I know a lot of people already discussed this but I want to join into this trend. I don’t is 100% free will because they all still know a dance and went to move, this is still coordinated. But they are definitely more aware of what they are doing and their emotions/reactions. Heres why I believe all this…
1) Ricky gives Constance the microphone
Ricky is giving her the option to sing, she isn’t being forced too or just started singing like the others, she is being physically handed a microphone by her friend. The others weren’t given one, the others sang because they had too, Constance was given the choice.
2) Simple choreography and no outfit changes
The choreography is simple, this isn’t something extravagant like Jane’s Ballad where she is literally flying around, or Noel’s lament where theres a entire act being played, this is a simple easy choreography that you can learn in a moment. Also adding to this, they don’t change costumes at all like in the other dances. I know Ocean’s din’t have a outfit change either but is very obvious that they are being controlled. Noel completely changed into a dress, For Mischa’s Talia the girls are wearing long skirts and flower crowns, Ricky also changes into a entire cat costume and everyone else wears cat masks and tails. They don’t change for Sugar Cloud, this is them being themselves! Raw, honest, real them. They aren’t playing a role or character, this is the Choir being themselves.
3) Random dancing
They are just randomly dancing, and this isn’t part of a act because you can see them genuinely interacting with each other and dancing like they would actually dance, this isn’t choreographed, this is the choir being themselves and having actual fun with each other.
4) They actually react to what’s happening around them
Someone already pointed this out, but this is the most obvious moment to realize there is something different going on. Noel and Ricky actually react to the confetti, they din’t expect it, they din’t know it was going to happen, is this small moment that makes you realize they aren’t being fully controlled. We know they are conscious of what’s happening in the other dances, we see this after “What the world means” when Noel points out that Ocean just told her best friend that her only goal in life would be to be a organ donor, or after “Noel’s lament” where Constance points out Mischa and Noel kissing, and Mischa also reacting to it. But they couldn’t do anything, because they were being controlled. Here they aren’t fully.
Theres most moments but I feel like this are good points- and I thank you for coming to my Ted Talk
She be like weeee
Funfact! "The Ballad Of Jane Doe" doesn't actually need any wires, she can just do that.
These are beautiful omg
Did someone say rtc redesign
HEARTBREAKING: Poor girl has to get out of the soft warm bed even though she is so so so so comfy
At first I thought it was an off Broadway thing then she started flying and I was like HoLY SHIIIIT
I so vividly remember the first time I watched The Ballad of Jane Doe.
Like when I first read the plot summary of ride the cyclone this is what I imagined. This... show stopping number a real show stopper
The undertones of carnival music, the lights in the backround imitating the rides. And when she started flying my jaw dropped.
Couldnt think of a more perfect number I love it so much
I would cry
hey what if rtc ended with the curtains swinging shut and then the unmistakable screech of metal, followed by a loud, horrible crash, and then silence?
lmao.
I know it always throws me off bc I see them and then I’m like which Ricky/Mischa is it this time
The main American casts are funny because it's always Tiffany, Lillian, and Kholby but w different Mischa & Ricky's
Love when animated movies show “this kid isn’t evil he’s just 13″ like we need that sometimes
omg omg someone photo shop hatsune miku and mischa bachinski together rn
they’re in love, your honor