In Trousers (1985)

24/11/2020: English captions are now complete!
This video belonged to another user who eventually privated the video, however, i still love this musical and want others to get the chance to watch it and maybe fall in love with it like i did, so, enjoy.
This is the 1985 version, a revival and rewrite of the orignal 1979 one, eliminating songs such as your lips and me, my chance to survive the night, the nausea before the game and Marvin takes a victory shower. While adding i need sleep, helluva day, wedding song, three seconds, i swear i won't ever again (not included in this production), i feel him slipping away and packing up. It also edits some songs adding dialogues or new lyrics; My highschool sweetheart, the r*pe of miss goldberg, love me for what i am, Marvin's final words on how America got it's name.
In trousers is a prequel to falsettos. It's part one of the Marvin trilogy.
Order of the Marvin trilogy:
-In Trousers.
-March Of The Falsettos.
-Falsettoland.
Falsettos is the combination of march of the falsettos and falsettoland as two acts.
#introusers #falsettos #introusers1985

[@Angrydoggen]

Time stamps: 1:02 - In Trousers 2:07 - I can’t sleep 5:44 - A Helluva Day 7:55 - I Have A Family 9:28 - How Marvin Eats His Breakfast 12:50 - Marvin’s Giddy Seizures(part 1) 14:16 - My Highschool Sweetheart 18:55 - Set Those Sails 22:23 - High School Ladies at 5 O’clock 25:10 - The R-- of Miss Goldberg by Marvin 30:55 - Love Me For What I Am 34:43 - I Am Wearing A Hat 38:52 - Wedding Song 39:49 - 3 seconds 42:02 - Wedding Song (Part 2) 43:13 - How the body falls apart 43:55 - I Feel Him Slipping Away 48:31 - Whizzer Going Down 51:56 - Marvins Giddy Seizures(part 2) 54:36 - I’m Breaking Down 59:09 - Packing Up 1:02:41 - Breakfast Over Sugar 1:05:24 - Highschool Sweetheart (reprise) 1:05:46 - How America Got Its Name 1:11:55 - Been A Helluva Day (reprise) 1:12:54 - Another Sleepless Night 1:17:00 - In Trousers (the dream) I hope this is all correct, if not please just tell me in the reply’s and I’ll change it.

[@grimamies]

Thank you so much! I was so lazy to actually do it 🥺🥺

[@Angrydoggen]

Jamies Sunflower No Problem!

[@ItMightBeKat]

ur literally an angel thANK YOU

[@koolaidman8656]

TYSM OML THAT MUSTVE BEEN A HELL OF ALOT TO DO

[@sebass7327]

@@koolaidman8656 You mean a... Helluva lot? I'm not sorry for a helluva pun

[@fern5971]

I love this play so much because we all recognize it’s themes (asking what a ‘man’ really is, coming to terms with homosexuality in the 60/70’s, sexism, repression, egotism) but none of us actually fully and completely understand the plot. I just think this shared love and confusion is fucking awesome.

[@grimamies]

YES! YOU ARE COMPLETELY RIGHT! Sometimes the themes are clear as day and sometimes it's up to interpretation, I love discussing certain plot points with others, because we all understand it in such different and unique ways!

[@lovelaced]

i love watching this and being like damn marvin needs professional help and then he does get professional help in falsettos but it’s mendel so it doesn’t help him at all

[@Sickandtired776]

I love in trousers because it kinda shows how Marvin does love Trina and depend on her but he’s just gay and not in love with her

[@yuarentlucky]

It's so sad what happens in falsettos.

[@heath6802]

At least Trina does find someone who will happily hold her

[@mastershakeswifey]

you know i never realized how FUCKED Marvin actually is until i watched in trousers 😭😭 like i knew he was crazy but JESUS CHRIST the man needs an actual psychiatrist trust 🙏

[@hihi-j9o4m]

Mendel fr aint doing anything 😭

[@Pbarz554]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@hihi-j9o4mtrue. Marvin says that he no longer has a physiatrist in act 2 of Falsettos since Mendel is with Trina now

[@rosesnguns09]

he only has one on the jewish holidays 😢

[@KingJake-om7yq]

Especially when the show seems to blame Marvin for being groomed

[@amazingspiderlad]

It probably doesn't help that Mendel was objectively terrible at his job

[@waffle._.bubbles]

While Whizzer’s going down, Trina’s breaking down

[@faustelija]

when your circle small but yall crazy!!!

