#rsl 90s

[slowburningechoes]

top to bottom: mr. & mrs. bridge (1990), killer: a journal of murder (1996), swing kids (1993)

how does it feel to LIVE MY DREAM?!?!

[cheezy-whizz]

silly guys in silly glasses (I would die for each and everyone of these men)

[nectarinesinthesun444]

Happy birthday to the most gorgeous, showstopping, finest, incredible, beautiful, prettiest, funniest, brutally honest man ever!!

[ridethecyanide]

March 26, 1993 - On this day in RSL history, Married To It was released in the US. The release was delayed two years due to film studio financial issues.

[annebeth0125]

Robert Sean Leonard

Venice January 1995

[desire-mona]

roles i think neil perry would've bodied as a very very casual theatre enjoyer:

- hamlet (hamlet)

- horatio (also hamlet)

- macduff (macbeth)

- laurie (little women)

- this isnt a role but i think he would be in STOMP and love it

- jd (heathers, this ones a given just due to the rsl of it all)

- either kurt or ram (also heathers)

- mischa (ride the cyclone)

- noel (also ride the cyclone)

- ogie (waitress)

- squidward (...spongebob......... ghe musival........)

- both jamie AND cathy (the last five years)

thats the extent of my theatre knowledge and also i havent seen or heard 3 of tyese. so,

[mybrainproblems]

"Hey, there were 3,000 people at that convention. You were the one I thought wasn't boring. That says something."

sick and twisted there aren't more fic for the absolutely insane meet cute of bailing a stranger out of jail simply bc he wasn't boring but also implies that house was already aware of wilson pre-arrest which like? hello?? HELLO???

like okay fine. let's say house was just at the bar already; that man was looking

on god how is this not half the fic written after 5x04 birthmarks aired??

[johnbottoms]

callum turner either has to always be in mid/really rather bad movies forever for the rest of his career bc it's kind of funny OR his next batch of movies that r coming out soon have to all be good bc i may die if they're not. that's what's happening

[bitchfitch]

I feel like once everything is said and done and Arlo and Conall have moved out of the hill, Haze is going to need to be physically stopped from Immediately telling Arlo what influencers are, and also what apology videos are. Bc like, those 2 do not get a long 80% of the time, but in this, they would be united on the sheer amount of chaos that could be caused by Arlo coming clean about what the actual fuck was going on with the hill.

[ace-with--a-mace]

i cant finish this movie and still be sane i am putting jt off for later

[unplanned-parenthood]

everyone and their mother goes thru the monthly occurrence of grabbing pics of young rsl and going 'oh my god new orleans wilson' but like. rsl in Married To It (1991) is literally how i imagine him at that time...the boring suit. the ring. the almost-but-not-quite middle part. the fact that its very much the 90's. if he was a little more dishevelled and fucked up it would be quite literally Him that night

[slowburningechoes]

Controversial!!📌📰 ‼️🚨Bobby does not have great chemistry with a lot of stage actresses for some reason! (They still do amazing and touching art of course.)

I saw more than couple of opinions and reviews around about Him&Helen having zero chemistry?It was big critique for a Zoo story too.I think his most intense “romantic” stage bond was Violet Hour.Maybe it’s young passion idk.Camelot was definitely warm in feeling but it’s hard to judge because it’s different genre and lighter.We were robbed of a reading of “All the frozen ones” so we will never know but pics were sweet!

Very interested in your opinion!Do you see it differently? Especially interesting because you are psych!

that is certainly a hot take! here is my (excessively long) opinion…

i think there is more criticism for this lack of romantic chemistry the older he gets — many reviews from the 90s-00s do not express this concern often (even when he played opposite his Zoo cast-mate, Katie Finneran, 20 years earlier in You Never Can Tell) and especially not as often as they have in recently years. this is extremely frustrating imo and has prompted a lot of reflection…

ageism is something I’ve been thinking about since engaging more actively with the RSL community - especially as much of the fandom rn are minors. though they are often jokes in good humor (and I do, too, at times), I think there’s this huge focus on the fact that he isn’t 20-30-something anymore, calling him “peepaw” or making fun of his older physical qualities. it can be funny once or twice (mostly when it’s silly gen z humor), but it is important to acknowledge that society desexualizes people as they age because they lose many socially expected characteristics of beauty. Robert is no exception to that to many people (even some people who are “fans”), as he shows natural signs of aging… which society automatically finds deterring.

even just reading reviews about their age being a barrier to the believability of Betrayal brought this up. as if people who are in their 50-60s cannot have love affairs or have young children (which RSL does himself), or that their decisions would be that much different than if they were younger. I am SO glad that he was asked about this in his recent interview. Bobby’s response was wonderful and one that I agree with very much — age does not impact the relationships, script, and outcome of this particular show much.

