Shrek the Musical feels like it was exclusively made for high schools to perform. The fairytale creatures getting their own song and showing up randomly in scenes feels a lot like something a high school theatre director would do to make sure the ensemble members have lines so their parents don't get mad.
@gabrielleporter5533 жыл бұрын
shrek the musical lies in the same realm as seussical, adams family, and more that are just there to be large ensemble shows with a few standout performers and a 80 number ensemble cast
@jessieliddel99063 жыл бұрын
In middle school we did “Shrek the musical jr.” and that’s probably why I see it as a musical that is only fun in a middle school context, even high school feels too grown up for this show
@2026_Productions3 жыл бұрын
can confirm - was pig 3
@Ryan-Mono-Horror3 жыл бұрын
I was in this play my freshman year of high school... It was uncomfortable as hell. The only reason I showed up was because I had a crush on the dude who played farquad
@aidanredding80583 жыл бұрын
We did this in middle school. I was in the crew, and my only job was moving sunflowers on and off the side of the stage.
@Broadway_Ben3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: The reason the fairytale creatures are added into the wedding scene is just to stall for time while Fiona changes into her ogre makeup 😂
@izzet5133 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I mean it still ruins the moment, but this is clearly why it was added in.
@glendarjj39913 жыл бұрын
I guess it's just something for them to do as well
@NoisqueVoaProduction3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, maybe they could have done other special effects. I don't know, body switch, switch the color of the lights, put the features like nose and ears... But trying to stall time to put make up doesn't seem like a wise decision.
@soltandvinegar3 жыл бұрын
I mean, fair enough.
@setsers13 жыл бұрын
LMAO
@iTzNikkitty2 жыл бұрын
Donkey in the original film is a great example of how to do an annoying character right. You make them annoying to the other characters, not the audience.
@canned_crickets Жыл бұрын
No one could have said it better
@Niagaranobs Жыл бұрын
Something a lot of writers somehow forget.
@AnikMonette8 ай бұрын
Also, Eddie Murphy was actually FUNNY! I can forgive a lot if an annoying character makes me laugh or has touching moments with other characters, like how Donkey convinces Shrek to confess his love to Fiona without sharing her secret. At all. Boss move in my opinion...
@nikoskonstantinidis40697 ай бұрын
just to get too far and make it the punching bag.
@sarahthomas86705 ай бұрын
YES
@whomstami7365 Жыл бұрын
What’s especially hilarious about Freak Flag Fly is that the only reason it exists is to give the makeup crew time to get the makeup on Fiona. It serves no other purpose beyond that and that explains so much.
@RibbitRibbit19110 ай бұрын
Filler fo Fiona. Very good fact
@TwiistedR69 ай бұрын
@@RibbitRibbit191 I did NOT realize that. Woah.
@AtlasBlizzard8 ай бұрын
Makes sense in that regard, but it's still a jarring mood whiplash.
@Weirdo_Smiley5 ай бұрын
So it's basically filler
@MoonMusicOwl5 ай бұрын
That checks out
@nathanielleguizamo4093 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: The performer of Fiona signed and left her bra for the stage crew when Shrek: The Musical came to my city. It's still hanging stage left to this day
@SM-yz4hi3 жыл бұрын
iconic power move
@thatoneperson85933 жыл бұрын
That’s amazing
@FormalFilmsProductions3 жыл бұрын
What a power move
@GabePickles38373 жыл бұрын
*D A M N*
@cofeespear49923 жыл бұрын
some creep is going to steal it one day tho
@BigBastion6233 жыл бұрын
“Just because something has no reason to exist doesn’t mean it can’t be good” *Insert Cinderella 3: A Twist in Time*
@merrybright57323 жыл бұрын
Cinderella 3 is superior to OG cinderella no I’m not taking critiques at this time
@coffintears58213 жыл бұрын
@@merrybright5732 cinderella 3 was my shit when i was little
@madsceptictrooper68033 жыл бұрын
@@merrybright5732 Yeah, OG and live-action demake Cinderella are meh in my opinion. I definitely prefer Cinderella 3 over them.
@cloudlion16103 жыл бұрын
I'd pin this if I could.
@AngelMartinez-rx8yt3 жыл бұрын
*Insert Toy Story 4
@AluminumFusion22 Жыл бұрын
I think Farquaad being made fun of for his size so often in the film stems from him trying to deny it or overcompensate for it, like his castle in Duloc or the ornament on his wedding cake. Farquaad makes for the perfect foil for Shrek because he acknowledges his weirdness and enjoys being himself, while Farquaad would rather imprison or exile those he deems strange, despite being "abnormal" himself. Essentially Farquaad is what he hates, which is why Shrek, Donkey and Fiona mock him for his stature.
@chuckled125 Жыл бұрын
reminds me of voldemort
@SewardWriter11 ай бұрын
@@chuckled125More like Voldeshort, am I right?
@MaxHolleyBC8 ай бұрын
Good point
@sophiebubbles078 ай бұрын
It’s pretty clever Imagine if you had a mega man villain who tries to outlaw robots, yet works with robots himself and tries to overcompensate for it by making his lair a regular house
@chalkfourtyfive8 ай бұрын
@@sophiebubbles07 I'm rusty on my MegaMan knowledge but I'm pretty sure the main villain of MegaMan Zero 3 and 4 is literally that excluding the normal house part.
@pastelplayer30632 жыл бұрын
One of the most infuriating parts of this show to me is that they made a song called “Forever” for Dragon. It’s a wonderful song that goes super hard and has a ton of passion in it. I love how it’s basically Dragon just venting about her own situation and then being completely blindsided when Donkey expresses genuine interest in her. I think it’s my favorite song from the whole thing! … and yet it isn’t in the definitive version of the show. Because why let Dragon have heart and character in a moment that’s fierce, yet just vulnerable enough for some sympathy?
@starjuicebox Жыл бұрын
my high school did forever! it was one of my fav parts of being in the show
@exkobri558 Жыл бұрын
My high school also did Forever…. And so did another one that did Shrek a couple years later.
@miathebanana Жыл бұрын
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe "Forever" was actually written for a later version of the show where they corrected a lot of other questionable lines and such. The only reason none of those changes are in the proshot on Netflix or in the official recording was because those changes hadn't been made yet. I personally prefer "Forever" to "Donkey Pot Pie" for the record; it's such a beautifully crafted song in comparison to Dragon just expressing how she's going to eat Donkey but immediately loves him after he compliments her teeth lmao
@abbywood3403 Жыл бұрын
I SO AGREE. Donkey pot pie was mediocre at best. I don’t think it was catchy at all. But forever? An absolute banger. I literally love it
@cogs_and_oil3989 Жыл бұрын
Agreed it's a great song
@Broadway_Ben3 жыл бұрын
Some additional fun facts about Shrek the Musical: -The parodying of Defying Gravity in What’s Up Duloc was improvised by Chris Sieber for the Tony performance. People loved it so much they later added it to the show. This is why it does not appear on the cast recording. - The dragon puppet and song were so poorly received they were changed in future productions. The puppet was changed to a more straightforward dragon puppet with the full body, there is now only one singer for the voice of the Dragon, and they wrote a new song called Forever which is much better than Donkey Pot Pie (although still kinda forgettable. - The inclusion of “I’m a Believer” at the end of the show was also added later in the shows run, as a response to critics and audience member disappointment around the musical not featuring any of the iconic songs from the film. This is why it feels so out of place. - Another fun fact I like is that the guy who plays Pinocchio (John Tartaglia of Johnny and the Sprite’s fame) is also the guy who puppeteers the dragon head and does live mo-cap for the mirror during that scene (this is live and not pre-recorded).
@gingeygal23923 жыл бұрын
I didn't know any of that! Thanks for the fun facts 😁 and I'm not surprised about John Tartaglia puppeteering and doing the face mo cap as he's wonderful as Rod in Avenue Q 👍
@glendarjj39913 жыл бұрын
Another fun fact: they initially tried to get the real shrek for this role (he even trained for it in shrek 3) but he refused and wanted to be left alone.
@butterqueen7673 жыл бұрын
Wow
@genericname27473 жыл бұрын
@@glendarjj3991 "Get outta my swamp" -Shreks actor
@wriggleby3 жыл бұрын
I love John Tartaglia! He was amazing in Avenue Q
@commpisto59483 жыл бұрын
The actor who played Farquaad is a chad for being on his knees for an entire musical
@glendarjj39913 жыл бұрын
True dedication and so on and so forth
@TheRoark3 жыл бұрын
The knee pads had to be VERY cushy. The dancing is the worst part 😂
@jaketaylor99223 жыл бұрын
As someone who almost played Farquaad in my high school’s production of Shrek (it got cancelled a week before the show due to COVID) I can tell you that it hurts. A lot.
@madsceptictrooper68033 жыл бұрын
The Finnish actor of Farquaad in Shrek the Finnish Musical is also a chad for the same reason.