[@DrowsyJasmine]

😭😭

[@ChelCM03]

Kind of obsessed with this. I think, despite some of the songs that are missing, it explains why Marvin is the way he is. He tried to love women, he even married a woman, just to try to live a 'normal life'. But he just couldn't. Miss Goldberg and Sweetheart wore the hats that covered their faces because they were women in Marvin's life that he tried to love. After Breakfast with Sugar, Wife AKA Trina gets a hat too. In Three Seconds Marvin is constantly saying that he's gonna die, just before he takes his vows, he gets "shot". In I Never Wanted to Love You from March of the Falsettos/Falsettos Act 1, Marvin says "It really killed me when you took those vows....I never wanted to love you". He didnt WANT any of this, no matter how hard to tried, not truly. Marvin constantly wants things and expects to get them, so when he doesnt get his tight knit family he looses his shit. The whole Marvin Trilogy is about Marvin learning how to love and be loved and unlearning all the toxic shit he grew up with. God this musical is great. Not to mention this cast is WONDERFUL

[@KingJake-om7yq]

He didn’t “try to love” Goldberg he was groomed.

[@Camochii]

@@KingJake-om7yqGoldberg groomed Marvin? Or he got groomed before and thinks it’s normal?

[@KingJake-om7yq]

@@Camochii she groomed him

[@Camochii]

@@KingJake-om7yq poor Marvin god he’s awful but poor Marvin

[@Ichewoncrayons]

This feels like a fever dream except it’s not a fever it’s like I’m high a high dream.

[@rivroyerr]

this is very accurate.

[@dana-pagame-la-terapia]

Am I high? Is this what being high feels like? Am I high right now?

[@PicturePencil]

i was always flummoxed by mrs goldberg, but i think i understand now. he’s never seen her face. she’s not specific. that’s the only kind of woman he could imagine himself to love.

[@abs.11.11]

Oooo yes i agree and I also think she sort of represents his struggle with sexuality as a whole

[@sest6621]

absolutely. not to mention with what little we hear of marvin’s mother says she’s cold and withholding- similar to how ms. goldberg treats him. not to mention how her lack of interest in him means she is likely safe- in that she’ll never return his affection like trina or sweetheart do.

[@kingchey772]

there's also the interpretation she sexually assaulted him, and he reframes the narrative to look like he wanted it

[@KingJake-om7yq]

SHE GROOMED HIM.

[@Sam-on5jf]

someone told me to watch this because I always wear sunglasses

[@JesusMartinez-iq3to]

Upon watching this for two years I’m now thinking that “the rape of miss goldberg” is about marvin feeling insecure (as we see in highschool ladies at five o’clock there are rumors about marvin screwing his friends which could possibly have been made up or bot because he joined the play, something that is seemed as a femenine or “gay” thing to do) and deciding to lie and say that he actually had sex with miss goldberg to disprove the rumors (thats why the whole marvin beating some guy in a fight “actually I drugged him, but not with pills, but an apple” thing makes no sense, he’s making it up on the spot) that ending up in miss Goldberg getting fired, as we hear the actual ms goldberg defending herself “I was never out of place, I taught and minded my business”, which is why she is in the story at all, the musical according to will finn (the writer) is in it’s core about misogyny. Marvin regresses unto his former self in moments of his life where he wronged a woman. He never payed attention to his sweatheart, choosing to fictionally choose ms goldberg and hurting both of them in the process, them when he got married to Trina knowing he would hurt her and finally when trina found out he was cheating on her with a man and breaking down. I cant believe after almost three years of listening to this musical it is now at this moment that I have come to understand so much of this plot (or maybe it is not at all about this and i just completely lost my mind) but either way I am having the time of my life right now rewatching it with a completely new perspective!!!

[@A.C.420]

Slay

[@jamblingchips]

You're a god for this honestly

[@numberonesandrofan5312]

YOURE AMAZING I love this interpretation I also love to see somebody giving a reasonable theory other than Miss Goldberg is a creep because it seems everyone forgets that Marvin fantasizes and recalls all of these things from YEARS ago so half of it isn’t even true/didn’t occur.

[@ghrosst]

this is some delicious interpretation 10/10

[@Nathan_Alves]

I love how all comments all fresh 😂 we are all back here to see marvin screw up

[@EggAnimates]

Wait, real as hell, I didn’t even notice 😭 how did all the theatre nerds get summoned at the same time?

[@LordCalamity6208]

👍

[@clownsvscowboys]

Ohh my god the choreography for Whizzer going down is the most delightful thing I've ever seen... those little dances were so cute!!!

[@jessethecomet]

Was not prepared for "Whizzer Going Down" to start with Marvin going down a slide 😂

[@emogirl4072]

i fucking am in love with the slide man. oh my god. the slide is my new falsettos foam cube. in trousers slide my beloved,,,,

[@hollyhock9638]

You're my favorite character in life simply for your sentiments regarding slide-kun the SHSL whoosh

[@bankyedwards5953]

YAS

[@maisiedazee]

“The thing about explorers is: they discover things that are already there.” This musical kills me, every time.

