#newsies 1992

[make-friends-with-the-rats]

it's honestly heartbreaking how Jack only ever directly references his father - the only family member he has (that we know of) who is still alive.

he never mentions his mother - she's dead.

he never mentions his baby brother - Jack watched him die.

but words make things more real. And it's easier to pretend that they're still out there somewhere in Santa Fe, just waiting for him to come home, when you don't have to voice their names aloud and suffer under the weight of the memories that come rushing back. Easier to avoid reality when you refuse to give it a voice.

[military-newsboys]

Race: Dear friends, your Christmas gift this year… is me. That’s right, another year of friendship. Your membership has been renewed.

[antonioracetrackhiggins]

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE ANTONIO HIGGINS!!! EN GARDE!!!

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BRING IT ON!!!!!!! IVE HAD MORE SHINERS THAN YOU’VE GOT FINGERS!!!

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[flyawaysantafe]

NEWSIES (1992) | dir. Kenny Ortega

“We need a good assassination! We need an earthquake or a war!”

[newsies-lodging-house]

Time? Yes

David Jacobs: All right, everyone just remain calm!

(Jack practices exactly five seconds of self restraint)

Jack Kelly: Let's soak 'em for Crutchy!

[jack-kellys]

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[str4wb3rry-fire]

no, i dont lose hyperfixations. theyre just moved to a different, slightly less used, shelf in my brain.

[sl-newsie]

Normal people: look up an actor to see what other shows they've been in

Me: sees a hot character and immediately researches for fanfiction about them

It's an instinct now.

[this-is-macy]

If there's one thing about Jack Kelly—the man will fight some laundry just before having a romantic conversation with a pretty woman on a rooftop.

[we-are-inevitable]

woke up in a cold sweat to remind people that while davey has it better than jack and the other newsboys, he is still poor. he is still a child working on the streets. he is still a child who had to drop out of school, put his life on hold, to feed his family. he’s not well-off by any means and i am a little baffled at how many people seem to think he’s the “rich one.” in reality, they were probably struggling for a long time before davey stopped going to school- i can’t imagine esther and mayer would just spring this on him, or even want him to lose his education- and they were using every last penny to make it work but it just wasn’t enough. davey, sarah, and les leaving school was a last resort because the jacobs family is poor. they are poor. davey is not the rich one. davey is not the mom friend just because he has a family. davey is a scared teenage boy who wants to do right by the people he loves, who has the world on his shoulders, who is desperate to help his family out of the hole the systems in power have pushed them into. david jacobs is not the rich one.

[csodaturmix]

Spotify Conlon

[make-friends-with-the-rats]

The Journal, February 16, 1896. [source]

This is an illustration of the "school room" in the newsboys' lodging house at 9 Duane Street.

First, I find the "boys who swear or use tobacco cannot stay here" to be hilarious.

Second, do you see who I see in the bottom right?

[military-newsboys]

Pulitzer: name five reasons why i shouldn’t have you fired. Jack: name five people who actually like you.

[nyx-thedragon]

i lied, put your clothes back on. i’m gonna make you watch the 1992 Newsies movie and explain to you why jack and davey should’ve been the romance instead of jack and sarah, and how sarah could’ve and should’ve been more than just a love interest if they weren’t cowards

[mushiimune]

they call me the king of newsies (1992) it's true