As a little boy this was my favorite movie, and this was my favorite scene. The choreography is amazing. It's like very terribly drawn animation in which the artist has no clue how things like elbows and knees actually work in the real world, and yet the dancers/cops manage to move their bodies in such awkward ways with precision. The song is hilarious in it's own right. Thanks G&S.
Look online for a performance of this song ON THE STAGE as it was originally intended. The police dance exactly the same way, complete with cartwheels and awkward movements of their arms and legs (especially the police captain) and it's amazing, considering the small space they have to work in. And as for this movie version, the cast is absolutely perfect.
What version is this??? I remember I saw it once and like Pinafore was playing in a theater in the movie?? I always watched the 1982 Stratford Festival version so this was weird and different but I loved it
Vulpezerda Vulcan This is the 1983 movie version produced to commemorate 100 years since the play was written by G & S. This is the cast that performed the show on Broadway from a 1980 staging. This version did play in movie theatres.
You'd be making a big mistake! Apart from this ridiculous travesty of the original G&S scene which is far funnier for being played straight, the modern British police force are just that - modern, though still unarmed and far less brutal than their American counterparts.
This brings back such memories for me. This was my first stage show that I was in while in High School. Our casting director would cast everyone who auditioned in our shows, and we had TONS of girls audition since the MG has so many daughters. Unfortunately, we only had like 16-17 guys audition. SOooooo, our MG had like 12-13 daughters, and the girls who were not cast as daughters or main characters were ALL cast as the cops. I was one of those girls. Boy was our choreography good. I was actually one of the few girls who could do our penguin down the aisles during our entrance.
Tony Azito dances like a marionette Keystone Cop with no weight and yet a very odd balance. It's incredible to watch and realize he's got absolute control over every little nuance of the performance, including perfect synergy with the backup dancers who seem to be holding him up and directing his every move that seems to fall imperfect. Everyone in this scene is so on fire.
This is what I love about G&S. Gloriously camp, humourous but catchy and infectious songs that you can’t get out of your head and brilliant choreography
3 years later, Yuma High has now taken Pirates of Penzance under thier wing. Feels bad that we get a script that has been shattered, about 2/3 of the script was gutted and we now have an unnecessary plothole where Mabel says the Major General is an orphan, yet the pirates are still aggravated by the Major General. RIP script
How funny is this watching the movie version some many years later. I sat in the very orchestra pit (flute and piccolo), during the 1983 Broadway version with the same cast and then with Maureen Mc Govern and Peter Noon from Hermans Hermits.
My favourite musical number from this musical opera! Currently I’m in the pit orchestra (drums, percussion) for my high school musical. It is a fun experience collaborating with other professional musicians in my community. The police in this movie have such precision on their weird movements, like Tony Azito. He was great! Rip to him. Also I love singing “Tarantara” while this song is being played!
When I was 10years old I was taken to see this comic opera at the palace in Manchester, 55years ago, I’ve just recently picked it up on u tube, I remember most of the words and bits of the story, love the humour and performance
This used to be the school of the former Blackpool Grammar School for Boys and was sung at the speech day(?) held in the Tower Building. Ken Topping, a History teacher used to take the part of the lead policeman.
I've seen every police Sargent perform this song and the spirit of Tony Azito lives on..but he was.the most talented and funny police Sargent.gone too.soon.
Stan Farrow (G&S pianist) Serenata Singers Toronto: The double chorus "When the Foeman Bares His Steel" from the movie version on UA-cam of "The Pirates of Penzance". The lyrics are printed on the screen to follow along. The men's chorus are the Keystone Kops-type policemen and the women's chorus are the wards of the Major General, encouraging the police to be brave while scaring them out of their wits by sending them to glory and death! Sullivan was at his best meshing the two melodies together in the second half, even if the movie presentation isn't perhaps the most accurately musical. It can provide some much-needed humour for us singers. (Stan)
Please, do someone have the Broadway version of this piece with MAUREEN McGOVERN as Mabel? She played on this, in beginning of 80`s and I`m searching, would like to see, but unfortunately I can`t find, thanks since now.
