#toursies

when they say "whatthehellisanerster" but my name's Racetrack and I'm stressed so I make everyone tap dance with spoons

If you think of Santa Fe as Jack's allegory for heaven, everything becomes a LOT sadder. Him telling the newsies that he had family there he wanted to see, was he lying or was he talking about his brother and mom? When he told Sarah he planned to leave when the strike was over, to what extent did he want to leave? When Roosevelt gave him the advice that convinced him to stay, did he know what he was talking Jack out of? Was he promising Crutchie something darker than he realized? When he painted the desert for Medda, was he telling her where to find him? Did Jack want escape or did he want death?

i would talk about how jack singing ‘i never planned on someone like you/don’t come knocking on my door’ to kath makes no sense but it WOULD make sense if he sung it to davey but some of y’all aren’t ready to hear that.

I can’t describe how much I love Ben Cook Racetrack, he will ALWAYS have a (huge) place in my heart