'two minute notice' and the struggle for power through colors
okay, so spoilers for mammon's magnificent musical, if you haven't seen it here's the link
okay with that out of the way, lets get into it.
so i was rewatching two minute notice when i began paying attention just to what was happening aesthetically on the screen, and realized that chances are these colors are very intentional.
we know that mammon is green, and ozzie is blue. based on fizz's character design, his character is pink. so, lets get into some instances of the battle for power in two minute notice and what i think about them.
at the very start of his number, fizz and the scene are absolutely covered in blue. and this makes sense. it is because of ozzie that fizz has the strength to be out there in the first place. it's the protection of knowing ozzie has his back that is letting him be on that stage right then and there. without it, he wouldn't be up there at all.
but as the show goes on, fizz begins to get his confidence and step both into who he is and into mammon's stage. he's still in ozzie's protection right now, the whole world is blue still, but mammon's greed is right there and he's toeing the line and he knows it. he has to face this one final time and then he's done.
and fizz finally steps into his element. this is his. nobody can take this from him. he's not trapped by mammon here and he's not needing ozzie's protection. this is his words, his voice, his stage. and it is liberating. so many bright colors, fast moments, this is fizz. and he's going to enjoy every goddamn minute of it.
here we see that it is still fizz's stage, but he's making it known that he has been mammon's puppet. mammon is his abuser. the one keeping him on strings. mammon's eyes and control is on him but he is going to break out of it.
and once again, fizz has control of the situation. he has once again won his freedom in this song.
ozzie's color is back but he's not controlling fizz by any means. rather, he is helping fizz to feel in his element and up his antics. fizz does not need protection but ozzie is checking in on him and making sure that he is safe and congratulating him on his performance. this is ozzie checking in and giving encouragement to fizz.
the coffin having a green light coming from it, the stairs leading to the coffin being green. yeah, fizz knows if he stays with mammon, it will kill him. he says himself "if i stick around i'll be 6 more feet under the ground". he knows mammon is killing him slowly. jumping out of the coffin is escaping that fate that he so willingly fell into.
and now, this is fizz's stage still, but mammon's eyes are on him, and he knows it. mammon is going to realize very soon and fizz has to make this count. the green stage light and green web show that fizz does not have much time left to really cover this up.
and here it is. the stage is mammon's. but the light is fizz's. he may be in mammon's world but he is still in control. he is still free to say whatever he wants and he is not afraid of mammon anymore.
fizz has won. but now, mammon feels threatened. the green is slowly spreading out, and ozzie needs to protect fizz once again.
and sure enough, tensions rise and mammon gains control of the space again. all fizz has to do is submit because surely now he understands this is mammon's stage.
but he doesn't. and it pisses mammon off. red, commonly seen as anger. the tensions rise between ozzie and mammon. it is unsafe. it is dangerous. it is the start of a war.
anyway, i think that's it. i could be totally and completely wrong about this, but i felt it was worth noting and i wanted to ramble so :D ye