[@carmymb]

i love in trousers, i sure hope i’ll be able to understand it someday

[@lenaurban7706]

LMAO have you seen falsettos? honestly just read through the comments on it on genius or somewhere. the first time i watched falsettos i had the same problem, then i rewatched it more carefully and understood it, now i have no problem understanding in trousers

[@carmymb]

@@lenaurban7706 oh yeah!!! no i’ve watched falsettos a million times i was just trying to be funny! i’ve read so many comments on genius too i swear, i’ve like, written essays to my friends about the characters and stuff. and i’ve watched in trousers a ton of times too!

[@lenaurban7706]

@@carmymb LMAO OMG IM SO OBSESSED WITH FALSETTOS TOO I RECENTLY GOT MY FRIEND TO WATCH IT AND NOW WERE BOTH OBSESSED AND KEEP ANALYZING IT. NOW SHE ONLY HAS TO WATCH IN TROUSERS

[@carmymb]

@@lenaurban7706 YESSSSS I GOT MY BEST FRIEND TO WATCH IT BUT SHES NOT AS OBSESSED AS I AM BUT SHES THE ONE I WRITE MY ESSAYS TO

[@lilynagy5947]

No cause why did we all decide to watch at the same ish time??

[@mcpriceleyuri]

the Marvin trilogy resurges in popularity at the moment, especially on Pinterest LMAO

[@sillydude02]

Hai!!

[@sillydude02]

@@mcpriceleyuriwhy is it a trilogy WHATS TJE THIRD ONE

[@dingIeberry]

@@sillydude02in order: in trousers, march of the falsettos (just act 1 of falsettos), and falsettos

[@mcpriceleyuri]

@ yeah

[@heyitsfen]

most normal Marvin fantasy

[@marvincenter]

Fun fact: Marvin and Trina’s actors played them in March of the Falsettos a year prior to this recording!

[@miraglaser4766]

DO YOU HAVE A VIDEO OF IT???

[@miraglaser4766]

@@Esey-0 😔

[@disneypwincess]

have you guys seen this college's production of falsettoland?????? Its this entire cast + actors for mendel whizzer and jason ITS LITERALLY AMAZING.

[@disneypwincess]

​@@Esey-0was it on youtube or vimeo or what? there must be a chance someone has it right..... IT CANT BE GONE I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT WATCHING IT💔💔💔💔

[@JesusMartinez-iq3to]

You mean the og ones or this college production?

[@RandomOliveTree]

Marvin nervously backing away throughout High School Ladies at 5 O Clock and then proceeding to panic in closeted gay

[@jeffreyrschell]

Are u on Pinterest (i swear I’ve seen ur account )

[@RandomOliveTree]

@@jeffreyrschell yup that’s me

[@jayan7112]

“time i met a sailor” .. the how america got its name reference in unlikely lovers… im not sobbing, you are

[@mrdalliard]

I was having a perfectly cry-less morning until I read this

[@chelsear534]

OMGG

[@eyezzzaza]

@@jayan7112 OMG I never understood that lyric this is so sad 😭

[@CatPawLover]

The women lost their love in the end of In Trousers. But at the end of the whole trilogy? Marvin lost HIS love.

[@amazingspiderlad]

But don't worry, it gets even worse, because Marvin almost definitely died pretty soon after Whizzer did

[@Camochii]

@@amazingspiderladliterally I’m pretty sure he got aids …

[@summer_the_rae]

Sweetheart: THE R*PE OF MISS GOLDBERG BY MARVIN :) The audience: ... o h

[@grimamies]

That was exactly my reaction

[@bepisthescienceman4202]

@@grimamies I would be surprised if that was everyone's reaction

[@cloudywithnochanceofcomedy]

the ladies sound like absolute angels together i love it

[@chelsear534]

They really did

[@altthingthang]

I need an in trousers revival plearpleaepleaseeee…

[@jeffreyrschell]

FRRRRRR

[@-3Jayden7-]

Yes please😭

[@H3lluva-FizzyFan]

Falsettos?😭

[@fraulein_sally]

Some info I found about the production: "IN TROUSERS was performed on January 16-19, 1992 at Garmany Hall, Austin Arts Center, Trinity College. The show was staged, directed and accompanied by Professor Gerald Moshell. Set design by Kathy Sparks Melon. Choreography by Paul Tines. Lighting design by Chris Hudacs." Cast: Allen Katz as Marvin Allet Oury as Sweetheart Liz Lombardi as Miss Goldberg and Lisa Gurevich as Trina (Don't know if it is written anywhere but incase it isn't I feel we should acknowledge this amazing cast and creative team!)

