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

[innocentsmith]

Here via wembley, and...good lord. Yes, exactly. And I really do like Dollhouse and find it fascinating, because I think the show really does know that it's doing this - which, I know not everyone agrees about that - but there is still the question of whether that's justifiable. This vid takes the same sort of strong stomach to watch that the show does: I really enjoyed it but spent the whole thing jawdropped in horror and at the end I wanted to scrub my brain with bleach and steel wool. So - very appropriate to the source.

Amazing job. And, wow, the song is...wow.

[giandujakiss]

but spent the whole thing jawdropped in horror and at the end I wanted to scrub my brain with bleach and steel wool

Then my work here is done!

Seriously, I'm very glad you liked it and delighted it provoked such a strong reaction - thank you!

The video

[(Anonymous)]

As counter balance, I didn't like it :)

Didn't hate it, didn't get angry or upset (perhaps a bit annoyed that the original song was censored from the musical) - i just thought it was a bit silly. And that perhaps you have some personal issues

Re: The video

[cofax7]

And that perhaps you have some personal issues

Wow, stay classy.

Re: The video

[(Anonymous)]

Right, because no one could have personal issues with rape. How abnormal.

Seriously, this vid was killer. Blackly funny and very biting. Good work!

Re: The video

[giandujakiss]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it :-).

[lynnenne]

What she said. I love the show, but this vid is a brilliant critique of it.

stultiloquentia recced this, and I have to agree with her on the use of the Topher clips, directing the action the way a composer directs a symphony. Beautifully done.

[giandujakiss]

Thank you so much! I've never vidded using musical theater before, and I'm happy it worked for you!