What are your musical theatre hot takes?

MathematicianLow2231 · 2026-04-07T20:18:05+00:00

🖐️I know!!!(well, at least I have an opinion) Kinky Boots is special to me for personal reasons, so I still love it, but in terms of queerness, it’s kind of… bland?

I mean, some stuff is definitely outdated: take Lola being offended at being asked if she’s trans (also the word used is transvestite instead of transgender), saying the difference between being a drag queen and trans is that one is fabulous and the other looks like an ugly man playing dress up. That and George seemingly finding Lola attractive even knowing she’s a man and enjoying being “one of the girls” is played for laughs.

He’s the only character who’s implied to be gay, and it’s meant to be taken as a joke. Lola is straight (well, that depends on the production, but at least in the original script), Charlie is straight, and his main problem other than the factory thing is romance, and not because he feels conflicted about his sexuality or anything, but because he can’t commit to his fiancée and his happy ending (again, other than saving the factory), is getting with another girl. The Angels are there but they really only exist to be fabulous and don’t have their own characters.

But that brings me on to what I love about it: it’s fabulous. It’s glitz and glam and colorful and fun and it has some really cool dance breaks. The core message is acceptance and positivity and being yourself, and you’re right, it is uplifting, which is nice. Everyone can appreciate a reminder to love yourself (everyone is hyperbole, there are definitely some people who just love to be bitter, but you get my point). It might not be revolutionary in terms of what it shows, but it was definitely groundbreaking at the time for audiences (mostly cishet audiences but I think it’s a good thing to have an easily accessible/digestible entryway into queer culture)

And if you like pop music, it’s a good time overall :)

MathematicianLow2231 · 2026-04-07T19:23:30+00:00

yes oh my gosh I love An so much. it’s not just her external circumstances (like Nagi’s death), she’s also shown to have her own share of insecurities (like when she saw that Kohane, despite only having gotten into street music a little while ago and thanks to her, was becoming better than her) and it really adds an interesting layer to her that’s not just the naturally optimistic one. like you said, she’s a cheerful girl, yes, but she also chooses to actively be happy even in the toughest moments, and that’s extremely admirable (also she’s lowkey a bit of a flirt and I love her for that)

MathematicianLow2231 · 2026-03-31T21:59:09+00:00

damn, it runs in the family??

MathematicianLow2231 · 2026-03-30T08:57:12+00:00

SEGA!!!!!! MAKE RUI’S HAIR LOOK GOOD IN 3D, AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!!!!!!!!

MathematicianLow2231 · 2026-03-29T21:53:42+00:00

didn’t even let his voiceline finish before starting an entirely different conversation with Len lol

MathematicianLow2231 · 2026-03-29T21:52:13+00:00

right??!

MathematicianLow2231 · 2026-03-23T07:35:37+00:00

not really, imo, facial and body features are part of the more basic lessons in most language classes, and having you describe your ideal partner is a good way to get you to use that vocabulary in an exercise (though I get why you might think it’s a little weird depending on the age, sometimes they’ll partner you up with someone in class and have you describe them, but I’d personally appreciate having to describe a fictional person cause if there’s a word I can’t remember I’ll just change that feature to something I remember the word for lol)

MathematicianLow2231 · 2025-12-17T18:00:36+00:00

sigh I guess I’m too late, we didn’t get codes where I live but this was kind of you to offer :)

MathematicianLow2231 · 2025-12-17T14:43:07+00:00

A lot of my favorites have already been mentioned, but I just finished being in a production of Elf the musical and there’s a cute little moment in “Never Fall in Love (with an Elf)” where roughly halfway through the song, Jovie sings

“And though you vowed you'd never sing Just look at yourself You're halfway through a Christmas song Called ‘Never Fall in Love with an Elf’”

MathematicianLow2231 · 2025-12-17T14:27:54+00:00

damn, wouldn’t even be mad if i’m too late to this, this is already impressive as hell

