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12:26 AM

@Noon I think @Tinkeringbell left a comment suggesting that too on the recent meta - I guess the current one isn't that bad, but you could always raise a discussion on meta :) it'd be interesting to look at what other sites have done too

IMO the unicorn example could have been salvaged by changing "What should I do?" to "How can I prevent the unicorns from eating my daisies?" but there's no way to suggest that the tour page edits to make their question more specific and goal-oriented ;)

ElizB

hello and good evening :)

Em C

hello! how was the movie? :)

ElizB

Excellent, as expected. I forgot how well Hugh Jackman sings... phew. Bawled my eyes out at the end, as expected...

Em C

yeah, I didn't know he could sing until I saw clips of him in that!

ElizB

@EmC yeah... and The Greatest Showman really shows that talent as well but not as well as Les Mis... man, when Fantine came to get Jean ValJean when he was dying i was just grabbing as many tissues as I could lol

Em C

12:37 AM

@ElizB oh man, yeah :''(

what did @El'endiaStarman think of it? :P

ElizB

so good but so sad :'(

@EmC He thought it was good but a bit long, didnt cry, which I expected.

Em C

@ElizB oh yeah, it is pretty long, almost 3 hours

ElizB

@EmC yeah, the songs were long too. I didn't think it was that long but he prefers things just be said as they are

Em C

but singing is the best part! haha

ElizB

oh yes absolutely

it's so emotive and expressive, and just is beautiful.

Em C

12:45 AM

agreed :)

ElizB

I love musicals, but maybe not as much as @El'endiaStarman does... hehe

Em C

what are your favorites? besides phantom and les mis ;)

ElizB

1:29 AM

@EmC Phantom, Les Mis, Chicago, Lion King, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat... (looks in my music albums) ... Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (with whitney houston), Mamma Mia....

El'endia Starman

@ElizB I mean, dialogue in song is fine. It could just be shorter without losing too much... :P

Like I said the last time we had this discussion. :P

ElizB

@EmC then there's musical movies: Happy Feet 1 and 2, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Moana, Strange Magic, Frozen, Another Cinderella Story (with selena gomez), Prince of Egypt, and Bambi.

Listening to the opening medley for Happy Feet 2. So jumpy and I love P!nk as Gloria shes amazing

Em C

taking notes I have seen about half of those :P

El'endia Starman

Strange Magic is the one I would most recommend out of those. :P

ElizB

if you want upbeat i love the selection in Happy feet movies

Oh, yes. Strange Magic's main song, "Strange Magic" was our wedding dance song

I recommend watching the movie first though to get a feel for it

Em C

1:39 AM

@ElizB aww, ok it's gotta be great then :) (that's one I haven't seen)

ElizB

@EmC yeah, it's by the philharmonic orchestra but they re-arranged it for the movie. i prefer the movie version

Em C

the ones I know that aren't on your list - Pippin, West Side Story, Rent, Oklahoma

ElizB

Oh, i've seen Oklahoma and West Side Story.

El'endia Starman

Ah yes, Pippin...that guy that sang Edge of Night.

Em C

the movie of Oklahoma was more silly than great but I was in a production of it in high school so I have nostalgia for it :P

ElizB

1:43 AM

Rent- I only saw a little bit of it so it doesn't count for me

Em C

@El'endiaStarman hmmmm

ElizB

@EmC ah, very cool. I agree it's long and a bit silly lol

Oh, I've seen Big River- a huckleberry finn musical

Em C

@ElizB the dream scene in particular, lol

ElizB

and the cool thing was that the actors signed and they had a voice "mirror" so the whole production was in ASL and still sung

Em C

@ElizB hmm, that sounds interesting

oh very cool!

ElizB

1:45 AM

@EmC yes indeed it was truly accessible for me. it was such a great experience

I saw it in Boston

when I was very young

probably around 10 years old

Oh, i almost forgot Hairspray!! goodness I love that one! That was also in ASL, with a voice actor pair

I saw that at the theater at my college- Rochester Institute of Technology, National Technical Institute of the Deaf. it was at NTID's theater

Em C

hairspray!! I've watched the movie version

ElizB

same here. They did a live version with Derek Hough and I thought it was good. Not Amazing, but well done

Em C

I'm really curious how the ASL + voice actor works now, do you know of any videos of it? youtube search is not helping me

ElizB

hmm... let me see

I'm wrapping up my day in stardew valley, gimme a min

Em C

oh no rush :)

ElizB

2:01 AM

Working in the Theatre: Sign Language Theatre

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@EmC it's 30 minutes long but it's something

Em C

@ElizB thanks! this is really cool

ElizB

@EmC no problem! here's another:

How To Make A Musical For The Deaf

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NTID Theatre Presents "Damn Yankees"

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Several of my friends were in Damn Yankees

"Out There" from The Hunchback of Notre Dame at The 5th Avenue Theatre

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This is a good one

@EmC Tell me when to stop haha

Em C

:D I just started my knitting project so now I'll have stuff to watch, haha

ElizB

okay! hehe

@EmC let me know what you think :)

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6:16 AM

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10:11 AM

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ElizB

3:03 PM

the progress of snow from last evening to this morning....

El'endia Starman

At least it's powdery and not heavy wet snow...

ElizB

well, it's ice pellets now, so it's probably got a bit more weight to it

but not the same as wet snow

avazula

@ElizB wow o_o

ElizB

Living in the northeast US is a lot like this... hehe

me and @El'endiaStarman have to clean off our cars eventually...

the red car featured in the pictures is my own :) I named it my little ladybug

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ElizB

6:46 PM

First is top right, second is top left, third is bottom right, and fourth (just taken) is bottom left. Me and @El'endiaStarman went out about two hours ago and cleaned off my car.

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10:03 PM

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