additionally, it is difficult not to let reviews (even professional ones) sway our opinions of a production and cast performance. it is hard to say the quality of Bobby’s performances if we have not seen each of them ourselves. for example, many reviews of Betrayal were negative regarding his and Helen’s chemistry — but that did not consider how their roles were written or how every audience member would interpret it. when I went, though, I could not disagree more (at least on Robert’s end)! for other shows, we are only able to comment on clips or on those reviews we do have available, which isn’t necessarily an accurate depiction of his performance or how any one person may feel about it!

another point: plays are also very different than tv and film. I think in recent decades, we’ve really gotten accustomed to seeing this raw, hot, “I want to f*** you right now” energy between characters and calling that chemistry. but that’s not really true chemistry. while many tv and films do dive into the deep intimacy and true connection of both lust and love, theatre is able to show it on an entirely different level since it is live and in person. there are also many directorial choices which can impact performances across all forms!

personally — any time I have seen clips of Bobby as a romantic lead in a play (in person during Betrayal) or another form of media, I never doubt his romantic chemistry with his partner. he always seems to look at them with such genuine affection, speaking to them like he’d love to hear them talk forever, touching and kissing them like he truly means it. but I also adore him, which could also impact my own perspective in all of this.

overall, we must keep in context the play and the character he is playing, the potential for directorial choices, and our own biases (even if we don’t realize we have them - we all do, whether it’s ageism or loving Bobby or thinking he can do no wrong).

+ p.s. YES!!! we were so robbed with All the Frozen Ones not being recorded. :(

[robertseanleonardthinker]

im bored so here r little differences between the boys next door play and movie:

- lucien's last name is smith

- jack is actually divorced

- he also leaves to become a travel agent rather than a car salesman

- the play is told from arnold and jack's pov. they both talk directly to the audience. the play makes their relationship the big focus (it's clear how much arnold loves and values jack, and vice versa)

- they live in an apartment complex. barry does his golf lessons at the complex rather than the driving range

- it also mentions barry in a pastel golf outfit a couple times. i would have killed to see rsl in pastels

- the play takes place in boston (i'm 90% sure, at least) while the movie is in chicago. it was actually filmed in toronto

- sheila says she's a geranium instead of an orchid. norman still says he's an apple donut with raisins

- barry works in the training center with lucien. they're also roommates

- barry's first word was "bitch." i wish they kept that bc that's funny as hell 😭 no idea where they got fotitude from (although i get why they couldn't say bitch. they even censored the word hell.)

[wilsons-three-legged-siamese]

i saw mona doing this so i wanna do this, but ive seen most of my mutuals faces so we ignore that 😔🙏

also i have a lot of mutuals on here so i apologize if i miss you out.

mia- younger Rachel from friends

buzz- gender swapped-brown fluffier hair gerard way (listening to mcr rn)

autumn- carli from the inbetweeners

cammy- shorter hair allison cameron

shazam/tyler- honestly, 90s rsl

mona- your pfp but i imagine a face, idk who-

kiwi/silly- your oc (ev price)

sid- i know what you look like 😔

ania- i know what you look like again 😋

vi- again, i know 😔🙏

joon- juno from.. juno.

sun- gender swapped todd

pinkbubbles- chris from dps-

rey- gender swapped charlie

lisa- gender swapped neil all the way.

tyson- charlie dalton, as you are mr dalton reincarnated (tydon)

ghost- i imagine you as the picrews i see

pingu- ginny and chris mixed

romes- your pfp icl (i dont know who it is)

quill- younger amber mixed with younger cameron (both house md)

elise- gender swapped charlie again-

noor- a black cat.. but like as a human

eva- THE STARS Idk how to elaborate

kaeth- meeks. just meeks.

bass- ive seen what you look like

remy- the girl chef from ratatouille

genelia- hear me out here, a human flower again idk how to elaborate

forrest- neil. neil.

march- ginny mixed with chris again-

profm- again i imagine you as the picrews ive seen

pyro- your oc but as a human 😔

IVE REALLY ONLY DONE PEOPLE IVE TALKED TO/INTERACTED WITH A LOT SO ERM-

[ridethecyanide]

March 5, 1993: Swing Kids was released, directed by Thomas Carter

[yawping-poets-society]

starting a new post cause there were lots of reblogs but tysm @coldpoet089 for the tag!!! this was so fun

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kinda surprised movie wasn't dps? but i have been saving a...lot of early 90s rsl and ethan hawke which means an ungodly amount of married to it pins (haven't even seen the movie but he's such a cutie in it). the rest of this tracks

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