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Why the Music in Les Misérables (2012) is Worse than you Thought (Patreon)

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2020-07-01 00:18:53

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Man oh man did that take a long time
I've spent the last 48 hours just trimming and resizing clips and watching render bars fill up just trying to get it through the copyright bot.

I feel like I say this every month, but I really do appreciate all of you guys being there to have my back just in case I never get to hold onto the copyright for this video.

Reading the comments, I'm very happy that people aren't just seeing this video and a "slash and burn" takedown of Les Mis.
I didn't want to have a video just trashing poor Russel Crowe for 30 minutes, and it seems like everyone got that he was really a victim of this overly ambitious film.

Like I said, I'm very conflicted about this film, it proves that it's possible to create a successful film in these demanding circumstances, and to that end it seems that Hooper managed to accomplish what he set out to achieve.
But at the same time, the conditions on set were needlessly expensive, time-consuming, and fundamentally dangerous.

For what it's worth, I'm content knowing that maybe at some point someone'll see this video and realize how important it is to take care of your voice.

But in the meantime, as always,

Thank you all for your continued support

I literally could not do this without you

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Why the Music in Les Misérables (2012) is Worse than you Thought

Do you hear the people sing? Me neither Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sideways440 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/sideways440 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Sideways440 Sources and Links: Mackintosh's comment on the rights to Les Mis https://www.contactmusic.com/les-miserables/news/les-miserables-hits-hollywood Fantastic document listing the leitmotifs in Les Mis https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/11525740/use-of-leitmotif-in-les-miserables-notes-analysis-essays-for- Great post about Les Mis being symmetrical https://mdn.chanvrerie.net/has-anyone-else-noticed-how-symmetrical-les-mis-is__o_t__t_70295.html Russel Crowe on Shazam! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmUwJ74hMBU New York Vocal Coaching, an absolutely AMAZING YouTube channel that you should sub to if you're at all interested in Vocal Tech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rfwlXnRbzY Russel Crowe discussing his audition process https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV2F5tZvHFw The French version of "Do You Hear The People Sing?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G95vcrzAGk The cast warming up before the 85th Oscars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfZgOV4UHBU Erik Olsson's post about Bernadette Peters and Sunday in the Park with George https://twitter.com/erikragnar731/status/1272925565813698563 Hugh Jackman discussing his weight loss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u7tyA6jtWY Anne Hathaway's interview about her singing experience on set https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut8dzAUnDp4 Kevin Lynch's FANTASTIC video about "Bring Him Home" - I cannot recommend his channel enough, he's AMAZING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPQrE5UfoUQ Crowe and Jackman singing live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n51PtM7sEVU Jackman singing live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFqppLPt_u8 For posterity, just in case you don't believe me when I say that musicals are all about speaking - singing - dancing https://www.pbs.org/thinktank/transcript1261.html if I forgot anything please do not hesitate to let me know I want to be sure that everyone gets properly credited!