That is so, so cool! Thank you so much for the kind words. Election-year-Squeaky twins!! It’s nice to know that sometimes the algorithm can bring us together😊

What!? lol!! You’ve been singing this song for years and didn’t know what it was about?

Well, yeah, especially RIGHT NOW

@@yishkabob Exactly.

This is definitely a very surreal moment in time. Insanely relevant.

I'm always a huge sucker for the balladeer-Oswald double cast

Thank you so so much! That makes me really happy to hear :)

I think they both got mental help and are living much healthier lives now :,)

It *is* such a beautiful and tragic song! Thanks for sharing :) I'm so glad you think we did it justice!

@@lololauren2001 you were wonderful and just went all out on the character. You also sound great! I’m glad you got the opportunity to do the show!

Agreed!

@@lololauren2001you were both phenomenal in your acting and singing

That is such a huge compliment, thank you so much!

Me too!

This is a really interesting questions and one that I definitely thought about; more specifically, how the difference in religion between Shakespeare (Protestant England) and Joan of Arc (Catholic) or French and English tensions factored into his creation of her. I think specifically, this character is pretty hollow. She fits the role of a shallow sub-plot "villain" that serves the story briefly and then is discarded. And contrary to other Shakespearean female roles, I want to say the text for Joan is just not as nuanced as others. He doesn't offer her much grace. So I hesitate to say Shakespeare himself was a misogynist or misogynistic in this per say, but I do think that this character is unfortunately flat and I find it to be a strange anomaly within his work. I think she was a prominent, controversial figure that he could (unfortunately) utilize to his advantage. Kind of like making a caricature of a well known celebrity. I just have to believe he was aware of how easily he was mistreating this character!! Maybe I'm naive :) I would love to hear your thoughts!! Thank you for asking!

@@lololauren2001 In my think, Shakespeare's time wasn't the time of freedom of expression, and but xenophobic and misogynistic.(though nowadays, too) In that time, maybe Shakespeare had no choice but written propaganda plays, so written about Joan of Arc wrongly. even if he didn't want write it!(by sponsors and government, and populace's pressure especially) anyway, In spite of numerous slander from many men, in the end, as we know, Joan of Arc was rehabilitated, she became a saint(even Shakespeare also wrote it!) in Catholic, and a winner in history and not only a hero of France but also of all of women, humans in the world. :) we have freedom of expression in today, so we can understand past, at the same time, and discuss about it. sorry I'm not good at English. thank you for the answer! :)

Wow, that is so kind of you! Thank you so much :)

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