@chickpeaproductions39123 жыл бұрын
Yeah props to Christopher Sieber, I actually met him once after ‘The Prom’
@Witzke231 Жыл бұрын
Shrek the Musical is pretty much exclusively a high school musical. I remember watching mine and it was well done. The dragon was amazing and puppeteered by one guy.
@moxstoleyoursocks2241 Жыл бұрын
Yours had a puppet? Cool! Our dragon was just wearing a onesie.
@DaVickster10789 ай бұрын
My sisters dragon was a girl wearing a custom made crown type thing with the dragons face and a dress. It was nice
@Kaisona20178 ай бұрын
My high school’s dragon was a bunch of cardboard boxes in the shape of a dragon carried around by a couple guys. The singing was done by a girl in a dragon princess costume, who stood on the side of the stage, away from the action.
@graceinasweater91695 ай бұрын
The dragon I saw was a lady in this giant dress with a headdress and stilts so she was extra tall. She was so cool
@StudioFighter5 ай бұрын
I recently watched the shrek school musical and the dragon was just a girl with a red sparkly dress, a cape, and a dragon mask Not as cool but I understand that my school was just having to work with the budget they have
@radioactive_river2 жыл бұрын
The only person I actually care about in the musical is John Tartaglia. He played Pinocchio, Magic Mirror, and was the puppeteer for the dragon. His work in puppetry and theater is pure inspiration for me.
@maxiapalucci25112 жыл бұрын
Woah John tartaglia is epic
@strranger Жыл бұрын
tartaglia… (i’m sorry)
@courtneysatella9946 Жыл бұрын
Wasn’t he in avenue q too?
@weathermansam2 Жыл бұрын
@@courtneysatella9946 Yeah he originated Princeton and Nicky. He also played Ernie from Sesame Street for a short time.
@Whooterzoot Жыл бұрын
This guy was my inspiration in high school!
@tjackson2203 жыл бұрын
The beetlegeuse musical even references this in the opening, he says to the audience directly something along the lines of "starting with a ballad, bold choice. And such a departure from the original source material!" As soon as that line was said I knew I'd love this adaptation
@Orangecatinahoodie3 жыл бұрын
Hello fellow Beetlejuice the musical lover
@MangoMagica3 жыл бұрын
Hello fellow fans of Beetlejuice the musical!
@draila70222 жыл бұрын
Hello there fellow fans of Beetlejuice the musical
@pacorka99432 жыл бұрын
Betelgeuse is SOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOD
@dangosandlemons2 жыл бұрын
hello my fellow beetlejuice the musical lovers x2
@TVJUNK853 жыл бұрын
"Why won't you sing, Shrek?!" "BECAUSE SINGING KILLED MY SWAMP"
@athan135903 жыл бұрын
Lmfao
@sincerecinnamon3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I'm just erasing my stupidity at this point
@controlbrains3 жыл бұрын
@@sincerecinnamon Yes that’s the joke
@user-oq9pz6tt9x3 жыл бұрын
@@sincerecinnamon geez, don’t explain the joke!
@athan135903 жыл бұрын
@@sincerecinnamon I immediately remembered the movie after reading this. I saw it as a kid and didn't realize how stupid it was until now.
@bilbo49072 жыл бұрын
I think the two things I like most out of the musical is how much more aggressive Fiona gets and that you see Shreks parents
@gaspastrike2 жыл бұрын
Also, Farquaad is given a backstory which I find somewhat interesting and adds to his character. Tl;dr, Farquaad is the best part of this musical imo.
@Angel-DJ-Gaming Жыл бұрын
*L O R E*
@elliefowler2508 Жыл бұрын
down on bended knee… bended knee… bENDED KNEE (kicks Shrek)
@Barakon2 жыл бұрын
The baby goose laying any eggs disturbs me because of the implications of that bird’s biology. Only mature birds should lay eggs, at least a bird that has its full adult plumage.
@MB32904 Жыл бұрын
it's probably that dead horse mush of a "joke" that haha chicken lay egg but wait, chicken is bird, so bird must lay egg! honestly don't know why they still use it
@Barakon Жыл бұрын
@@MB32904 I guess? But uh...wait, at what age do geese lay eggs?
@MB32904 Жыл бұрын
@@Barakon adulthood
@Barakon Жыл бұрын
@@MB32904 yeah, but how many years or months is that for geese?
@tanner201x84 ай бұрын
Someone’s overthinking
@ponqere3 жыл бұрын
I saw this musical live, and I just wanna say that the actor for lord farquaad absolutely *carried* that whole show
@thattheatrenerd14182 жыл бұрын
As a former farquaad it is very fun to ham it up, very similar to trunchbull in a way from Matilda the musical, funny enough I am doing it in about a week.
@JrWasToShort2 жыл бұрын
he was the best part of the musical and that's a fact
@isaacthegoat14322 жыл бұрын
Not really if it wasn't good.
@warm_lettuce4732 жыл бұрын
@@isaacthegoat1432 One character who isn't even the main character isn't enough to fix a bad production.
@marekpiekarski26722 жыл бұрын
He interacted with the crowd and just stole the show
@perilousskillet52693 жыл бұрын
This should have been a self aware parody of musicals similar to "The Guy Who Doesn't Like Musicals" with as many new jokes about it being a musical as possible. Then the music should be entirely inspired by the moive's orginal soundtrack. Hell like you said the movie could even be a somewhat new plotline of shrek refusing to take part in the musical and verbally getting frustrated with the songs and interrupting while people sing. Maybe it would be a little to similar to "the guy who doesn't like musicals" but i think that would be better than this dumpster fire.
@SafeBurrito54653 жыл бұрын
yeah i usually don’t like “oOoH iT’s FuNnY bEcAuSe It’S a MuSiCaL” but that would be funny
@perilousskillet52693 жыл бұрын
@@SafeBurrito5465 yea i just think it would have been really fitting for this specific situation. And have enough new that it feels fresh.
@JMandJJ77973 жыл бұрын
Now I am thinking of the new plot being like a meta in universe musical that the characters from Shrek the Musical are being cast in to retell the story of Shrek. And Shrek not wanting to be a part of it. Maybe the guy making this musical or in charge of it is actually the villain luring Shrek to kill him on stage for revenge or something. Like maybe it turns out to be Prince Charming in disguise and this hypothetical alternate musical is a sort of replacement for Shrek the Third.
@perilousskillet52693 жыл бұрын
@@Kabbaway i agree 100%
@dcbandit3 жыл бұрын
@@JMandJJ7797 I like this idea, I love the idea of a musical taking place in the story takes place in, and it reminds me of the "Avatar Play" in Avatar the Last Airbender. That was pretty fun.
@downstageright329810 ай бұрын
I know I'm very late, but as someone who is rehearsing Fiona currently. That wedding crash scene is really needed for makeup purposes. It's already barely any time at all to get a dress off, a fat suit on and green make-up on. I wonder what alternatives Schaffrillas could come up with if he knew this fact. I'd be interested to hear his thoughts.
@atotalfiasco421310 ай бұрын
I remember when my middle school did this musical they had so little time that they accidentally smeared green makeup on the neckline of the dress lmao At least it was only noticeable if you were up close
@sandyposs26932 жыл бұрын
28:55 Did anyone else hear him distinctly say "...but the vast majority of them are just kind of medi-ogre and forgettable" ?
@calw.93733 жыл бұрын
Schaff: completes Shrek franchise Puss in Boots: laughs in the corner
@jar15433 жыл бұрын
It's also getting a sequel next year.
@bluewolf63233 жыл бұрын
@@jar1543 IT IS?! OMG YES
@noahsmith72673 жыл бұрын
Don't forget all hail king julien which is also technically a shrek spin-off
@luigiwiiUU3 жыл бұрын
@@noahsmith7267 how? its in the Madagascar universe
@TDArulesclub43 жыл бұрын
Wtf xd how?
@ishyk103 жыл бұрын
“Dragon falls in love with Donkey after he sings for like 30 seconds” that’s…more time than it took in the movie, man 😂
@joshuadrew52233 жыл бұрын
The dude who loves the song "Shiny" obviously doesn't know what makes a good musical or song.
@justsomeogrewithinternetac14943 жыл бұрын
@@joshuadrew5223 i don't think you should invalidate someone's opinion on media cus they like something you don't. I will say while it does take longer in the musical, not only could the musical try to fix it, it personally feels less realistic cus the Dragon is like talking. So you know it feels like it changing that quickly while it's literally singing about it wanting to eat donkey feels weird. Just cus its fast in shrek doesn't necessarily give the musical a excuse.
