Helen Keller...the Musical?

#1

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 5:19pm

I posted this in the Theatre Fail thread, but figured it deserved it's own. Some company in Asia created Helen Keller the musical, using songs from BatBoy and Legally Blonde. The result is this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUW4SswlIH8

#2

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 5:24pm

This is the best new thing in the world today. The only thing that could make it better would be Annie singing "And Eve Was Weak".

#3

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 5:28pm

she said wah wah

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#4

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 5:29pm

Holy mother of all that's good and right in the world....

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#5

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 5:33pm

Jordan at first I thought you meant Little Orphan Annie and I had a nice giggle, but this is even funnier.

#6

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 5:47pm

The Eighth Sign of the Apocalypse.

#7

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 5:57pm

TONY.

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#8

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 6:01pm

Is it better than the one Eric Cartman composed?

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/103959/the-play-begins#tab=related

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/103961/revenge-is-sweet

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Updated On: 5/30/12 at 06:01 PM

#9

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 6:10pm

A Helen Keller Musical? I haven't seen it and I haven't heard anything about it.

#10

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 6:12pm

Bahahaha.

I wonder if the Legally Blonde ballad translates to "Legally Blind".

They'd owe Cheno royalties.

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#11

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 6:14pm

This reminds me, when I was a kid I wanted to do an animated version of The Miracle Worker (at the height of the Disney Renaissance) and the theme song was going to be Céline Dion's "Because You Loved Me":

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am because you loved me!

I also envisioned a dining room playset so kids could use their Barbie-as-Annie and Skipper-as-Helen dolls to re-enact the breakfast scene. :-P

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Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia

Updated On: 5/30/12 at 06:14 PM

#12

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 6:28pm

I wouldn't spend any money on a cast recording.

#13

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 6:37pm

Just got to part 2. Wow, look at that rain effect!

Also, the woman who plays Anne Sullivan should be Elle in a Japanese production of Legally Blonde, she sings the songs well.

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Updated On: 5/30/12 at 06:37 PM

#14

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 6:49pm

I bet Patyy Duke has the American rights.

""Neeeeeely"

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#15

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 6:54pm

"...she couldn't enjoy it but you sure will!"

#16

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 7:30pm

What's the show curtian look like?

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#17

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 7:41pm

Are they all songs from other shows?

Oh god, the third song is "Take it like a Man". Also from Legally Blonde.

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Updated On: 5/30/12 at 07:41 PM

#18

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 10:15pm

My friends and I had a running joke that we'd create "Kellertastic: The Helen Keller Musical" in high school, and it was deliciously offensive, with yours truly starring as Helen in drag. Maybe I should still follow through on that...

#19

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 10:40pm

It needs to be an ALW Rock Opera.

#20

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 10:42pm

Or a musical using all Portishead songs.

Mysterons: The Helen Keller Story

Updated On: 5/30/12 at 10:42 PM

#21

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 11:02pm

Where is Beth Leavel?

#22

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/30/12 at 11:16pm

In church, begging God to forgive her for BABY, ITS YOU.

Updated On: 5/31/12 at 11:16 PM

#23

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/31/12 at 12:21am

Oh, that goes up immediately on Facebook..

#24

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/31/12 at 12:33am

Yes Hellen take it like a man....

#25

Helen Keller...the Musical?

Posted: 5/31/12 at 12:44am

So this was put on by some controversial SOuth Korean based Christian youth camp? I guess that explains whythe songs surely couldn't be licensed. It's all kinds of brilliant though.

International Youth Fellowship (IYF) is a global, nonprofit 501(c), Christian faith-based organization founded by South-Korean pastor Ock Soo Park. It offers programs for youth related to the mission of the parent organization, Good News Mission Church. The organization has established branches across the world, including United States, Central America, South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe.