lemonboy38

body language masterlist

a translator that doesn’t eat ass like google translate does

a reverse dictionary for when ur brain freezes

550 words to say instead of fuckin said

638 character traits for when ur brain freezes again

like genuinely, I’ve listened and studied and rewatched it many times and recently found more interesting details on my latest run.

I’m not sure if I was just completely oblivious to this, but I’ve just recently made the realisation that when Frank says the only mistake he made was saying “yes when he meant no”, is a callback to Charley in The Blob Part II telling Frank to just “say no” to singing GTG again. I was always a little confused by Franks “yes when he meant no” line, so I guess this was an example of him people pleasing. Anyways I’m not sure if that was supposed to be noticed my first watch through but I thought it was neat.

oh also I love the reoccurring “me Columbia, him Juilliard” line from Charley. Originally said on the rooftop scene to Mary, with so much warmth then it’s said again in the interview and there’s just so much exhaustion in his voice.

my third note is a little more far fetched, possibly delusional but who cares. I recently remembered that Daniel Radcliffe doesn’t actually wear glasses, so Charley wearing glasses is a costume/directorial choice? Also checked in the original production, Lonny Price’s Charley also seems to have glasses (however I’m not sure if he actually wore them in real life. I fear I’m not the person for og merrily info, ik of some people who definitely are). Anyways, my connection of this was that The Blob, Tyler I think, and later Frank wear the shaded sunglasses that hide the window to their souls. Also, Frank first puts on the sunglasses when he’s boarding the yacht, after he was just told to ignore and escape his problems/work. It’s an interesting juxtaposition, because Charley maintaining those clear glasses while Franks are shaded could sorta imply a couple things. Some being, Charley’s view on their dreams stays clear and unchanged through the years while Frank’s view gets clouded as he takes on his “rich and happy” persona. Also could be a reference to their emotions, with Charley being open and Frank becoming closed off as he gets older. Or there’s genuinely no meaning behind them besides that Charley looks cool in glasses and Frank likes his badboy sunglasses (most likely option, honestly). Either way, I enjoy over analysing things. My brain already does it anyways, so why not make it fun and about my favourite musical!

Lonny price HAS worn glasses outside of merrily like in Muppets Take Manhattan/ real normal non acting photos of him

The right one is him during merrily rehearsals

Plus he wears them now

But he’s kinda 67 right now, so I don’t think his eyes are in the best shape they’ve ever been in

But he also has had no glasses as seen on the left in his headshot and a good amount of other times

THERES ALSO images of him as Charley with NO glasses… but they’re very very rare

I think just like this one (Old Friends/Like It Was) and some during Franklin Shepard Inc

thank you for the info, I was wondering if my post would summon you as the resident obc merrily/lonny price expert. honestly most of my knowledge of it comes from your posts, but someday I’ve gotta start looking more into the obc stuff bc rn most of my info is from the broadway revival. Although, I’ve just recently acquired the 1994 production’s CD so I’m excited to give that a listen.