I DID NOT EXPECT THAT! EX-WIVES from SIX: The Musical FIRST TIME Reaction/Analysis

[@CFEntertains]

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[@sophiegreenfield-is6xw]

She didn't die of natural causes she died of complications in birth

[@poolkids5216]

Please react to guy who didn't like musicals 😢😢😢

[@ForthwithJackal]

You weren't wrong to have noticed so many pop style references in the music. Each wife has "queenspirations", queens of pop that inspired their look and sound. Catherine of Aragon (yellow): Beyoncé, Shakira Anne Boleyn (green): Avril Lavigne, Lily Allen Jane Seymour (white): Adele, Sia Anna of Cleves (red): Rihanna, Nicki Minaj Katherine Howard (pink): Ariana Grande, Britney Spears Catherine Parr (blue): Alicia Keys, Emeli Sandé

[@TheRandomblah99]

Anyone else constantly BAFFLED at caspers beatboxing??? He does it so casually

[@lillimay98]

I love the "taking you to court" line so much cause it has the double meaning of referring to the justice system and the royal household. They're not only bringing us to the courtroom to pleed their cases, they're inviting us into the happenings of the innercircle and life at court

[@gachazally8914]

we're eating good tonight

[@milliegoodwin5389]

Fun fact: the instrumental in this song is a remix of Greensleves; a very famous piece that is believed to have been written (possibly by Henry) for Anne Boleyn, his second wife

[@edisonlima4647]

Not really believed to, since it has existed sinxe the days of Henry VIII's grandmother, but folklorically attributed to Henry.

[@allisonbergh4429]

There’s a fantastic video here on YT all about how the greensleeves theme is the basis of a lot of the show

[@jovindsouza3407]

​@@edisonlima4647 not quite. Greensleeves was most likely composed decades after Henry and all his wives died, since its composition follows an Italian style that didn't even make it to England till around 1580 during the reign of Henry's daughter Elizabeth. But it somehow got attached to Anne Boleyn, and thanks to crap like The Tudors, will remain associated with her forever. Henry DID compose many poems and wrote dozens of love letters to Anne that we have still preserved. But Greensleeves was never one of them.

[@risperdude]

"That picture from Christianity" *i'm dying with Jane here*

[@Svp3rN0va-xoxo]

I just realized rtc is the second musical I’ve watched that has a character that died named Jane, who’s white (like their color, Jane doe has light hair, and pale skin and stuff) (Also saying rtc because i watched that after six)

[@PonyoJimon]

And then asking Adam to show it lol yah I know it’s just the name of the editor but it’s still funny

[@aniflowers1998]

"Diga...alles gut?" The random german thrown in xD Good job!

[@twist_ending7545]

What?

[@TinyTraveler2709]

@@twist_ending7545didn’t get to that part of the video huh? 😂😂

[@lizcywen6245]

@@twist_ending7545 it's at 08:16 :)

[@miss.ari.and.hudson]

Not Casper catching on to to the “suddenly Seymour” pun, but “Suddenly Seymour” is also a song from the musical Little Shop of Horrors! So another lil pun there haha 😊

[@scottmartin5990]

"Suddenly Seymour" is also a reference to a song from another musical, Little Shop of Horrors. Yet another double meaning.

[@nudgificator]

The little guitar riff after CA says 'royalty' is a bit of Spanish/flamenco guitar because Aragon is a region of Spain.

[@AirQuotes2962]

