Why Wicked worked (and other movie musicals missed)
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Note: This is a spoiler-free rant about movie musicals, but do watch “Wicked Part I”!
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Note: This is a spoiler-free rant about movie musicals, but do watch “Wicked Part I”!
During finals season, there isn't much time to go to theaters and watch a movie. Instead, here are three movies you can enjoy from the comfort of your bed for a quick study break.
Editor’s note: The views and opinions expressed in this article do not reflect those of The Collegian.
I have lived many years, but I try not to waste my time looking back. Normally, I am not a retrospective person. However, in the spring of 1969, I made what I thought at the time was a minor course choice. I now consider that decision to be somewhere between troubling and stupid. I was a junior in college and wanted to take a political science elective. The times were politically charged. I felt that I needed to know more. My intentions were good.
What makes a great movie? Casting, a good story, and cinematography are all important. However, one characteristic that turns a good movie into a phenomenal one is the soundtrack. Music enhances emotions in a way that makes you feel exactly what the character feels. Immediately, you become one with the movie. As summer draws closer, it’s a great time to talk about two of my favorite summer movies and how their soundtracks are perfectly crafted.
Karly Hartzman, the lead singer of the alt-country indie rock band Wednesday, screamed her final lines to a sold-out Broadberry crowd on a Monday night with a surprising ferocity more in line with heavy metal than Lynyrd Skynyrd. However, her band may very well be the future of country rock.
It's not good for man to be alone. That’s why community exists.
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On a drowsy, gray February morning last year, I found myself driving across central Jersey in my Dad’s beat-up 2000 Toyota Avalon. With no music downloaded and no data on my phone, I found myself listening to the raindrops tapping on the windshield.
“Start with the Chaat,” Sandeep “Sunny” Baweja told me at the end of our interview back in early September.
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Editor's Note: The views and opinions expressed in this article do not reflect those of The Collegian.
Editor's note: The views and opinions expressed in this article do not reflect those of The Collegian.
With the long-awaited release of the movie, it felt timely to write a review of “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” Suzanne Collins’ 2020 prequel to “The Hunger Games.” The novel chronicles Coriolanus Snow, later President Snow in the original trilogy, as he becomes a mentor in the 10th annual Hunger Games.
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Editor’s Note: The views and opinions expressed in this article do not reflect those of The Collegian.
To celebrate the spooky season, the WDCE 90.1 FM DJs curated a Halloween Mix! Each DJ had the opportunity to submit songs of their choice to help create a monthly themed playlist and diversify our listening. Here are five wicked song recommendations pulled from the collaborative mixtape!
“All Stories are Love Stories” by Elizabeth Percer is a beautifully woven story tied neatly with a bow. The novel takes place in San Francisco on, you guessed it, Valentine’s Day, after two devastating earthquakes ripped the city apart. The stories of four different people take the reader on a journey of regrets, high-stakes emotions and devastation.
Cinema in Retrospect: ‘Naqoyqatsi’
Spotify curates so many personalized playlists for its users that some music listeners may not feel they need to make their own playlists anymore. Between the “Lit Shower Mix” the algorithm made for me and the new “daylist” feature, it would be easy to think I need not curate my own mixes (my first personalized “daylist” was titled “yearning swamp tuesday afternoon,” stylized with lowercase letters to show cringeworthy Gen Z sensibilities). However, denying oneself the pleasure of creating hundreds of niche little pockets of somewhat related music would be a disservice! Playlists and mixtapes are like little time capsules that, when dug up years later, ignite sense memories of exactly where you were when you made it. It is a truly miraculous thing.