Spring Awakening & Dead Poets Society

[TerrenceIsTheMann]

Spring Awakening & Dead Poets Society#1

Posted: 11/9/15 at 8:11pm

I just noticed these two have very similar plot lines. Anyone else catch this before?

[c0113g3b0y]

Spring Awakening & Dead Poets Society#2

Posted: 11/9/15 at 10:04pm

except that it was the "Melchior" in DPS that committed suicide, and not the "Moritz".

Spring Awakening had no influential parent / teacher figure unlike Robin Williams' character in DPS, who encourages his students to ignore the prescribed texts.

DPS although a good movie is a little disgustingly testosterone fueled ... Spring Awakening gives equal time for the boys / girls to shine.

so yeah... NO

The thing is, besides being an utter toad of a human being, Riedel usually has the least knowledge of the topic in the room. He doesn't usually understand the content or approach of a show, and is always completely and unfailingly socially ignorant, which makes it really infuriating when Susan can't get a word in edgewise. A definitive mansplainer; it's always painful when he has female guests. I watch the show sporadically when I really want to see a guest, because it's the only theatre talkshow we have, but it would be so much better without this hateful clown in a dadcoat. (thanks ScaryWarhol)

Updated On: 11/9/15 at 10:04 PM

[GreasedLightning]

Spring Awakening & Dead Poets Society#3

Posted: 11/9/15 at 10:14pm

Melchior's mother is not a sympathetic adult character in Spring Awakening? She sings a whole damn song about how much she wishes she could help her son's friend and will do whatever she can for him. She is also resistant toward sending Melchior to the reformatory because what he is being held accountable for is, in fact, true. 

Additionally, I'd say male characters are way more predominately represented in Spring Awakening... at least in the original text. 

[c0113g3b0y]

Spring Awakening & Dead Poets Society#4

Posted: 11/9/15 at 10:21pm

Thanks for the correction.

I have not read the original text as I was comparing the musical. but I am not surprised that if the male characters were dominant in the original play.

The thing is, besides being an utter toad of a human being, Riedel usually has the least knowledge of the topic in the room. He doesn't usually understand the content or approach of a show, and is always completely and unfailingly socially ignorant, which makes it really infuriating when Susan can't get a word in edgewise. A definitive mansplainer; it's always painful when he has female guests. I watch the show sporadically when I really want to see a guest, because it's the only theatre talkshow we have, but it would be so much better without this hateful clown in a dadcoat. (thanks ScaryWarhol)