The Greatest Movie-Musical Never Made into a Stage Show: Newsies (1992)

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Newsies (1992) starring Christian Bale, directed by Kenny Ortega, based on the real-life newsboy strike of 1899, snubbed by award shows and critics alike for thousands of years.
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[@upinurbiz]

What would your Newsie name be?? Create your dream farm, forge friendships, and solve mysteries in Sunrise Village: mtchm.de/e3w7t

[@TinyDragonOnFire]

I can only hope that my Newsie name would be "Alley Cat" Catherine, but with my luck it'd be something like "Stubby" :P

[@crumpettrashgoblin]

Dumpsta Quinn

[@upinurbiz]

@@crumpettrashgoblinGENIUS

[@upinurbiz]

@@TinyDragonOnFire”stubby cat” ????

[@TinyDragonOnFire]

@@upinurbiz That - that's incredible XD Extremely good!

[@julianblatt9630]

Your sister got it backwards - sliced bread is the best thing since Spot Conlin

[@intergalactic-loser]

our girl is finally sponsored lets GOO

[@lettersnstuff]

hell yeah homie get that paper

[@upinurbiz]

(actively resisting the urge to comment “papes*” and instead will just say thank you!!!!)

[@julianblatt9630]

I was so frustrated in high school because for some reason the music teacher gave "Santa Fe" to all the boys who were taking singing lessons and none of them had even heard of the movie. I was like, "You haven't seen Newsies?!"

[@julianblatt9630]

Fun fact: In 7th grade we had an English class assignment where we would research a person from history and then give a presentation as that person (like an "autobiography") - I chose William Randolph Hearst specifically because of this movie. And then when I saw it on Broadway I was close enough to the stage that during "Seize the Day" they throw newspapers out into the audience and I caught one and still have it a decade later. They basically bought me out of my issues with it. (And now I also have a "newspaper" from Almost Famous on Broadway)

[@DefinitelynotAva99]

Omg you got a paper 😮😮😮 LUCKYYYYYYYYY

[@julianblatt9630]

I'm so glad I'm not the only person who recognizes this FILM as the MASTERPIECE that it is. Jack Kelly will always be the role I most associate with Christian Bale (who is this "Batman" you speak of?). Everyone on the cast and crew knew he was destined to make it big

[@upinurbiz]

RIGHT LIKE BATWHO ?!?

[@calipigeon]

“What the fuck are all these dancing boys up to? (because Annie wouldn’t take place for another twenty years, so dancing orphans are brand new.” This made me spit my coffee 😂 The frequency with which I randomly quote this movie in my everyday life is absurd. The music slaps, Spot was a babe, the storytelling is perfect… and I can’t tell you how fast I clicked on this video. I need you to know that no matter what you upload I’m gonna watch it. Congrats on the sponsor, let’s get you to 100k asap 🎊🎉

[@upinurbiz]

yessss I love that I’m not the only one who constantly quotes this movie in everyday life it’s just SO GOOD

[@katytaylor4690]

i just want you to know that this video is single-handedly responsible for making me watch this movie twice a day everyday since this vid came out

[@upinurbiz]

YES I HAVE SUCCEEDED

[@bouncingbuttons7441]

this movie was my special interest in middle school, and i spent years in the newsies fandom on tumblr, dressing up as a newsie for halloween, and tucking all my hair up into a cap whenever i could. i never really had the tools to articulate exactly what resonated with me about this film, until a few years later i figured out i was a trans man. here's to newsies (1992) the most genderful movie ever made.

[@PicturePencil]

this is about what happened with me and les mis you’re so real for this

[@lizabee484]

I’m so thrilled for you dude! I also figured out much later that Newsies was very formative for the masc side of my gender-fluid identity. And my masc style- so much suspenders and vests and newsie caps!