More like WHF's bobbies are intentionally modeled after historical British policemen. There's actually quite a few Gilbert and Sullivan references in-game. Not only do the bobbies whistle this very song at night, the town of Wellington Wells is named after a G&S character.
I've never been a police officer or in the military, and I know nothing about 19th century British law enforcement, but, am I the only one who has always found it strange in The Pirates of Penzance that the local police would be called in to solve a pirate problem? Would the UK Navy and army be used to fight pirates? (A few days ago I finished watching "Captain Phillips" on Netflix.)
God how I wish people would stop making such asinine comments. Nobody does things like Pirates when they are 9 years old. Perhaps your grade school had you sing a snatch from this song and you don't know the difference between that and the actual song.
youtuuba i did a junior version of this show in a community theater and we performed the whole show just with no sex jokes or foul language. i played the sergeant when i was 12 and some of the kids in the show were as young as 8 because it was a childrens community theatre production so there’s no need to be rude lol, it’s entirely possible
When the foeman bares his steel Tarantara, tarantara We uncomfortable feel Tarantara And we find the wisest thing Tarantara, tarantara Is to slap our chest and sing Tarantara For when threatened with emeutes Tarantara, tarantara And your heart is in your boots Tarantara There is nothing brings it round Like the trumpet's martial sound Like the trumpet's martial sound Tarantara, tarantara Tarantara, tarantara Tarantara, tarantara Tarantara, tarantara Tarantara, tarantara Tarantara, tarantara Tarantara, tarantara Ra ra, tarantara Go, ye heroes, go to glory Though ye die in combat gory Ye shall live in song and story Go to immortality Go to death, and go to slaughter Die, and every Cornish daughter With her tears your grave shall water Go, ye heroes, go and die Go, ye heroes, go and die Go, ye heroes, go and die Though to us it's evident Tarantara, tarantara These attentions are well meant Tarantara Such expressions don't appear Tarantara, tarantara Calculated men to cheer Tarantara Who are going to meet their fate In a highly nervous state Tarantara, tarantara, tarantara Still to us it's evident These attentions are well meant Tarantara, tarantara, tarantara Go and do your best endeavor And before all links we sever We will say farewell for ever Go to glory and the grave Go to glory and the grave For your foes are fierce and ruthless False, unmerciful, and truthless Young and tender, old and toothless All in vain their mercy crave We observe too great a stress On the risks that on us press And of reference a lack To our chance of coming back Still, perhaps it would be wise Not to carp or criticize For it's very evident These attentions are well meant Yes, perhaps it would be wise Not to carp or criticize For it's very evident These attentions are well meant Yes, it's very evident These intentions are well meant Evident Yes, well meant Evident Ah, yes, well meant! When the foeman bears his steel (go, ye heroes) Tarntara, tarantara (go to glory) We uncomfortable feel (though you die) Tarantara (in combat gory) And we find the wisest thing (ye shall live in) Tarantara, tarantara (song and story) Is to slap our chests and sing (go to immortality) Tarantara Go to death, and go to slaughter (for when threatened with emeutes, tarantara, tarantara) Die, and every Cornish daughter (and your heart is in your boots, tarantara) With her tears your grave shall water (there is nothing brings it round like the trumpet's martial sound) Go, ye heroes, go and die (like the trumpet's martial sound, tarantara, tarantara) Go ye heroes, go to immortality (tarantara, tarantara, tarantara, tarantara) Go ye heroes, go to immortality (tarantara, tarantara, tarantara, tarantara) Though you die in combat gory (tarantara, tarantara) Ye shall live in song and story (tarantara, tarantara) Go to immortality (tarantara, ra, ra, tarantara) Away, away Yes, yes, we go These pirates slay Tarantara They do not stay Tarantara Then why this delay Alright, we go Yes, forward on the foe Yes, forward on the foe They're still here We go, we go Yes, forward on the foe Yes, forward on the foe Mabel, they're still here! At last they go (we go, we go) At last they go, at last they go (we go, we go) At last they really, really go (we go, we go, we go, we go) Yes, but they don't go! We go, we go Yes, forward on the foe Yes, forward on the foe Oh dammit, they don't go! At last they go (we go, we go) At last they go, at last they go (we go, we go) At last they really, really (we go, we go, we go, we go) Really, really, really, really go (we go, we go, we go, we go)
A very modern and very, very HIGH CAMP version of G &S. Yeah the dancers are very limber and mug for the camera and there is entertainment value but it says to me they don't trust modern audiences to watch a traditional staging.
