Top Three Reasons Why I Love Musicals

               The first reason I love musicals is, you can guess it, the amazing music. The first “musical” I can remember watching is High School Musical, a movie(s) that changed my life in more ways than one. I loved watching the characters break into song and choreography and being able to memorizing the performances and put on a show with my friends at school. Other musicals such as Rock of Ages and Mamma Mia introduce people to types of music that they aren’t used to hearing and can change their music preferences. After watching Rock of Ages I realized how much I actually like 70s and 80s rock (as I a few of my friends who also watched Rock of Ages and fell in love with it) and I watched Mamma Mia and listened to the soundtrack over and over again.

                The second reason I absolutely adore musicals in because of how the adds the element of the scene. For example at the end of High School Musical 2, Gabriella comes back the beach resort that her, Troy, and all of the characters where working at throughout the movie and sings the duet “Everyday”. While in a regular film the scene could be very dramatic, adding music brings the audience to the show and creates more excitement in the scene. Having the two characters sing a song together to show that they are getting back together verses having them just get back together like in a normal movie makes the musical that much more exciting in contrast to a normal movie.

                The third, and final, reason I love musicals is because of the way they can show viewers a glimpse into history while still engaging their audience. The first time I watched The Sound of Music I was in music class in elementary school and I had no clue what the Holocaust or World War Two were, but what I did know was that I loved the music and all of the characters in the musical. After learning more about World War Two and the Holocaust in 8^th grade language arts, LA10, and World History I realized what The Sound of Music was really about and how much I had seen, but hadn’t realized by watching it. When I rewatched The Sound of Music I noticed how the characters spoke about politics and what life was like back for people in Austria during World War Two.

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Fall TV: What I'm Looking Forward To

 

   

                          While its still sunny and warm out all of our favorite TV shows are about to premiere for their fall debut. Here I'm going to talk about the top two shows I'm most looking forward to watching this fall (excluding all shows on Netflix and YouTube). 

                            To begin, GREY’S ANATOMY STARTS IN THREE DAYS! I'm extremely excited to see what will become of Grey's Anatomy after the tragically unexpected death of the one and only Derek "McDreamy" Shepard (aka The Worst Day of My Life). Even though the hiatus has only been three months it feels likes its been a lifetime. At the end of last season Meredith and Derek’s sister, Amelia, were still beginning to cope with the loss of McDreamy and Meredith was left to raise her and Derek’s three children, Zola, Bailey, and New Baby? I honestly have no clue what the new baby’s name is.

          I’m beginning to actullay enjoy Amelia being a regular on the show (hopfully I didn’t just jinx myself or else she’ll be gone after the second episode). She seems to bring a reality check to Meredith that none of the character are brave enough to say to her: Why did she not call anyone before she took Derek off life support? While most people would wait a few days to make such a life changing (or in this case ending…) choice. She never called Amelia or any of Derek’s other sisters or even his own Mother before taking him off life support. Having Amelia there sort of represnents that loss of McDreamy from the show and fills some of the void that was left when Patrick Dempsey left Grey’s Anatomy. I would like to see her stay as a season regular, but with Grey’s Anatomy you never really know who’s going to be there in the next episode, even the main characters are never safe from the writers of Grey’s.

          Another thing I’m worried about is Richard and Catherine’s engagement. I feels like every other episode they are breaking up and reengaging then breaking up again and then getting back together…again (And this has been happening for how many seasons?). Although they got engaged yet again in an elaborate, cute way I still don’t see their relationship lasting until another wedding. Richard and Catherine are two very very different people and it seems like their personalities are allows getting in the way of them ever getting along and getting hitched. I just feel bad for Jackson having to go through all of this with one of the partnership being his Mom and this other is one of his coworkers. Although I kind of like them together I don’t see Richard and Catherine lasting more than a few episodes before something happens and they get in a fight and Catherine calls it off again.

          My other top show I’m looking forward to is Fox’s Sleepy Hollow. I originally started watching Sleepy Hollow when it premiered three years again, but last year I got bombarded with homework and essays and Sleepy Hollow got pushed to the back burner. In the next month or so (or Thanksgiving break to be a little more realistic) I hope to go on the Fox app and catching up on Sleepy Hollow so I can watch it live. Sleepy Hollow is one of the most mysterious and plot-twisty shows I have ever watch and it has one of my favorite ships Crane and Abbie.

         

          Thanks for reading!

          -Jill