@acestral94673 жыл бұрын
@@joshuadrew5223 ok joshua
@alextunneyware3 жыл бұрын
@@justsomeogrewithinternetac1494 to be fair, given the context, you can kind of see why it could work in both the film and musical, Dragon is like Shrek in a way, she's intrigued by basically the only thing that seems to have seen her as more than just a dangerous, fire breathing monster, but instead of a friendship in the process of brewing, like with Shrek, Donkey's initial approach toward Dragon is more flirtatious in hopes of her not wanting to kill him, and since the only other approach she's received has been from weapons and with aggressive nature, it's understandable that she might react in such a way due to her minimal amount of good interactions
@joshuadrew52233 жыл бұрын
@@justsomeogrewithinternetac1494 I'm just talking smack. It is a fallacy to invalidate someone because I don't like their favorite song. I still wanted to talk shit because "Shiny" is the only song I've skipped in any Pixar film.
@laurenmontgomery4212 жыл бұрын
That "lets go to the opium den" giggle is just the one time where Schaffrillas got to be happy.
@nickgrejda42492 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: my middle school was going to perform this musical in spring of 2020. The school had to call off the show the day before the pandemic hit our area lol
@isaywhateveriwantandyougot74212 жыл бұрын
Maybe for the best
@sopoopapa2 жыл бұрын
omg same😭😭 my heart skipped a beat when i read the comment ngl but now we’re redoing the musical
@slumbering_abyss6 ай бұрын
this is the same thing that happened at my middle school!
@gianna5262 ай бұрын
That is so frickin sad, regardless of what the show is that'd be so heartbreaking, I hope yall got to redo it because I would be PISSSSEDD
@sithonis78183 жыл бұрын
genuinely nothing could have prepared me for that “what are you doing in my swamp?” delivery
@wompwomp99463 жыл бұрын
whAt arE you dOING in MY SWAHMp
@lazergecko13463 жыл бұрын
Agreed. It caught me so off guard
@spicycherrymilk90583 жыл бұрын
@@wompwomp9946 that’s so accurate omg💀
@emmasalioni68823 жыл бұрын
This comment did not prepare me
@potatowglasses84643 жыл бұрын
Why does he sound like a british grandma trying to say it
@neilc.83683 жыл бұрын
Also weird how they turned Shrek’s iconic Scottish accent into sounding like an angry Irish drunk reading the original movie script and half-assing it.
@eg-68533 жыл бұрын
@daniel strong it’s really insulting
@Ok-rt8xv3 жыл бұрын
@@eg-6853 how's it offending? Its just he's opinion.
@eg-68533 жыл бұрын
@@Ok-rt8xv I’m agreeing with the fact that the accent is insulting
@thejedisonic673 жыл бұрын
I guess they wanted to match the shrek voice in the shovelware games
@thatoneperson85933 жыл бұрын
That’s kind of a critique of the actor’s choices regarding the character voice, though. I mean, I hardly think that it was any kind of official choice, meaning that the integrity of the accent really relies on who’s playing Shrek, and not really on the musical, itself.
@unknownmercury Жыл бұрын
As someone who just finished doing a production of Shrek: The Musical, this is a really fun thing to be in, and it actually has a really good message in the fairy tale creatures embracing what makes them unique and special.
@justcuz8202 Жыл бұрын
I disagree But it sure is fun to perform!
@fruitbythefoote Жыл бұрын
The message isn't the problem; it's how little time they give it to properly develop within the story of the musical. It should never feel like themes are doing jump scares on the audience. They should be growing throughout the course of the show in order to feel justified at the end. The fairy tale creatures just come out of nowhere and it made me WTF aloud when I was watching it and it just made the musical drag on.
@chilathecreativefox9098 Жыл бұрын
@@fruitbythefoote What do you mean that the themes were doing jumpscares on us?
@disneyvillainsfan1666 Жыл бұрын
The Fairytale Ensemble was still my favorite part of Shrek The Musical. Not only was Freak Flag catchy, but I adored the variety of characters and costume designs. They gave me a whole new appreciation for background performers.
@TheLyricsAnalyst Жыл бұрын
You can hate Shrek: The musical as much as you like, but you can’t deny that John Tartaglia is hella talented and deserved better (he plays Pinocchio)
@brandonross4381 Жыл бұрын
Dragon puppeteer and mirror
@channelwarrior8613 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Originally the opening song was supposed to an original song. They just put in all star by smash mouth as a holder til the new one came in. But the test auidance liked it so much they kept in All Star. Also DreamWorks then contacted All Star to do I'm a believer at the end of the movie.
@essdeecard3 жыл бұрын
They contacted Smash Mouth*
@helainanatasha74963 жыл бұрын
@@ob1knob71 why? His writing was fine
@cleosvoyage91912 жыл бұрын
@@helainanatasha7496 the name of the group is smash mouth, they said that they contacted all stars which is the title of the song.
@pokaay31632 жыл бұрын
@@helainanatasha7496 it wasn’t a grammatical error, it was a factual one.
@danurkresnamurti35982 жыл бұрын
@@essdeecard ahah, all star is really rooted with them. people know them is all star. not the actual band name
@emmajones58753 жыл бұрын
Re: the "Shrek is about celebrating your differences but everyone makes fun of Farquaad" thing, I think the point the movie was TRYING to make was that Farquaad isn't just a short guy trying to make it in the world, he's actually denying the fact that he's different at all (cake topper is taller than Fiona, bed is really big despite him being small, etc.). His entire identity is about denying who he is. Whereas Shrek is all about being who he is, to the point where he thinks he can never change, which is why he probably pokes so much fun at Farquaad, because the latter is so obviously trying to deny himself, and making life harder for others who don't fit a traditional mold in the process. To be fair, the movie does take it too far in places, and I definitely don't like the idea that it's okay to criticize people for what they can't control as long as you don't like their personality. So in the end I guess I agree that it's a problem, but I also understand what the movie might have been going for. If they'd had Shrek show a little sympathy for Farquaad in the musical, that might have been an interesting change.
@TheKat123643 жыл бұрын
That is far. I also think them making fun of his "short comings" isnt just a reference to his height. But his lack of personality, grace, moral fibber and awareness.
@spooderman63123 жыл бұрын
Although the short jokes go too far, this comment is entirely right. I havent noticed this before and now I'm like "ohhh that makes much more sense"
@BasicAttackGames3 жыл бұрын
Kind of reminds me of back in 2016 when people were making jokes about Trump having small hands. People didn't really have a problem with the fact that they're small, the joke was that Trump is obviously self conscious about them and gets defensive whenever someone brings it up.
@Soroboruo3 жыл бұрын
There's a story going around that Farquaad was based on Eisner deliberately because he had a tendency to mock Katzenburg (who is much shorter) including reportedly saying "I think hate that fucking m*dget". This might be one of those things that just generated on the internet rumor mill but it seems believable.
@zahrinalutfia86993 жыл бұрын
that makes much more sense..
@SelfProclaimedGorl3 ай бұрын
To be fair, the dragon going from wanting to murder Donkey to wanting to fuck him so abruptly is actually kinda accurate to the movie
@OhtheHughmanity2 жыл бұрын
This musical is probably my biggest guilty pleasure… mainly due to Farquad and the set design
@wyv3rn13 жыл бұрын
"aggressively mediogre retelling" Don't worry, I caught your joke
@BardicLasher3 жыл бұрын
Okay he DID say that. I was all "wait, did he?" but I was on the sofa at the time so I wasn't about to go back and check.
@tandyssection12393 жыл бұрын
same I was wondering if anyone else noticed
@antipsychotic4513 жыл бұрын
meaty ogre
@charliep71123 жыл бұрын
I despise Shrek memes, god they are just unfunny, but not going to lie, that one was actually funny. Also if I hear any of you say "get Shrekt", I'm going to take out my Sharktale themed bazooka cosplay as Elmer Fudd, and play Russian roulette awhile high on speed.
@lancetheking75243 жыл бұрын
@@charliep7112 df is a bazooki
@DrizzingSakuras3 жыл бұрын
Every other commentary channel: "creates an oc to represent themselves" Schaffrillas: *T A M A T O A*
@spooderman63123 жыл бұрын
He spent an hour with members of gothpatty explaning why he loves him, im used to tamatoa with schafrilla's voice instead of a tomatoa voice
@DrizzingSakuras3 жыл бұрын
@@spooderman6312 pffft same
@anothergamer1123 жыл бұрын
@@spooderman6312 that video was the "everyone is here" of KZfaq. It was great.
@bloopbloop96873 жыл бұрын
"big carb"
@DrizzingSakuras3 жыл бұрын
@Lissette G Orozco Diaz I mean, I can't call him out on that- Hooty is too great-
@Anime_theatre_lover2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Brian D’Arcy James, who played Shrek in the musical, is right now playing the Baker in the Broadway revival of Into the Woods
@Whooterzoot Жыл бұрын
I love him
@SwagEmusEvilIncoporated Жыл бұрын
Coming back a year later, the night I went to see this live always felt like a Fever Dream. It will always feel like a Fever Dream and nothing will ever be able to top it.
