Day Twenty-Six: Seussical
Today's post is a musical featuring a character you can relate to the most. The character would have to be Gertrude McFuzz, which means the musical of the day is Seussical.
Seussical is based off of Dr. Seuss, especially with the story of Horton Hears a Who, featuring characters such as: The Cat in the Hat, Jojo, The Grinch, Gertrude McFuzz, Mayzie LaBird, etc.
I'll give a quick synopsis: "A person's a person no matter how small." Horton, an elephant, finds a speck of dust containing a tiny world on it, and only he hears the tiny people. He places the speck on a four-leaf clover and endures the mocking of the citizens of the Jungle of Nool. The only person on his side is a bird named Gerdtrude McFuzz, his neighbor, who's always had a secret crush on him.
The tiny world on the speck of dust, called Who, a boy named Jojo has an overactive imagination that gets him into a lot of trouble at school and at home. Horton and Jojo bond over how different they are and become friends. Meanwhile, Gertrude (my character) is trying really hard to impress Horton; so she takes some pills to have her bird tail feathers grow longer and fuller, following the instructions of her friend Mayzie. Alas, Horton still doesn't pay much attention to her.
Jojo's parents send him to military school to teach discipline in him, lead by this crazy General Genghis Khan Schmitz (name sound similar, anyone?) Horton is ambushed by the Wickersham brothers, who are monkeys. They steal the clover and give it to an eagle named Vlad Vladikoff, who drops it into a field of identical clovers. Gertrude takes more tail pills in order to get Horton to notice her again. Mayzie, who has been abandoned by her lover and left the egg the two created, asks if Horton can watch the egg while she goes and takes an afternoon off. Horton is captured by hunters and Gertrude, unable to fly due to the size and weight of her tail feathers, isn't able to save Horton.
Horton is transported, while still sitting on the egg, to NYC and is auctioned off to the circus. Mayzie, who has been laying around, decides to visit the circus and runs into Horton. She tells Horton that he's more of a parent than she'll never be and leaves the egg with Horton forever. Horton vows to raise the egg and "sings" it to sleep, about a magical place called Solla Sollew.
Jojo confronts the crazy general about his obsession with war and accidently causes an explosion, which is thought to have destroyed him. The Cat in the Hat explain to Jojo's parents, when they hear the news, that Jojo survived the explosion and got lost while traveling back to Whoville. The Cat in the Hat finds Jojo and brings him back to his parents, where the three of them embrace.
Gertrude finds Horton at the circus and frees him. After realizing her self-worth, Gertrude had gotten the feathers plucked off and found the Whos' clover. However, the Sour Kangaroo, working with the Wickersham brothers, bring Horton back to the Jungle of Nool: he is put on trial for talking to a speck of dust and sitting on an egg. Horton and Gertrude try to plead innocent, but it is in vain: Judge Yertle the Turtle still orders the clover to be boiled in a pot of beezlenut oil. Horton begs the Whos to shout their existence, which they do by yelling: YOPP.
The sound is just high enough for the jungle citizens to hear. Horton is declared innocent and Sour Kangaroo is dedicated herself to help care for the small speck of dust. Jojo is given the title "Thinker Non-Stop" and gets appreciation from his parents. The egg hatches: out comes an "Elephant-Bird" creature. Horton realizes he can't raise an animal that flies, but Gertrude assures him she can teach the creature to fly and he can teach it on land. The two vow to raise the "child" together. The End.
I think I associate myself with Gertrude for a couple of reasons. One is that she was the first lead role I had ever acquired, even though it was during theatre camp. Two is that she's very shy and quiet and nerdy, which I kinda am. Three is that she has tried to change her appearance to get the guy she likes, but I mean what girl hasn't done that at one point? Four is that she can be a good friend and very reliable. Five is that I have written a song about a guy I had a crush on and about myself. Six is a combination of the previous five reasons: I can connect to her a lot because I can understand what she's going through and by using part of my qualities in her, I think I pulled off Gertrude McFuzz rather well!
Because I'm highlighting Gertrude, I'll do her signature song, "The One-Feather Tail of Miss Gertrude McFuzz" (it's immediately followed by "Amayzing Mayzie" (yes, I spelled it wrong on purpose)).
Jojo's parents send him to military school to teach discipline in him, lead by this crazy General Genghis Khan Schmitz (name sound similar, anyone?) Horton is ambushed by the Wickersham brothers, who are monkeys. They steal the clover and give it to an eagle named Vlad Vladikoff, who drops it into a field of identical clovers. Gertrude takes more tail pills in order to get Horton to notice her again. Mayzie, who has been abandoned by her lover and left the egg the two created, asks if Horton can watch the egg while she goes and takes an afternoon off. Horton is captured by hunters and Gertrude, unable to fly due to the size and weight of her tail feathers, isn't able to save Horton.
Horton is transported, while still sitting on the egg, to NYC and is auctioned off to the circus. Mayzie, who has been laying around, decides to visit the circus and runs into Horton. She tells Horton that he's more of a parent than she'll never be and leaves the egg with Horton forever. Horton vows to raise the egg and "sings" it to sleep, about a magical place called Solla Sollew.
Jojo confronts the crazy general about his obsession with war and accidently causes an explosion, which is thought to have destroyed him. The Cat in the Hat explain to Jojo's parents, when they hear the news, that Jojo survived the explosion and got lost while traveling back to Whoville. The Cat in the Hat finds Jojo and brings him back to his parents, where the three of them embrace.
Gertrude finds Horton at the circus and frees him. After realizing her self-worth, Gertrude had gotten the feathers plucked off and found the Whos' clover. However, the Sour Kangaroo, working with the Wickersham brothers, bring Horton back to the Jungle of Nool: he is put on trial for talking to a speck of dust and sitting on an egg. Horton and Gertrude try to plead innocent, but it is in vain: Judge Yertle the Turtle still orders the clover to be boiled in a pot of beezlenut oil. Horton begs the Whos to shout their existence, which they do by yelling: YOPP.
The sound is just high enough for the jungle citizens to hear. Horton is declared innocent and Sour Kangaroo is dedicated herself to help care for the small speck of dust. Jojo is given the title "Thinker Non-Stop" and gets appreciation from his parents. The egg hatches: out comes an "Elephant-Bird" creature. Horton realizes he can't raise an animal that flies, but Gertrude assures him she can teach the creature to fly and he can teach it on land. The two vow to raise the "child" together. The End.
I think I associate myself with Gertrude for a couple of reasons. One is that she was the first lead role I had ever acquired, even though it was during theatre camp. Two is that she's very shy and quiet and nerdy, which I kinda am. Three is that she has tried to change her appearance to get the guy she likes, but I mean what girl hasn't done that at one point? Four is that she can be a good friend and very reliable. Five is that I have written a song about a guy I had a crush on and about myself. Six is a combination of the previous five reasons: I can connect to her a lot because I can understand what she's going through and by using part of my qualities in her, I think I pulled off Gertrude McFuzz rather well!
Because I'm highlighting Gertrude, I'll do her signature song, "The One-Feather Tail of Miss Gertrude McFuzz" (it's immediately followed by "Amayzing Mayzie" (yes, I spelled it wrong on purpose)).
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