Why People Sing

[scfrankles]

I realise Dutch musical theatre is really not going to be everyone’s kopje thee, but there’s a song that’s been raising my spirits lately. It’s called “Waarom mensen zingen”—”Why People Sing”— and comes from Alex Klaasen’s revue show Showponies. With the help of Daniel Cornelissen and the rest of the cast, Alex first explains why people keep bursting into song in musicals instead of just speaking, and then expresses the joy of singing and dancing in general.

I've tried this out on my resident non-Dutch speaker (AKA my sister) and she found it funny and enjoyable. (I have just tried applying the auto-generated-Dutch-auto-translated-to-English subtitles but believe me, they are not going to be any help.) So I shall just leave the song here in case it can entertain anyone else…

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Comments

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I watched it! And I'm glad you have something that makes you happy!

[scfrankles]

Thanks so much for watching it ^___^ I do realise that, down to the last detail, this is really not your sort of thing ^___^

If it makes you feel any better, the whole thing is definitely not as sweet as this one number suggests - they also do a routine about porn films, and one about Grindr, for instance. And the final part of the show is quite dark and sad. But obviously the sweetest part of the whole revue is the bit that appeals to me most ^^"