@slimee88413 жыл бұрын
Schaf: "Let's talk about some stuff i did like" Me: "He's going to dop the ad read isn't he?" Works every time
@alena9843 жыл бұрын
Lol yes
@sjahbw3 жыл бұрын
Allalaoqoqpq
@SolarSocks3 жыл бұрын
watch for the ad read, watch for the ad read, watch for the ad read... THERE’S THE AD READ THERE IT IIIIIS
@lucillelovesnegan21443 жыл бұрын
Ive got ogre aids
@emblemwarrior113 жыл бұрын
So I can't speak for the original musical itself, but when my high school performed it, it was done so well that I couldn't even hate on it. Our Shrek actor was literally perfect for the role. Hope you're doing well, Dalon.
@stoopidapples15963 жыл бұрын
Broadway version sucks, but the songs and writing is pretty good.
@pestilencetheplague76462 жыл бұрын
Our high school's version was great as well the person who played lord farquad was on his knees the whole time and it was hilarious
@kurapikakurta19972 жыл бұрын
Our school did the same thing, and all the Fiona actors were amazing
@bhavanijayant5262 жыл бұрын
Dont take this too seriously
@enbyroyalty_2 жыл бұрын
Yeah my high school's performance slapped so hard
@indigocrayon8717 Жыл бұрын
27:24 This would've also followed along with my favourite quote when it comes to musicals "You sing when you can no longer speak," which basically means that you have to place songs at moments so emotional that the characters can't hold back any more and just HAVE to sing their heart out for the audience to hear
@Nekrotix12 Жыл бұрын
I wanna make an announcement. Farquaad wasn't wrongfully shamed for being short in Shrek, the point of his character was to show, despite all the power and wealth and status that Farquaad had, it didn't change who he was. A small, insignificant man who can be easily eaten by a dragon.
@BertoxolusThePuzzled Жыл бұрын
Exactly. The Farquad jokes weren't strictly mocking his SIZE, but his egotistic and petty OVERCOMPENSATING for his personal... shortcomings. (I just couldn't help myself XD).
@GPS_DS Жыл бұрын
@@BertoxolusThePuzzled “I was awoken by the sound of mockery. Show me the object of humiliation!”
@Nekrotix12 Жыл бұрын
@Kit Look, because he's an asshole, that makes it okay to make fun of him for his shortcomings (lmao). Farquaad doesn't deserve the respect of not being made fun of for his height.
@-psilo-90719 ай бұрын
It's a dick joke. No one says over compensation unless it's about penis size
@rudevoices92042 жыл бұрын
I just thought about what you said about Shrek being an anti-musical character and I just realized something (and stay with me on this), that's _EXACTLY_ what they did with Scrooge in A Muppet Christmas Carol. The opening number, "Scrooge," has everyone singing about how awful of a person he is while he's just walking to work. He doesn't get a big "I'm not so bad" song or even an "I just want to be left alone song." He just gets taunted and jeered through this entire number as the town gets together to express how much they hate him. Hell, he's even the one who ends the song and gets everyone to leave the number after it's over just by one look. The second song, while he's in it, he only has speaking lines. "When Love is Gone" he only sings because he remembers it, but that also works to show that for the first time in years he's being vulnerable before closing himself off again after telling the spirit to leave him. The only song he really sings in is "A Thankful Heart" and the ending song, showing he's learned to open up to and embrace people.
@r.j.penfold2 жыл бұрын
Holy fuck you're right. I've watched that movie for years (VHS copy, baby) and I never noticed that! (Also why is "When Love is Gone" so good like holy shit I appreciate the emotion more now as an adult and like holy fuck.)
@junegeeitisahardgfulmer79112 жыл бұрын
A VHS Christmas Carol does this to great effect as well.
@one-onessadhalf33932 жыл бұрын
I forgot that that was what the last song was called and so my mind immediately jumped to Veggietales (but yeah you’re so right)
@stephanniemorin2 жыл бұрын
I like this movie even more now!
@r.j.penfold Жыл бұрын
@@one-onessadhalf3393 I forgot Veggietales also had a song like that oof
@anayaweick79642 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Fiona, in “I think I got you beat” says that she was sent away on Christmas Eve. In “I know it’s today, she says “Day number 8423”. That number of days would put the musical’s timeline in late January/Early February. Duloc’s environment is that of a more northern place, and the Shrek Christmas special has snow, so therefore it should be snowing during the musical. Some girl in my theatre production pointed this out (She really liked math and biology for some odd reason) and it was the dumbest thing I’d ever heard but for some reason it stuck with me.
@Klick4042 жыл бұрын
Did she factor in leap years?
@anayaweick79642 жыл бұрын
@@Klick404 Yes actually.,She gave a range for greatest possible number of leap days to least possible
@Klick4042 жыл бұрын
@@anayaweick7964 good to know your friend appreciates mathematical rigour in such an important question
@askoldir45382 жыл бұрын
I went this entire December without seeing snow, so it's not impossible that it wouldn't fall during the musical, honestly
@_Circe2 жыл бұрын
That girl is my role model from now on
@wig8055 Жыл бұрын
i unironically LOVE shrek the musical words cannot begin to express how much i love it actually
@InvdrDana9 ай бұрын
It's one of my comfort musicals. I've listened to the soundtrack more than 20 times by this point. It was so fun live too. My mom and I absolutely loved it.
@AnikMonette8 ай бұрын
After the shock I felt looking at the aesthetics and costumes I kinda enjoyed it.😊
@seomews3 ай бұрын
it was a hyperfixation for my brother and i so we would watch it at LEAST twice a day for about a year
@cammyIawrence Жыл бұрын
I once almost failed a music class because the final project was about a presentation on a musical I chose shrek the musical but it was absolute garbage so I just didn’t do the final
@jaygee75083 жыл бұрын
The scene where the fairytale creatures interrupt Shrek at the wedding exists for one simple reason. The makeup crew needs time to transform Fiona into an ogre. It may feel shoe-horned in, but it's actually kind of necessary. No rebuttals to your other issues. Obviously, criticism is based on personal preference, and if ya don't enjoy something, hey...ya don't enjoy it.
@hunterolaughlin2 жыл бұрын
It’s also satisfying to see the fairytale creatures standing up to Lord Farquaad than just sitting on their butts back in the swamp while Shrek and Donkey confront him themselves like in the original. If I was exiled from my home by a xenophobic ruler, I wouldn’t be submissive to the abuse. I’d march back to the kingdom and confront the ruler.
@brandonlyon7302 жыл бұрын
@@hunterolaughlinYeah, but what about his army of knights under his payroll?
@hunterolaughlin2 жыл бұрын
@@brandonlyon730 I wouldn’t care if he set his guards upon me, I’d still protest about his abusive and xenophobic treatment of me. I’d rather go down trying to stand up to him than be a coward.
@cctproductions69762 жыл бұрын
Just get two identical people
@yayalucia79972 жыл бұрын
@@cctproductions6976 Fiona was played by Sutton Foster in the musical. It would be VERY difficult to find a fill-in for her if they'd chosen to do that instead of using the fairytale creatures
@strawberrybutch29593 жыл бұрын
The thing with Shrek not wanting to sing just reminds me of the whole “because singing killed my grandma” bit in Trolls. Shrek could definitely have done it better.
@sanitycaycay25072 жыл бұрын
He likes singing fine. He just doesn't want to sing the happy upbeat travelling song with Donkey.
@strawberrybutch29592 жыл бұрын
@@sanitycaycay2507 understandable, I just thought it was kinda funny. It could have been portrayed a bit better but otherwise it’s ok.
@Donttrustthatburger5144 Жыл бұрын
Oh man that Trolls singing killed my grandma and then he sings and saves everyone. I'm not even going to emoji that moment it doesn't deserve an emoji
@TeenyWeenyDork Жыл бұрын
you leave trolls out of this! 😩💀
@Vitallor Жыл бұрын
I mean they are both made by dreamworks lol
@genibeanie2 жыл бұрын
i always hated how this version did dragon. when i was dragon in a production of shrek jr. (which is much better because it cuts out a bunch of unimportant and stupid scenes) it was just me voicing the puppet WHILE on stage and in a costume and three prisoners as my backup singers. it looked way better and made so much more sense.
@brandonross4381 Жыл бұрын
That's what they did on your minus the singer being on stage
@gianna5262 ай бұрын
Basically the only case where the Jr is better 😭😭
@fireflowerfilms201020 күн бұрын
My school did the same thing
@pengutotally3064 Жыл бұрын
I forgot 90% of the musical, and remembered Who I’d Be, and was so glad when you said you liked who I’d be. It’s just, amazing. I so agree that Shrek should have not sung until that song, it would have hit so much harder.
@PhantomBones1013 жыл бұрын
Honestly "Who Id be" was the only song that hit home for me. Obviously Im not an ogre, but I get how he feels when he sung about wanting to be someone else but knowing he can't. He wants a happy ending like everyone else. Admittedly like I do.
