I had some kitchen tasks to do - preparing some meals, baking a bread - so I asked Netflix for music and they gave me tick tick Boom as the first choice. I loved it when I first watched it; enough to watch it again. And so I put it on a third time. It was still good. Though I'm tempted to blame me not paying enough attention to the bread and screwing it up.
So let me recommend it here for folks with Netflix.
It's musical written by Jonathon Larson, about Jonathan Larson writing an earlier musical that never got performed. It shows the artist with a vision in his head that's keeping him poor because it's taking him years to get it on paper. He lives in a 5th floor walkup apartment in New York with his long time school friend, an aspiring actor.
The movie switches back and forth from Jonathon talking to an audience about the story and the actual events he's telling the audience. Music is never more than a beat away.
Andrew Garfield is amazing as Larson.
But more. Jonathan Larson, if you don't know (I didn't) went on to write Rent next. So we are essentially seeing the story of his struggle to survive in New York writing his musicals, waiting tables at a diner, until he makes it. All the while he thinks in music and lyrics.
Inspiring for people who are feeling despair at today's political situation.
But the music and the story are also captivating. And the dancing.
If you need more convincing, the movie was directed by Lin-Manual Miranda, the genius behind Hamilton! Here's a trailer.
Here are the lyrics of the song at the end of the trailer.
from: https://genius.com/Jonathan-larson-why-lyrics
Actions speak louder than
(Louder than, louder than)
Words
What does it take
To wake up a generation?
[ALL]
How can you make someone
Take off and fly?
[JON]
If we don't wake up
And shake up the nation
We'll eat the dust
Of the world wondering why
[JON]
Why do we follow leaders who never lead?
[MICHAEL]
Why does it take catastrophe to start a revolution
[MICHAEL and SUSAN]
If we're so free?
Tell me why
[JON]
Someone tell me why
So many people bleed
[JON] [MICHAEL and SUSAN]
Cages or wings, Cages or wings
Which do you prefer?
Ask the birds Ah:
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