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Nov. 30th, 2020 07:58 amI have never read the Death Note manga nor seen the anime. All I knew about the plot is that it involved a murder journal and homoerotic nemeses. That did not prevent me from getting a lot of entertainment out of the fact that my my favorite mediocre musical composer, beloved enemy Frank Wildhorn of Scarlet Pimpernel: The Musical and Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical fame, wrote a Death Note musical a few years ago!
I mention this because recently I discovered that someone had put a full subtitled video of the Japanese production on YouTube (with half of the songs dubbed out with the English concept album versions, for no apparent reason) and forced several friends to watch it with me. This was a WONDERFUL experience. I cannot recommend it enough if you like a.) musical melodrama b.) nemeses c.) the words 'dangerous game,' my friend Frank's absolute favorite phrase in the whole world. Given this it should be no surprise that the best three minutes of the show (beginning 1:45:30 or thereabouts) are "Playing His Game," the number in which the murder journaler and the obsessed detective who's trying to hunt him down play an intensely homoerotic match of singles tennis while singing about how the only way to defeat each other is to really know each other, like deep in their bones, like get inside, you know?
(It also really adds the experience, IMO, that the chorus sounds almost exactly like the Miraculous Ladybug theme song.)
Anyway, I mention all this because, when trying to find a version of this song on YouTube to throw at people, I then discovered that the Korean production had made a full on MUSIC VIDEO and it's brought me more joy than I can properly express. The Korean translator COMMITTED. If you, too, enjoy homoerotic nemeses, I urge you to give this video three minutes and twenty-two seconds of your time! You won't regret it!
(Once again, I truly urge the U.S. theatrical scene to get on this level with regards to promotion. Come on, Broadway! Where's my "Confrontation" music video in which the hottest latest Valjean and Javert dance battle each other over a coffin through a series of jump cuts?)
Okay that's all! Please enjoy the rest of your day!
I mention this because recently I discovered that someone had put a full subtitled video of the Japanese production on YouTube (with half of the songs dubbed out with the English concept album versions, for no apparent reason) and forced several friends to watch it with me. This was a WONDERFUL experience. I cannot recommend it enough if you like a.) musical melodrama b.) nemeses c.) the words 'dangerous game,' my friend Frank's absolute favorite phrase in the whole world. Given this it should be no surprise that the best three minutes of the show (beginning 1:45:30 or thereabouts) are "Playing His Game," the number in which the murder journaler and the obsessed detective who's trying to hunt him down play an intensely homoerotic match of singles tennis while singing about how the only way to defeat each other is to really know each other, like deep in their bones, like get inside, you know?
(It also really adds the experience, IMO, that the chorus sounds almost exactly like the Miraculous Ladybug theme song.)
Anyway, I mention all this because, when trying to find a version of this song on YouTube to throw at people, I then discovered that the Korean production had made a full on MUSIC VIDEO and it's brought me more joy than I can properly express. The Korean translator COMMITTED. If you, too, enjoy homoerotic nemeses, I urge you to give this video three minutes and twenty-two seconds of your time! You won't regret it!
(Once again, I truly urge the U.S. theatrical scene to get on this level with regards to promotion. Come on, Broadway! Where's my "Confrontation" music video in which the hottest latest Valjean and Javert dance battle each other over a coffin through a series of jump cuts?)
Okay that's all! Please enjoy the rest of your day!
