Etta Mae's Lament - feat. Rachel Bloom - "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"

[@Barrylocke]

Rebecca cringing through the whole performance really sells it.

[@donsolo7860]

That and the director enthusiastically encouraging the worst parts 😂

[@860-adityakanojia4]

Believe me it's not just Rebecca who's cringing...

[@jaSama02]

Also this episode did an excellent job at portraying the feeling of "I used to love that when i was younger holy shit I didn't realise how messed up it was why did I like it"

[@robinr4697]

That's how I feel about Friends

[@oof-rr5nf]

@@robinr4697 Me with The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother

[@robinr4697]

@@oof-rr5nf Yeah HIMYM also! Barney was awful, women other than Lily and Robin where called dumb or slut every episode and there was only white people in New York What's the deal with Big Bang Theory? Never watched

[@98SHERIF]

@@robinr4697 lmao they were really called slut and stupid? I don't remember that, but i guess with Barney that was the point, like rapresenting that type of man

[@Nimrodel84]

Been there.

[@ellafidlin6138]

This song is what happens to 90% of theatre kids, when they realise that classic musical they did at school was absurdly problematic.

[@alexandrapedersen829]

Yeah, as an opera fan, I feel this often. Like, Wagner wrote some bangers but also he was a proto-nazi who wrote essays on how the jews were corrupting music.

[@KariIzumi1]

You can just say Rodgers and Hammerstein, we all know 🙃

[@MsSonnencreme]

@@alexandrapedersen829 unfortunately creativity doesn’t discriminate the quality of character

[@justinr3217]

@@KariIzumi1 yes, but not exclusively, there’s clear Loesser/“Adelaide’s Lament” vibes with this one

[@adairdick3488]

shoutout to all the middle school girls who performed caint say no bc they thought it was a cute audition song 😬

[@scarlettbuchanan1]

I love that Rebecca can't sing as Rachel is such a good singer

[@kimjarvis7355]

But it's not unrealistically bad either! Sometimes singers go over the top making it sound bad. She had bits in tune which is more realistic and believable than typical movie karaoke bad or Miranda Sings bad.

[@biancahertzman6539]

@@kimjarvis7355 I can absolutely attest to this, coming from someone classically trained; I attended choir secondary school for six years, and NO one could believably mimic "flat" singing, though we frequently tried. Nobody. It's really a task to do it consciously once you have a grasp of pitches and whatnot.

[@domepiece11]

I think it’s stupid.

[@elizabethfranco.6904]

I love how Rachel can act like she can't act. The whole number is pretty convincing.

[@hannajane2405]

I love how uncomfortable the lyrics are making Rebecca since they basically go against everything she stands for hahahaha Rachel did this SO well

[@Star2Be5394]

Anyone else kind of love Rebecca’s less-than-stellar singing? I think it’s hilarious and works perfectly for the song!

[@ashleycampailla]

Nathaniel singing Rebecca's song was the most beautiful thing anyone one of the men has done for her. Singing her words. Nathaniel forever.

[@xoderota]

the "someone else is singing my song" almost made me become team Nathaniel ngl. I still kinda prefer the way the show actually ended but I kinda hope she and Nathaniel get married somewhere down the line

[@amgbarrera1]

Yes!!!

[@IlastarothTayre]

Okay, but can I just say that this look is just gorgeous on Rachel? Ponytail, striped shirt, and them legs! You go girl!

[@oof-rr5nf]

Definitely!

[@sassypants7536]

She's always had great legs!

[@serisothikos]

Cheri Oteri's enthusiasm and Tim's total obliviousness to the lyrical content just kill me here.

[@serisothikos]

Also Rebecca's hesitation before singing "Me and virgins you commit to..."

[@sassypants7536]

I also love Nathaniel's awkward head scratch, as the lyrics get more and more dicey.

[@danituros6700]

I 100% take this song as further proof that Rebecca will end the show single, but strong and healthy on her own.

[@danielchae1452]

Nailed it.