[@trinityivy1994]

Yeah but did u know Lisa and Lizs' full names are both Elizabeth

[@M1CR0P0P]

@@trinityivy1994​​⁠yeah but did u know that liz’s middle name is daria and lisa’s middle name is andrea

[@M1CR0P0P]

@@trinityivy1994 oh fun! i ended up finding all of their full names in a college directory while looking for a picture of the actors but i didn’t dive that far deep

[@trinityivy1994]

@@M1CR0P0P yeah, if you go to the yearbooks and look up their last names, they're pretty easy to find 😅

[@Jewbeep]

"Our 8 year old son." "Marvin turns fourteen today." Well shit-

[@Meretrix2]

in some parts marvin is 14 and in some oarts hes an adult Also before its too late then imma just r/wooosh myself

[@Jewbeep]

@@Meretrix2 I know. It was just a joke I made a while back!

[@Meretrix2]

@@Jewbeep my bad i knew it 😭

[@im_bored_today2442]

the girl who plays his sweetheart is so good. shes so clear and i just like her voice

[@enderrboo]

the comments are WAY fresher than i expected but anyway this was soooooo good it really puts marvin's character into a new perspective and helps me see his thoughts and understand why he acted how he did in the rest of the trilogy thank you for the captions

[@JesusMartinez-iq3to]

This is the only performance of in Trousers that is complete here in youtube, i tried looking up the actors and it looks like Allen Katz (Marvin) has a distillery in NY and Alet Oury Taylor (his sweetheart) is a dance fitness teacher and performer. I couldn’t find any info on Liz Lombardi or Lisa Gurevich and don’t know who plays who (Ms. goldberg and Marvin’s Wife/trina). I think it’s funny how these people just performed this musical for college 30 years ago and might not even know that there’s a whole new generation of theater people watching it because it’s the only performance of In Trousers available to them.

[@grimamies]

I didn't know this! Wow, good for them! And yeah! They kind of revived the In Trousers fandom, now THAT'S a legacy

[@Televisionscreens]

It’s every month since May 10th 2024 I will come back here and watch this, I’ve stayed faithful to this musical. Genuinely a favourite of mine. I love the marvin trilogy

[@rodentiae]

my favorute part is when marvin says its in trousers time and in trousers all over the place ❤

[@DrowsyJasmine]

😭😭

[@fungallittlefreak1434]

As a huge fan of the 1979 cast recording i was fully convinced the 3 Seconds song was something i had dreamt of after falling asleep with my headphones bladting the soundtrack.

[@sproutsies5178]

it's rly neat 2 me how across in trousers/march of the falsettos/falsettoland there's like. a very clear shift from comedy to dramedy to drama idk I just think it's neat GOD the marvin trilogy/falsettos is SO good AGH

[@Numbattery]

I revisit this at least once a year,,, the surreal energy of the whole production just hits

[@ilike_garlicbread]

I'm breaking down still being one of the best songs

[@flaxyus996]

True, although Marvin BEING STUCK in Whizzer kinda traumatized me

[@H3lluva-FizzyFan]

​@flaxyus99 HUH. IM STILL ON THE 1ST SONG

[@imtahloi]

oh how i wish there was a bootleg of In Trousers 1979 but i know that’s so unrealistic :/

[@carmymb]

i need it

[@disneypwincess]

I would give anything for one

[@VFM_of]

While reading some comments A thing I see is people confused about some plot holes So to whoever read this Please watch this not thinking about Falsettos 2016 then after make connections and adjust it to make sense to you :) Helped me alot to be able to enjoy the production and connect the story

[@RockyRickaby1926]

Hello fellow Hazbin hotel fan

[@Misferrfan]

Hazbin and a theater kid….your fucked brother.

[@blue.berry.b]

Anyone else here after watching falsettos?

[@5tr1ngb34n]

Nah

[@mythic_soup]

Yep!

[@alexf225]

Yeah I'm currently trying to find all the songs form the original musical but I can only find the 1979 version (not the 1985)

[@WickedBinOfTheWest]

Was pleasantly surprised by the tameness of Whizzer Going Down.

[@A.C.420]

This musical is like a fever dream I don’t want to wake up from

[@lizziesomerville1186]

i have no idea what the storyline of this musical is but i shall watch anyway

[@cal2229]

So are we just going to ignore the fact that there is gay Christopher Columbus fanfiction in this???

[@bluecocoa13]

yeah we’ll ignore that

[@camrynsims7432]

yes 😁😁😁😃😃🥰

[@michaelceraaaaa]

thats Bill Finn for you

[@5tr1ngb34n]

I'm sorry there's what now

[@fnafgamer1165]

That is definitely one part of this

[@hyperfixationofthemonth]

I’ve never been more confused in my life-

[@fixyrheart]

Good

[@imtooqueerforthis]

I am so confused too my goodness Reading the comments here that seems to kinda be the point, and idk how to feel about it hahah

[@effsap]

the transition between a helluva day reprise to another sleepless night is so AHEJFNDJDID i wanna cry its so MmHhHgHh

[@gaymer2316]

I really wish the published version kept the cut songs 😭. They were some of my favorites. It would be a dream if the original ‘79 version was published as well But the ending hits different tho Edit: I kind of miss the crypticness of the original. This version is much easier to understand, but it’s fun trying to read the subtext. But it makes sense of course, the average theatre goer won’t necessarily be as invested in this musical as we all are haha.

