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I'm guessing someone got married in there, somewhere. Also, given the probabilities, someone dies.
Marriage, yes. Death, no. 'Cause it's a comic opera.
It's actually kind of neat that two of the three Figaro plays got adopted to opera. So you've got The Barber of Seville, which is all light-hearted romp in which a nobleman has wacky fun with all kinds of disguises, and with the help of his ex-servant Figaro, woos the girl of his dreams successfully. Then you have "The Marriage of Figaro," a continuation of the story in which the said nobleman and his Countess have become estranged and the nobleman lusts after Figaro's intended. It's still a comic opera, but there is a lot of bitterness in the latter. (It's sort of like "Pretty Woman" and "Sleeping with the Enemy" and how the first is less eye-rolly if you imagine that Richard Gere character became an abusive psycho after their marriage. Well, not that The Barber is eye-rolly. It's very charming.)
Marriage, yes. Death, no. 'Cause it's a comic opera.
Right, Elmer chases Bugs with a shotgun, but it all works out in the end.
He was totally channeling his Willow performance.
Not necessarily a bad thing. Mad Martigan and the brownies are my favorite aspects of that movie.
"You are my sun, my moon, my starlit sky. Without you, I dwell in darkness."
"Went away? 'Without you I dwell in darkness,' and it went away!?"
Rick Overton and Kevin Pollak as the brownies. "Beeah! Hehehehee!"
Good times, good times. Now I'm sorry I missed the dragon movie.
Right, Elmer chases Bugs with a shotgun, but it all works out in the end.
I so wanna say something about "That's not the one with the horns on their heads, is it?" but I'm afraid to be revealed as a worse philistine than I already have been.
Mad Martigan and the brownies are my favorite aspects of that movie.
Mine too, and yet, it would have been damn near impossible to not love any movie as well done as that which was designed as a staring vehicle for Warrick Davies. (Or was it? I always thought it was.) Also, how in heck did I miss him as Reepicheep? I'm sure that would be as brilliant casting as Tom Baker as Puddleglum. How did I manage to see "Silver Chair" but not "Dawn Treader"?
Rick Overton and Kevin Pollak as the brownies. "Beeah! Hehehehee!"
I saw some HBO behind the scenes thing where they interviewed "the brownies" in character. They were sitting on directors chairs in front of a Barbie Dream House and complaining about the craft service table or something or other. Hi-fucking-larious.
I so wanna say something about "That's not the one with the horns on their heads, is it?" but I'm afraid to be revealed as a worse philistine than I already have been.
Heh. It's never wrong to make fun of opera. It's a mockable genre, because it's so freakin' overwrought, be it comedy or tragedy. And no, The Barber doesn't have women with horned helmet, thanks Jebus.
I've never seen the Bugs Bunny version of Barber of Seville! I want to, now. I guess Bugs was Figaro and Elmer was Bartoldo? Did Elmer want to marry/have his evil ways with someone? Was he lusting after Tweety Bird?
How much do I love YouTube? The Rabbit of Seville.
YouTube is kind of scary in some ways, but more and more, it's pretty freaking awesome.
