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I wrote a 8 page paper about The World Will Know for my Music Homework (we're doing protest song, and me being a theatre kid wrote their paper on it)
I mean I wrote to much, I think it was meant to be 2-3 pages but I wrote it vv detailed (or that's what my dad said when he proof read it for me), with like a history of Newsies, a brief synopsis and every newsie in TWWK, as well as annotations on most of the lyrics. Is it something I should post of not??
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The World Will Know [Analysis]
[Please bare in mind that this was a homework piece and so I had to explain more aspects and in more detail. Also thank you too Genius for one or two annotations]
[I also missed out the History and Synopsis I wrote but I might upload it later on]
THE WORLD WILL KNOW (Analysis)
[JACK]
Pulitzer and Hearst, they think we're nothin'.
Are we nothin'?
IN AIM TO GET THE NEWSIE'S ATTENTION, CONVINCE THEM TO STRIKE WITH HIM.
[NEWSIES - ENSEMBLE]
No!
THE NEWSIES AGREE
[JACK]
Pulitzer and Hearst, they think they got us.
Do they got us?
[NEWSIES - ENSEMBLE]
No!
[JACK]
Even though we ain't got hats or badges,
we're a union just by sayin' so...
And the world will know!
THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY DON'T NEED A UNIFORM TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT, OR FORM A UNION. (IT WAS COMMON FOR UNIONS TO HAVE SOME SORT OF UNIFORM – AS A SYMBOL TO DISPLAY THEIR STATUS OR RANK AND DEMONSTRATE THEIR POWER OR STRENGTH)
What's it gonna take to stop the wagons?
Are we ready?
REFERRING TO THE WAGONS THAT TRANSPORTED THE NEWSPAPERS TO OTHER OTHER AREAS OF NEW YORK, THIS MAY BE VIEWED AS SELFISH AS THE NEWSIES ARE STOPPING THE OTHER NEWSIES (IN BROOKLYN, QUEENS, ECT...) FROM GETTING THEIR MONEY TO SURVIVE, AND WITHOUT WARNING.
[NEWSIES - ENSEMBLE]
Yeah!
[JACK]
What's it gonna take to stop the scabbers?
Can we do it?
A SCAB IS SOMEONE WHO WORKS DESPITE A STRIKE, AND ARE USUALLY HIRED AFTER A STRIKE BEGINS. (LATER) DURING SEIZE THE DAY, DAVEY CONVINCED THE NEWSIES NOT TO ATTACK THE SCABS. HISTORICALLY, THE NEWSIES OFTEN DID BEAT UP SCABS, UNTIL STRIKE LEADER, KID BLINK, TOLD THEM TO STOP THE BRUTALITY.
[NEWSIES - ENSEMBLE]
Yeah!
[JACK]
We'll do what we gotta do until we break the will of mighty Bill and Joe...
REFERRING TO WILLIAM (BILL) HEARST, A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER (NEW YORK JOURNAL), AND JOSEPH PULITZER, WHO WERE AT FIERCE COMPETITION AT THE TIME.
[NEWSIES - ENSEMBLE]
And the world will know!
And the Journal, too!
AT THIS POINT THE MUSIC AND TEMPO PICKS UP,
AGAIN, A DOUBLE MEANING. AT FIRST IT COULD MEAN THAT THE NEWSIES WANT THE PEOPLE READING/PRODUCING THE NEWSPAPERS TO KNOW, THAT THEY CAN'T IGNORE AND WALK OVER THE NEWSIES. THEN REALISING THAT THEY WANT THE WHOLE WORLD (EARTH) TO KNOW THEIR STRUGGLES.
THE JOURNAL WAS WILLIAM HEARST'S NEWSPAPER, THEY WANT TO MAKE THE FRONT PAGE OF MULTIPLE NEWSPAPERS.
[JACK, DAVEY]
Mr. Hearst and Pulitzer, have we got news for you!
COULD BE ANOTHER PLAY ON WORDS, THEM BEING NEWS BOYS, DELIVERING NEWS IS THEIR JOB, THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DELIVER THE NEWS OF THE STRIKE TO PULITZER.
[NEWSIES - ALL]
See, the world don't know,
but they're gonna pay.
THE WORLD (COULD BE SEEN AS THE EARTH OR THE NEWSPAPER) WILL PAY FOR THEIR ACTIONS.