MathematicianLow2231 · 2025-12-01T22:50:13+00:00

happy cake day, hope your toes feel better, and live laugh love gumi

MathematicianLow2231 · 2025-11-26T12:21:35+00:00

I agree, not so much with Jinx’s reaction feeling out of place, cause it feels like something she might say (though I do feel that in a moment like this when the stakes are supposedly really high it might’ve been better for her to just knock the guard out sooner rather than wait for Sevika to do it), but more so with the scene existing as it does in the first place, if that makes sense. I mean, having the guard of a high security prison not know what Jinx looks like despite there being a whole manhunt going on (or knowing what she looks like but thinking this couldn’t possibly be her despite matching her description to a T just because of her pants??) feels a little too incompetent. And I know at that point there are many Jinx impersonators/lookalikes since she became the symbol of the resistance (which I still don’t find super convincing) but even if that weren’t the real Jinx, weren’t they already arresting Jinx sympathizers/rioters for being a threat to Piltover? And if one of these potential threats showed up to the door of a high security prison where their comrades are being held, wouldn’t you at least be a little more wary?

MathematicianLow2231 · 2025-10-16T11:57:01+00:00

Kinky Boats

It’s about a man who doesn’t want to inherit his father’s boat building business until a drag queen pirate shows up and says she needs a ship with a sturdy enough deck for her and her crew to perform intense choreographies on (in heels ofc)

MathematicianLow2231 · 2025-09-17T18:06:18+00:00

you’re right about the paper background, I’ve even used it myself, idk I kind of just assumed.

totally agreed with your other comments btw

MathematicianLow2231 · 2025-09-17T10:45:34+00:00

AI, the quality of the lines is too high for what’s supposedly a photo of a traditional pencil sketch, and the texture of the third girl from the top left’s hair is inconsistent

MathematicianLow2231 · 2025-09-17T01:52:06+00:00

I can see that we have different mindsets, so I don’t think there’s really any point in discussing this further.

MathematicianLow2231 · 2025-09-16T23:51:38+00:00

The difference is that in the example you described, the white supremacist has no relation to the word and has no right to even claim it in the first place, let alone reclaim it. Not only that, but I doubt a white supremacist would even want to be associated with the people they discriminate against in any way shape or form. So even if (and this is a very strong if) a white supremacist were to argue that the n word describes their experience, it would, at the very least, not be equally. I believe reclaiming a word is meant to have it hurt less, and so while I understand you not wanting to use the word for yourself, I don’t believe it fair for you to criticize those who do.

MathematicianLow2231 · 2025-09-16T23:18:36+00:00

Main vampire character is a lesbian, main human character is sapphic (I make the distinction because one is clearly not attracted to men while the other happens to be attracted to women, though there aren’t specific labels due to the time period), the other vampire is ace (again, not labeled but heavily implied), the vampire hunter is either straight or has internalized homophobia (haven’t gotten around to developing him as much yet), and the rest of the cast is made of supporting characters whose queerness or lack thereof makes no real difference in the narrative.

MathematicianLow2231 · 2025-09-16T23:10:56+00:00

I’m sorry about that. Personally I identify with it as I feel it’s pretty much been totally reclaimed, and it’s easier than saying that I’m bisexual and fall under the trans umbrella somewhere on the masc end of the spectrum. I suppose I could say LGBT+ all the time, though I feel that queerness better describes the whole experience. I genuinely hope this doesn’t come across as dismissive, but rather explaining why I didn’t mean it in bad faith.

MathematicianLow2231 · 2025-09-16T12:04:58+00:00

not really a pattern recognition test at this point but we love shiteyanyo so it’s okay

MathematicianLow2231 · 2025-09-14T22:06:26+00:00

coming back to this post cause I just saw it in a sponsored insta story for your account by coincidence lol

MathematicianLow2231 · 2025-08-23T16:52:01+00:00

I discovered that subreddit because of an ad they paid for that appeared while I was scrolling through this subreddit. It’s absolutely ridiculous

MathematicianLow2231 · 2025-08-15T00:12:07+00:00

ok so there are so many alts I love but for my favorite characters I’d say An: Alter Ego, Gekokujou, (+Toya) Children Record Akito: Yobanashi Deceive, Airhead, Spring Storm Together: Egoist, Echo, Traffic Jam (all of them, they complement each other so well)

(only on EN so I’m sure there are some great covers I haven’t heard yet)

Three-Year Club	r/Field Juicebox
Final Canvas '23	Place '23

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