i just saw moulin rouge on Broadway for the sixth time and I find there is not enough fanfiction!!! Would anyone be interested in a fanfiction loosely based off of my experience tonight?
So its no secret I adore the Australian cast of Moulin Rouge so when this video came out I knew I had to make gifs for the Lady Ms. All the clips were so short but we make do with what we have
Scenes from Helsingin kaupunginteatteri's upcoming production of Moulin Rouge! with Risto Kaskilahti as Zidler, Yasmine Yamajako as La Chocolat, Laura Allonen as Nini, Raili Raitala as Arabia and Samuli Saurén as Baby Doll.
I really love musical Duke but there is one thing I think the movie did better.
Movie Duke is pathetic, right? He is pathetic and sad and embarrassing and the audience is supposed to understand how pathetic this little man is. We’re supposed to laugh, because he’s made to be mousy and unattractive, hiding behind his wealth and power to get a woman who is clearly stringing him along. We are supposed to forget that he is a threat, because he is just so ridiculous- until he isn’t.
Until Satine rejects him, so he goes to rape her and threatens to blow Christian’s head off. Until he sends Warner to actually murder the man standing in his way, and we (and Satine) are reminded, oh shit- this man is dangerous.
Because men feeling rejected is a threat to women.
I mean, go off. Interestingly this comes from a DVD feature I believe which delvs into secondary/background characters and costuming… which is really useful for fic purposes, if I find more I’ll share them.