silentstep

as a(n American) child I absolutely missed that Jack Skellington (the Pumpkin King) is in fact actually the crowned monarch of Halloween Town! He's only a figurehead, of course, as this is mod'ren times; legally the power belongs to the Mayor, as an official elected by the people. (Given, though, Jack's charisma and the Mayor's indecisive nature… etc. etc. whatever.)

ALSO WTF THAT'S PATRICK STEWART DOING THE NARRATION???

anyway the other thing is that in the spirit of most, like. "traditional" movie musicals, this is really operatic.

one of the reasons I love Handel's Giulio Cesare is how much being in love makes the characters happy, how every aria they sing about being in love is so joyful, so full of wonder;

got talked to by a man on the lightrail to the airport last week (this happens) and he asked what I did for a living, & when I said "customer service" he immediately advised me to always call the customer by their given name at least three times early in the interaction, so they will be positively disposed towards me. he very much insisted that I do this. at some length.

a.) I have heard this advice before. it is bull, at least when it comes to the work I do

b.) I had changed trains before it occured to me that what was going on there was some dude mansplaining to me how to do the job I've been doing for thirteen years

c.) AHA! I thought to myself. THAT WAS MANSPLAINING. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE MEAN WHEN THEY SAY THAT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS. WOW.

d.) I don't always connect my own experiences to these sorts of things, is all

e.) but to be fair, he also said to me "ah, I bet your husband is one of those very right-brained, creative types, and you're very left-brained and analytical, right?" based solely on my telling him that I'm married to a professor, so like... I was pretty willing to chalk the entire conversation up to NONSENSE THINGS STRANGERS HAVE SAID TO ME IN PUBLIC without any sort of larger context