She had style, she had flair, she was there!

Not only is it perhaps the best proshot ever made, constructed with the visual language of a concert film in a way that perfectly suits the material, it was filmed while Patrick Page was recovering from an injury that necessitated putting him in a walking boot.

What they've done with it is so perfect for the character that, if you hadn't been told that it was a medical device, it would look like the costume had always had this sick-ass mech boot. I'm not familiar with the exact kind of boot, because it's not shaped like the ones that I've had to use before (having seriously injured the same leg three separate times). Whatever it is forces his heel not to contact the floor, and they've compensated somewhat with a very high heeled dress boot on the other leg.

As you can imagine, because knees exist, it forces him forward, making him move in almost a goat-like way, and it is sheer perfection. The boot is done up with a bunch of sparkly tubes and bullshit that absolutely nail the aesthetic, and it gives him a weird spindly kind of movement that is so incredibly on point for the character. It only underlines his alienation from everyone else, and were it not for the documented history of actors injuring themselves by portraying a disability, looking at you Dear Evan Hansen and basically every production of Richard III, I would say that we should put every Hades in a sick-ass mech boot

This is not the first time that Hadestown West End had injured or disabled cast members, and the way they handled it here it was masterful and really underlines that you can make accommodations and enhance the work

wait for me ~