[@hellomello258]

I discovered this movie at 13, developed an extreme special interest, and realized at 14 that I was agender. Newsies was my intro to fandom and I'm still in fandoms 20 years later

[@Roy_Vale]

I can relate to you, I’ve known it for years but I’ve only been obsessed for a few months and it’s been fun. I also tuck in my hair and am a bit of a tomboy (but also a bit girly), not a fully trans man, but definitely not cis 😅!

[@wriggleby]

So many fellow transmasc Newsies fans!! Really a phenomenon to be studied 😂

[@hp8685]

why did i get teary when they won. it's not like i didnt know how the story goes. there wouldnt likely be a movie about a strike that didn't achieve something. still, moving stuff ✊

[@upinurbiz]

lol don’t worry I literally cry every time

[@bottelofwater]

As someone who saw the movie and may or may not be obsessed with the music, I was ECSTATIC when at the end they basically sang reprises of every song

[@margetheyphone00]

my gay awakening was an all girls catholic school's production of newsies

[@emmathomas2832]

If, theoretically, there was in fact other kinds of Newsies media i would, hypothetically, have only watched this other kind of media version and, in this totally imaginary world, I would ask you what is wrong with this other kind of media. Loved the video - god I love this story. Odds on Annie Kelly being why Jack Kelly is using that name?

[@vvorms]

ok admittedly i've always kinda been a hater about musical theater but this video made me watch Newsies and i absolutely get musical theater now. i was so wrong

[@Okiedoritos]

This film has always been a favorite of mine. Christian Bale’s Santa Fe performance…

[@meddlesome-]

maturing is going from being obsessed with spot conlon to being obsessed with kid blink

[@kiracappello5103]

i can’t tell the you level of gagged i was the first time i saw the Santa Fe dance break

[@upinurbiz]

It is a form of magic that can never be recreated

[@marocat4749]

Its heartbreaking

[@BeansKneez]

god this movie had me in a chokehold. i was so disappointed when i finally saw the other version and realized they'd cut david's part basically in half.

[@sophiabellissimo6729]

my god i am obsessed with this video, the quoting, the quiet singing along, the analogies, the everything is perfect *chefs kiss*

[@sophiabellissimo6729]

also kenny ortega my beloved

[@upinurbiz]

he’s the king

[@lizabee484]

I have. So much love. For this movie. It’s my little scrungly. I was EQUALLY IN LOVE WITH SPOT CONLAN. IM RIGHT THERE WITH YOU BIZ. I watched that gd movie every year in middle school music class and it was the first movie I bought on the iTunes Store when I was 14. I did a first-person historical interpretation about the Newsies Strike as a Newsie when I was 15 that qualified me for the state history competition. I won a musical theater competition with the theoretical girl boss ballad, “Watch What Happens,” from the theoretical stage musical that doesn’t exist. I played a background Newsie and one of Medda’s chorus girls in a production of the said theoretical stage musical when I was 20 years old. I still dearly dearly DEARLY love this film. Blood on Newsies Square?? A goddamn cinematic masterpiece. Please yell with me about this film for hours. I need it. I NEED THIS.

[@DrAnarchy69]

I will never stop being proud of being a union girl and an organizer with the Industrial Workers of the World. Also I saw Newsies on Broadway.

[@julianblatt9630]

The Broadway version was solid tbh

[@ltleflrt]

Good lord, I was also so in love with Spot Collins. My best friend and I would rent this movie and watch it on repeat, and when Spot came on the screen we'd squeal like school girls (we were school girls, we were 12) and pause so that we could gush about how much we loved him.

[@calipigeon]

Spot fan club unite! Keep your Jonathan Taylor Thomas we had Spot Conlon 😂 I had to look up Gabriel Damon bc I was curious and he’s 47 and retired to do real estate. But he still somehow looks exactly the same

[@millsykooksy4863]

I still say "spot me 50 paps" for some bizarre reason, mostly in my head.

[@upinurbiz]

I got a hot tip on the fourth - won’t waste your money

[@millsykooksy4863]

@@upinurbiz LOL!!