John Morrison What’s so special about “traditional staging”? Theatre is all about entertainment value and modern sensibilities are very different to those prevailing in the late 19th C. Theatrical art is always being re-interpreted for the age in which it is being performed. Right up until copyright expired in 1961, Bridget D’Oyly Carte kept a very tight control on how the Savoy Operas could be performed and, in my opinion, did G & S no favours by doing so. By 1961 the genre was thoroughly outdated and only had appeal to G & S aficionados. If you wish to make a Broadway production of a Savoy Opera in this age, you’re only going to be successful if you give it a lot more pizazz than the original. In 1983, camp was the prevailing mode on Broadway. Fear not, there will always be plenty of traditionally staged G & S for us to enjoy.
Look at all the women being oppressed by the patriarchy, dangerously admonishing those men to die while perilously pointing and speaking. How oppressed women were in those days.
Who said it’s “supposed”? G & S have been dead for well over a hundred years. Like all theatrical art it is interpreted for the sensibilities of the age. You wouldn’t understand a word of Shakespeare if the lines were still spoken as they were in 1600.
the sergeant in this over performs in an really unnecessary fashion, I understand that the character is meant to be over the top, but he looks like he's having a manic fit the entire time, as if the actor is abusing his time to shine horribly, I really really don't like his performance in this. But maybe I don't fully understand the character, feel free to explain to me if I've misunderstood, but at the moment I see his performance as arrogance and abuse of his spot in the limelight to persuade the audience that he is a good performer
Light opera such as this is *intended* to be comical and humorous, so it's really not a problem when the actors "chew the scenery" and go over the top as long as they stay true to the character. As another example, look at Kevin Kline portraying The Pirate King in this same film -- he does the same thing.
Theo Mynka Yes! Aside from the brilliance of the execution (that few could measure up to) the satire of the song is a dark reflection of how send young men to war amidst pageantry, pomp and circumstance... to protect women... who could really careless... they’ll just as happily mate with pirates.
As a little boy this was my favorite movie, and this was my favorite scene. The choreography is amazing. It's like very terribly drawn animation in which the artist has no clue how things like elbows and knees actually work in the real world, and yet the dancers/cops manage to move their bodies in such awkward ways with precision. The song is hilarious in it's own right. Thanks G&S.
Well described.
I've yet to see a version of Pirates where the Policemen didn't completely steal the show during this song.
Look online for a performance of this song ON THE STAGE as it was originally intended. The police dance exactly the same way, complete with cartwheels and awkward movements of their arms and legs (especially the police captain) and it's amazing, considering the small space they have to work in. And as for this movie version, the cast is absolutely perfect.
What version is this??? I remember I saw it once and like Pinafore was playing in a theater in the movie?? I always watched the 1982 Stratford Festival version so this was weird and different but I loved it
Vulpezerda Vulcan This is the 1983 movie version produced to commemorate 100 years since the play was written by G & S. This is the cast that performed the show on Broadway from a 1980 staging. This version did play in movie theatres.
The entire police force is made of Luigis. I dare anyoneto prove me wrong
You mean they sound and look like Waluigis.
@@BrettCrawfordTransgirl1984 "Taranta-WEEEEEEH"
@@nicholastosoni707 lol 😆😆😂😂
@@BrettCrawfordTransgirl1984 i saw this comment the other day and can't get it out of my head. 😂 i love this chorus of Waluigis!!
@@ambeckerful lol
Tony Azito is absolutely brilliant in this role! There has never been a better Sergeant!
+Megan Dunmeyer He did the best job with this. Too bad he died so young.
I did not know his name before this. But I really admired his comic routine. It totally makes the scene.
Absolutely. He is perfect in the role.
Aids took the life of Tony Azito..he has been gone for over 20 years..so young and talented.sad he passed away.