@plushvolt76123 жыл бұрын
I kinda agree there
@hypershadic14273 жыл бұрын
That's what an ogre would say
@Zinaius3 жыл бұрын
Wait you’re not an ogre?
@addiction.55003 жыл бұрын
Wait- you’re not an ogre?
@It_Is_Oylenox3 жыл бұрын
Of course they're not an ogre, they're *an anomaly* ✨
@calebwashere3 жыл бұрын
There's a part in the musical where Donkey says "If you kill a man, I'll hide the body" and given how creepy he looks in the musical I'm starting to think that he'd actually do that
@Extremezotako3 жыл бұрын
LMAOOOO
@chronicallyonlinelesbian3 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen him in my house.
@bendykirby48283 жыл бұрын
Every second you don’t move, Donkey only gets closer to you.
@Notposting02 жыл бұрын
I’m still disappointed in myself for making my parents sign the field trip form to see Shrek the musical in the first grade.
@kierancaldwell3442 Жыл бұрын
Big oof bro
@feritye7672 жыл бұрын
everyone gangsta until shrek drops a transphobic slur
@RibbitRibbit19110 ай бұрын
Shrek 2: don't worry bout me, definitely not doing that
@TheWarriorBeaver9 ай бұрын
@@RibbitRibbit191 Why do you think she had to go
@RibbitRibbit1919 ай бұрын
@@TheWarriorBeaver it’s a joke cause that’s what happend
@sophiebubbles078 ай бұрын
I didn’t know Shrek was an Undertale community creator!
@dogocatostudios87197 ай бұрын
FINALLY SOMEONE MENTIONS IT-
@judahcatherine3 жыл бұрын
As someone who played Fiona, I can personally tell you that I had a lot of issues making her the “human” because the musical script kills the vulnerable side of Shrek. There just isn’t enough emotional substance. I actually really only lived for the act finales. “You love me as I am, take me as I look” always made me more emotional than it should have as a plus-size actor. You hit the nail on the head.
@WobblesandBean3 жыл бұрын
If that's you in your PFP, then it's a bit baffling to call yourself "plus size".
@judahcatherine3 жыл бұрын
@@WobblesandBean hmm… not sure what you mean. I’m medically overweight, I wear plus sized clothing. But I’m not really sure you can tell that in my pfp? It’s not necessarily something I’m proud of.
@JDM-is-my-name3 жыл бұрын
@@WobblesandBean its a little weird of you to go "Well, I can see a picture of yo u and I decided that I know your size and its not what you say it is." Babe, I have no idea what you do or how you have any information, but that doesn't matter. You cannot tell someone's size based in a slightly hazy picture of someone. It's also just rude I think OP looks great in their pfp, but I don't think you have any right to tell someone that they don't know their own size/that they are lying about their size, which is kind of how it came across
@patricklodge15763 жыл бұрын
You're just a bad actress
@judahcatherine3 жыл бұрын
@@patricklodge1576 I’d love to know how you gleaned that from a comment about a hokey musical in which I played the female lead. Please do enlighten me.
@InvincibleWereWeasel3 жыл бұрын
I just like this musical because my high school put on the funniest version of it ever. Farquad was played by one of the nicest kids in the school. Seeing him ham it up was just hilarious. Grumpy the Dwarf was played by everyone's favorite teacher. There were a lot of in-jokes added that no one outside of our school would get. It was great.
@stoopidapples15963 жыл бұрын
I have the exact same experience! The broadway version sucks ass, but the songs are actually written very well and the dialogue isn’t too bad impart from some plot problems.
@butasimpleidiotwizard2 жыл бұрын
this really does feel like it was written to be a high school musical, like its terrible as a story but as an opportunity for you to watch a bunch of teachers and students you know do some wacky antics on stage and perform it seems like it would be a lot of fun
@nataliadams43612 жыл бұрын
Now that sounds great lol, my local theater did this and farquad was played by the tallest guy and an added story line of a ghost cause the theater is said to be haunted ~spooky~
@EthanDyTioco2 жыл бұрын
I'll join the rest of the people here with our shared experience of doing this in high school. When we first heard of it, we were aghast. Why Shrek? We went from a smashing performance of Beauty and the Beast, to this? But then Shrek memes made their rounds in my high school right as we started rehearsing, and that's what turned it around lol
@ihaterefriedbeans2 жыл бұрын
I feel like it's just *meant* to be a funny high school production
@TearsBehindSmiles2 жыл бұрын
I was in a production of Shrek the Musical a few years ago. I regularly performed at the theatre putting it on, so I went out for it even though I don’t like the musical. Oh boy. So, seeing it live is apparently better than watching the proshot, according to my wife and several others who came to see it for me, despite sharing similar views on it. However, the particular production I was in left MANY sour tastes in my mouth. First, we had a white guy playing Donkey. Not necessarily a problem, and we worked really hard to make sure the makeup in NO WAY darkened his skin, unfortunately, the actor very much was trying to emulate Eddie Murphey’s performance, and it definitely came off as “vocal blackface”, which deeply disturbed and offended my mother-in-law when she came to see the show. Second, our Farquad was played by a raging homophobe. He was from a large, fundamentalist Christian family (10 children, and like 6 of them were in the show, including Donkey’s actor), and I already had a difficult time being around them because I’m gay and even if they never said anything TO me, I knew where I stood with them. Hearing someone who I knew was homophobic, who I had HEARD say homophobic things (before he realized that I was gay and thought he was just surrounded by straight people), play a clearly queer coded character just REALLY bothered me. Really, the fact that there was so much queer coding in general made me uncomfortable when combined with how outdated a lot of the jokes were. The trans slur made me wince EVERY TIME, and I wished that like was changed to literally anything else. I hope that it really has been removed since I was in the show, because it was certainly there back in 2016. One of the only good things in Freak Flag was that our Pinocchio was at least played by a non-binary actor, so when they delivered the “I’m wood, I’m good, get used to it” like, it felt less like a gross coopting of queer history than if we had a straight actor playing the role. Overall, I’m just not that impressed with the show. It manages to take a movie that feels so ageless and make it into something that feels so incredibly dated after a relatively short period of time. It was fun to be in even with the cringe lines because dressing up as fairytale creatures is always fun, but overall, it’s pretty underwhelming. (Also, in the book, the Fairy Godmother is called the “Sugar Plum Fairy”, so she’s technically a different character? She’s the actor who voices the Gingerbread Man, so I guess they went a Christmas theme with both characters, but you’re right, she is styled to look a lot like Fairy Godmother, and that’s confusing given her role in the franchise.)
@monsterhanna6691 Жыл бұрын
I completely understand you being upset, especially as a bisexual woman. Hopefully that man apologized to you and completely changed his viewpoints on sexuality after that. I can only imagine how uncomfortable you felt.
@alice5790 Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure exactly what version of the show you did, but in the Broadway version, there is both a fairy godmother and a sugarplum fairy/gingy puppet 👍
@nettune9980X Жыл бұрын
Hope you’re doing good. Edit I changed my comment to make it better.
@2fortcow10 ай бұрын
You were that uncomfortable around a people who denounce your sexuality? And they didn’t even say anything about it? Who cares. Grow up.
@dogocatostudios87197 ай бұрын
Yeah, my class watched this show for a project in theater and I was enjoying it *until* They dropped the T-slur in the second song- bc like- I'm a trans chubby kid, and having The Big Bad Wolf, who is a Man who Crossdressed to Harm a Child- a very transphobic sentiment that is wrongfully thought about many trans women- say that really wasn't fun, not to mention the rampant amounts of fat-fobia, Like- This show made me feel bad about myself just watching it, luckily I am doing better now,
@Doctor_Portly_64 Жыл бұрын
The musical should have been mostly about Farquad. His first song at the beginning to illustrate how exactly he put all the fairytale creatures in the swamp and why, maybe a song about the tournament where Shrek barges in and suddenly the song is centered around Shrek beating his knights while Farquad is insulting him to further solidify how rude and egotistical Farquad really is, and a song about getting ready for the wedding with Fiona, she's expressing her uncertainty about marriage and how she feels about Shrek all while Farquad is either singing over her or flat out ignoring her feelings as he sings about the preparations.
@znerd22Payne3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: In the Australian shrek musical Farquaad calls his horse Scomo after Prime Minister Scott Morrisson.
@WafflesX3XD3 жыл бұрын
does this imply that farquaad is secretly pulling the strings in our country’s politics? that adds up o_o’
@strikerecho25923 жыл бұрын
Yeah I remember when I saw that earlier this year lol. 😂😂😂
@kyethepie13 жыл бұрын
I remember that at least in the Brisbane version they made a reference to the Gabba… which was cool…. I guess
@Cheskaz3 жыл бұрын
After Scotty from marketing?
@radahn423 жыл бұрын
Good comparrison too
@FragglevisionReturns3 жыл бұрын
Schaff: Reviews all the mainline Shrek productions Also Schaff: Now I can finally lay down and die
@filthy5casual3 жыл бұрын
Isn't there supposed to be a 5th movie?
