^ Short, sweet and too the point!
Ok. Here's a (not so quick) 1 2 on the final FINAL performance.
3rd row!!! HELLZ YEAH! Left side of stage BOO!... Thought it was gonna be shit but it soooooooooooo wasn't. Rocked up in my Risa t-shirt coupled with Risa and Ai wristbands. From where we were sat you could see where everyone one was looking, even if they were stood over the otherside of the stage. It was that close.
Koharu comes out in her first scene on stage *enter stage left* turns around to face the audience and say her line, looks right at me and gordie, stares at us for like 3 seconds kinda like 'OMG WTF Gaijin!!!' so funny...I lol'd. I don't think we got any further looks from her. She obvioulsy doesn't like foreigners
Sayumi noticed us too in the same scene (it's 'The Prince is having a ball' scene me thinks) and I got a lot of looks from her for the rest of the Musical. I felt kind bad that I had none of her stuff...She has moved up in my rankings lately, not because of this. But that totally bumped her up even more. She did look at me a lot. Everytime she was over our side of the stage, and during the mini concert. You will never replace Gaki-san Sayumi...but you're fighting with Ai at the minute!!!
Everyone was having so much fun in the last performance. So much Ad Lib'ing as well. Lin Lin done an OskaraReina(sp) and Jun Jun did a Kame Hame Ha (when they went to Cinderella's house for the sisters to try on the glass slipper). When Cinderella's step mother was trying on the slipper, she was flirting like mad with Koharu LOL In the earlier performance she was sucking her finger suggestively, then touched Koharu on the cheek with it
So Koharu rubbed her cheek and wipped it on Reina's arm I think. Reina was not happy!!! But in the final performance, she grabbed Koharu's face and pretended to kiss her. Koharu was all
Reina and Eri were pissing about so much in their scenes. Doing Dragon Ball moves at each other, compete with OTT reactions whilst sat at the table. Also when they had to argue at one point they had a mean stare out competition. The step mother was quite funny throughout the whole thing. At one point when the step mother and the stepsisters were ordering Cinderella about before they went to the ball, the step mother was being crazy. Ai had to put what they wanted in their hands. So she asked for her glasses (the ones they hold up to their eyes) and put her hand up as far as she could reach so Ai had to jump to get it in her hand
Then she asked for her bouquet and she span around and around when Ai was trying to give it too her. I think she wanted Ai to run around with her, but Ai was deathly serious throughout the whole Musical, and just stood there and timed her thrust right. She managed to get it in her hand which was pretty good.
Like I said though. Ai was so serious throughout the whole thing. She didn't play any jokes on anyone and if they played them on her she didn't really laugh. Just tried to be so professional. Risa as well, Risa reacted to a few of the things thrown at her. But kinda brushed it off and carried on being princely. I remember the King hugging her at one point and the whole audience laughed and she was all WTF? smiled slightly then carried on as normal. Very serious.
During the second act Gaki was over our side of the stage at one point (she spent a lot of time at either side), emoting crazily about the person who the slipper belonged to and we had eye contact a few times. My heart was working overtime and I wanted to look away but forced myself not too. It was a serious stare as well because she was having some intese convo with the Queen
That was when I started to fly to Gaki heaven. Something that happened later delivered the final blow...
Mini concert!!!
During one of the songs (I think The Peace) Risa came over our side and waved at us with a huge Gaki grin on her face, so we waved back. That was a huge ass highlight. Like WOAH!!! We were the only one's in the first maybe 8 rows our side wearing Gaki t-shirts so I know it was directed at us.
umm...Right at the end, when they were all saying their bits, like and MC. Jun Jun was the furthest MM member over our side, stood right in front of us, so I waved at her and she waved back
Gaki was the first to start crying at the end, followed by Ai. That was even before they started the MC. It was when they came out a few people at the time to get cheers from the crowd. Then surprisingly Jun Jun was crying quite a bit
I wanted to hug her... They raised the curtain about 6 times because no one would leave the theatre
Everytime Risa and Ai had to say something like 'Thanks for coming', and the last time I think they said something like 'for the final time, thank you for coming'. I decided to hear it as - 'Thanks for coming, now GTFO!'.
Most people stood in the theatre a good 15 minutes more after they closed the curtain for the final time, and they were all doing wota shouts. I tried to join in with a few which was cool. I don't know if MM could see through the cutain though, but because we were so close to the front we could see their feet under it, and they stayed there until the Ushers started to force us out. If they could see us then I'm really happy, because the people in the first two rows had left and I was there attempting to do wota shouts. I would be happy if that gave them a laugh. Especially my Oyasayumin shouts 'OYASAYUMIN *clapclap clapclap clap* (I think that's how the claps went).
Mistakes...umm...The Herald and Pages first scene (where Koharu looked at us), Jun Jun came out too early, trumpet in hand. Ai was still on the stage the other side and Jun Jun's looking off at Lin Lin and Koharu (who still aren't on stage) and had a look like 'fuck' on her face. I thought she was going to cry LOL. I don't think there was anything else. Because all the rest was ad lib's.
Oh Oh. I will say one other thing. To all the TakaGaki and GakiKame fans. I think Risa
'is da man'! During all her scenes with Ai she was holding her so tight when dancing, and when they hugged (after Ai tried on the slipper), she was hugging her really tightly. She actually stopped the hug briefly so she could pull her in a bit tighter. I was like :nosebleed: Also with Ai, I said this on H!O, everytime Risa had to take Ai's hand, she would run her fingers down her arm first, before holding her hand. Every freaking time!!! I thought I was gonna die of bloodloss.
Where does GakiKame come in to this. Well...at the end when they did there little speeches (the MM only MC). Eri was stood my side of Risa and the whole time she was talking, Risa didn't take her eyes off of her. When al the other members were talking she would look away occasionally, or just didn't look at them at all. But her eyes were glued to Eri. Even when Eri bowed they followed her. That's love right?...I think it is...
Oh crap. This review was not planned so I may write something a lot better and blog about it. But I'm on a musical high. I've spent so much money on H!P / Risa goods these last 2 days it's crazy. I'm surprised the girls on the goods stand didn't ask for a H!P points card (yes there is such a thing) because I think I've been to the stall over 10 times. It has to be way more then that, more closer to 20 I think. No lie.
Well...I'm gonna end this review here. I need to shower because wota-ing at 2 performances in a row is sweaty work. And I want to go and eat and get drunk!!!
I will leave you with this though...
RISA'S AB'S ARE FOOKING HAWT!!! 3rd ROW FTMFW!!!I think she's getting Eri and Ai sex. Maybe on a rotation. Ai mon, Eri tues, Ai weds etc etc (was that going too far? do I care? not at all!)
Topic: [2008/08] "Cinderella the Musical" Morning Musume and Takarazuka Revue (Read 136268 times)