[Les Miserables] - 10th anniversary [At the End of the Day]

[@volvanochaser1099]

Only now do I realize the irony of Fantine becoming what the workers accused her of as a result of them forcing her to lose her job.

[@thingiezz]

This comes up more often in Les Miserables. For example, Valjean stole some bread, got heavily punished and treated as an outcast on parole, leading to him stealing from the bishop

[@jeffreyzheng8875]

@@thingiezz And this is why Valjean understands

[@jorislemoine1488]

Also, because of Fantine, Valjean absconds and likely the factory is sold and a lot of people are sacked, so by kicking down, the factory workers are also kickong themselves.

[@sophiagonzales8974]

There's a lot of irony in Les Miserables specifically something terrible happens to the character then something good happens.

[@sophiagonzales8974]

@@jeffreyzheng8875 Well Valjean's whole arc is keeping the whole promise of the bishop.

[@MauroEnfermoDeLepra]

Ironically leaving Fantine in the streets was Valjean's biggest crime, and the only one that did not break any laws.

[@sophiagonzales8974]

Valjean is probably worried throughout the entire book of getting caught by Javert and getting his facade blown off which led him to lead Fantine on the street. But I think that's probably made him have some mistakes during book he also made the mistake of not letting Cosette out that much which isn't a crime but it doesn't get Cosette much time in the story.

[@nctpti2073]

He did not do so directly, though. He was naive and trusted his foreman, who was actually a woman in the original book. And even in the musical, he does instruct the foreman to 'be as patient as you can.' Personally, I consider the biggest crime to be a tie between Eponine not realizing she could and should find someone a lot less shallow than Marius and raising Cosette so sheltered that the girl ended up without a lick of sense. Marius and Cosette deserve each other, lol.

[@anonymoussaga8723]

The ironic thing in the book is that Valjean made it a point that his employees had to follow a code of morality (thus why the male and female workers were kept separate), and it was because of this very code that the forewoman went to the trouble of travelling to the Thénardiers’ inn to find out about Cosette. So it was because of his attempting to do good that Fantine was ruined.

[@nctpti2073]

@@anonymoussaga8723 Exactly. Valjean is a deliberately flawed, realistic protagonist. He makes mistakes. But he also admits them and really does his best to atone for them.

[@andrewc.2952]

I'm so upset they didn't make a movie with this cast. The man who sings the Master of the House song is THE MAN for that song.

[@McWarlord]

He also played one of the scottish nobles in brave heart

[@v.salles5643]

Well,the movie was made almost 30 years after this version,the guy who plays Valjean in this version plays Bishop Myriel in the movie

[@apb7721]

Alun Armstrong, legend

[@MsSpiffz]

He created the role!

[@ep6927]

@@MsSpiffz no it is the french who did

[@Zippsterman]

In the most recent movie the lyrics were changed in some interesting ways. "Winter" became "plague" and "grafting" became "working" I like this version, it implies that horrible death bringing event is literally a season that happens every year, and just working isn't enough and you need to be constantly trying to pull hustles just to survive

[@voulafisentzidis8830]

This is my favourite of the modern musicals. I've seen it several times on different stages plus the film and other productions on DVD. The one constant is that I cry like a baby. Beginning to end. The music, lyrics, and story get to me every time.

[@kavkazip]

10 anniversary is the best. No one can top Ruthie Henshall.

[@oliviafairley4351]

Too bad Ruthie totally ruined her voice. There’s a recent video of her from 2017 and couldn’t hit any notes without being flat.

[@mwilliamson4198]

So many superstars in the 10th anniversary performance

[@Glum1964]

@@oliviafairley4351 you say ruined, did she do it through bad habits? Seriously asking. Thanks

[@tylerforbes-w1p]

​@@mwilliamson4198it was called the dream cast the best of every character

[@donnast.joseph5158]

The arrangement and production of this particular performance of this song is one of the most beautiful and fascinating things I've ever heard. It all weaves in and out and comes together in perfect precision!!! It is extraordinary!

