Question for Les Mis fans

#1

Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/15/06 at 7:53pm

I'm trying to win tickets to Les Mis and I need the answer to a question:
Inspector Javert pursues Jean Valjean for breaking his parole. Originally Valjean was imprisioned for stealing a loaf of bread and another crime. Was the other crime breaking a window, writing a letter to the editor or failing to bow to an aristocrat?

Thanks in advance

#2

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/15/06 at 7:57pm

I'm pretty sure it's the window...

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#3

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/15/06 at 7:58pm

None of the above. He violated his ASBO and wore Burberry in public.

Or if you're in a less silly mood, the lyrics of the Prologue clearly lay it out. If you have a cast recording, give it a listen. If you haven't, give it a Google. Put in a *little* work for this competition you are trying to win for yourself, y'know?

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#4

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/15/06 at 8:04pm

Oh, I've definitley worked. I found the answers to the other four questions. And believe it or not I've been looking for this one for over three hours. Google, ask.com...
*Thanks for the help jasonf

Updated On: 7/15/06 at 08:04 PM

#5

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/15/06 at 8:11pm

Weez IS right - it IS right there in the prologue so you couldn't have looked too hard...

But you're welcome for the help -- hope you win!

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#6

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/15/06 at 8:18pm

He Stole a loaf of bread, that's the first thing. Then he tried to run away multiple times, so they made him do more time, and then after they let him out he broke his... oh, they already told you he broke his parole... I think he did break a window in the book, but there's definitely nothing about letters to the editior or bowing to an aristocrat. What are you doing to win tickets?

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#7

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/15/06 at 8:39pm

He does break a window to get the bread, and I don't know if they mentioni the window in the show.

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#8

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/15/06 at 8:46pm

They definitely mention the window in the show. That is definitely the answer.

Javert: You robbed a house!
Valjean: I broke a window pane.

What is this?

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#9

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/15/06 at 8:55pm

Thank you ashley -- I was starting to wonder what was going on here.

Doesn't everyone have this entire show memorized by now??? C'mon!

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#10

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/15/06 at 10:13pm

^::raises hand meekly::

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#11

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/16/06 at 1:37pm

DEFINITELY breaking the window.

I have it memorized that's for sure And I'm very proud of it

Good luck with the trivia contest

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Updated On: 7/16/06 at 01:37 PM

#12

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/16/06 at 2:00pm

I only know a few songs-One Day More, Do You Hear The People Sing, and some others. There's a reason I'm trying to *win* tickets, I don't have much money because I'm trying to save for college.
Sorry for not knowing the show as well as everyone...

#13

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/16/06 at 2:01pm

Breaking a window!

#14

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/16/06 at 2:21pm

No need to apologize for not having it memorized You'll get there. It's OK and doesn't make you any less of a fan or less deserving of winning those tickets!

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"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS

#15

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/16/06 at 2:24pm

It's not breking the window!!!! That's part of the first crime.

[JAVERT]
No!
It means you get
Your yellow ticket-of-leave
You are a thief

[VALJEAN]
I stole a loaf of bread.

[JAVERT]
You robbed a house.

[VALJEAN]
I broke a window pane.
My sister's child was close to death
And we were starving.


The second part comes a bit later.

[VALJEAN]
I know the meaning of those 19 years
A slave of the law

[JAVERT]
Five years for what you did
The rest because you tried to run
Yes, 24601.

[VALJEAN]
My name is Jean Valjean



So two crimes: Stealing a loaf of bread and trying to escape.

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#16

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/16/06 at 2:28pm

Read carefully the question she asked. They just want the two reasons for the *initial* incarceration- stealing the bread and breaking the window

Footlooser- You're right IF they wanted why he remained in for so long... That would be IF the way they are looking at it as two different crimes.

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"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS

Updated On: 7/16/06 at 02:28 PM

#17

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/16/06 at 2:31pm

I guess I should read the whole question first.

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"You know just because you put a smiley face after it doesn't change the fact that it was an a-hole comment." ~ Sumofallthings

Updated On: 7/16/06 at 02:31 PM

#18

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/16/06 at 3:13pm

I think it's funny that "writing a letter to the editor" is even a choice.

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#19

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/16/06 at 3:16pm

javert- you robbed a house

val jean- I BROKE A WINDOW PANE

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#20

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/16/06 at 3:16pm

javert- you robbed a house

val jean- I BROKE A WINDOW PANE

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"My Mother's punishing me for going to jail without permission!" ~Penny Pingleton from HaIrSpRaY

#21

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/16/06 at 4:29pm

Yeah... that would be the exact same thing I said in my post.

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"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife

#22

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/16/06 at 5:08pm

I too, am trying to win this contest. The question that I find hard is.."How many trucks does it take to move the Les Miz from city to city?"

Thanks for any help you can provide.

#23

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/16/06 at 6:30pm

Eight trucks.

#24

re: Question for Les Mis fans

Posted: 7/16/06 at 6:32pm

Pretty sure eight is right I counted eight in Charlotte and Knoxville.

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"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS