Forum - View topicNEWS: Utena Stage Musical Reveals Cast, Main Visual
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kamui85
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OMG they look amazing!!!! I didn't like the ones from the old musical at all lol --- but these! !!! wow
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broodo
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They look like dolls. Especially Anthy.
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BodaciousSpacePirate
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Yuka Yamauchi's name links to the page for a background artist, is this the same woman?
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Zin5ki
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I dread to imagine the effort required to keep those hairstyles in peak condition throughout the performance. Juri and Nanami's stylists will certainly be in for a challenge.
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GeorgeC
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They were talking about keeping hairstyles consistent and in peak shape during the performance/dancing/singing numbers for the movie, "Gilda" in one of the documentaries produced by the Criterion Blu ray release of that movie. They were so colossally complicated (and expensive) to pull off that that sort of things is rarely done in movies today. Musical performances on-film are as complicated as stuntwork. It's literally stop, spritz/fix up the hair after wiping off the sweat, freshen up the make-up, maybe do a wardrobe change/change for a fresh, clean costume in case the costume got TOO dirty or torn during filming! The intense dancing and singing numbers had their gasps as a regular motion picture event in the 1960s and they do maybe a FEW memorable musicals every so many years now anymore but they're generally only celebrated in the motion picture industry. ("La La Land" anybody? It was a bigger hit at the awards ceremonies than it was ever was with the general public.) There are just very few musicals or movies with well-choreographed singing and dancing numbers that have been appreciated by the movie-going audience in the last 30 years. Most of the more memorable ones were done in the 1940s and 1950s through the early 1960s. I think it was Scorsese or John Landis who was discussing the film since it was one of his (their?) favorites. Very good film -- and very, very intense musical numbers. But that's what Rita Hayworth was known for in her heyday in the 1940s. ****************************** ****************************** Getting back to Utena -- I thought the actresses in the photo looked great, especially the lady playing Utena. It's only occasionally you'll see "crazy anime" colors work for hair and eye color/contact lenses. It definitely pops up well in this case, IMHO! It's like cosplay -- there are very few people that really look good doing cosplay... It's a matter of body build, attitude, and the quality of the costume. If any of those things are lacking, it falls apart, and let's face it, most of us just do not look good in spandex! |
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