Originally posted by Sarai
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Excellent points and deconstruction. I think you've hit the nail on the head there - I'm not sure they really understood the point of a musical, the characters don't just sporadically burst into song for no reason, and they absolutely do not sing their normal dialogue to each other! If there is dialogue it falls within the course and rhythm of the song - i.e. In My Life - Les Miserables. As you say, this is why Jim's song worked so well, because it was a lovely father/daughter moment and it wasn't as if he was trying to speak to Helen, rather it was her own conscience helping her work through the diagnosis. I'm intrigued to see what Laurie means by her cryptic post that we'll see why Will is questioning Helen at the mid-season finale but I have to say rather than endear me to the character it just makes me dislike him even more! I know what you mean though, her arrogance, however well-meant her intentions are, is a fascinating aspect of her character. Part of me wonders if she was always like that, or has the 113-year break had something to do with OR was it an unintended side effect of the vampire blood along with long life? You only have to look at Tesla for an example!!
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I think it's probably both. I think there's a theme of the de-humanising effect of what the Five did, and the dangers of the pursuit of scientific curiosity at any cost. All of them (well, Helen, John and Tesla) lost touch with humanity in various ways and we see that playing out in their actions throughout in different ways. I think Will is supposed to be there to throw that into relief, to show Helen where she loses sight of the Human in her focus on the Abnormal and her scientific investigations. The problem is that he doesn't really work because his character is so whiny and Helen is so badass heroic that you're always going to root for her rather than him. It's an intriguing problem that they set themselves with having a character like Helen as the lead. She has to combine elements of the more traditional lead character in order to carry the show, but at the same time that dilutes the Otherness which makes her so unusual.
Originally posted by Jumble
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I don't think they were trying to do a 'Musical' (in the generally accepted form of the genre) as such - what they said about the ep was that it wood be a 'musical ep', as in people wood be singing.
I did laugh when, on figuring out that Abby could only understand certain frequencies (I think), Magnus' comment was "Of course!" like it should have been obvious all along
I did laugh when, on figuring out that Abby could only understand certain frequencies (I think), Magnus' comment was "Of course!" like it should have been obvious all along
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Indeed, and I think that was the problem. They'd have been better to have either gone for it full-out, used the conceit they'd given themselves as an excuse to do a musical, or not done it at all, IMO.
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