#molière le spetacle musical

[iam-lnt]

wrote a 3.3k analysis essay on why i think my fav musical is amazing. fuck it i’m that nerdy

[iam-lnt]

Symbolism (I'm nerd ranting again)

Something about the symbolism of "stage" "dance" "show" can always hit me, but recently I found this new symbol that I absolutely adore:

"Le rideau", meaning "the stage curtain"

I like how this use pinpoint a specific feature of a theater stage, which also happens to be the symbol for commencing a play. It almost feels ceremonial to refer to the stage as "the opening of the curtains", both from the expectation of the audience and the transformation (from normal someone to actor/performer/the character) of the theater group.

But this symbol truly hits when I was listening to, yet again, Molière le spectacle musical—well actually I was trying to learn the lyrics, and by such I was brought to notice of the repetitive use of "le rideau" throughout the musical. Like these lines, mainly depicting the man Molière and his troupes:

"Mais le rideau se lève, et voici la lumière" (But the curtain is raised, and there's the light) **in this case the "lumiere" prob means the stage lights**

"T'as refusé d’être un homme blésse quand le rideau se lève" (You've refused to be an injured man when the curtain is raised)

The stage curtains raising symbolize the actors entering their "work mode", but more importantly, throwing themselves into their performance after all those obstacles and difficulties they've encountered to reach the point they're at now, which is common not just during the time of Molière but arguably now—skills and talents need to be polished to be presented and be applauded. 

This is seen in the first example, where they would (context) "throw every worries behind their head and go on stage", simply because they love performing and love the thrill of the stage…which to me is painfully beautiful…for some unknown reason.

So when the primary symbolism of "le rideau" being the stage and the performance grew, it also grew onto the man Molière that he considers the stage as a sanctuary from the accusation to his plays (you know how those churches would work back then).

Thus, "le rideau" in the second example means more than a performance—it would mean the hiding behind the illusion that theater provides, of which he'd made it his life. Like, "my life is theater, but I refuse to present my pain to others because I'm too eager to chase the lumiere of my life." And that just tops everything…like that's the climax of passion and love...and given that Molière specialize in comedy performances…yeah.

Maybe another day I'd talk about comedy and stuff, but today, symbolism it is.

(Translated basically word by word bc it's easy)

[iam-lnt]

"l'amour de qu'on le touche, touche à ça fin"

"tant que notre amour est fou"

"je dois m'enivre d'incertitude, vivre sous d'autre l'altitude"

"côté cœur j'avoue je sais pas me mettre en scène"

"quand on me pointe du doigts, quel est mon crime"

"le bonheur, c'est comme l'argent, ça va ça vient"

i swear these lyrics are so good they might just be the death of me

[iam-lnt]

quel est mon crime

[iam-lnt]

mais mon amour