[@WynnK_]

I feel all this so strongly ugh

[@_catelin_]

@user-hi1gk9vp1xonly the soundtrack

[@azurazy]

comments are FRESH holy shit

[@strawberrydemon7601]

It's because is May 27th

[@Radiosilencing]

REAL

[@azurazy]

@@Radiosilencing IM SO HAPPY ABOUT IT THOUGH in trousers needs to become more well known

[@Radiosilencing]

@@azurazy IM ACTUALLY JUST GETTING STARTED ON IT, IM COMIGN HERE FROM FALSETTOS 2016 REVUVAL

[@azurazy]

@@Radiosilencing OMGGGG UR SO LUCKY TO BE WATCHING IT ALL FOR THE FIRST TIME 🤞🏻 YOU SHOULD TOTALLY WATCH THE BOOTLEG WITH THE OBC FROM 1993 ITS SO SO GOOD

[@Mochaboa]

Okay I just discovered this and was like "why do they have the exact same character names as the characters in Falsettos (i've only watched the revival and had no idea about the fact it was a trilogy originally) THEN I READ THE DESCRIPTION AND ITS THE SAME THING??? the plot of this is very different from... the revival...

[@girlypop4126]

This is supposed to be kinda pre falsettos. Falsettos is made up of acts two and three.

[@N.cataria]

The trilogy is In Trousers, March of the Falsettos, and Falsettoland. Falsettos is the final two of the trilogy of one act musicals

[@couchchester]

its the prequel actually, so this is marvin before coming in terms with his homosexuality

[@05baileym]

I’m very sad this version takes out my chance to survive the night and nausea before the game. Those songs are very very important I feel to Marvin’s character. I think the only version that has these songs is the original version. Which is very sad but it is what it is.

[@oldprincebolkonskyiscrazya782]

Yes and they also took out your lips and me which is a literal crime

[@givemecookies5078]

@@oldprincebolkonskyiscrazya782 uhmm and marvin takes a victory shower too dont forget about that bop of a song 😤

[@Carloegiovanna]

Where can I watch the original version? Is it on KZbin?

[@gnarlybootsrag]

@@Carloegiovanna no i think the original was performed in the 70s so-

[@Carloegiovanna]

@@gnarlybootsrag Ohh alright thank you

[@lesliepagel2046]

Kinda sad that they eliminated "Your Lips And Me", but I also think it was a smart move because it's the song that breaks a lot of the linear sense of the musical (the parakeet not appearing in march of the falsettos, having 2 children instead of just Jason)

[@Verilysgh]

I agree with the two children idea, but according to interpretations, the parakeet has been seen more as a metaphor for relationships then an actual real bird because there are lots of metaphors in this lol because it's just a fever dream lol

[@greenfinch_1266]

I don’t understand a hunk of what just happened but girl I am living

[@Meretrix2]

Its about marvin trying to prove to himself he aint gay by getting into relationships with these women but then whizzer comes along and marvin accepts his sexuality. The songs represent the relationship marvin had with these women

[@heath6802]

So it’s a frame story: Up until ‘How Marvin Eats His Breakfast’ is the night he spent in Trina and his home after she found out he cheated on her with Whizzer. HMEHB up until “Breaking Down” is him laying in bed reminiscing over how his life up until that moment. Him being 14, denying he was fantasizing of men, his high school sweetheart who wanted to get physical and he refused viewing her as a friend at best. He convinced himself that he just didn’t like young women, and that Miss Goldberg was clearly the perfect woman, and he tried his best to fantasize about her putting her on an unreachable pedestal. “Marvin always gets the things he wants” “except the things he wants...” Could be a clever word play, because Miss Goldberg can clearly tell Marvin’s a gay theatre kid and is actually pleading he should “accept the things he wants” Then he gets older, meets Trina, they hit it off, we know from Falsettos that their marriage was rushed on account of Trina unexpectedly pregnant with Jason. We see this wedding. Trina is happy she gets to be his wife, Marvin views this as a funeral instead of a wedding. His future sealed. Trina suspects something’s going on. Marvin’s distant. He probably found a woman he loves more and is cheating on her! Who is this woman?! It’s Whizzer Brown and he went down Trina found out! Marvin spent one final night in their home, packed his things, had breakfast over sugar with Trina, left her a letter coming clean about his side of their marriage. He’s happy with Whizzer but it’s a big adjustment of his lifestyle. Trina tries to adjust to sleeping alone after a decade. High school sweetheart was always a bridesmaid never a bride, drinking away her sorrow as an adult, Miss Goldberg also seems to be without a lover herself. Marvin finally got his fantasy come true of everything happening in trousers only, no skirts. The Columbus stuff was an allegory of Marvin’s marriage, putting him in that role of the school play was to center him in that metaphor “Marvin’s Giddy Seizures” are absolutely an illusion for arousal. He was unable to have a giddy seizure like ‘the old days’ until right after he slept with Whizzer. A symbol for passion, a symbol of Marvin’s sexuality. He was definitely postering it as a teenager even if he didn’t actually feel attracted to that girl. She did seem to know, “is it something he made up or is it medicinal?” It’s not genuine and she knew it. But after Whizzer? His laughter and joy was genuine, it’s the brief time in the show he’s happy: Whizzer Going Down and Marvin’s Giddy Seizures (reprise)