@Mikey-em8hs3 жыл бұрын
@Alena Straube it’s been rumored, but I doubt it will happen.
@glendarjj39913 жыл бұрын
Until shrek 5 that is
@henriquecarballoaranha91003 жыл бұрын
Shrek Videogames: 😘
@Duality2222-23 жыл бұрын
Fans: oh no you don't you ain't done with the clone wars
@nickk3077 Жыл бұрын
Alternative Title: Why Shrek -The- -Musical- is Hot -Garbage-
@mr.regular5892 ай бұрын
ok that was actually funny, bravo
@skyslasher2297 Жыл бұрын
9:30 There is a reason for why the scene is like this if they wanted to recreate the scene properly then Fiona needs to transform from human to ogre and to pull it off they need to shuffle the actress off stage to apply the ogre makeup so this little interlude is just there to buy time for them to do that otherwise there would just be a good 5 minutes of dead air.
@dashietheytpproductions25213 жыл бұрын
“They interrupted a strong emotional moment for no reason” Pooh’s Adventures: ALLOW US TO INTRODUCE OURSLEVES
@valenzuelasstudios18383 жыл бұрын
Never saw it, how bad is it?
@dashietheytpproductions25213 жыл бұрын
@@valenzuelasstudios1838 Nothing against the community buy Pooh's Adventures is not good. The basic gist is having Pooh Bear and a bunch other characters in the stories/adventures of movies and shows. Like out of nowhere they are suddenly in Batman Forever and barely have any effect on the plot. They are mostly there to do reaction shots and fight their own villains who also barely effect the plot of the movie. And most of these are poorly edited. No offense to anyone who uses WMM, but get an editing software to better edit. To help convey they are in the locations they are in, learn maybe to sentence mix or even do some voice acting. I like the idea of huge crossovers but it is not excuatded well. Maybe have something like the movies or shows are being corrupted or rewritten and have the characters try to fix them? Or maybe... do something original with a crossover team. There is potential in Pooh's adventures... but it is gonna take at least good storyteller or editor to show that.
@valenzuelasstudios18383 жыл бұрын
@@dashietheytpproductions2521 Windows movie maker? Lack of voice acting? Is this fan made?
@dashietheytpproductions25213 жыл бұрын
@@valenzuelasstudios1838 Yeah, this is all fan made stuff on KZfaq.
@valenzuelasstudios18383 жыл бұрын
@@dashietheytpproductions2521 oh. Because if it was officially done by Disney, I would cringe so hard
@paygel16433 жыл бұрын
I literally just preformed this musical as a part of a theatre program I do, and despite how much fun I had with it, I definitely agree with most if not all points shown in this video.
@packoradical25383 жыл бұрын
SAME absolutely same
@eobardthawne823 жыл бұрын
@@packoradical2538 u guys do to the same school?
@BlueTheCartoonAddict3 жыл бұрын
What part did you have? Were you in the main cast? Ensemble etc.
@paygel16433 жыл бұрын
@@BlueTheCartoonAddict I was Peter Pan (so basically ensemble)
@BlueTheCartoonAddict3 жыл бұрын
@@paygel1643 cool!
@VeryNerdyPerson Жыл бұрын
14:21 In the production I saw, he didn't have an onion. Shrek apparently just thought of something random off the top of his head, but it's still more organic than just holding an onion for no reason.
@MxNEWCASTLE2 жыл бұрын
I actually had a lot of fun with this show. It's definitely not perfect and I really don't care for the bipolar joke, I enjoyed acting in this production greatly. Plus, I did the junior version, so the story is even more condensed. I was the understudy to Donkey and we got an understudy show. Donkey is actually such a fun character to portray. A lot of his lines are kind of all over the place, which matches his personality. But it makes you think about your delivery a lot and I really enjoyed figuring out how to make it really funny and his character not annoying.
@crunchylettuce54463 жыл бұрын
I haven't actually seen Shrek: The Musical, I just came to hear Schaff talking about Shrek. There's a special place for it in the ligma sphere of my brain that makes it go brrrr
@everyonegetselfears14443 жыл бұрын
Same
@SwizzleDrizzl3 жыл бұрын
What's lig- *gets shot in the head*
@evelynmae3 жыл бұрын
Same
@thatoneperson85933 жыл бұрын
You should definitely watch it for yourself! While some of Schaff’s criticisms hit the nail right on the head, and would be hard not to agree with, a lot of the criticism is a bit nitpicky. It’s really up to you to form your own opinion on it💖💖
@seauqis3 жыл бұрын
@@SwizzleDrizzl ligma ba- *gunshot noises*
@connerrock11643 жыл бұрын
I can’t bring myself to hate this show. It’s the show that got me into theatre in middle school. Its what sent me on the path I am now and I really am appreciate it for that.
@brickhouse22653 жыл бұрын
Really?
@raedroid17033 жыл бұрын
As weird as this sounds, this musical changed my life. I’ve gotten involved with the guys behind the Newfoundland production of shrek and the people behind it helped me boost my confidence as a performer. I wouldn’t be the person I am right now if it weren’t for this show
@thatoneperson85933 жыл бұрын
It’s a wonderful show💖💖
@RynDummer3 жыл бұрын
I love the tech side of the show. I LOVE the costuming, sets, puppets, props and all the jokes 😂 Not to mention I also love freak flag, who id be, story of my life, and morning person. it’s the first high school production I ever saw, so it pulled me in the theatre world too. I owe all my success in the theatre world to this show
@benhodde56883 жыл бұрын
I am literally in the same boat.
@epicthecandydragon6079 Жыл бұрын
little late to the train, but I 100% think songs like Freak Flag were absolutely tacked on to be ensemble numbers good for use outside the show's context. It felt forced in the show, but Freak Flag is definitely catchy and easy to work with because as a kid I performed it on TWO occasions for two different theatre classes. It's a theatre teacher song.
@Basement_Bro2 жыл бұрын
My old high school actually performed Shrek: The Musical this year, and the actors were great (especially Farquad, I think it can be pretty funny if there’s a good actor, and my old school had one) but you’re right on the idea that there wasn’t much of a callback to the original Shrek. It was more Disney than actually Shrek, almost like one of those movies that shouldn’t be made into a musical.
@SprongBobbles3 жыл бұрын
I feel like a better way to incorporate a "musical" adaptation is to have Shrek not have any songs to himself (maybe only one). Then once a musical number concludes he pokes fun at how bad it was, or SOMETHING. I think it would be a good way to keep that same humor of the "musical reject" and slap in the face that Shrek is.
@valeciraptor6263 жыл бұрын
It’s very simple fix, just have him be a Guy Who Doesn’t Like Musicals. Literally, just give him the same story structure as Paul, only instead of being frightened by all the singing have him criticize or poke fun at the songs. And like Schaff said, only have him sing during very emotional moments like that scene with Donkey under the moon
@dargonfrot3 жыл бұрын
@@valeciraptor626 minus the whole meteor alien virus thing
@RandomPerson-gt1jt3 жыл бұрын
@@valeciraptor626 Yeah and just like in The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals, having him not sing until near the end increases the emotional impact. Like the whole time Shrek could be like "singing and emotions are dumb" until the wedding sing where he both opens up and sings for the first time. Plus it's a great reveal to have this character constantly talk about how he hates singing until we finally hear his singing voice for the first time and it's beautiful. Overall it would be a great way to mock and poke fun at the musical format, giving the musical a unique identity but still being in the classic Shrek style.
@capntuck59433 жыл бұрын
@@RandomPerson-gt1jt Imagine the only songs Shrek sings in this musical is Who I'd Be (a vulnerable moment already and a surprise for the audience) and This is Our Story (showing how much growth Shrek has made)
@nolifestudios43283 жыл бұрын
@@valeciraptor626 I think it would be better as an ani sorta format.
@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose3 жыл бұрын
Suggestion: Since you're closing out the final chapter on your Shrek series, Schaff you really should check out & compare what are considered "Shrek copycat films", such as Hoodwinked, Happily N'Ever After, and more recently, Charming. Edit: I put air quotes around Shrek copycat films for a reason, because I personally don't consider them to be that way. To this day, I unironically enjoy Hoodwinked & Happily N'Ever After since I grew up with them on DVD. I'm only saying that the general public critical opinion tends to label them as such. Regardless though, thank you for all your replies, as I didn't expect this to gain much traction tbh! 😊
@vitraartist26223 жыл бұрын
Hoodwinked is amazing tho
@adrivoid53763 жыл бұрын
Hoodwinked is, however, a national treasure
@DanGamingFan28463 жыл бұрын
Also, please look at the Ghost of Lord Farquaad short.
@localmenace30433 жыл бұрын
Happily N’Ever After is an amazing film, fight me.