So here's the quick lowdown on each main character. Catherine of Aragon - First wife. To the Catholic church at the time, the only true wife. She was from Spain, shipped off like many women were at the time for a political marriage when Henry was a known womanizer (he had a lot of mistresses). Her daughter Mary ended up becoming Bloody Mary. Her color is yellow. Anne Boleyn - Second wife. She overlapped with Catherine in that she was initially one of Henry's mistresses, but when Catherine failed to provide a male heir Henry tried to divorce her and marry Anne instead. The Catholic church said no, so Henry created the Church of England and broke England away from Catholicism. The musical doesn't go into the fact that she was coerced and bascially pushed into being Henry's mistress against her will. Her daughter was Elizabeth the First though, so she kinda won in the end. Her color is green. Jane Seymour - Third wife. She was considered more ideal than Boleyn and more acceptable by many who were outraged. She was also the one who finally gave Henry a son-Edward. She died around the time of Edward's birth (potentially from complications in the birth itself, I'm not sure) which was tragic, both for her and for the kingdom. Her son only ruled for a few months I believe, before passing away due to sickness. Her color is white. Anna of Cleves - Fourth wife. She is from Germany. Her marriage to Henry only lasted around six months, because he couldn't legally divorce her faster than that. The musical talks about how it was because she didn't look as good as her portrait which is what Henry claimed, though it wasn't entirely accurate. It was moreso because Henry was humiliated by her and the portrait thing was more of a retort (think being rejected by an incel, and him saying "Well, you're ugly anyway!"). Her political marriage to Henry was also solidifying an important trade link with the Germans, so when they divorced Henry gave her a massive castle and a bunch of money in exchange for her not telling her family how awful she was treated. She lived the rest of her life in England, and ended up the best out of all the wives. Katheryn Howard - Fifth wife. Easily has the darkest story out of all of them. I don't want to actually say it here, because her song goes into her story much more than a few others do and honestly, it's best if you just find out then. Her color is pink. Catherine Parr - The final wife. She married a few people before Henry "to survive" but eventually she fell in love with Thomas Seymour (Jane Seymour's cousin, I believe) and planned her marriage to him. However, Henry, who was very old by this point, determined that she would be his wife. She had no choice in the matter and became the final queen, living with Henry until he died. After this, she married Thomas, but her life may not have been entirely happy. The musical doesn't go into it, but for a time, Catherine looked after Elizabeth, Anne Boleyn's daughter, and it's believed that Thomas attempted to marry Elizabeth (when she was still a child) for a stronger bid to the throne. Elizabeth was removed and placed in the Tower of London and Thomas was killed (I think, I could be wrong) and Catherine was left alone again. Her color is blue.

[@ceciwynne4154]

So glad you are doing Six like Mortius! Similar to him, please watch the live version of All You Wanna Do, by Samantha Pauly. To me, I think there is so much emotion to both watching it live and seeing the facial expressions outside of just an animatic. That song (regardless) is a very heavy subject matter, and Mortius’s video ended up being an hour for it. I definitely think it would be beneficial to watch the live version, but whichever way you choose, I will watch it! Can’t wait to see the rest of Six!

[@amandahibbs3690]

If hes using the same list. Then that vid is on that list

[@jennifermorris6848]

Court. Where the upper crust hang out with the royalty. (Just one of many words repurposed).

[@radicaledward84]

It's interesting how I have heard this song a couple times - I think some other youtuber, maybe Howard Ho, did an analysis of the Greensleeves theme, and then Mortius reacted to this before Casper so I'm watching them in order but it was only because Casper mentioned the double meaning of royal that I noticed that court was one of those too.

[@allisonbergh4429]

I love how the music cutting out during the vocal lines not only sounds awesome, but also makes it much easier to catch the lyrics. When you’re watching a show live you’ve only got one chance to hear what’s being said, so you don’t want it drowned out by instruments

[@jxy_cee]

OMG AHHHHHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING SIX ITS AMAZING 😻 also if you end up liking six, there’s a musical called Ride The Cyclone that’s also about six characters competing, i think you’d like it a lot! also, mortius probably told you this but there are in-between bits that are great for context, so you should try finding those! edit: also, if someone hasn’t already told you, i recommend a live action version of all you wanna do, because there’s a lot more emotion, not just in the actions but also in the voice!

[@twist_ending7545]

I THOUGHT YOUR PFP WAS MINE WHEN I SAW IT OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE I WAS ABOUT TO BE LIKE "WHEN TF DID I TYPE THIS???"

[@jxy_cee]

@@twist_ending7545LMAOOOOO I MEAN TBF THEY DO LOOK SIMILAR

[@ForthwithJackal]

He's using the same playlist as Mortius, so All You Wanna Do should be live.