[@erinkilcoyne7012]

this movie and the short film the cast made (blood drips on newsie square) were so important to my middle school self

[@BeansKneez]

i love learning that the real kid was called mush because he was sweet with the girls. fun fact: the actor ended up marrying idina menzel.

[@Sugar3Glider]

"I can do more with 10c than they can do with 25c" is pretty powerful thought

[@nicolerose5542]

"I like the Newsies" after passionately talking about it for 55 minutes lol

[@mysideacc2770]

kid blink was so cool, if this vid existed when i was in my newsies phase as a preteen i would've had one of those weird historical-figure-crushes on him

[@escdakota]

omg biz, I love your channel, I’ve watched every essay (literally watched Midnight Mass bc of you and yes it was incredible - started Succession bc of your newest essay, not 100% on it but got through the first season). I just have to tell you my 6th grade teacher was *obsessed* with the Newsies, made us watch it and then dress as Newsies and perform Seize the Day for the 6th grade talent show. I was among the “drummers”, we had empty coffee cans on twine hanging from our necks and random sticks or stick-like items for drumsticks and I can’t tell you why but we were all IN TO IT. We got dressed up, rubbed dirt on our cheeks, performed the song, got a standing ovation from the rest of the school and won the talent show. That movie and specifically that song are burned into my memory forever. (Also being in 6th grade and watching that movie gave little gay me A LOT of feelings). Anyway, love your channel, love your work, can’t wait for more essays but definitely don’t hesitate to do more stuff like this if your inspire to. Hope you have a great weekend!

[@upinurbiz]

I love this story so much it just proves the ✨magic✨ of Newsies ❤️ also thank you so much I’m glad you enjoy my videos!! (No worries about succession not everyone enjoys watching terrible people do terrible things for 4 seasons lol)

[@bouncingbuttons7441]

i maybe wrong, but as i recall there was a boy involved with the newsies strike named spot conlon. i don't remember if he was a newsie or just part of a group supporting the newsies, but I do remember it's mentioned that he wore pink suspenders. the latter part was a bit of an one joke among the newsies fandom in the time i was on that part of tumblr

[@TheDuchessFox]

Your Spot Conlon thirst is so valid because same

[@upinurbiz]

the original short king

[@CCClarinet12]

@@upinurbizYES

[@miguielmariano]

YES NEWSIES HAS BEEN MY SPECIAL INTEREST SINCE SIXTH GRADE ‼️‼️🗣️🗣️

[@CCClarinet12]

SAME BUT I WAS IN SEVENTH GRADE

[@jouletippett-hunt9562]

I’m here to listen to you talk about anything you find interesting, you are a modern philosopher and storyteller and thank you for all the time you put into your work

[@SarahMasonWalden]

I was feral for this movie. I wrote a fanfic about "Patrick, darling" who isn't even in the dang movie before I know what fanfic was! Thank you for this fantastic look back. You are a great ambastard. May you always land on your feet.

[@caloucalai]

You have said every thought I have ever had about this film and learning about the real story behind it, is simply incredible! You're right- its rare that real life meets the film but in this case IT really does!!

[@jaxoncanseeyou]

i saw newsies in 7th grade in school and it was both my organized labor awakening and my gay awakening. 10/10 all star movie

[@julianblatt9630]

The Brooklyn newsies (and everyone else) showing up at the end is such an "Avengers, assemble!" moment

[@upinurbiz]

truthfully though they are the real superheroes

[@ivocesar3637]

You’re going to make me read Newsies fanfic, won’t you?

[@upinurbiz]

all I’m saying is the chemistry betwixt Jack & David is PALPABLE

[@ivocesar3637]

@@upinurbiz I love having found weirdos just like me in this channel

[@s0ysaus]

I never comment on KZbin but I am compelled to comment now to say that I love the energy you bring to your videos and I also love the tunes you tend to put at the end of them like. The video essays are great but I'm also really impressed by the music? The music rules. Anyway keep doing this thing that you're doing, it's real cool and I am looking forward to the next topic that catches your fancy.

