Ok but why are musicals so fucking weird

eggzacklee:

screamoftheshalka:

Little Shop of Horrors: An alien plant arrives on 1960s Earth, convinces a man of feeding her a dentist, eats him and goes on a rampage for world domination.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: A pansexual alien transvestite builds a living sex toy, kills an undead delivery boy and is murdered by one of his servants after promoting a cabaret Floor Show on the basement of his spaceship-castle.

Sweeney Todd: A barber and a piemaker are partners in crime. He’s a serial killer and she bakes meat pies filled with the flesh from his victims.
Les Miserables: A man can’t find a decent job for being an ex-convict, breaks his parole and is stalked for the rest of his life by a police inspector.
Wicked: Wizard of Oz fanfic that turns out to be better than the original material.

Don’t forget:

West Side Story: Romeo and Juliet but with greasers

The Lion King: Hamlet but with lions

Chicago: Woman avoids murder charge and becomes a famous jazz singer by pretending to be pregnant and smiling a lot

The Frogs: God of booze tries to resurrect a playwright in order to save the world from…frogs????

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: The Bible feat. Elvis

The Book of Mormon: The Bible feat. Homosexuality

Rent: The Gays’ rent is too damn high

Mama Mia: Dancing queen, young and sweet, only 17, sings Abba

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