[@couchchester]

@@heath6802 this is so helpful tysm!!

[@fools4jules]

​@@heath6802Where in Falsettos do they say that Trina was pregnant when they got married?

[@heath6802]

@@fools4jules I never wanted to love you “My father cried, you’ll marry, you’ll marry” Trina’s father insisted that Trina marry Marvin so the child would not be born out of wedlock. Marvin was okay with it because he did want a child “I just wanted to see my face in yours” so he married her to keep Jason in his life, despite him knowing he is not straight

[@RandomOliveTree]

TRINA I LOVE YOU SO MUCH YOU DESERVED SO MUCH BETTER

[@hekate.13]

Song from the original '79 recording, that are missing: Your Lips and Me My Chance to Survive the Night The Nausea Before the Game Your Lips and Me(Reprise) Marvin Takes a Victory Shower

[@JesusMartinez-iq3to]

Probably cause here they used the revised version, which i think its from 1981( or 1985 i cant remember). in a panel William finn said he shouldnt have rewritten it. i do like the og songs better for the most part tho

[@rats_in_a_PACK]

nausea before the game is a Huge loss

[@CoriLane3060]

I don’t Want to be that guy but litterally all of those songs were my favorite. Bro the world will never know how good victory shower, nausea, survive the night are.

[@alyssajhassan]

@@CoriLane3060where can i listen to the songs that aren’t in this production? i’m sure i could find them if i looked but if you had a link you could send me that would be great!

[@_catelin_]

@@alyssajhassanthe soundtrack is on this KZbin playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PL6Z7-7o8WP1IEaeT7cbeOzaouSlhBGlSR&si=P52Xxru2JfwxGVmf

[@cal2229]

I’ve been thinking about this musical a lot lately, and I’ve noticed that in this version (1985) they have the song “I feel him slipping away” which seems to replace “your lips and me” from the 1979 version, because they seem to be saying similar things. “I feel him slipping away” is so much more direct with what it’s talking about, it spells it out for you, Trina knows that Marvin is cheating on her but believes them to be a woman. What I love about your lips and me is that it’s subtle, you get the feeling that Trina knows Marvin is unfaithful, but it also subtly mentions other things about Trina (this is a bit more my interpretation) she mentions the judgmental neighbours, and talks about how boring her life as a suburban house-wife is. It just feels like a much more intimate look at Trina as character rather than just her feelings towards Marvin. Overall the songs added into the 1985 version seem to be much more in-your-face than the 1979 songs, “I have a Family” is another one that is very straight-forward.

[@grimamies]

Yeah! I've always thought the 1985 rewrite was a more explicit version of the original for those who found it hard to understand or, as Chip once said "A fever dream" haha

[@WynnK_]

The lack of Nausea before the game is so sad. I’d like to imagine it’s between How The Body Falls Apart and I Feel Him Slipping Away (even though these songs have a good transition between each other) Edit: Now I’m thinking it also could be placed right before I Am Wearing A Hat and right after Love Me For What I Am (rather than before like in the soundtrack). Lol if only we could merge the soundtrack and this version of In Trousers to get the ultimate version

[@belllllaaaaa1392]

When is Nausea Before The Game. I couldn’t pick it out

[@definitelynotsiri4058]

@@belllllaaaaa1392 Nothing is solid when it comes to In Trousers, but I always assumed it happens in the same time period as Love Me For What I Am considering that it directly precedes the song on the 1979 cast recording

[@WynnK_]

@@belllllaaaaa1392 Nausea Before The Game is only in the 1979 cast recording. It is unfortunately not in this production of In Trousers as this is a later in production version of the script/musical (the 1985 version)

[@A.C.420]

In my opinion they still gave his character the same way of thinking and acting through songs what was expressed well so this version didn’t need it, but I respect ur opinion ^^ love that song

[@Max-yo5nv]

I feel you, your lips and me is my absolute favourite and i am so sad its gone

[@Charlottetheadventurer]

So many new people watching this omg!