[@upinurbiz]

ahhh thank you!! That’s so kind and means a lot ❤️❤️

[@CharliHarvey]

I had no idea there were people in the world who loved the original film but didn't like the broadway show.

[@duneysands946]

THE ONCE AND FOR ALL COVER I- AAH

[@upinurbiz]

THANK YOU !

[@duneysands946]

@@upinurbizis there a full version out there anywhere? I’d love to hear it in its entirety :)

[@Genevieve-uq7hr]

Crutchy has polio I think Can you do more Newsies stuff please? this is really good ❣❣❣

[@anac.r.1478]

can’t believe you are talking about my favorite movie ever this is like an early birthday gift

[@upinurbiz]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎉

[@bluex6755]

ive literally been blogging about newsies for the last few days with absolutely no one caring the absolute brain rot its been years im obsessed forever IM SO EXCITED FOR THSI VID ESSAY

[@elise2920]

i gasp every time i’m looking at a thumbnail i’m interested in and look down to see biz barclay loll absolutely love all your content and i’m so excited to watch this video!!

[@nondescriptname]

I don't go in for this kind of media typically and have no intention of watching this movie but this was great, because it's honestly just nice to see someone this passionate about anything.

[@ChildOfChaos07]

YEEEEEEEEEESSSSS!!!!! All the love for Spot Conlon! BEST character in the film! 😍❤️❤️❤️ Also, I’m so happy to see a video of this movie from someone else who enjoys this movie as much as I do.

[@heytherenewton9302]

me at 13 stuffing my hair under a newsboy cap after watching the movie in choir class: wow i wish i could dress up and pretend to be a boy newsie. surely this information won't be relevant later

[@upinurbiz]

nope nothing to see there whatsoever i’m sure

[@chrishartle]

You have very fresh viewpoints and an addictive approach to critiquing film. Definitely cooking up something special with this channel. Keep on keeping on and thanks for the edutainment!

[@upinurbiz]

thank you so much!!

[@anaeckert7405]

My newsies introduction was not the 1992 movie, I’m sorry I let you down but I did cry the last time I heard the Santa Fe horns so that’s gotta count for something

[@peachpersona]

this video was an enlightening experience. thanks for sharing the good news (this musical's existence)

[@Thatlibrapunk]

Spot Conlon was a real person! He was from Brooklyn however wasn’t the leader and he also wore pink suspenders. Also I found someone named Boots McAleen/McAleenan but unsure if there’s any correlation to the character

[@Axolaxolaxol]

I will not tolerate the Broadway Newsies slandee

[@SkylarKuzuf]

If you add the new songs and the fact that Jack DRAWS with Christian Bale, you would have EXACTLY perfection. (THE POOR GUY’S HEAD IS SPINNIN! 🐍😵‍💫)

[@charischannah]

I was introduced to Newsies in 2002 (for some reason, had not run across it until then), when my drama teacher picked "Carryin' the Banner" for the group musical number for drama competition. I was not asked to participate and only found out about it when my friends were chatting about how much fun dance practice was, which was a serious bummer. I checked the video out at the library and watched it multiple times.

[@upinurbiz]

YOUR DRAMA TEACHER SUCKED I know that pain though you are not alone lol i bet Kenny Ortega would’ve let you dance

[@tuesdaytaping]

I haven't even done my second rewatch of the last video yet! And there's already another biz vid!! Peace and love on planet Earth

[@summer_berry65]

This is my all time favorite musical movie and has been since I was a teen. Thank you so much for this. 💗

[@caloucalai]

Loved this video- thank you so much!!

[@rockyalexander2983]

I literally just found this video while rewatching newsies right now for the 40th time out of nowhere. It just popped up. God I love newsies and it’s fans.

[@Dumpknoedel]

you are my fav youtuber and everytime I forget that you are kinda niche and don't have like a mil subs... pls keep doing what u do!

