New Vid: "It Depends On What You Pay" (Dollhouse)

[giandujakiss]

Song: It Depends On What You Pay from The Fantasticks
Artist: Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones

Fandom: Dollhouse

Summary: You've come a long way, baby.

Spoilers: Through "Haunted"

Sizes: 30.8 MB (540 x 360 .avi), 13.3 MB (420 x 280 .wmv)
Length: 2:48

Download from Sendspace: The .avi file is here and the .wmv file is here.

Notes and Warnings:

I'm really not sure if a warning is necessary here, but I'd rather err on the side of caution and say that the song may be a bit ... triggery? Possibly.

It Depends On What You Pay is from the 1960 off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks. The original production of The Fantasticks ran continuously for 42 years, making it the world's longest running musical. By 1990, however, for reasons that will be obvious when you see the vid, It Depends On What You Pay had been largely excised from the show. Recent productions of The Fantasticks either include the song with a different set of lyrics, or delete it entirely and substitute a new song in its place.

The version used in the vid is from the original cast recording, and is performed by Jerry Orbach. It has been edited for length.

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Thanks so much to cathexys, danegen, sol_se, and Thuvia Ptarth for their comments. Any flaws are entirely my own.

Comments would be appreciated. Cross-posted to LJ.

Comments

[ktempest.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! :) I love puns

but seriously, yes to all this.

also, this song made me remember something I'd long forgotten -- my mother once took me to a play and the only thing i remember about it is that there was a weird thing where someone staged a kidnapping but kept calling it a rape. i was 8, and had to ask my mother to explain WTF to me, which she did. I also remember the girl in question saying that she always wanted a man to kiss her on her eyelids. is that this play?

[giandujakiss]

Yes, that's the play :-). It's really a very good musical, unfortunate song notwithstanding.

I'm glad you liked the vid, thank you!

[ktempest.livejournal.com]

I'd like to post this on Fantasy Magazine along with a discussion, is that all right with you?

[giandujakiss]

Whoops! Wasn't logged in - Sure, you can post. I'm flattered you like it so much. Thank you!