@lauraprado69973 жыл бұрын
you evil genius
@Jedi-ge6lr2 жыл бұрын
17:00 He sounds like some old man yelling at a group of kids to get of his property.
@FakeDavyCrockett2 жыл бұрын
This immediately went from a perfectly normal Schafrillas video to something else when Schaf said he hasn’t seen Beetlejuice
@Numbuh_W.3 жыл бұрын
“Though I seem a bit bipolar” “I am a very gifted bowler” -princess fiona (shrek the musical)
[Spoilers for The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals] I do personally have a soft spot for this musical, and love a lot of the songs, but you make a great point about the idea that Shrek should have not sung until the end of Act I, like in the end of TGWDLM when Paul finally sings and it SHOCKS you. Go off, king!
@stardust18152 жыл бұрын
Hello fellow TGWDLM fan!
@bellac63112 жыл бұрын
Yeah, like when Paul sings it makes us realise "oh shit something terrible is about to happen", because he hasnt sung the entire hour and thirty minutes so far, and its startling. Hello fellow starkid fan
@ezelfrancisco13492 жыл бұрын
That's actually a good idea because musical numbers are the emotional highlights in the story. They're usually used as a way for characters to express themselves. In the context of Shrek, that could work because Shrek is so shut-in as a character. (Also, hello fellow Startkid cultists)
@Ballin4Vengeance2 жыл бұрын
@@ezelfrancisco1349 I have a cool kid S in a pentagram painted with chalk in my cellar and I sacrifice roaches to Jeff Blim on saturdays there
@DeviemTwen2 жыл бұрын
TGWDLM? What’s that?
@JustaGuy_Gaming2 жыл бұрын
Given all the costumes, puppets and other effects this musical uses... I can't help but think it's not preformed much any more, at least not to the standard of the original. I'd be really curious if any one still preforms this show live.
@danielgudinojuarez6729 Жыл бұрын
10:48 - actually, during the final months of the original production, they got rid of that giant dragon puppet in favor of a more full body puppet on top of Donkey pot pie being replace with Forever, which that song is easily the best song for me in the updated cast album.
@robinlaceishere3 жыл бұрын
My school almost did this musical for our spring 2020 show, but then the world exploded. I was also going to be a part of it (Thelonious), so I'm kinda glad the show never happened.
@TheSorrel3 жыл бұрын
Well, Corona's gotta be good for something.
@ABHyt3 жыл бұрын
My middle school did this show the year after I left.
@enigmatic_gale10463 жыл бұрын
Our school was gonna do the show in spring 2020 as well, then it got canceled. However, one of the other classes helped revive the production the next school year, and the show went on, but the rehearsals were apparently all over the place, the performance wasn’t ver good, there was a huge covid outbreak among the cast and crew. So yeah, Shrek has gained Scottish play levels of infamy at my old school.
@squiffy67413 жыл бұрын
My school actually managed to DO Shrek the Musical in 2020... Due to quarantine restrictions, it was incredibly rushed and not a great production.
@Mixedbag4563 жыл бұрын
(Punches a mirror) "You were saying?"
@k.drac0rex3 жыл бұрын
My big problem for the filmed version of the show was the absolute assassination of Dragon. Her song "Forever" was so much better than Donkey Pot Pie and when I saw it on non-broadway tour, the full body dragon puppet and having knights as background musicians was SO GOOD. And seeing the voice come out to bow in a gorgeous dragon themed dress at the end to give one last long note??? Killer.
@Crystal_Remorhaz4 ай бұрын
I participated in a high school performance of Shrek the Musical, and the jokes about Farquaad's height, despite being a fairy tale creature, are deliberate. Not because "it's ok to bully them if their short", but because he is a hypocrite. When the fairytale creatures crash the wedding, Pinocchio announces, "People of Duloc, your leader is a halfling!" Which is then followed by Mama bear saying, "Which is a lovely thing to be." They condemn him because he denies reality, choosing to believe he is tall, when he is the shortest character there. As demonstrated in "What's Up Duloc", he is small, not just in height, but in character, because he only becomes tall by pushing others down. I believe that this element of his character is far better shown in the musical.
@domtillou34922 жыл бұрын
The "tr***y" in one of the songs and Fiona's bipolar joke is enough to make me hate it. Making fun of marginalized people shouldn't be done by making them seem crazy or using slurs.
@SpencerCreates Жыл бұрын
Me, too.
@justausername5749 Жыл бұрын
Cry more
@dashietheytpproductions25213 жыл бұрын
Sherk would have been a perfect protagonist for The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals
@buduhanfamily24193 жыл бұрын
Word? What’s the word? He’s a-coming. Who’s a-coming? SHREKS A-COMING Shrek’s a-coming! The star of the show! Let him come!
@dashietheytpproductions25213 жыл бұрын
@@buduhanfamily2419 Donkey: Now for his headlining entrance
@ABHyt3 жыл бұрын
Ngl, I thought he was gonna reference that when he started talking about implications, or who knows maybe it was one.
@oneanimatortorulethemall47143 жыл бұрын
@@emilynoriker788 (Where the fuck is he?) (I have no fucking clue) The Shrek just doesn't like fairy tales! (Didn't like, didn't like, didn't like them at all)
@Quackervoltz3 жыл бұрын
Fiona: OH MY GOD I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS
@maddie_sarver3 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: In “Ballad Farquaad” there’s actually a cut middle verse that explains that he never knew his mother who was Princess Sweetpea in the final product. Edit: Wow I didn't expect to get this many likes
@WobblesandBean3 жыл бұрын
Yup, and she shtupped one of the seven dwarves.
@maddie_sarver3 жыл бұрын
@@WobblesandBean Not only that but she died when she rolled off her multi-mattress bed. And his dad was a miner.
@sophieamandaleitontoomey93432 жыл бұрын
“One night she rolled over…and Mama was…GOOONNNNEEE.”
@Midieee2 жыл бұрын
@@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343 AND DADDY WAS GRUMPYYYYY
@mareeeedensos63482 жыл бұрын
Princess Sweetpea? *F R O M S O U P W H Y ?*
@dantedigiorgio6806 Жыл бұрын
The fairytale characters are likely there during the wedding scene so that Fiona can physically make her costume change while the rest of those folks block her upstage.
@jaxx13602 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who started laughing until I had tears in my eyes when 7 year old shrek turned around and showed his face for the first time? 🤣
@maxmanchik3 жыл бұрын
Schaff: *Completed his Shrek collection* Also Schaff: _inner peace_
@JMB_Knight3 жыл бұрын
Until the fifth film comes out
@abiodunsulaiman22973 жыл бұрын
He still hasn't covered the games
@17Hisagi993 жыл бұрын
@Harry Johnston-Smith yeah, theyre making a jojo reference by skipping the 4 and jumping right to the fifth
@andyblanton65703 жыл бұрын
he hasn't yet. Still has to read the book and talk about Shrek 2 Retold.
@Zinaius3 жыл бұрын
He still has the series retrospective
@MelodyLovelace3 жыл бұрын
I now absolutely need to hear Schaff's opinions on Dear Evan Hansen, after that drive-by evisceration
@nathan_thorn69062 жыл бұрын
It’s getting a movie adaptation soon and honestly just the trailer alone makes the whole thing look like an ok movie with a really really bad plot
@j-man32672 жыл бұрын
I really like the songs in DEH but Evan Hansen himself? Ehhhhh…….
@Nick-cv5rm2 жыл бұрын
The songs are amazing but everything else… uhhh…. No
@sukoshi13872 жыл бұрын
He just reviewed how terrible the film was while also giving credit to the original
@LockandKeyHyena2 жыл бұрын
*a monkey’s paw curls shut*
@mimikyutubesaltaccount48752 жыл бұрын
Can’t wait until Schaff realizes that Shrek 4D exists
@ButterFlyGardenBlossom Жыл бұрын
Well it used to have existed but now it closed lol
@fvj22240 Жыл бұрын
I think it on netflix
@Ringohulk7772 жыл бұрын
I played Pinocchio in high school and I had fun with it (mostly because I liked the challenge of singing in his voice). Also I can't sit through the movie without the soundtrack to the musical.
@Chromaggia3 жыл бұрын
Oh my god, Schaf just completely destroyed Evan Hansen like it was nothing. How do you just move on from that
@FormalFilmsProductions3 жыл бұрын
Ikr?! Like it was nothing
@zero-zv4gj3 жыл бұрын
He solo’s shaggy
@them.3 жыл бұрын
Fr, man jumped Dear Evan Hansen like he was 6 dudes and a gorilla and then just walked away like nothing happened, man is crazy
@soap_eater45173 жыл бұрын
I need the timestamp, I don't remember when he said it 🥶
@angelle0508013 жыл бұрын
I need a whole video on this bc it's absolutely true😂😂😂
@my-lady-greensleeves58313 жыл бұрын
Though I've never been a fan of Shrek the Musical, "I Know It's Today" and "The Ballad of Lord Farquaad" are straight up bangers.
