Hedwig Love/Discussion Thread

Hey, there!!
I've also been a huge fan of Hedwig for some time now and have yet to see it on stage.

Those are two really great questions and both are open to opinion and viewer/reader's choice. I know people who are 100% sure that Tommy knew about Hedwig being a woman, and some who are convinced that he thought Hedwig was always a she.

When Hedwig tells him to "love the front of her," she means to accept her for everything. This is what gives me an idea that Tommy knew she was a woman. In the movie, Hedwig talks about how Tommy would only always kiss her neck, and hug her from behind. This could be because he didn't want to face the idea of something in her pants that he wasn't comfortable with.

Tommy and Hedwig seem like they are the same person, two personalities of the same person, but I do not believe they are.
I know that each character was modeled after and created for specific people JCM either met or had in his head.
Since the show was originally supposed to be completely about Tommy and Hedwig was only introduced to be his babysitter, I do not believe they are intended to be of the same.
Tommy is very much like Hedwig, and that's why Hedwig really thought she had found her other half in him.

I don't think they are the same but, as I mentioned, each character in the show obviously has a relation to each other. As if they are all each other's other halves.

[WOW, I apologize for my blabbering!]


EDIT: I should learn how to spell one of these days.

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Updated On: 4/8/08 at 06:58 PM

Totally, during the run of the show, opinions were divided between Hedwig and Tommy being the same person and not. Especially during the reprise of Wicked Little Town, when Hedwig emerges with Tommy's cross on his forehead. And, of course, we never see Tommy on stage.

The film, I think, makes it clear (to me, anyway) that they are indeed two separate people. And thank goodness they did, because we got to see the luscious Michael Pitt.
However, I'm sure there are many who still think they are one and the same.

I think the same dividing of opinion occurs with the question of whether Hedwig told Tommy right out that she was once a he. To me, that could be the reason Tommy avoided the front of Hedwig-fear of the unknown. Remember Tommy's shock when Hedwig forced his hand down there, and when Tommy asked "what's that?" Hedwig said it's what he had to work worth.

I love to discuss Hedwig too, so ask away! I'm sure you'll get a variety of opinions, and that's what's interesting about the story.

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When Tommy finds Hedwig in the alley, was this planned? Were they meeting there? Did Hedwig know he was in the limo? Did Tommy know Hedwig was in the alley? Was this just a coincidence?

Roquat, what actually happened at the end is that Hedwig believes he has finally found his other half.

What did not actually happen, and is a matter of interpretation, is whether he found his other half in Tommy or if he found it within himself, symbolized by Tommy.

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Brody-don't forget about Yitzak on the stage!

"The film-version, of course, was opened-up and all the things Hedwig spoke about in the stage-version were fleshed-out. "

Yes, and I also believe that the film answers a lot of questions raised by the show.

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I sure wish I had seen you as Hedwig, dear Phyllis!

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You don't mean when Hedwig asks him to turn around and love the front of him, do you?

On the stage, Hedwig is just narrating, and he simply says, "I told him my story...." no particular sounds.

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Yes, but he said he didn't know how the stage version handled it so I was trying to answer that for him.

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Yes, shock is the word! Good thoughts, Betty!

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WEll, don't forget there are really no "scenes". It's Hedwig narrating his story to us. He even acts out the latter moment as if Tommy were there, moving around and all.

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I know how the play is written.

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