[@missing_names8001]

YES I LOE RIDE THE CYCLONE!!!!! I'd love to see him react to it. hopefully it can be the live versions because I feel like you have to see things like Jane Doe's performance and Noel's performance live.

[@RyzeandFall]

Dude RTC is so good!! I need a reaction for that one lol

[@MaiarBellydance]

Interesting that you picked up on Anna of Cleeves accent… she tends to have a more ‘street’ accent. The original Australian cast for example, Cleeves had a much broader, queensland-ish accent than the other Queens. Boleyn Also tends towards Chav/bogan in most casts I’ve heard. I think the accents a distinct choice for each character.

[@honeyhoney6794]

5:04 her namesake and probably one of the most powerful monarchs of england, elizabeth the 1st, was actually the daughter of anne boleyn, the second wife that is represented by green

[@lka9900]

And Bloody Mary was Catherine of Aragon’s daughter!

[@GamzeenMakara]

I love that when you see the show they have a pamphlet that tells about who they are based on because I believe they each are a combination of two famous female singers, so they try to follow their known sound and style

[@liashke]

"Suddenly Seymour" is also a song in Little Shop of Horrors.

[@BayWillow-rp2vw]

Something in the first song, during Anna of Cleves(4th queen) into K Howard(5th queen) it goes “funny how we talk about that, but never Henry Little-, prick up your ears” in America prick is another way to say the males private area. Ps, love your vids.

[@milliegoodwin5389]

I didn't know it was slang for that in the USA too

[@edisonlima4647]

That's the joke.

[@lucieudem]

He clearly understood:) btw prick is an English term going back to the 16th century, so the English authors of Six were even period accurate in their usage :)

[@BayWillow-rp2vw]

I commented this just because I didn’t know this till a friend told me so I was just trying to help anyone who didn’t :) hope this just helps clarify.

[@lka9900]

It’s definitely more British slang the way they use it in the line in the song. Americans know what it means, but I don’t know anyone that use it as slang for the actual body part. But we do use it to call someone a prick in the same way we would call someone a dick. 😅

[@leahestevez3314]

Casper took inspiration from Mortius Edit: my comment sounds a bit rude, but hope you don’t think it’s meant to be that way.

[@CFEntertains]

They recommended this to me + was also nice enough to let me use the same playlist!

[@leahestevez3314]

@@CFEntertains OMG A RESPONSE? Also that’s really cool lol

[@-dekinai-ko-]

IM SO EXCITED I had the pleasure of seeing SIX live in theaters and the lights do infact change depending on which queen is the vocal point/speaking So about the colours, we have Catherine of Aaragon in Yellow, she was divorced Anne Bolynn is in Green and was beheaded Jane Seymour is in Silver/Gray-esque for that funeral vibe, and she died after giving birth Anne of Cleves in Red and she was divorced aswell Katheryn Howard in Pink, for lust most likely, and she was beheaded aswell And lastly, Catherine Parr in Royal Blue who outlived the king by about half a year i think. Hope this could help a little :]

[@godabandonedthistimeline]

Katherine Howard's color is pink to highlight her age

[@-dekinai-ko-]

@@godabandonedthistimeline Oh, i didnt know that! Thanks :]

[@shanahart4203]

I don't know if anyone mentioned it to Mortius as it's less relevant to his reaction, but the show is performed with a live band onstage with the queens. Iirc it's a pianist, guitarist and drummer

[@SimsAllAround]

Bassist, too - all named for their actual Ladies in Waiting

[@MuriacyVenturaJr]

I know how you like Gigi’s animatics, so… here’s the playlists of Six. kzbin.info/aero/PL4dgoU8X4NwUnolwqNxi7l-0w75C08f5T&si=uVlfIjYk1szMf2pk She unlisted because doesn’t like them so much nowadays (she did when she was 15-16yo). But Don’t lose ur head and Hearth of Stone are so perfect 😍

[@Ascendio_Aces]

Watching people vibe to this musical is my new favourite hobby. Can't wait to see your reactions!

