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I waited because I knew there was going to be a slow press roll out, and I'm glad I did because we learned some additional information.

The musical is going to be directed by Jenny Koons which is the first time and she's going to be using the book by Miranda and Davis as a springboard, but under their guidance she has flushed out the story a lot more.

The costume designs are going to be handled by Dede Ayite, who is a renowned African costume designer who's work includes Buena Vista social club, a primary designer for FIFA celebrations, and many other Afro Latino productions.

Based off of what we know all of the original Warriors from the concept album are going to be back since they all reposted on Instagram or hinted at it through the comments

In a big departure from something like hamilton, this is going to be a one-act musical, which I think is a good idea because it doesn't break the tension.

It's going to have a core cast of around 20 as well, so I can't wait to see you what the girls behind the production have cooking up.

As many long time boppers know, I've always maintained that the Warriors is definitely the musical of the 2020s we've been waiting for.

It's a very angry, radical, yet does not allow itself to sink into doomerism and I feel like what's going on in New York City is incredibly reflective of that with the recent DSA victories.

The two casualties of the trip are Ajax and Fox - both taken out by the Cops.

None of the gangs end up hurting the Warriors as much as the police.

I keep thinking about a debate I once had, credit to Carl Wilson for Slate, where he argued that the album felt too reactive to contemporary issues and that this would make it feel dated when it finally arrived. History has a funny way of exposing how misguided that fear is. What sounds “of the moment” is often just the sound of unresolved structures repeating themselves.

Weaponized police terrorizing marginalized communities in the name of order and power. Luther and the Rogues as cultural grifters, spinning entire realities out of rumor and misinformation. Narratives with no substance becoming the glue that holds white supremacy together. Captain Victor’s brutal killing of Fox as an assertion of authority that doesn’t need justification, only force. None of this feels trapped in a news cycle. It feels structural. It feels eternal in the worst way.

It’s genuinely hard to listen to Derailed or The Park at Night now without mentally overlaying recent events onto the music. The songs haven’t changed, but the world keeps proving them right.

okay here we go feminist ramble time for our newest chick on the block: warriors. now i'll be honest, prior to listening to the album, when i first heard that the warriors main girls were originally dudes in the movie and the novel, i thought that the decision for the genderbending, in lmm's perspective, were from the following: 1.) girl power move in like a very basic meaning of the word "bad-ass" 2.) simply a twist on a cult movie about big gang bros loved by the film bros, and 3.) a way to have the schuyler sisters back together gjfkdfldf

but when i read more about warriors and its development and how lmm took inspiration from the gamergate controversies of 2014-2015 aka among the peak of gamerbro misogyny campaigns, that's when i realized that Oh Shit Is Serious - because adapting a story about a group being framed and targeted and harassed for something they are accused of doing without any substantial proof other than a man screaming "THE WARRIORS SHOT CYYYYRUUS" with 21st century misogyny campaigns in mind makes the theme of fighting back a lot more complicated and a lot more resonant, going beyond just marketing a cast you can call "badass"

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