It Sucks To Be You

Well, I don't truly have to *think* for today. I saw Avenue Q. That sorta just presents itself in a hilarious package of funness.

Now, the main thing that impressed me was the fact that there are so many elements in the show. In a musical, there are plenty already. But once you add puppets, it gets that much more complicated. And then you add each actor playing multiple characters. In the same scene. Talking to themselves.

The scene that most comes to mind is the scene in which Kate is dropping off the note at Princeton's apartment, but Lucy the Slut is there to intercept. The two characters are voiced by the same actor, who is only puppeteering Kate. This is amazing to watch as she speaks in two different voices, and acts against herself.

Also, singing with a voice not your own seems very difficult. Particularly for Christmas Eve. The only point at which she gets to use her actual singing voice is during The More You Ruv Someone, but there it's still joking. She (intentionally) hams it up. But it becomes hilarious, since she maintains the fake accent the rest of the show.

I could go on for ages describing everything, but I think I'll leave it at that for the moment. After all, it's a quarter past two. I shouldn't be awake.

-Gabe