[JACK, DAVEY]
'Stead of hawkin' headlines we'll be makin' 'em today.
MEANING, INSTEAD OF DELIVERING THE HEADLINES/NEWS, THEY WILL MAKE THE HEADLINE OR FRONT PAGE. THE FRONT PAGE/HEADLINE USUALLY BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT STORY, OR THE STORY TO GRAB THE READER'S ATTENTION.
[NEWSIES - ALL]
And our ranks will grow
THE AMOUNT OF STRIKERS THEY CURRENTLY HAVE WILL GROW, PROBABLY NEWSIES FROM OTHER AREAS OF NEW YORK (BROOKLYN, QUEENS, WOODSIDE, FLUSHING, THE BRONX, ECT...)
[CRUTCHIE]
And we'll kick their rear!
THEY'LL FIGHT BACK.
[NEWSIES - ENSEMBLE]
And the world will know that we've been here!
[JACK]
When the circulation bell starts ringin',
will we hear it?
[NEWSIES - ENSEMBLE]
No!
THEY'RE GOING TO IGNORE THE BELL TO BEGIN THEIR STRIKE, AT THIS POINT IT IS LIKELY ALL NEWSIES ARE ON BOARD WITH A STRIKE.
[JACK]
What if the Delanceys come out swingin',
will we hear it?!
THE DELANCEY BROTHERS OFTEN BEAT UP THE NEWSIES TO SHOW STRENGTH AND AS A POSSIBLE PASS TIME; WHILE THEY DID FIGHT BACK, JACK IS TELLING THE NEWSIES THAT THEY WON'T RETALIATE, AND INSTEAD IGNORE, AS IF THEY WEREN'T WORTH THE FUSS.
[NEWSIES - ENSEMBLE]
No!
[NEWSIES - ALL]
When you got a hundred voices singin',
who can hear a lousy whistle blow?
THEY WILL BE 'SINGING' OR CHANTING FOR THEIR RIGHTS TOO LOUDLY TO HEAR THE A POLICE WHISTLE (POLICEMEN USED WHISTLED TO GRAB THE ATTENTION OF PEOPLE AS SIRENS WERE PROBABLY NOT INVENTED OR ACCESSIBLE).
And the world will know!
That this ain't no game.
That we got a ton of rotten fruit and perfect aim.
So they gave their word?
Well it ain't worth beans!
Now they gonna see what "Stop the presses" really means.
THE WORLD'S OPINION IS INVALID IN THE NEWSIES' POINT OF VIEW.
“STOP THE PRESSES” IS ALSO AN IDIOM MEANING EXCLAMATION, IF SOMETHING STOPS THE PRESSES, IT MEANS THAT IT IS EITHER IMPORTANT OR SHOCKING; IN THIS CONTEXT THE NEWSIES LITERALLY WANT TO STOP THE NEWSPAPER PRESSES FROM WORKING.
And the old will weep,
and go back to sleep.
Now we got no choice but to see it through...
COULD BE SEEN AS FORESHADOWING ('SLEEP'), DURING ONCE AND FOR ALL THE NEWSIES USE AN OLD PRINTING PRESS, BELONGING TO PULITZER, TO PRINT A NEWSPAPER (TITLED 'THE NEWSIES' BANNER' – 'BANNER' BEING SLANG FOR NEWSPAPER) TO BRING DOWN PULITZER AND THE WORLD. JACK IS TOLD TO SLEEP ON THE PRINTING PRESS THE NIGHT BEFORE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO BETRAY THE NEWSIES. 'SLEEP' IS MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THE STRIKE, UNTIL THE FINAL PLAN OCCURS.
[RACE]
And we found our voice.
THEY FINALLY FOUND THEIR COURAGE TO SPEAK UP.
[SPECS]
And I lost my shoe!
THE STRIKE WAS VIOLENTLY, SO LOSING ITEMS/BELONGINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN COMMON. HOWEVER, THIS IS PRIOR TO THE MAIN STRIKE, IF SPECS LOST HIS SHOE, IT IS LIKELY HE FOUGHT A LOT, MOST PROBABLY THE DELANCEYS. FUTHER DEMONSTRATING THE VIOLENCE OF DAY-TO-DAY LIFE AS A NEWSIE.
