It's been about a week and a half since I posted on the blog, which is amazing considering just before I got the job here in Shreveport, I think I had 64 posts in a month. This month, until this post, I'd only made 11 posts. Well, that's all about to change. I'm gonna try to get some recent history on the record.
I've been too tired and too busy to post about the weekend after Valentine's day (2/18-2/20/05), but I wanted to get down some thoughts about Les Miserables and the weekend spent with Katie.
The highlight of the weekend and the recent past was Les Miserables at the Strand. It was fan-stinking-tastic. I was absolutely blown away by the quality of the performance. The cast was amazing, the songs and production were both great, and the Strand was great as always. The parents, Katie and I all had a great time going to a fancy pants event, which was well worth the money.
Les Mis was my favorite book growing up, and has become my favorite musical now. I guess that covers all I really wanted to say about Les Mis, since I can't really explain why I enjoyed it so much, and don't have enough time to talk about all the details of the play. However, I do want to summarize the story for those who may not know what it's about... so below is a short summary for those who are interested. For those who aren't, you should rent the movie (non-musical), read the book by Victor Hugo or see the musical.
For those of you who haven't seen any form of Les Miserables, it revolves around Jean Valjean, a french convict who was put in prison for 19~20 years for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his family. Shortly after being freed he was taken in by a priest who allowed him to stay overnight when noone else would offer him help to get back on his feet. In the middle of the night, he packed up the priest's fine silver and ran away.
He was apprehended later that night, and brought back to the priest's home by the police, who had been told by Valjean that the silver was a gift from the priest. When the officers asked the priest to confirm the story, he said that he had indeed given Valjean the silver and added that Valjean had forgotten to take the silver candle holders along with the silver he'd already taken. After the police leave, the priest tells Valjean that he has bought his soul for good with that silver and that he should sell the silver and dedicate his life to doing good.
So, he tears up his yellow piece of paper that lets people know that he is a convict and leaves to start a new life (which also means he's breaking the terms of his release, a crime). The rest of the story revolves around the battle between Valjean trying to honor his word to do good and to other people and Inspector Javert trying to track and capture Valjean over the next few decades.
Posted by Jordan at February 28, 2005 6:30 PM | TrackBack