Also, a boy after my own heart. "Wanna see my bruise?"

I have to admit, when I heard about him showing it off, my first thought was "I got stabbed, you know, right here."

Hil, now I remember you mentioning that you were going to see that. I am so freaking jealous! I have such a stupid, irrational love for that movie.

Me too.

I'm assuming from what you said, they got rid of the sister? Because she's the only female character in the movie. Or was it someone else? Tell me "Never fear, Brooklyn's here" Spike was still in it...

Yeah, they got rid of the sister, and replaced the reporter with a female reporter who's trying to get into hard news rather than writing for the society pages. (And in a really stupid plot twist, she (spoiler) turns out to be Pulitzer's daughter. ) "Never fear, Brooklyn's here" is now a song. It's a kind of silly song -- I recall the lyrics as being mostly, "We are the newsies from Brooklyn! Never fear, Brooklyn's here!" -- but it was fun.

Also (more spoilers) they give Jack a future in New York. In the movie, it always bothered me that he spends the whole movie talking about how he has no future in the city, and then he decides to stay for Sarah, but he's still got no future -- he can't be a newsie all his life. In the show, they gave him some hidden artistic talent -- he paints sets for Medda, and starts drawing his memories of the Refuge when he gets depressed with the memories -- and at the end of the show, Pulitzer offers him a job as a political cartoonist. It was a bit too much of a happy ending, but I think I prefer it to the open-ended ended that the movie had.

Aw, Ryan. Toddlerhood is such a bumpy ride.

FYI, I got my Pinterest invite hours after asking.

I spoke too soon, because I did, too!

WindSparrow, I'm so glad to hear Daniel is doing better. Those kind of infections are scary and tough to fight, and it sounds like he's really improving. Hope he's home with you soon.

How did I skim over the Daniel update? Fixed that. So glad to hear that he's getting better! What a scary thing.

FYI, I got my Pinterest invite hours after asking.

Me, too. Do it! I'm setting up my additional timesuckaccount right now.

So glad to hear that Daniel is on the upswing.

Ryan, stop trying to scare your parents, 'kay?

Windsparrow, that is good news. Infections are SCARY! DF's dad was in the hospital for a week (came home a week ago last Friday) and is still on IV antibiotics at home for five more weeks. He gets an hour dose of IV antibiotics every four hours. The recovery is so slow. I'm so glad that Daniel is looking better...even in the littlest ways.

Jen, I'm under my real name if you want to find me.

Same here, real name.

Jen, I'm under my real name if you want to find me.

Same here, real name.

I do, and me, too.

ETA: Except I can't figure out how to add anyone. Do I have to do it through linking to FB, Twitter, or Gmail?

Glad to hear Daniel is doing better.

One more Newsies comment that I just remembered -- they made Crutchy much more of a developed character, which I liked, but they also made Davey much more two-dimensional. He never really seems to transcend being the smart but kind of wimpy guy.