentally tripping over an exposed root on a trail and falling down into the lake, though he cannot swim.
Jack had been out after him, feeling guilty and manages to jump in after him, pulling him to shore and Race just cries and admits he wants to go home.
Sarah, having seen this and knowing that David is trying to get the wildcats to sing at the gala, bans every kitchen staff member from participating because of this incident, stating that everyone is getting too emotional and harsh about it and Katherine quits, having had enough, despite Jack asking her to stay.
Jack, having had enough of Sarah’s treatment, resigns from his promotion and works with the kitchen staff again, telling Sarah he is now barred from performing too unless she allows them to perform together. Race, knowing Jack is still struggling, manages to convince Katherine to come back for one night to sing with Jack and mend their relationship.
Jack learns a brand new song moments before going on stage and David informs Sarah she won’t be performing with him, which angers Sarah before she breaks down, knowing her behavior towards her friends and brother has been anything but okay.
Jack goes out to sing and is surprised by Katherine joining him and the wildcats get to sing on stage together once again. And as the fireworks close out the night, Jack and Katherine dance together, sharing a kiss and Jack brings his friends in for a group hug, thanking them for sticking with him despite everything, especially his brother.
And that’s that.
The next day, Spot teaches Race how to swim and David makes sure Race knows how much Spot adores him as they all go out for a pool party.
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Color Symbolism in Newsies
Newsies (1992) is much beloved for it's use of color. From the pastels of the ensemble newsies to Jack's distinctive red bandana, the use of certain colors in the film do an excellent job of helping to tell the story. Exhibit A: the contrast between Jack's bandana and David's blue shirt which creates a visual representation of the contrast between the personalities of our two main characters.
Coupled with historical context and meanings, there are many connections between and insights into characters that can be gained by paying close attention to how Newsies uses color.
For the sake of brevity, I'll just be analyzing the colors in Newsies as they are used in costuming and ignoring set design or we could be here all night.
Red
In political history, red has often stood for revolution and rebellion. It's no wonder then that the leaders of Brooklyn and Manhattan both wear red. Red also indicates passion and bravery, which are key to the strike.
Besides Jack and Spot, Pulitzer wears red when Jack is brought to his study and attempts to bribe Jack to scab. Aka, Pulitzer is dressed in red at the height of exercising his power over Jack.
Center: Jack And The Beanstalk. Illustration for unidentified book of children's nursery literature, with Kronheim illustrations, c 1870
@sarahjacobs has an excellent post that talks about red symbolizing power in Newsies which you can read here.
Another interesting meaning for red comes from Jewish belief where the color red is linked to sin, but also to sacrifice and redemption. Jack scabbing to protect David and his friends after Pulitzer threatens them comes to mind.
You could consider Jack dawning his bandana again during "Once And For All" as symbolic of his redemption and reconciliation with the Jacobs and the newsies.
Red: Uncovering the Historical Significance of a Bold Color - Symbol Sage Political colour, Red - Wikipedia What colors symbolize Jewish culture?, Red
Pink
When most people think of pink, they often associate it with femininity. However, pink being a "girl" color is actually a modern idea which only gained significant popularity in the 1950s. Before this, pink was worn beginning in the 1700s by European aristocrats and became a color of success and class.
This meaning makes pink fitting for Miss Medda Larkson, the Swedish Meadowlark.
In the later half of the 19th century in particular, pink was also tied to youth, which is why we see Sarah and several newsboys alike in the color. As The Art of Dressing Well (1870) dictated, pink "is only fitted for the young. It is a charming color, and those to whom it is suited look very graceful in it."
Because it was also seen as a "paler shade of red", pink had masculine connotations that were also associated with red. Pink therefore occasionally shares the meanings of passion, aggression, and bravery with its parent color.
The first time Sarah wears pink is when she discovers Denton's article and becomes directly involved with and passionate about the strike.
Oscar Delancey, arguably the more aggressive Delancey, wears a pink undershirt. You also have Kid Blink in a pink shirt who is known for being very passionate and short tempered.
The shade of pink that Blink wears is the same shade as Sarah's shawl which she wears when she punches Morris Delancey in the face. Medda too isn't afraid to fight back and speak her mind at the rally. She and Sarah both exhibit bravery.
Refined, rebellious and not just for girls: A cultural history of pink | CNN Tickled pink: colors in the Victorian era - Recollections Blog The complicated gender history of pink | CNN
Blue
You've likely heard the phrase "true blue" before, this is because blue has a reputation stretching far back in history for representing loyalty and trust. Blue also often represents intelligence and tranquility. It's extremely fitting then that David Jacobs is always seen in blue, especially because he values honesty and prefers peaceful means of protest to violence whenever possible.
The color blue, specifically tekhelet or a shade of blue described in the Torah, holds significant weight in Judaism. It is sometimes referred to as the 'color of God’s Glory’ in Rabbinic literature and has been used in ancient and modern Jewish symbolism alike. This connects the color blue to the Jacobs family as a whole.
Even without the association to Judaism, the Jacobs family puts high value in education and truth. After all, it was Mr. Jacobs who taught his children not to lie and who insists on David and Les returning to school.
Left: King David with the Lyre, 18th century Sebastiano Conca (1680-1764)
Left: Tekhelet (תְּכֵלֶת) or "sky blue" tzitzit; Right: King David. Psalterium et horae ad usum Sanctae Capellae Parisiensis, 1360-1400
Because blue was historically both an expensive dye and pigment for painters, blue was worn by and used in art for only the most important subjects. Thus, blue became symbolic of nobility.
To the Renaissance artists, there was no subject more important than the Virgin Mary. While blue had been tied to female figures and goddesses previously across several cultures, Renaissance depictions of Mary led to blue becoming widely associated with humility, grace, and femininity in the Western world.
Left: Periwinkle flower, a symbol of grace and femininity and a Christian symbol of the Virgin Mary
Pastel shades of blue in particular became commonly feminine colors suitable for women and girls in the 18th and 19th centuries. Hence, it makes sense that Sarah would wear blue at the rally.
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Purple
Because of its rarity in the natural world, and the labor historically needed to create purple dye, purple was highly prized and was considered a symbol of high status and honor.
Spot Conlon is the only member of the our main cast of newsies to wear the color purple, which visually symbolizes the newsboys' respect for him, his reputation, and his involvement in the strike.
The purple detailing on Medda's costume when we first meet and are introduced to her by Jack is also an indication of the respect other characters have for her.
Purple can also denote ambition and independence, characteristics that suit both Spot and Medda well seeing as Spot has "moved up in the world" and Medda owns her own theater.
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Black and Grey
What about lack of color? In Newsies, we can easily tell our heroes from the villains through the use of color. Or can we?
The villains or "opposing forces" are all dressed in dark greys or black as opposed to the pastels and shades of brown that the newsies and their allies wear. Jack Kelly is an interesting exception, dressed head to toe in dark hues with the one color being the red of his bandana. Visually, Jack could fit into a crowd of newsboys, or of scabs and goons.
Black has long been associated, for obvious reasons, with darkness and secrecy. Similarly, grey is often seen as representing foreboding, moral ambiguity, and evasiveness.
The use of grey and black for Jack clues us into the fact that he is lying about his past and his family and also foreshadows his betrayal of the strike.
Which Colour represents evil?
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