Ride The Cyclone: What Makes Life Worth Living

[@Sunnfloweropposum]

I feel like Ocean is the most realistic and well written “mean girl character”, shes not from a out of touch multi millionaire family, shes from a family that neglected her, shes not doing this not because she was bullied in the past or for no reason at all, shes doing it because shes trying to get attention, just in a unhealthy way.

[@bramslamm]

I think its important to note that not only were Ocean's parents hippies, but criminally negligent to the point of offering her drugs and nothing else. She latches on to external markers of success because those were the only forms of positive feedback she could ever attain, her parents never acknowledging her no matter what she could accomplish.

[@neoowen642]

not to mention how she definitely was not popular. if the only way to get validation is through medals, As and following the rules to a T, you'd take opportunity and times it by 100

[@tatianamelendez490]

Personally, I believe that Noel's interaction with Mischa after Jane Doe's song makes Noel realize that if he'd gotten to know Mischa in life, he would've hopelessly fallen in love with a boy who could never love him back because Mischa is the first person to truly see and accept him as he is. That in and of itself would've been the tragedy he's always wanted.

[@CesRaisons]

This is probably already said but Noel’s lament ISNT a lament, it’s a ballad! Ballad of Jane Doe is actually a lament!

[@eff1e_trinket]

noels ballad is my fav song from rtc

[@yepthatsbobcat]

At a theme park, straight “ridin it”. And by it, haha well. Lets justr say. The cyclone

[@simin7140]

this is my new discord status

[@yepthatsbobcat]

@@simin7140 LMAOO

[@maemadl54]

At the cyclone! Where the choir at?

[@theotherjared9824]

My entire family saw this years ago. On the way back to the car, my grandfather commented that he loved the drag musical number. That was the day all of us found out he likes drag shows.

[@Imboredandgay.]

Ricky legitimately made me cry because when I figured out the plot, as a disabled teenager with a degenerative disability, I thought “I’d just uhhh sing what’d I miss and say fuck it” because I felt like my life isn’t worth as much as others.

[@AnyomnusM]

I love how Ocean kinda leads everyone into their song, Noel starts his song after he yells at Ocean, Mischa starts his song after he tells Ocean that he's not h0m0phob1c, Ricky starts his song after correcting Ocean on her statement that they're all accidents and Constance starts her song after hitting ocean in the t1t. However Jane Doe is the only one who doesnt really have Ocean allude to her song, possibly because Ocean forgot about Jane Doe/Penny lamb and doesn't talk to her much because she feels scared of her. I like the fact that Jane Doe moves just like a porcelain doll :) However after the birthday song, she attempts to move more human like. I like to interpret this as Jane Doe seeing human's spontaneous nature for the 'first time' and she tries to replicate it however she has no idea what its like to be human so she looks silly trying to mimic humans.

[@lydiavalentino]

I played Karnak in a production of Cyclone earlier this year, and it was one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life. We were operating on a relatively shoestring budget, but that - and how closely we bonded outside of the show - allowed us to really focus on the theme of finding connections amidst chaos.

[@bluekidkid2]

How was it like 👀

[@dana-pagame-la-terapia]

Ride The Cyclone is one of those musicals that are quite hidden and go unnoticed, but when you watch it fills you with a weird feeling - I can't explain exactly what it is. It's like an emotional roller-coaster, no pun intended. You are able to see yourself reflected in every character, the songs are so different from each other, and it has some of the best monologs I've ever heard. Jawbreaker, Mischa's monolge at the beginning of Talia, Ocean's speech at the end when she chooses Jane Doe... They are all beautiful. The ending is satisfying because the characters are satisfied with their future. It's frankly one of the most beautiful musicals I've ever seen. Never fails to make me laugh and make me cry. Weird musical with an even weirder fan base, I love Ride The Cyclone. This Halloween I'm so dressing up as Jane Doe! (The only thing I don't like is how ableist some of its productions are, but I hope some day they manege to solve that)

[@buiz_ie]

I became obsessed with this musical to the point of writing a fan fiction following the choir if they were ALL given another chance at life (starting with the death of their choir director, Father Markus, then moving on from there). I just knew there was something to be said about how they would choose to live similarly or differently based on their experience in the warehouse. Would Noel see his romantic idea of tragedy differently? How would Mischa's relationship with Talia play out, considering that I'd argue his love for her also represents a longing for the culture he was forced to leave behind? Why was Penny never able to be identified (outside of the context of Legoland, since I couldn't be bothered lol), and *could* she live a life on a more upward trajectory? There's just so much to think about with this musical and I can't help but yap about it.

[@madwiickedawesome]

legit same I’m writing a story about penny’s future daughter

[@corrupterror404thatonekidt3]

What’s the name of the fic? :0

[@buiz_ie]

@@corrupterror404thatonekidt3 "Who Cares What Happens After? (A Post-Cyclone Story)" on AO3! I'm only two chapters in tho lol

[@CoreyRossRTC]

Couldn’t be bothered to read Legoland? If that’s what you mean, READ IT. It is amazing.

[@chronodemon8]

What's Legoland?

[@ne0mixx368]

Ride the Cyclone was suppose to be our school play since it has more in depth story-telling and also because its my personal favorite musical, even if it ended up not being chosen as our musical it still stands that it is more than just a musical with a random songlist.

[@sunnybloom7272]

This was EVERYTHING thank you. I’ve been a long time fan of RTC since the Vancouver Atomic Vaudville days when it came to the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton. I’ve been so happy to see this piece of art get some time in the sun but this is the first analysis video I’ve seen of it, and I live for analysis videos more than most things. So thank you for putting so many of my thoughts to a coherent light.