[NEWSIES - ALL]
And the world will--
Yeah!
[JACK]
Pulitzer may own the world, but he don't own us.
JACK NEVER SAYS “DON'T OWN ME”, ONLY “DON'T OWN US” SHOWING AND EMPHASISING HOW UNITED AND CLOSE THE NEWSIES ARE.
[NEWSIES - ENSEMBLE]
Pulitzer may own the world, but he don't own us!
[JACK]
Pulitzer may crack the whip, but he won't whip us.~
ANOTHER DOUBLE MEANING, PULITZER OWNED THE WORLD NEWSPAPER BUT ALSO HAD A STRONG INFLUENCE ON THE WEALTHY MEAN OF NEW YORK, WHICH, AT THE TIME (1899) WAS A WORLD CAPITAL.
[NEWSIES - ENSEMBLE]
Pulitzer may crack the whip, but he won't whip us!
PULITZER CAN THREATEN THE NEWSIES ALL HE WANTS BUT THEY WON’T TOLERATE IT.
[NEWSIES - ALL]
And the world will know
We been keepin' score.
Either they gives us our rights or we gives them a war.
We've been down too long,
and we paid our dues.
THEY'VE BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF THE AMOUNT OF TIMES THEY'VE BEEN DISRESPECTED.
THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO FIGHT, HOWEVER IF IT MEANS THAT THEY'LL GET THEIR RIGHTS THEN THEY'LL FIGHT. IN OTHER WORDS, EITHER PULITZER AND HEARST HEAR THEM NOW AND TAKE ACTION OR THEY'LL USE MORE PHYSICAL AND VIOLENT ACTIONS.
THEY'VE PAID FOR THEIR ACTIONS AND EXPECT SOMETHING BACK.
[CRUTCHIE]
And the things we do today will be tomorrow's news.
CONTINUING TO TALK ABOUT THEM BEING IN THE NEWSPAPER, THAT THEY'RE ACTIONS WILL BE THE TALK OF THE CITY GOOD OR BAD.
[NEWSIES - ALL]
And the die is cast,
and the torch is passed,
and the roar will rise,
-from the streets below,
-and our ranks will grow
-and grow
-and grow
-and grow and so the world will feel the fire and finally know!
[JACK]
Pulitzer may own the world, but he don't own us!
[NEWSIES - ENSEMBLE]
Pulitzer may own the world, but he don't own us!
[JACK]
Pulitzer may crack the whip, but he won't whip us!
[NEWSIES - ENSEMBLE]
Pulitzer may crack the whip, but he won't whip us!
[NEWSIES - ALL]
So the world says no?
Well the kids do too.
Try to walk all over us, we'll stomp all over you.
THEY'RE DISAGREEING WITH THE WORLD'S CHOICE TO NOT LOWER THE PRICE.
TO WALK OVER SOMEONE MEANS TO EASILY DEFEAT THEM, THE NEWSIES TAKE THE PHRASE AND EXAGGERATE IT BY SAYING THEY'LL STOMP, POSSIBLY MEANING THAT IF PULITZER'S GOONES ATTACK THEM, THE NEWSIES WILL JUST ATTACK THEM TWICE AS HARD BACK.
[CRUTCHIE]
Can they kick us out?
Take away our vote?
THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR BASIC RIGHTS AS CITIZENS, HOWEVER, EVEN IF GIVEN THESE RIGHTS THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO APPLY THE RIGHTS AS MOST NEWSIES SLEPT ON THE STREETS (UNLESS THEY SLEPT IN THE LODGING HOUSE) AND THE ONLY THING THEY GOT TO WAS SELL PAPERS.
[NEWSIES - ALL]
Will we let them stuff this crock o' garbage down our throat? No!
Everyday we wait,
is a day we lose,
and this ain't for fun,
and it ain't for show,
and we'll fight 'em toe to toe to toe and so
your world will feel the fire and finally, (finally) know!
EVERYDAY THEY WAIT TO DO THE STRIKE AND EVERYDAY THEY WAIT FOR THE PRICES TO LOWER, THEY A DAY'S EARNING.THE WORLD WILL FEEL HOW PASSIONATE THE NEWSIES ARE, AND HOW MUCH THEY WANT THEIR RIGHTS AND TO BE TREATED AS EQUALS.