[@Lucijr0]

I'm so happy that you're loving six, is one of my favorite musicals

[@BooksAndEpicTheMusical]

Love your pfp! ❤❤

[@Lucijr0]

@@BooksAndEpicTheMusical Thanks! It's Viria's art... i love pjo

[@osutuba]

I got to see this on tour with my wife and daughter. I had heard the OBST and it was fire, but the ladies in the show I watched were absolutely incredible! You absolutely need to see this live at the earliest possible opportunity :)

[@sar.cas.tic.]

yo btw! in the first song you can hear greensleeves, a piece that was rumoured to have been written by henry viii for anne boleyn (later disproved) but still cool nonetheless how they incorporated it into the song! it's also why anne's part was "my sleeves may be green but my lipstick's red"

[@KelilaBennet]

I love your very detailed music breakdowns and am very glad you're doing this solo so you can mention them all!

[@crystallight808]

28:40 the fact that she sounds British makes some sense because in actual History she stayed even after divorce in a castle in Britain or somewhere around there if I remember correctly

[@katesullivan4707]

You will be impressed, most of the animators respect the West End color designation for each Queen. The only issue being the purple they use for ensemble parts looks very close to Kate Howard's pink. Luckily the drama of her song tends to remove both colors from subsequent songs

[@zombizone1581]

YIPPPIEEEEE! IM SO HAPPY YOU'RE WATCHING SIX CASPER!

[@Svp3rN0va-xoxo]

Don’t know if some of these animatics used different versions of the songs, but if they do- If you’re confused by the characters possibly sounding different sometimes, it’s because this animatic used the studio cast recording version, which is different singers than the broadway cast recording. Again, you might not run into the question, but if u do, this is why-

[@TailsFan]

I wonder if Mortius also didn't want to go through "All You Wanna Do" again? If so, I do not blame him for bowing out.

[@Cheshiregrinn91]

I am sure Mortius already told you but when you get to 'All you wanna do' you really got to do the life action one from stage. It is phenomenal.

[@MikaylaSkye-wq5ot]

Casper! Make sure you to the live action for all you wanna do. Your never prepared for it so good luck

[@MysticMyths]

I love the cast/official recordings of this musical but it hits so differently in person, it's so good!

[@Lania_S]

Oh, his reactions to this are going to be soooo good ✨

[@dorothyrosenberg1301]

I enjoy your deeper dive into the music. Thank you.

[@oceanapearl3503]

Love how you and Mortius work together.

[@amyreynolds7244]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. After stumbling across Mortius' reactions I've been JONSEING for more!

[@AlanomalyOfficial]

Hellll yes it's so cool you're getting into SIX. I love this musical so I'm very excited about this series

[@Spyrotastic141]

Just saw the show live tonight and now Casper begins his journey. Wonderful!

[@tamarbaas]

Yessss Six the musical!! You’re so right for your K/DA comparison for this one.

[@NK-lu3vf]

HELL YEAAAA🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@MrSmile078]

If memory serves me correctly, each queen style is loosely based on modern day pop queens, I think there’s some they are clearly one to one comparisons and other are a bit of a mix, not that I’m able to tell myself since I’m very bad at figuring this things out but I bet you can probably guess a few.

[@Emilaria]

This musical is so fun. Heart of Stone is my favorite song from the show.

[@josefinagonzalezdamico4538]

I've been watching your videos for a while and deep down I know you always introduce yourself as a musician, but for some reason my brain processed it today as magician and I did a double take, I was like wait what????- does auditory dyslexia exist lmao

[@gloverfamily3925]

Part of the lyrics is from Horrible Histories.

[@kiram.3619]

I'm looking forward to more six reactions! The songs are so, so good and i love really appreciate the musical insights.

[@kory_misun]

Ooh, Casper, Gigi's got a few or more Six animatiiiics!

[@shay-la-vie]

Really loved this music breakdown! Can't wait to see more of your reactions to this

[@LuckasSilver]

Shame Mortius, Shame. BTW Death Note also has a musical XD

[@TheCarolinaAsh]

Oh i am excited to see you go through these...