[@xoda32]

THE PROPHET

[@zombioric5890]

NAILED IT

[@markbraunstein58]

You called it

[@prageruwu69]

the way this episode dealt with the "holy shit, something i enjoyed is actually really problematic/bad" was great

[@L.amanda]

Honestly Rebecca's "not great singing" is better than my best singing :(

[@nyxcal]

same lmao, hers is more talk-singing but it’s still pretty on-key most of the time. Mine is singing but not on-key at all lmfao

[@Katherink123]

It's like also a reflection on how she thought about herself and what life was supposed to be. Like she loved the idea of love no matter how much she had to degrade herself all in the efforts to marry Josh or Greg or Nathaniel(not really Nathaniel but you get it). But at this point shes realized how bad that thinking was and how bad it was to think of herself that way, only having worth if these men decided she was worthy, the same way she realizes what a goddamn awful song and musical this is despite having loved it for so long.

[@emat731]

i love this view

[@melisacaceres8740]

I found myself the other day singing this while hand-sewing 😂 SOMEONE COULD LAZO ME A HoOusbaAnd

[@BlackieChan21E]

"Me & Virgins you commit too" is my new life creed 🤣🤣🤣

[@gregolas5873]

"Rub a farmer's feet" LMAO

[@luciarossilashayas9297]

Me: *shows up to family dinner* My three great aunts: CAN SOMEONE LASSO HER A HUSBAND???

[@TheJuliana0901]

Rachel's facial expressions ARE ON POINT

[@jaSama02]

I love that even though she can't sing, you can see that her performance was amazing! I really hope Rebecca will realise that her calling was comedy!

[@gracehourigan5724]

nathaniel at 0:48 is me during this whole song

[@helengordon-smith5753]

Good spot 😅

[@MariaVosa]

Tim's joy is my everything!

[@threebirdsinatrenchcoat]

I love the exaggeration of the overt sexism at the cost of the rythem, it just adds that extra layer of crisp

[@KariIzumi1]

Rebecca is me when I watch The King and I, which was the first musical I remember. ...actually, it's me and a good portion of Rodgers and Hammerstein, period.

[@editk7019]

Reminds me of the old folklore song we used to sing in middle school about this lady singing about a bird visiting her at her window. Then you grow up and realize the bird is not literally a bird, but her lover who she's sneaking around with behind her husband's back. Except that song aged better.

[@luciarossilashayas9297]

I'm currently in a play whose lead female character (me) is written even more awfully than this one. Is a 26 year old in love with her 55 year old boss (who just happens to be the screenwriter) BEGGING HIM TO "BREED HER". I cried on every rehearsal and I still do after some functions. And I wish I could change the dialoges and risk getting fired but I fucking need the money I'm being paid for saying to a disgusting old man "please make me an honest woman"

[@GB-xt7zm]

😳

[@dollblooms]

Lucia Rossi Lashayas girl i hope you can get out of there ASAP/are away from it now, that is such creepy bullshit you have to put up with. you deserve better.

[@samstarba4569]

I feel that history is full of old men who have made "art" just so that they get to flirt/seduce/harass younger women. Actually, when you think about it, that is kinda the basis of all (Western) art and literature. :S

[@samstarba4569]

Btw, I'm from a country that is supposed to be one of the most progressive and feminist countries in the world (North Europe), and apparently those type of "older man dating younger women" type of plays even get state funding here. :/ There was one 50-year-old-guy who used to hire 17-25-year-old women to his plays, play all the main male parts himself, ditch most of the other male roles, and then later on harass the girls and brainwash/force them to have affairs with him. This went on and on for several decades until he was finally sentenced last year for sexual assaults and human trafficking.

[@skylight_gameuse]

i hope you'll find a better play, it sucks that creepy male writers always get money to produce their projects while as women we don't get any... that's why I wanted to become an author kind of like Rebecca/Rachel, to write stories great for women as well, no more sexist stuff.

[@gabi.garcez]

Please I really need the chords of this song to play at a small city catholic school concert!!!!

[@starkidbubble2000]

Oh Adelaide's Lament why must you be like this?

[@karinamaloney1033]

The cast of the Oklahoma revival has entered the comments

[@guillermodebaskerville7117]

*whispers* I Can't Say No Now let's wait for the cast of the Carousel revival

[@tatemick1]

Hella late reply but I was just listening to caint say no and it took me till then to realize that's what this is based on

[@Actionfan19]

I think we've all been where Rebecca is here. If it isn't classic musical theatre it's other stuff you use to enjoy.

