There’s been a trend emerging in this year’s Broadway musicals, which begs the question: will they be “Alive Forever” or only be around “’Til Death”? In this episode we discuss two shows both involving death and decide whether they make “Something from Nothing” so you can be the judge!
As usual, spoilers ahead!
Death Becomes Her: 1:00
Dead Outlaw: 57:54
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We definitely weren’t the only ones to notice the “dead body character” trend, and there’s a whole award from MemesOnBway about it.
A lot of Christine’s impression of what Death Becomes Her would be like came from Sabrina Carpenter’s Taste music video, which also pays homage to the movie.
The infamous staircase fall is accomplished by former gymnast Warren Yang, and you can also watch more about how it was put together with all the design elements: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Vxm_x2_Qo
Despite being on Broadway, Dead Outlaw is still set to release on Audible on October 2, so you can take a listen to it then!
Elmer did indeed travel further as a dead body than he did alive, as Wikipedia helpfully shows.
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Music featured in this episode:
Death Becomes Her (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Dead Outlaw (Original Broadway Cast Recording) [Part 1]
The Whole Being Dead Thing - Beetlejuice
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