"Damn it, they don't go."
I've only seen this about 50 times :)
And do they ever go?
They cussed
He used the big, big D. :D
4:53 how this dance move hasn't become a meme yet is beyond me
Ahahahahahaha!!!!!!
LETS MAKE IT A MEME
I think Bbno$ could pull those moves, if you ask me.
I studied Military History for a long time, and I can assure you that this interaction is not unusual.
Imagine this musical in role reversal xxxx 🎉😂 🎉love this musical xxxxxx fave
Whenever I think of the British police, I imagine these men...lol
You'd be making a big mistake! Apart from this ridiculous travesty of the original G&S scene which is far funnier for being played straight, the modern British police force are just that - modern, though still unarmed and far less brutal than their American counterparts.
@@martienewton8990 Nah, the British police are mostly concerned with harassing pensioners and covering up foreign rape gangs.
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0:35 me and the bois strollin’ up to the club
This brings back such memories for me. This was my first stage show that I was in while in High School. Our casting director would cast everyone who auditioned in our shows, and we had TONS of girls audition since the MG has so many daughters. Unfortunately, we only had like 16-17 guys audition. SOooooo, our MG had like 12-13 daughters, and the girls who were not cast as daughters or main characters were ALL cast as the cops. I was one of those girls. Boy was our choreography good. I was actually one of the few girls who could do our penguin down the aisles during our entrance.
Tony Azito dances like a marionette Keystone Cop with no weight and yet a very odd balance. It's incredible to watch and realize he's got absolute control over every little nuance of the performance, including perfect synergy with the backup dancers who seem to be holding him up and directing his every move that seems to fall imperfect. Everyone in this scene is so on fire.
This is what I love about G&S. Gloriously camp, humourous but catchy and infectious songs that you can’t get out of your head and brilliant choreography
My school is doing this. We are performing on thursday. WE ARE NOT READY!!!
Lauren 2003 No one is ever ready for the genius that is Tony Azito
My school did it in 1982, and it literally changed my life. My love for piracy, G&S, comic opera all comes from that play.
This legit will be my first school play, and we perform this in 6 weeks...
*_We will be ready!_*
Edit: We perform this last week; and we did amazing.
3 years later, Yuma High has now taken Pirates of Penzance under thier wing. Feels bad that we get a script that has been shattered, about 2/3 of the script was gutted and we now have an unnecessary plothole where Mabel says the Major General is an orphan, yet the pirates are still aggravated by the Major General. RIP script
This is wonderfully vaudevilleian.
How funny is this watching the movie version some many years later. I sat in the very orchestra pit (flute and piccolo), during the 1983 Broadway version with the same cast and then with Maureen Mc Govern and Peter Noon from Hermans Hermits.
Peter Noon took over from Rex Smith as Frederick.
Kline Rex Smith and Linda Ronstad and George Rose and Tony Azito.
My favourite musical number from this musical opera! Currently I’m in the pit orchestra (drums, percussion) for my high school musical. It is a fun experience collaborating with other professional musicians in my community. The police in this movie have such precision on their weird movements, like Tony Azito. He was great! Rip to him.
Also I love singing “Tarantara” while this song is being played!
Yes 20 yrs since Tony Azito passed away from the AIDS related illness 🤒 😢.
@@martinpatrick9915 so that’s why. Very sad times.
How could the map be so confusing?? lol.
The joke is the Major-General is clearly very unsuited for his position.
I haven't seen joints like Tony Azito's since Ray Bolger in his prime.
When I was 10years old I was taken to see this comic opera at the palace in Manchester, 55years ago, I’ve just recently picked it up on u tube, I remember most of the words and bits of the story, love the humour and performance
The incomparable Tony Azito plays the Sergeant, and he is just rubbery perfection. ❤️
Had a great time performing this play at my school! This was my favourite song and I wasn't even performing in it
I remember performing this in year 9, ahh this was so much fun, it brings back so many memories
Me too in year 6 😂
The Sargeant of Police.
This used to be the school of the former Blackpool Grammar School for Boys and was sung at the speech day(?) held in the Tower Building. Ken Topping, a History teacher used to take the part of the lead policeman.