[@queenanacaona8531]

I'd really like Rachel to sing Rebecca's edits

[@SamanthaMiller]

lol @ tim’s laugh at @1:17

[@donnieramos611]

I was just listening to where’s the bathroom commentary Ahhhhhh

[@DisneyLuver10573]

I NEED a karaoke track for this, I’m a 17 year old boy but I want to use this as an audition song😭

[@gracieliz95]

Cheri O’Teri was perfect in this episode

[@bragtime1052]

She was perfect at playing a character I absolutely despised the entire time.

[@mel-burnes]

gosh i wish we'd gotten to her rebecca's rewrite

[@homeiswonderland]

I sing this to myself all the time whenever I'm *really feeling* the patriarchy breathing down my neck.

[@naomiwashburn358]

Someone had an amazing time writing what they intended to be the worst possible song for a feminist to sing. 12/10. Brilliant.

[@brimstoneclub]

Props to the piano player

[@EllaRD1o1]

wow i LOVE i cain't say no!!!

[@SirEriol]

I like that Rebecca's lack of talent for singing actually enhances her performance.

[@newglappy2389]

This reminds me of that song in Fame about a girl who can’t dance cause she’s fat and eats too much - and it’s played for comedy. The sung basically end with her quitting ballet.

[@kietbuituan2991]

I love Rachel but the piano man is so ...coollll. He only smiled at the last second and I know I need his info.

[@morbidsearch]

This song may be problematic, but Michelle Obama totally slayed it on Glee.

[@padipadilla8634]

My Fair Lady

[@MrSonofsonof]

It's a shame that she didn't do this in costume. I can just see her singing this as the saloon floozie, flirting with the cowboys and prospectors (one of whom should be a Gabby Hayes impersonator). C'mon, Rachel, you can make this happen - shoot a proper video!

[@Templog.]

😂😂😂😂

[@Mr.-Roybot]

Underneath how fucked up these lyrics are, it's just about a sex worker that wants to find love.

[@kulpjm]

So hilarious that Rebecca can’t sing!

[@donnieramos611]

Second ish

[@katcook17]

Maybe this song was meant as satire and not as literal as rebecca took them ?

[@askask7468]

I' m against popular opinion on this. I have had experiences where I loved stuff in the past but I don't like them anymore. But I don't agree with changing it to suit my needs, to making it less problematic. There are different kinds of people in the world with different struggles. I always thought that when you are an actor, you get to portray so many different personalities, some that go against your own essence. That's part of the job. You can't just change stuff to be " woke". This song, with the original misogynistic lyrics , made me laugh!! It was comedy gold. And I can tell you that where I come from, there are women who think getting a husband was the ultimate thing. That's what feminism is- the freedom to think and choose for yourself, not when everybody thinks the same way about husbands and marriage( if you are pro marriage, you are not a feminist etc).

[@morbidsearch]

Ok but Rebecca didn't change the lyrics to be anti-marriage. She hated the song because it shamed women for having vices, and saying women who had a lot of sex are used ("roasties" as incels call them). i.e. being against the freedom to think and choose for yourself. Most people who are anti-"woke" don't even understand what's being criticised.

[@DeaDiabola]

Ok junior good luck with that

[@neomargs]

Ugh, her deciding theater is her thing is such a fucking cop out... This last season is so bad. :( We expected more and we got lame Greg and some stupid story line about how theater is her best option.

[@KariIzumi1]

Expected more....what, exactly? We'd already gotten three seasons of her struggling to realize what a healthy relationship looks like and to finally take responsibility for her life and then truly understanding that she needed to work on learning who she is and developing her own identity. IDK, I liked the ending.

[@seopark7467]

Also, the entire show was leading up to that! Her becoming healthy and choosing her passion! The literal first shot of the pilot is Rebecca in a play, smiling during theatre camp!

[@GB-xt7zm]

No need to overreact over new Greg

[@domepiece11]

I’d like to see more seasons focused on her BPD, career, personal life, etc., not love interests. And I hate that they made her a bad singer. She did theater camps in HS and didn’t she say she got a BFA at Harvard? Like why wouldn’t she be decent? We’re talking community theater, not Broadway.