[@desireesmith862]

As someone who frequently watches roller coaster reviews I thought thats what this video was but instead it was something way better. Thank you for introducing me to this musical and sharing your thoughts about it. Beautifully done.

[@MusicalisMolly]

I was literally just watching ride the cyclone the other day? I actually watched 3 different productions 😅 it's just such a good show.

[@MaddyEatsMud]

Do you know how/where to watch it? (The cyclone)

[@tarotsushima3332]

​@@MaddyEatsMudThere's a full slime tutorial on youtube

[@CesRaisons]

The Tom Lowell production was the first one I watched fully and I was so mad that I simply didn’t watch any others for months

[@arandomkebabontheinternet]

Thank you for this dissection, I always felt like I never understood it properly.

[@Rattleboneses]

Now this? This is the kinda art I want to see, the kind of criticism I want to see

[@ripplesripley]

i saw a highschool production of RTC a couple years ago at a state theatre festival and it was one of the best performances I've experienced period. it was just hundreds of teenage theatre kids in this one convention center auditorium and everyone interacted with the show. one of my favorite examples of this was how when they started singing happy birthday to Jane, the entire theater joined in

[@SteIIa4Real]

there arent enough rtc video essays , thank you🙏

[@ephemeraIl]

i love this analyzation so much, you explained things so well

[@shonkyhonker9347]

When lucky lefty speaks the world listens

[@aidoll3692]

Honestly love this musical so i'm glad you covered it. Although i would have loved to hear your thoughts about the changes in Ricky's disability in each reiteration.

[@StarrySkyyyy]

omg I love your videos and when I saw you made one on ride the cyclone I JUMPED I'm so excited to watch this!!

[@Q33Rwitch]

I watch a lot of your content on tiktok and I didn't know you had a KZbin! This video was so beautiful, thank you for making it

[@spoon-collecter5000]

I used to watch your tiktoks on what remains of edith finch a bit ago and just saw this video and immeadiately recognised your voice! This video is awesome dude! 👍

[@oatmeils]

hi lucky! i would love to hear your thoughts on dead boy detectives! it seems like something you’d enjoy based on your other content and i think it has some themes/symbolism that you’d have some really awesome perspectives on

[@offiliallillianlandacc]

Its such a great musical

[@em01455]

This is a beautifully done summery ❤

[@bugruzon6536]

i didn’t realize this was you but now i’m twice as excited to watch this video

[@Cuhnt]

I would love for you to cover Silent Hill 2, especially with the recent release of the remake. Its themes seem right up your alley and I would love to hear your takes on certain elements.

[@Angelinaactually]

My favorite creator and my favorite musical?!

[@Zo.sTheMost]

Love your videos!

[@chattychatotchannel]

Ride the Cyclone has some great songs but they didn’t hire disabled actors to play disabled characters and then when they did they treated them horribly and were incredibly ableist and the show makes me sad with how they write their disabled characters as a disabled person with cruel jokes about their disability

[@takemybloon1210]

Wait can you elaborate on how they were treated horribly?

[@AdrunkpoetWallowing]

But was it the same team or different team?

[@AdrunkpoetWallowing]

@@takemybloon1210Apparently there was a disabled Ricky actor and set, he was tired out and then started vomiting blood. He was fired the next day.

[@chattychatotchannel]

@@takemybloon1210they fired them for being too disabled which is illegal and wouldn’t make accomodations for their disability and when they asked to change ableist lines in the script they them said the character isn’t disabled (despite them using mobility aids and other characters commenting on them being disabled). During production he kept being called ‘the chair’ and they made the costume not accessible and the stage is not ADA compliant and replaced them with an able bodied person when they threw up

[@pInkflqmingo]

no one was really ableist to Ricky other than Ocean…

[@strawhatsmanager]

final destination 3 the musical is everything to me

[@rayofsunshine666]

Holy shite, I love your analysis!

[@GoldieBoBoldie]

YES MORE RIDE THE CYCLONE VIDEOS WOOHOO

[@divvyn]

Please try to upload your videos from tt, i dont have the time to watch your lovely archive and will enjoy any content from you. Regardless thank you for your work. I love your analysis in any form

[@photoflowr]

Oh we are so back

[@the_clover_star]

AAAAAAAAAAAA SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT RTC MY FAVORITE MUSICAL!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@bpbsmith9786]

LUCKY, DO A DEEP DIVE ON MOUTHWASHING.. AND MY LIFE… IS YOURS!!!!!🙏🔥🔥🔥

[@smolbrain6713]

are you gonna watch transformers 🥺

[@dragonetafireball]

Reverse Cats

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

Floridians are really taking this lesson to heart

[@sweetypsycho4895]

Life is not worth living and those who think it is are just naive. It's a prison where we serve our sentence. Edit: guys, leave me alone, just because it's not early 2000s anymore doesn't mean we are no longer allowed independent thinking

[@novaisonyoutube]

Oh BROTHER THIS GUY STINKS

[@arayasunshine68]

i hate people like this

[@pInkflqmingo]

you’ll only suffer with that mindset, 1,000 years of progress for some angsty thinking from you is hilarious.

[@sweetypsycho4895]

@@pInkflqmingo, don't project your problems on me, please. I haven't suffered a day in life

[@pInkflqmingo]

@@sweetypsycho4895 are the problems in the room with us? reread the comment I responded to, then reread your reply…