When I was a little boy watching this on HBO, this was always my favorite scene. And I thought they were saying "Tarantula, tarantula!"
hazel goodshepherd I continue making that joke in rehearsal
This was funnier than most modern comedy.
Azito... Unforgettable. Best part of the show.
Died from a Aids related illness very sad.
RIP Tony Azito
Tony Azito gone too soon due to a.illines related to Aids.we miss him.
I've seen every police Sargent perform this song and the spirit of Tony Azito lives on..but he was.the most talented and funny police Sargent.gone too.soon.
4:53 Me at the clubs
2:41 2:43 Brilliant
I’m a pirate in act 1 and a cop in act 2 in the show in my school and I’m so psyched!!
INSTAFAVE!!! Best song in the whole damn thing!!
You're welcome. Feel free to point out any other stuff you'd like to see. I tend to just upload random clips from movies I like =p
+Hanna Andersson sorry for the late reply but do you think you could upload "when a felon's not engaged in his employment"
Stan Farrow (G&S pianist) Serenata Singers Toronto: The double chorus "When the Foeman Bares His Steel" from the movie version on UA-cam of "The Pirates of Penzance". The lyrics are printed on the screen to follow along. The men's chorus are the Keystone Kops-type policemen and the women's chorus are the wards of the Major General, encouraging the police to be brave while scaring them out of their wits by sending them to glory and death! Sullivan was at his best meshing the two melodies together in the second half, even if the movie presentation isn't perhaps the most accurately musical. It can provide some much-needed humour for us singers. (Stan)
Haven't seen this in over a decade. God it's brilliant :)
Please, do someone have the Broadway version of this piece with MAUREEN McGOVERN as Mabel? She played on this, in beginning of 80`s and I`m searching, would like to see, but unfortunately I can`t find, thanks since now.
Lol when the sergeant was dancing with the major general. He’s good at gymnastics too.
I watched this growing up and I legit wanted to live in this set lol
Moral of the story: Don't call the police to do the army/navy's job.
bobby's be looking like the bobbys' from we happy few
More like WHF's bobbies are intentionally modeled after historical British policemen. There's actually quite a few Gilbert and Sullivan references in-game. Not only do the bobbies whistle this very song at night, the town of Wellington Wells is named after a G&S character.
4:37 Their nodding gets me every time XD
This is art
Tony Azito = Cher's undertaker client in Moonstruck: "I make 'em look better than they did in real life!"
0:50 ignore this timestamp
Linda Ronstadt may have gotten me here, but everyone else kept me here!
Brings a happy days, When i sang in this. In the Bart,s Hospital Gilbert and Sullivan society
It's more of walaluigi than luigi
"When the Foreman bares his Steel", from Pirates of Penzance. Reminds of the Keystone Cops.
they are keystone cops
Now I know where the goofy dance for the cops in The Pirate Movie came from. 🙂
Yup from the Pirates of Penzance.
Shades of Busby Berkley! And Tony Azito is phenomenal!
Rip Tony Azito.
Best song of this entire musical
Wow! Freddy Mercury sure had endurance in his Glory Days!
Our professor arranged the lyrics to a description of non-parametric statistics...
You know the daughters have the strangest accents for women brought up there entire lives in Cornwall
Well they are Wards in Chancery and anyway their father only got the house recently.
I like how the officers style resembled a marionette.
"They're still here!" HAHAHA LOL!!
The Central park cast in the film verison of the production.
i think this is why i find old-timey english bobbies unintentionally hilarious, for some reason my brain subconsciously associates them with this.
I've never been a police officer or in the military, and I know nothing about 19th century British law enforcement,
but, am I the only one who has always found it strange in The Pirates of Penzance
that the local police would be called in to solve a pirate problem?
Would the UK Navy and army be used to fight pirates? (A few days ago I finished watching "Captain Phillips" on Netflix.)
The lead policeman radiates big Waluigi energy.
Name a more iconic duo than Gilbert and Sullivan.
I'll wait...
No one:
Police officers: *tarantara*
Where can I get a copy of this video? Thank you so much for uploading.