[@eleanormagnuson1410]

love your longer philosophy videos but this was really fun too! thank you for sharing

[@heylenareal]

This video is amazingly bonkers, and one of the best I've seen from you. I haven't even watched the movie and I was entranced watching you talk about it with so much genuine passion and love. Please keep this type of videos coming! Your stuff is always fascinating and invigorating 😁🖤

[@shaihulud2977]

I’m really late to this video, but it was so nice to find someone who was as obsessed with newsies (and SPOT) as I was as a kid. I made a lot of my friends watch it at my 16th bday party and we had a blast! Fond memory

[@dancincoolkid]

My girl got herself a sponsor, hell yeah! Love your content

[@scoobydoocandy]

Loved it! Keep doing what you do ❤

[@grobanlover292]

I saw this movie in my orchestra class all the time after we did a recital and, hot take, its a better movie musical than Rent (the other movie they'd show us). It deserves to be watched by everyone, especially nowadays

[@SkylarKuzuf]

4:32-4:38 Same, same. Also, your singing voice was awesome!! ❤

[@ostermad]

As someone who grew up loving this movie, I was delighted to see you had made a video on it (and angry with the YT for not showing that you'd made it until months after you posted it).

[@tikamajere316]

**Quoting along with you as you set yourself up for the quotes I also perpetually have in my head** lol So glad you made this!!

[@julesk2629]

If you haven’t seen Blood Drips Heavily on Newsies Square you are MISSING OUT.

[@upinurbiz]

please please PLEASE tell me it’s Vampire Newsies

[@julesk2629]

@@upinurbiz It’s the Newsies cast making a film in which Don Knotts tries to kill them all because Kenny Ortega won’t cast him! And it’s the best thing ever! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGG2nnSkatyXmK8si=_IwyNtNivW8yPxjm

[@julesk2629]

@@upinurbiz kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGG2nnSkatyXmK8si=_IwyNtNivW8yPxjm

[@lizahonaker2306]

Where can I, too, find spaghetti strap suspenders. I love them

[@mommabear5297]

Dude we did Seize the Day in show choir when I was in HS and Newsies is 100% the reason I had a *massive* crush on Christian Bale growing up.

[@duneysands946]

Would absolutely love to see more of these smaller-scale projects in between your bigger stuff. This one was definitely a lot of fun :)

[@BiblicallyAccurateElliot]

Omg new biz video????? This is the best start to the morning ToT

[@krusty_krab81]

A-are...we the same person..? Because literally all of your opinions and points I agreed with lol.

[@WendlaBergmann]

dese is for da newsies - and the folks on the yahoo newsies mailing list

[@tykahmg]

Where has this video been my whole life??? One of the best KZbinrs working today analyzing one of the best films in the history of the medium???? I can die happy… after watching this video of course!

[@alinaj3301]

I like these more chill videos of yours. Like your older Scandal video, there's something really enjoyable about them. (and the longer more intensive too. just 👌. you're doing good.)

[@julianblatt9630]

Sorry for all the comments but this is the first of your videos I've seen and I don't think I've grinned this much watching a video for a long time. Definitely subbing

[@Whyteroze28]

I was so Obsessed with this movie when it came out. I also got my sister hooked on it. It was so awesome how so many of them were recognizable names, or became recognizable after this. Spot did a lot of Tv roles and V/O work, Mush was in Mighty Ducks 2&3, Kid Blink was Trey Parker, Racetrack was Doogie Howser's best friend, three or four of the guys were on the Nick show Roundhouse, including Dominic Lucero (the guy at 9:22 who echoes 'The Best') who died young of Lymphoma, Davey was in BIG, and Les was the little brother in The Wizard. They also filmed a movie of their own while they were making Newsies called 'Blood Drips on Newsies Square' which you can find on KZbin. Also, technically, Hearst is in the movie, for about 5 seconds during the poker game, when Pulitzer pretends to strangle him.