[@PonyoJimon]

Love how they remix the tutor rain song song for parts

[@a.m.b.c4772]

OMG I´M SO EXCITED FOR HEATHERS AND SIX

[@Sate12]

I'd argue Henry Truly loved Catherine of Aragon most. They were friends when she was engaged to his brother. Then they consoled each other after his passing. They married and were together for years. But he "strayed" when he wanted a younger woman and a son

[@MrKoryMisun]

The opening reminds me strongly of Dave Brown's song 'Don't Stay in School' when he talks about these ladies, rapping 'Divorced, b-headed, d!ed. Divorced, b-headed, survived! Glad that's in my head instead of financial advice!' He turned out to be a creep though, don't give him any clicks. ANYWAY! I'm glad to get into a brand new musical with you, Casper, let's go!

[@jesskate1991]

Have you checked out who the writers based each queen on? Each queen links to two incredible pop divas (queens).

[@mer_acle8101]

I got to see SIX life this year, it was great! They actually played like pop-songs but in bardcore before the show started that was quite fun edit: also I like to think that the "And you'll suddenly seymour" line is a reference to good old little shop of horrors (if she says "certainly" I do not want to know thank you XD)

[@nerdyanimation1491]

So good! ❤

[@el_mastachio7739]

When you do “All You Wanna Do” please react to the live Samantha Pauly version instead of an animation. Mortius did the same when he reacted to it. It has better context plus the acting. Whoever it’s very triggering so watch out for that

[@Lucijr0]

28:46 i died here HAHAHAH

[@madog2010]

I love Casper just BOPPIN'

[@atlasrichardson749]

Yessssss :)) so happy this is the next reaction series

[@HOUSEOFHESTIA96]

13:42 WOA

[@HistoryMonarch1999]

If you wanna find a cool animatic for the song, “no way” by tall tale studios is pretty good!

[@aycingibi4256]

13:25 source: trust me bro

[@clwilliams9276]

I never learned about the six wives, other than a passing mention. Didn't even learn the dumb rhyme til I heard the musical soundtrack. But after watching some reactions n listening to it, And watching some historical people breakdowns I decided my favorites r Anne of Cleves and Anne Bolyn. Bolyn gets second place even tho she's got probably my favorite song of them. For me Howard has been the most forgettable for some reason. But yeah' Anne of Cleves' story both in the musical and historically is my favorite of them. I also personally think she got to the other side of her relationship better than any of the other wives. Like tied with Parr if not even better. I mean keeping a strong relationship with her ex-husband, essentially being treated as family by one of the most brutal kings of the time must've been absolutely insane. Especially since his previous 2 wives died one way or another n the wife immediately after her ALSO died. Catherine of Aragon was, imo, one of the least lucky survivors cuz she genuinely loved him n held onto that marriage until her death, even tho he literally divorced her, cuz she didn't believe in divorce. N the theory I heard is that he suffered brain damage n that's likely how all this ended up happening. Pretty sure the brain damage happened during his first marriage. Imagine one day ur husband n love of ur life almost dies then the next day he wakes up a mean and adulterous man. She's the survivor I feel the most sorry for. But yeah, figured i'd drop my opinion on this down here before I continue since i'm halfway through the first vid of the reaction.

[@pyxiechik]

I'm so jelly cause my mom's cousin gets to go Interpret six

[@monttesa1241]

20:02 Chasper: tiki tiki tiki tiki Me: tun turu tun turu dun dun du do do paw paw paw pow pow pow pow pow parapapapapapa HEEEY! HEEY! What-

[@margaretjoy_stucky]

i love sixxxxxx

[@BGTitanAvatar]

Bro you in for a ride.

[@sayu3952]

Gigi made animations of this musical.

[@anniefemmas5097]

"Rest in peace" HELL NO

[@lizzi8114]

I did not expect the Digga😂

[@jessieh.5930]

So Garry is now a lady-in- waiting!😂 That's how the queens refer to the women on the instruments.

[@mangakage670]

New sub here big fan of how you break down music, if i may suggest reacting to an Alastor Rap : Turn the Volume Up by Rustage ft Mcgwire, i promise you wont be disapointed its a bangerr

[@WetHades]

close the tabs buddy

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