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WELL I just finished watching Elisabeth (with English subtitles!) and I feel utterly unqualified to comment on it. It is interesting and intense and rather tragic! And there is clearly SO MUCH going on here that is commentary on the political situation of the time, and I really know very little about all of that. So most of what I am left with is one theme that I saw throughout, which is ( something I don't think counts as spoilers but I might be wrong so I am cutting it to be on the safe side )
My big disappointment here is that I really wasn't very into this version of Death. He's...ugh, I don't know how to describe it. Too overtly threatening? His body language and tone of voice don't give any indication of his supposed love for Elisabeth? Also he looks too human. BASICALLY I WANT SZABO P SZILVESZTER AS DEATH AND NOBODY ELSE probably.
On another note, Lucheni was really a highlight, and I wasn't expecting that. I didn't even know that he was a main character! But he was GREAT and it's really cool that this musical is all told through the lens of an extremely unreliable narrator.
(also I love that the word "kitsch" doesn't need translating from the German to the English.)
My big disappointment here is that I really wasn't very into this version of Death. He's...ugh, I don't know how to describe it. Too overtly threatening? His body language and tone of voice don't give any indication of his supposed love for Elisabeth? Also he looks too human. BASICALLY I WANT SZABO P SZILVESZTER AS DEATH AND NOBODY ELSE probably.
On another note, Lucheni was really a highlight, and I wasn't expecting that. I didn't even know that he was a main character! But he was GREAT and it's really cool that this musical is all told through the lens of an extremely unreliable narrator.
(also I love that the word "kitsch" doesn't need translating from the German to the English.)