[@skibidi4429]

so sigma

[@azurazy]

@@skibidi4429SO SIGMA

[@tea-g1t]

The fact that these people could have been friends with Tucker Carlson since he went to this school during the time these people attended and during this production is crazy

[@grimamies]

WAIT REALLY??

[@tea-g1t]

YEAH I LOOKED UP THIS COLLAGE AND HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON THAT POPPED UP AND IT TOLD THAT HE WENT THERE@@grimamies

[@tea-g1t]

It was produced the year after he graduated sorry my mistake but these students were still there when tucker carlson went there

[@constantTVstatic]

This show is making me feel emotions I never even _knew_ I had, and they are all some degree of confused or concerned or both-

[@rickypottz]

me when im setting those sails

[@callmeifyougetlawst]

hey i love yoouuuuuuuu SET THOSE SAAAAIIILSSSSSSSSS

[@Ichewoncrayons]

Real

[@jeffreyrschell]

A GOOD MAN NEVERRRRR FAILSSSSS

[@madison4257]

"its easy and its smart" (43:30) and "this is so easy and this is so smart and this had better come to a stop" timeline is crazy

[@misatange]

Props on you for putting English captions here!

[@grimamies]

Thank you! My native language is not english and since it's an old recording I found it a bit hard to understand at times, that's why I added subtitles! I hope it helps others like me

[@marcelapaula7002]

@@grimamies and thank you I love you (si eres latinx ti quiero)

[@snokoplasmz]

this production lowkey kinda weird but im living for it

[@mazzeyy]

tbh I find it more normal than the chip one

[@mazzeyy]

*original one

[@aleksandrala7810]

@@mazzeyyis there a recording of the original in trousers with the songs that were cut in this version??

[@mazzeyy]

@@aleksandrala7810 if youre talking about the 1985 version then not really although there is an LA production from 2019 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHyVn6ZsZ9R6p6s the channel has the rest

[@littlekittycats]

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED SWEETHEART WAS AMAZING! I LOVE HER! this is brilliant !

[@RockyRickaby1926]

Me too she’s so pretty ( no homo) I seem to picture her character as sweet yet a bimbo

[@jaz_does_stuff]

these captions are a blessing! thank you sooooo much :)

[@grimamies]

With lots of love!!

[@Literally.whizzer]

i love this recording but im so sad songs got left out (i understand it cant be a 3 hour musical but its still sad not getting to hear songs like marvin takes a victory shower)

[@cinnamoth-f7p]

ty for the captions i love u sm

[@grimamies]

ofc, ilyt

[@Cas-qd1cu]

Absolutely beautiful performance holy crap!!!!!!! This is well before it's time and an incredible depiction of Marvin as a character. Love how they use dietetic and non dietetic characters in many scenes very creative. Wish this had the rep it deserves

[@michaelceraaaaa]

the women who play the Sweetheart and the Wife (or trina) are amazing. I wish I could find more about the woman who played trina though.

[@yuarentlucky]

THE CHOREOGRAPHY IS SO INTERESTING FOR THEM.

[@ventiflu]

what a fever dream

[@scrunkly347]

Fr but I still love it

[@Hurricane-hyppolyta]

THE FALL IN I WEAR A HAT CANT BE STAGED 😭

[@YouLiveOnAvenueQ]

I love falsettos and I just found out that it was a sequel. I was like: WHAT??!!

[@grimamies]

It's actually a prequel to falsettos/march of the falsettos

[@RockyRickaby1926]

I forgot to turn on captions when I first watched this and I had headphones on, 3 Seconds Murdered me too

[@michaelceraaaaa]

It's the first ever "Marvin musical" This was literally Bill's 1st ever show.

[@avramweiss4125]

Same! I never knew that there was other ones part of it

[@MrKrabs-ng7qs]

My friend told me to watch this because I remind him of Marvin, I'm not sure how to feel about this

[@mysticalturtle9889]

Just keep in mind if you ever leave your wife for a man and she decides to marry your psychiatrist, you do NOT hit her

[@MrKrabs-ng7qs]

@@mysticalturtle9889 Thank you for the advice lol

[@lilia3944]

@@mysticalturtle9889 Also never trust that psychiatrist, he's lousy at his job

[@sandraohs_wifeforever]

get well soon

[@MrKrabs-ng7qs]

@@sandraohs_wifeforever haha, thanks.

[@Daniela-ld7jk]

It's past midnight and another sleepless night-

[@fixyrheart]

Same

[@user-fm7gu2vc6i]

Hope you got your sleep

[@brettmedley2366]

I love how at 12:30 the audio and video sync up to make it seem (for a split second) like the high "How" is coming from Marvin

[@tamikras9927]

Ok, this was amazing. And just exploding with creativity, from the set design, to the choreography, to the characters. And those performances...

[@carcinogenes]

I LOVE IN TROUSERS SO MUCH THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^_^ !!!!!!!!! this musical changed my life for real ……

[@Camochii]

SHOULD I READ HOMEWSTUCK, FELLOW HOMESTUCK FAN?