I bought a copy on amazon
@@sabrinawarren7983 So did I, but it's only the video of a stage performance, and not 'movie' form.
Tony Azito was the perfect Luigi before Luigi even existed.
Tony Azito lives to put to shame the lesser Gospellers.
I remember perfoming this when I was 9 years old, seems a bit grim now.
God how I wish people would stop making such asinine comments. Nobody does things like Pirates when they are 9 years old. Perhaps your grade school had you sing a snatch from this song and you don't know the difference between that and the actual song.
youtuuba i did a junior version of this show in a community theater and we performed the whole show just with no sex jokes or foul language. i played the sergeant when i was 12 and some of the kids in the show were as young as 8 because it was a childrens community theatre production so there’s no need to be rude lol, it’s entirely possible
youtuuba not to mention my parents let me watch the actual show hundreds of times as a case study lmao
Intentions are well meant
1:00
Actual footage of the Uvalde police
When the foeman bares his steel
Tarantara, tarantara
We uncomfortable feel
Tarantara
And we find the wisest thing
Tarantara, tarantara
Is to slap our chest and sing
Tarantara
For when threatened with emeutes
Tarantara, tarantara
And your heart is in your boots
Tarantara
There is nothing brings it round
Like the trumpet's martial sound
Like the trumpet's martial sound
Tarantara, tarantara
Tarantara, tarantara
Tarantara, tarantara
Tarantara, tarantara
Tarantara, tarantara
Tarantara, tarantara
Tarantara, tarantara
Ra ra, tarantara
Go, ye heroes, go to glory
Though ye die in combat gory
Ye shall live in song and story
Go to immortality
Go to death, and go to slaughter
Die, and every Cornish daughter
With her tears your grave shall water
Go, ye heroes, go and die
Go, ye heroes, go and die
Go, ye heroes, go and die
Though to us it's evident
Tarantara, tarantara
These attentions are well meant
Tarantara
Such expressions don't appear
Tarantara, tarantara
Calculated men to cheer
Tarantara
Who are going to meet their fate
In a highly nervous state
Tarantara, tarantara, tarantara
Still to us it's evident
These attentions are well meant
Tarantara, tarantara, tarantara
Go and do your best endeavor
And before all links we sever
We will say farewell for ever
Go to glory and the grave
Go to glory and the grave
For your foes are fierce and ruthless
False, unmerciful, and truthless
Young and tender, old and toothless
All in vain their mercy crave
We observe too great a stress
On the risks that on us press
And of reference a lack
To our chance of coming back
Still, perhaps it would be wise
Not to carp or criticize
For it's very evident
These attentions are well meant
Yes, perhaps it would be wise
Not to carp or criticize
For it's very evident
These attentions are well meant
Yes, it's very evident
These intentions are well meant
Evident
Yes, well meant
Evident
Ah, yes, well meant!
When the foeman bears his steel (go, ye heroes)
Tarntara, tarantara (go to glory)
We uncomfortable feel (though you die)
Tarantara (in combat gory)
And we find the wisest thing (ye shall live in)
Tarantara, tarantara (song and story)
Is to slap our chests and sing (go to immortality)
Tarantara
Go to death, and go to slaughter (for when threatened with emeutes, tarantara, tarantara)
Die, and every Cornish daughter (and your heart is in your boots, tarantara)
With her tears your grave shall water (there is nothing brings it round like the trumpet's martial sound)
Go, ye heroes, go and die (like the trumpet's martial sound, tarantara, tarantara)
Go ye heroes, go to immortality (tarantara, tarantara, tarantara, tarantara)
Go ye heroes, go to immortality (tarantara, tarantara, tarantara, tarantara)
Though you die in combat gory (tarantara, tarantara)
Ye shall live in song and story (tarantara, tarantara)
Go to immortality (tarantara, ra, ra, tarantara)
Away, away
Yes, yes, we go
These pirates slay
Tarantara
They do not stay
Tarantara
Then why this delay
Alright, we go
Yes, forward on the foe
Yes, forward on the foe
They're still here
We go, we go
Yes, forward on the foe
Yes, forward on the foe
Mabel, they're still here!