@razberrymist94753 жыл бұрын
"I know its today" is what I listen to when my mental health is in the toilet
@amarimars3 жыл бұрын
Hey Whats Up Duloc is no slouch either
@my-lady-greensleeves58313 жыл бұрын
@@amarimars You're absolutely right! That one is also superb.
@my-lady-greensleeves58313 жыл бұрын
@@razberrymist9475 Bruh, same. Also, love your username!
@blueberry.pancakes.3 жыл бұрын
Omg I was a fairy tale creature in a production of Shrek and the amount of times I had Freak Flag stuck in my head was sad
@ihavenoclueeither Жыл бұрын
Travel Song being Donkey trying to do a friendship duet while Shrek is trying to get him to stop singing would be hilarious
@robotoorigato72883 жыл бұрын
"Don't look up what the plot is about, good lord." Me, proceeding to google the plot of Thoroughly Modern Millie, about to make a mistake I'd regret: "You underestimate my curiosity."
@therobotdevil22843 жыл бұрын
I looked it up too 😅💀
@Titanruler3 жыл бұрын
@@therobotdevil2284 what’s the plot?
@connordervoncyberlifegesen85293 жыл бұрын
@@Titanruler yeah srsly the only part I found wrong with it is the landlord trying to sell someone to a white slave
@birb37483 жыл бұрын
@@Titanruler "In this musical spoof of the roaring '20s, feisty young flapper Millie (Julie Andrews) plans to find a job and marry a wealthy employer. Though fond of penniless paper-clip salesman Jimmy (James Fox), she's determined to marry well-heeled company man Trevor Graydon (John Gavin), who loves Millie's roommate Dorothy Brown (Mary Tyler Moore). As all four try to find love, evil landlady Mrs. Meers (Beatrice Lillie) schemes to sell the orphaned Dorothy into white slavery."
@quack-tastictictac16303 жыл бұрын
@@birb3748 That doesn’t sound so bad… what’s the catch?
@kingvideogames3 жыл бұрын
The end of an era of talking about mainline Shrek stuff. Can't wait to see the Snyder cut.
@aceofspades47823 жыл бұрын
@Fax You need to be STOPPED!
@stephenquinn79313 жыл бұрын
What about the book?
@michal56423 жыл бұрын
@Fax insallah all infadel haram will be kill!!!
@BrendanJSmith3 жыл бұрын
You forgot about Shrek 4-D
@jdawson78773 жыл бұрын
well there's also the shrek video games but i don't know if he played those
@EdOnArrival2 жыл бұрын
Fucking surreal to see this piece of media discussed. I played guitar for the pit band for a production of this musical, and was surprised by how many jazz chords and how much sheet music I actually had to read. It was all around a great experience with a highly professional pit orchestra and cast, but I rarely ever reminisce on it. Thank you for this video, as for the past 7 years I've never really thought about it
@Zeffer32 Жыл бұрын
15:50 that Twisted reference was so good i had a spit take moment
@djnorris1572Ай бұрын
15:48
@thebundleseffect51833 жыл бұрын
As someone who was a stage manager for a high school production of Shrek the musical I can confirm that it's hot garbage. It was fun to do though, a couple people almost got crushed by a set piece Probably the reason for the fairy tail creatures showing up at the finale is so Fiona has time to quick change and that's the only reason
@Extremezotako3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@birdboy163 жыл бұрын
“It was fun to do though, a couple people almost got crushed by a set piece” Hold up
@thebundleseffect51833 жыл бұрын
@@birdboy16 lol yeah also all of the guys in the cast and crew got in a circle and passed around a big onion that we all took bites out of
@oscarwilson75913 жыл бұрын
Hot take: I don’t think “Who I’d Be” is a good emotional climax for Shrek. In a vacuum, the message of the song is great and poignant, but the nuance of the song and its characterisation implications have always bugged me. To me, the message of the original film was never “be yourself” - I really hate that phrase as a moral because it’s vapid and if the story has a villain, inevitably turns out hypocritical, as shown by the musical. To me, the message of the movie has always been more of a “it’s what’s on the inside that matters”. Farquaad hates weirdos and that’s what counts. Fiona secretly wishes to embrace her less-feminine side and that’s what counts. Most importantly: Shrek just wants to be Shrek and have a purpose. And that’s what counts. It is CLEARLY established in the film that Shrek doesn’t mind that the townsfolk fear him. He loves it and it gives him purpose. He doesn’t mind being on his own. It’s a natural state for him that he enjoys. Shrek’s foil is not “people think I’m a big scary asshole when I’m not”, because he IS. His foil is that people assume he’s not capable of love BECAUSE he’s a big scary asshole. Whether he’s a big scary ogre is sort of secondary. Shrek doesn’t want to be anyone else. He wants and likes being big and scary because it gives him purpose. What hurts Shrek is when people disregard him and rob him of that purpose, like when he overhears Fiona. Shrek isn’t hurt that he got called an ogre. He got hurt because someone used that as a reason for why he’s not capable of love. Additionally, when Farquaad dehumanises him at the wedding. “Who I’d Be” implies that in an ideal world, Shrek would be liked by everyone - but I just don’t think that’s the case. In an ideal world, Shrek would have everyone respect him, either as a foe (villagers) or a friend (donkey). His journey of realising that is what the film depicts. If you want to hurt Shrek, don’t call him a big stupid ugly ogre. Tell him he can’t love. Now you’ve said something he doesn’t agree with. 1. Dear Evan Hansen roast was noted and appreciated 2. Mediogre pun was noted and appreciated
@DoveJS3 жыл бұрын
Yes! He'd care about being other-ed, devalued, and mistreated because of who he is. Fear is as close to respect as Shrek thinks he can get at the beginning and it gives him autonomy; fear was how he got people to take him seriously and listen to what he had to say... Love goes hand in hand with acceptance but Shrek was never concerned about everyone liking him... He didn't want to be popular. He just wanted a few friends and family who respect him, care about his needs, and support his endeavors, which is something everyone desires. Being who he is as a person relates to this but it has a lot more nuance than that... it has layers?
@chloehoedeman82942 жыл бұрын
Love this!
@ChangedMyNameFinally692 жыл бұрын
Didn't he say people judge him without knowing him?
@butasimpleidiotwizard2 жыл бұрын
this is all perfectly encapsulated by the line "ogres are like onions [...] they have layers", Shrek was already perfectly happy with being himself and never did a single thing in the movie to contradict that, the conflict was entirely based around other people perceiving him as something other than himself, literally every major plot point revolved around that, his character arc was about his journey to being seen and understood as an ogre with layers instead of just some two dimensional fairytale trope, this is further proved by his arc in shrek 2 with the fairy godmother telling him he can't be with fiona because he's an ogre and ogres don't marry the princess. Honestly I feel like shrek 2 better represents the "be yourself" message but in a more meaningful way entirely because it is a sequel to shrek, it isn't until he has something to lose and has allowed himself to become vulnerable that he begins to have doubts about if he's good enough. Even then its still about layers, he's not worried that who he is isn't good enough he's worried that what he is isn't good enough, he's happy enough to still be shrek he just wants to look the way other people expect him to if he's going to be with fiona so they'll stop saying he doesn't deserve her. It's complex and nuanced and a really really interesting exploration of insecurity and this musical just shat all over it tbh
@Author.Noelle.Alexandria2 жыл бұрын
Shriek liked being able to scare the townsfolk because it kept them away. Every time they got near him, they wanted to spear him with pitchforks and burn him for being an ogre. In fact, it was well established that he was bothered by not being able to be accepted. He was lonely. Sometimes people who are mistreated find a reverse sense of empowerment by leaning into how they’re treated and basically “being good at it.” Another example is Mia from Princess Diaries. She didn’t like being an outcast, but as long as she was, then she was going to pretty much embrace being invisible and “being good at it.” That’s not real happiness. I was that kid. It’s all a twisted way to feel some sense of power over what you’ve been given no control over.
@prismavoid37648 ай бұрын
If they wanted to have that aspect of the whole "let your freak flag fly" thing with the fairy tale creatures, a good way to help make that work would've been to rework Farquaad a bit as well. Maybe instead of the characters making jokes about how he's short, the comedy comes from Farquaad being so insecure about his shortness that he freaks out at people over things that weren't intended to be jabs, but that he takes the wrong way because he's a huge egotist. It could also make him a better foil for Shrek; Shrek learns to accept his strangeness and to not care that society hates him and to focus on the people who care about him regardless of his status as an ogre, while Farquaad continually stews in his self-hatred over this one part of himself that he can't change to the point of pushing people away and making himself miserable.
@GraydonFriedley3 ай бұрын
In my local performance of this, someone hijacked the speaker and played all star at the start
@leverar88853 жыл бұрын
Around 16:00 “I dont know why I added that” Because starkids version of alladin is a masterpiece