[@ruzspruce9984]

i never understood how u got such a high quality recording of this 😭

[@DeadDiceNetwork]

HELP I REALIZED THERE WAS CAPTIONS WAY TOO LATE 😭😭

[@masochistz]

I LOVE YOUR PFP >:]

[@theassortedhobbyist]

I don’t know why, but I’ve always wondered what Falsettos would be if it had In Trousers as Act 1 and March of the Falsettos as Act 2

[@laishelena1401]

it would be chaos

[@tjtcb4304]

I say have all 3 acts together to make a Franken-musical

[@shawnbay2211]

in trousers has a really different song style being obvious but also metaphorical, while falsettos is literal but subtle. In trousers also feels like it has distinctive songs to show sudden snippets of a life, while falsettos have seamless musical progression. In trousers may need to be workshopped again to compensate the style difference, but it’s my wish nonetheless to see the trilogy in one.

[@theassortedhobbyist]

@@shawnbay2211 Compared to Falsettos, In Trousers has little to no narrative structure and mostly shows moments in Marvin’s life in a vignette style. Because we have Marvin introduce the conflict in the beginning of the show, we already have an idea what had happened in In Trousers. I feel In Trousers is a really intriguing character study of Marvin and how he navigates through life, as well as the lives of the women in the show.

[@littlesongbird7881]

I can’t help but coming back to this musical it’s so good

[@shrimpnugget_05]

Marvin is definitely a dream role for me

[@theincredibleshibe2462]

YES finally a bootleg of this musical, I love this musical a lot 💪😼

[@A.C.420]

!! PLOT HOLE !! In “You Gotta Die Sometime” Whizzer expressed that his illness is even more frustrating because QUOTE “I don’t smoke, don’t do drugs and then comes the bad news”. BUT IN TROUSERS, Marvin states “he lights another cigarette” in “Whizzer is Going Down”. I feel like this was a re-write and in the most recent complete version of the musicals he doesn’t smoke, still, just a detail I noticed upon watching every recording more than 10 times.

[@Leikzq1]

True!! I have also seen a couple of theories abt this being either symbolism or Marvin’s recall of it rather than a literal thing. Marvin’s perspective isn’t completely accurate because of his “giddy seizures” making him an unreliable narrator (he says smth like nothings exactly like I say it is). The symbolism part is either just to emphasize that they’re sleeping together (cigarette after sex trope), or because cigarettes were typically associated with lesbians it’s to place Whizzer in a more feminine role in their relationship? Obv the musicals were written at different times but I still think they’re interesting ideas :)

[@georgiabekiari5524]

Maybe he used to smoke but quit? 😅

[@astaroth_angel]

“lights another cigarette” is a sexual metaphor lol

[@WynnK_]

I saw someone say that Whizzer never smoked the cigarette he only lit it. He could’ve lit it and handed it to Marvin. So it could still ring true that Whizzer never smoked, Marvin might have though

[@BusiedSasher]

It's a sex joke lmao

[@M1CR0P0P]

i need high school ladies at five o’clock to be like an hour long i love it so much

[@raysondeer4295]

This should be called “Marvin’s Crappy Love Life”

[@skinnycaats]

So is it called in trousers because of the gender norms and internalized homophobia marvin faces, in trousers literally meaning marvin is *in* a pair of trousers or pants which are commonly associated with masculinity and the male as an idea. By being "in trousers" marvin is expected to be the man of the household by his wife & by his own way of pushing away his own insecurity of being queer. OKAY IGNORE MY RAMBLING JUST WATCH THE MUSICAL

[@mayleeluvsjesus]

i’m so confused in the best way

[@grimamies]

good. Also love your gerard pfp!!

[@mayleeluvsjesus]

@@grimamies Tysm!!!

[@vonpicz]

no nausea before the game mannnn this is amazing though

[@michaelceraaaaa]

I really hope one day I get to do this show. I would love to play Trina one day.

[@saladsparrow848]

same gorly

[@LouZevedo]

Love how I'm Breaking Down was reworked from this !

[@rats_in_a_PACK]

breakfast over sugar hurts but it's so pretty

[@summer_the_rae]

omg the quality is amazing also can we talk about the HARMONIES

[@sophies.2073]

Ever time I listen to, In Trousers, I wonder wtf was this fever dream😭😭

[@grimamies]

i'd suggest you check out the lyrics on genius! Then the lyrics start to make sense, i remember the first time i hated it because i had no idea what i meant lol

[@lexiel920]

It lives!

[@mellow1821]

Thank you, You are the best person on Earth for uploading this, aaaa

[@grimamies]

🥺🥺🥺 Thank you✨✨✨

[@reginawoods5912]

This is such a great show even though it makes absolutely no sense