[@Gazman011969]

If you have not seen Les Mis live, you have not seen Le Mis, the Greatest of all Musicals, end of.

[@Zippsterman]

The nosy factory lady is an always an excellent role for those with RBF Gotta love this show

[@Gazman011969]

Les Mis the Greatest of all Musicals, and I will fight anyone who disagrees.

[@EagleOneM1953]

Hear Hear.... it will always remain my biggest regret in life, not having been at the original performance with the original cast.

[@JewishKeto]

Words are very powerful things… poor Fantine. She did nothing wrong or illegal.. she was just trying to keep her baby alive and those horrible innkeepers were clearly taking advantage of her financially too.

[@ZoEntertainment]

Longest goosebumps i had in my life.

[@mikeor-]

French version: The Poor: At the end of the day, it has passed for nothing, Man is deaf and blind to the sorrows of his neighbor, We the poor know in advance, That tomorrow and all the days that follow, Will hold no difference for us. One day less to be living. At the end of the day, it has passed without joys, And you have to go back in the rain and the cold. You implore the bourgeois who ignore you, To give you at least a farthing, They throw only one to you, before going to sleep, By having a good conscience. At the end of the day there's another day dawning, It is necessary that we will go on strike, With the storm and the earthquake, And hunger in the land, that we will feed With those who never had a chance At happiness. Foreman: At the end of the day, we get what we deserve, And the lazy have little to feed their children. Worker 1: We must feed our children Worker 2: And earn our living while doing it Worker 1: But at least we have something to eat, Woman 1: And something to drink! Workers: We are so lucky! Woman 1: Have you seen how the foreman is fuming today? And his wandering hands are spreading bad luck? Woman 2: It's the fault of Fantine, who won't give him his way, Woman 3: And earns her pay by sitting around. Woman 4: And the boss, he does not know, That his team is still in heat, Woman 2: If Fantine doesn't watch out, what will happen? Some misfortune will befall her. Women: At the end of the day, it's another day over. And we get little more than a soup for the day, We have to scrape to get by, And pay the landlord with our salary, They still scrape us dry of every penny, And we still have to pay, At the end of the day. Factory girl: What are you hiding, my pretty like that? So tell us, Fantine, what are the news? Oh! "Dear Fantine, your child is ill, Send us money or she will die." Fantine: Give me that letter, It is none of your business. You have a husband who is enough for you, Live your own life, and let me have mine, Who are you to give me lessons of virtue? Valjean: Seperate them, I order you, This is a factory I run, Not a herd that I lead. Come on, ladies settle down, I am the mayor of this city, I charge you to restore order, And see that everyone does their job, Foreman: Who began this mess? Factory girl: I do not know, Other than that she began it. Woman 1: She has a kid she hides, we can imagine why. Woman 2: She has to pay a man, And we can guess how she does it, Woman 3: And she earns her salary by sleeping around, She's the one who began it. Fantine: Yes, it's true there is a child Who has only me in the world. Her father left us to fend for ourselves. I have to pay to raise my Cosette And earn my living too, I am an honest woman, Monsieur, you understand. All: At the end of the day, we're another day older, And this black sheep still infests the flock. She rolls out of her beds and into palaces, You must send her away or we'll all lose our places, And we will have to pay, At the end of the day. Foreman: I should have seen it coming, I might have known, That this bitch has her claws at the ready. Here is the virtuous Fantine, The virgin of this factory, You have bought me with your tears, Yet in the night you make love with men, Factory girl: If you knew it, She'd be the only one in town Women: Crying like a crocodile, Factory girl: You must sack the whore Women: Sack the girl today! Foreman: Right, my girl. You're out!

[@L-avant-g-artiste]

I don't know where you got this but I'm french and haven't seen those french lyrics anywhere.

[@L-avant-g-artiste]

Okay, it seems you posted here the lyrics of the french version that was made before the american version and not the lyrics of the french version that was made before the american version.