[@Natalia-gp9os]

Thanks for doing this video, I could watch this movie millions of times! Everything on it is just perfect

[@julianblatt9630]

This movie was my s*xual awakening lol. I downloaded the entire album onto my iPod

[@julianblatt9630]

Btw, one of the actors (I think Mush) uploaded some dope BTS footage a while ago - would definitely recommend checking it out Edit: Of course you've already seen that lol

[@joliechambers1996]

this made me watch newsies, so thank you 🥰🥰🥰

[@upinurbiz]

no thank YOU !

[@B1llllllllll7y]

You might not see this bc its been a day, but I just want u to kno that I love ur videos!!!! I'm so so excited for u to make more, and even if they're not regular, I'll still stick around bc they're always worth it! A lot of the multiple hr videos I watch on youtube, I barely pay attention for most of it, but I always find myself avidly listening to every word u say, and I always have so much fun!! Thank you for making videos :)

[@upinurbiz]

❤️❤️❤️ this is so sweet thank you !!!

[@EmmysCoolVids123]

Davey ❤ is my fav

[@sofeyuh]

congrats on ur first sponsor !! i love the silliness n passion in all ur vids so am very much looking forward 2 what u will make next (~:

[@meaninglessmischief]

I love this so much!! I love the philosophy deep dives but just hearing you talk about something you love for an hour was amazing! would fully support more vids like this!

[@v.ra.]

Best narrator on YT right now

[@helenpetersen447]

Oh my fucking god, Newsies?! Here comes my 2017 hyperfixation, rolling down the tracks to haunt me again -- I haven't even watched it yet and I am SO here for this shit!

[@readandrepeatpodcast]

Loved this vid!! Not everything has to be an huge project to have an impact so if you want to make more stuff like this go for it. Good vibes for you is good vibes for all of us right?? Anyway, off to go watch that Newsies behind the scenes footage now

[@miaadelizi4714]

Made my family watch the movie after this, and then we watched this video essay. Loved it! Now I know that my next history paper is about

[@currantevents5607]

I know this is very, very late but I was my on my OWN deep dive into the newsboy strike (inspired by this video) and came across this passage from the Sun on July 21st, 1899: “About 8 o’clock the newsboys at the bridge observed an imposing figure of a 14 year old youth, wearing pink suspenders, approaching from the Brooklyn side. He asked for General Master Workboy “Blind” Diamond and introduced himself as SPOT CONLEN, District Master Workboy of the Brooklyn Union” SPOT CONLEN LIVES!

[@SkylarKuzuf]

SPOT CONLON WAS REAL?! YESSSSSSSSSSSS GET ‘EM BROOKLYN BOYS!!

[@PITAchic84]

To this day I have a crush and a half on Christian Bale because I saw this movie when I was 14. It didn't hurt that Casper gave me a Bill Pullman load to carry 2 years earlier (yes, Pullman over Sawa at first. I know, I had issues at 12). This movie is the best

[@emilymortensen335]

Not me saying all the quotes at the same time as Biz 😂

[@caitie8921]

Congrats on the sponsor! Wow maybe I should have watched newsies previously.

[@NicoleAgent]

I think we were all a little in love with Spot Collins.

[@sammie6676]

Another amazing vid!! Also congratulations on the sponsor :) much deserved!

[@taylorgayhart9497]

Yes to all the content!!!

[@stingspring3168]

Really cool coincidence that this video came out a few days before the UAW strike went into action. Its great to see labor being galvanized in america. Edit: I also played racetrack in my schools performance of newsies and gosh is thhe musical different from the movies.

[@kara1084]

The Newsboys concert clip jumpscare really got me. Needs a trigger warning for recovering born again christian kids. 😂 I loved this! I was 13 when The Newsies came out on VHS. It was an amazing time to be 13. That was a very durable VHS tape. 😆 I appreciate the Spot Conlon obsession but I have to say I was a Jack Kelly girl. My daughter and I have been watching it together now, and she loves teasing me with talking about the Broadway musical. 😶