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Matilda the Musical

So I saw Matilda the Musical the other day, and it was really good.  Has anybody else seen it?  If not, you should.  (I never read the book or saw the movie, by the way)

 

It's also very British.  Which has made me curious if those of you who are British can identify the various things that make us Americans label the musical as such.


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THAT IS A GREAT MUSICAL YES VERY GOOD.

Arcanist Lupus wrote:

Which has made me curious if those of you who are British can identify the various things that make us Americans label the musical as such.

The fact that the pronunciation of Z as 'zed' is vital for one of the songs to work? :P


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BlueHairedMeerkat wrote:

THAT IS A GREAT MUSICAL YES VERY GOOD.

Arcanist Lupus wrote:
Which has made me curious if those of you who are British can identify the various things that make us Americans label the musical as such.

 

The fact that the pronunciation of Z as 'zed' is vital for one of the songs to work? :P

I'd actually forgotten that one, but yes.  Also the song named "Telly".  And the rhyming of "story" with "naughty".


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Oddly enough, Tim Minchin (who wrote the music) is Australian...


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