At last they go (we go, we go)
At last they go, at last they go (we go, we go)
At last they really, really go (we go, we go, we go, we go)
Yes, but they don't go!
We go, we go
Yes, forward on the foe
Yes, forward on the foe
Oh dammit, they don't go!
At last they go (we go, we go)
At last they go, at last they go (we go, we go)
At last they really, really (we go, we go, we go, we go)
Really, really, really, really go (we go, we go, we go, we go)
2:40 looks pornographic 🤣
Did you change something when the major general said the word "lion" near the start?
I did not, the weird editing you'd have to credit the sound editing team for the movie for!
Isaac asimov.
4:53
Those Texas cops...
Tarantula?
They cussed in the movie?
I'm shocked that they'd use a big, big D.
Must not be as well bred as some captains
A very thin Sacha Baron Cohen? Anyway, Penzance..... prehaps more UK Police Constabulary sheenanigans
tarantara tarantara
Bet this song was banned in 1914
I don't like this and yet I do, I don't understand either 🤔
You mean the genre, the story or the singing? But it's just so catchy?
@@RezaChity-G Tarantara
😂
A very modern and very, very HIGH CAMP version of G &S. Yeah the dancers are very limber and mug for the camera and there is entertainment value but it says to me they don't trust modern audiences to watch a traditional staging.
"modern audiences"
my dude this movie came out in 1983
John Morrison
What’s so special about “traditional staging”? Theatre is all about entertainment value and modern sensibilities are very different to those prevailing in the late 19th C. Theatrical art is always being re-interpreted for the age in which it is being performed.
Right up until copyright expired in 1961, Bridget D’Oyly Carte kept a very tight control on how the Savoy Operas could be performed and, in my opinion, did G & S no favours by doing so. By 1961 the genre was thoroughly outdated and only had appeal to G & S aficionados.
If you wish to make a Broadway production of a Savoy Opera in this age, you’re only going to be successful if you give it a lot more pizazz than the original. In 1983, camp was the prevailing mode on Broadway.
Fear not, there will always be plenty of traditionally staged G & S for us to enjoy.
You really have no clue what a light opera is.
My school is doing this for production and we absolutely hate it
Look at all the women being oppressed by the patriarchy, dangerously admonishing those men to die while perilously pointing and speaking. How oppressed women were in those days.
The singer in the Pirate Movie was better at this song.
anyone else cringing at Mabel belting it when it's is supposed to be sang operatically 😭
Amy Anderson ... No. Because it’s funny.
No. Mabel is adding emphasis on a very dire situation. "Go to DEATH and go to SLAUGHTER! DIE and every Cornish daughter..."
I like the belt.
Who said it’s “supposed”? G & S have been dead for well over a hundred years. Like all theatrical art it is interpreted for the sensibilities of the age. You wouldn’t understand a word of Shakespeare if the lines were still spoken as they were in 1600.
I think its hilarious how cheerfully the maids are singing during this song.
the sergeant in this over performs in an really unnecessary fashion, I understand that the character is meant to be over the top, but he looks like he's having a manic fit the entire time, as if the actor is abusing his time to shine horribly, I really really don't like his performance in this. But maybe I don't fully understand the character, feel free to explain to me if I've misunderstood, but at the moment I see his performance as arrogance and abuse of his spot in the limelight to persuade the audience that he is a good performer
Have you even watched the movie? The entire this is stupidly over the top and absurd. Sergeant's performance is deliberate, I assure you.
Light opera such as this is *intended* to be comical and humorous, so it's really not a problem when the actors "chew the scenery" and go over the top as long as they stay true to the character. As another example, look at Kevin Kline portraying The Pirate King in this same film -- he does the same thing.
Do people really enjoy this tomfoolery?
Yes. Very much. Why do you ask?
Theo Mynka yes, they do.
Yes!!!
Theo Mynka Yes! Aside from the brilliance of the execution (that few could measure up to) the satire of the song is a dark reflection of how send young men to war amidst pageantry, pomp and circumstance... to protect women... who could really careless... they’ll just as happily mate with pirates.
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