Fantine has tuberculosis?- Page 2

[best12bars]

Posted: 4/8/12 at 10:53am

The disease began to represent spiritual purity and temporal wealth, leading many young, upper-class women to purposefully pale their skin to achieve the consumptive appearance.

The 19th-century equivalent of "heroin chic."

EDIT: And CONAiries---what's not realistic about consumption in Les Miz?

Updated On: 4/8/12 at 10:53 AM

[CONAries]

Posted: 4/8/12 at 12:36pm

Nothing what so ever, my post was more in comment to

"Also known as the "opera disease."

Everybody dies from singing the same song.

AND

when Nicole Kidman. had it, she could lip-sync AND do trapeze!

[Proper Villain]

Posted: 4/8/12 at 6:17pm

What's the point of this thread?

[wonkit]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 7:17am

Point? Why should this thread be any different from so many here on BWW lately?

[best12bars]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 8:06am

What is the point of you posting "what is the point of this thread"?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 9:04am

Does someone have an address? I'd like to send a card.

[JoanBennett]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 9:09am

c/o Master of the House
Castle On A Cloud
Rue Plumet, Paris

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 11:00am

^funny!

[JoanBennett]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 11:05am

Thanks.
I wrote it on my own.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 11:19am

Under a little fall of rain, while you were looking at the stars, no doubt?

[best12bars]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 11:29am

This thread is brought to you by the letter T and why.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 11:54am

Fantine dies an easy death. Eponine takes a bullet to the chest, bleeds all over the Barricade, sings a ballad and dies in the arms of a man who won't return her love.

And a question I've always had: why do Fantine and Eponine become angels after they die and return to escort ValJean at the end of the show, but Gavroche who also died doesn't get to come back as an angel?

[best12bars]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 11:56am

Because he was a Republican.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 12:03pm

Aaaaand, scene.

[Proper Villain]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 12:36pm

I was asking if the original poster was challenging that Fantine has TB, or was just posting it matter-of-factly.

[goodoneinlou2]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 12:42pm

"And a question I've always had: why do Fantine and Eponine become angels after they die and return to escort ValJean at the end of the show, but Gavroche who also died doesn't get to come back as an angel?"

I've always questioned the "Eponine Angel ending" myself. Heck, she had nothing to do with Valjean's "salvation." Other than screaming at the theifs, she doesn't have a thing to do with Valjean. I always felt it should be the Bishop and Fantine that appear... after all, the Bishop is the one who essentially "saved" Valjean. I would suspect it had more to do with giving the audience the chance to hear the two powerhouse voices again.

Oh, and I've never made it through the book, so I thought Fantine died of Syphillis - which I always thought was a rampant killer back then - caused insanity. And by the death scene, Fantine is dillusional.





Updated On: 4/9/12 at 12:42 PM

[Gothampc]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 12:45pm

"I would suspect it had more to do with givine the audience the chance to hear the two powerhouse voices again."

Except when Patti LuPone can't make it to the stage in time.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 1:00pm

Am I the only one that thinks this is going to be a major bomb?

[best12bars]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 1:04pm

I don't know how anyone can decide whether it's going to be a bomb or a hit yet.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 1:12pm

I was asking if the original poster was challenging that Fantine has TB, or was just posting it matter-of-factly.

The question mark wasn't a context clue?

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 1:28pm

Almost every character in Les Mis died, so if they all came back as angels to escort Valjean that would be kind of overkill.

I don't get why Eponine is there, but I do love her and Fantine singing together.

[best12bars]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 1:44pm

I'm guessing they had some sort of Angel Idol in Heaven, and the two finalists got to come back at the end and sing the reprises.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 1:56pm

Well, don't they all come back at the end? Once Eponine and Fantine lead Valjean to Heaven, they are joined/greeted by all the deceased (e.g. Enjolras, Gavroche, students) in a final rendition of "Do You Hear the People Sing?"

And I gather Eponine is there for Marius, if this picture is any indication. Fantine is reaching out toward her daughter, and Eponine is reaching out toward Marius, like they're sending good vibes or something.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 2:02pm

Oh hell, Frances Ruffelle even said she thinks Eponine was put into the finale just to make the part bigger.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 4/9/12 at 2:15pm

Well, we know from Patti's autobiography that the part of Fantine was shaped based on when Patti showed up for rehearsals. So maybe Gavroche was out getting Eponine a Shandy when they were deciding which angels will return.