[@naddakeeps9964]

The foreman is proof that the concept of an incel was not a new one.

[@beyondlondon8600]

Wait till the next scene when that posh cunt reports her to the police

[@주안김-x8u]

여기 파트를 제일 좋아합니다

[@davidcampbell4647]

Nothing ever changes.

[@lexlex4997]

Sad, but true

[@WhoaSequoiaOfficial]

this is soooooo good

[@elizabethcooper8598]

If this isn't a brilliant commentary on the world today, nothing is.

[@TheOutlawgal]

Sad we are living in times like these in this century.

[@cmendr011]

Nearly 200 years later. Not much has changed.

[@obiwankenobi9141]

meet Fantine, a random woman who sends an incriminating letter to work for some reason.

[@beverlylooper3927]

Sadly this sounds like what people are facing today

[@lepetitchat123]

It's a shame that poverty and slavery still exists among us in the 21th century. It makes it hard to watch it in a musical.

[@kerry8834]

아 멋지다 대박....ㅠㅜ

[@dwiwtd8840]

7년전이라 뒷북이긴 한데 저런 개막장상황을 이렇게 웅장하게 표현할 생각을 어케했나 싶어요

[@찬미-r6g]

이노래를 영화로 들으면서 명대사가 생각났는데 전쟁을 겪은 아이와 안겪은 아이의 정의는 다르다고....

[@julia_mzr4835]

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[@user-dg8hr9pl8d]

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[@virginiaseybold]

As much as I LOVE this, will we one day get to see them actually putting on the musical, as opposed to just standing around singing at each other?

[@Theodorus5]

is that what they usually do? i thought this was just a special show

[@nolanhewitt2563]

its called a concert not the musical

[@virginiaseybold]

@@nolanhewitt2563 No I understand that it’d just that you never see copies of them actually doing the musical. Not all of us can afford tickets to NYC/Broadway

[@ashlynnheller8400]

Yeah. I wanted a film stage version. Cause while the show can be carried without the sets and all they add so much.

[@JTowers85]

@@virginiaseybold This show is actually in The Royal Albert Hall in London, UK

[@yvonnecarmody7003]

Why were the workers so against her?

[@aboutjbe]

Yvonne Carmody they were just a bunch of haters

[@ryvr.]

Also she was beautiful?

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Because they thought she was an amoral woman who was having sex and children out of wedlock, but what they didn't bother to heed or understand was that when Fantine was a teenager, she fell passionately in love with Félix Tholomyès, one of a quartet of rich college students and had hoped to marry him, and yes she did have sex outside of marriage and had her only child Euphrasie (whom she lovingly nicknamed Cosette). One day, he invited her to on an outing. They finish the day at a restaurant, only to be abandoned by him with a goodbye note. Fantine is left heartbroken. However, she can't afford to take care of Cosette in the expensive city all on her own, so she decides to move back to her old town of Montreuil-sur-Mer, but she can't possibly care for her daughter and go to work at the same time - so she makes the bad decision to leave her with the Thenardiers, with the intent it will only be temporary and thinking they will take care of her until she can earn enough money to return for Cosette and take care of her on her own. So in the meantime, she tries to send them money for her upkeep until she can come to bring Cosette home. Sadly, this exchange of money is found out by one of the employees and she misunderstands and accuses Fantine of being, essentially, a whore and she loses her job - and this is what happens in this song.

[@yvonnecarmody7003]

Emily Greene wow so detailed. Thanks a million : )

[@dafyddil]

(Also because of internalized misogyny)

[@kavkazE]

hmmm ok ok alright alright I'm down with this on the reals

[@pixelizedsunset]

its been nine years man, please send an update on whether you're still down with this on the reals

[@remains2246]

@@pixelizedsunset still awaiting an update

[@astramilitarum876]

Too fast, if only it was like 15 present slower...

[@captainchaserman7148]

Wrong it’s perfect tempo.