FPcast! The Fruitless Pursuits Podcast for September 15th 2014! The Little Death!

This week we review Australian sex fetish black comedy The Little Death, Jacinta sat through Step Up All In, and that inspires us to discuss our favourite musical numbers/songs/scenes in movies. Plus there's another special instalment of Wortho A Go-Go. Put it inside you!

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Thursday Threesome: Three Favourite Musicals!

I have a soft spot for musicals and this Thursday Threesome I thought that I would go through a few of my favourites. This isn’t the land of High-School Musical or Glee, neither of which I have a lot of time for. These musicals have more of a cult following (large as it may be) and have touched many different kinds of people over the years.

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King Kong the Musical

I love musicals. There is something fantastic about combining theatre with live music performance and telling a story in song. So what did I think when I was lucky enough to see King Kong the Musical in Melbourne? It was excellent! Here’s why.

The Book Was Better Podcast Episode 48: Grease! (with guest host Xavier Rubetzki Noonan!)

The Book Was Better is the podcast where two brave souls navigate the treacherous and hastily-written waters of movie novelizations!

This week Something Something Joystick’s Xavier Rubetzki Noonan makes his triumphant return as we delve into the swingin', fever heat of the novelization of Grease! What is the word? Grease is the word! So come on all you greasers, get greasy with Grease!

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Jesus Christ Superstar Arena Spectacular 2013 - Australian tour!

Took me a while to decide to review this one, since I don’t think we've previously delved into Musical-theatre-nerd here at FP. But after some consideration, fuelled no doubt by my enthusiasm for babbling about it to anyone who’ll listen, I’ve come to the conclusion that we’re equal-opportunity nerds and therefore can have a shot at anything that excites us. And this production of Jesus Christ Superstar was nothing if not exciting.

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Thursday Threesome: Three Favourite Musical Moments in Movies!

It’s time for a Thursday Threesome again, and today it is I who has the honour of writing passionately about three random, trivial things from my pop culture past! I have spun our mighty custom-made wheel and settled on the subject of my favourite Musical Moments in Movies! However, please don’t be so foolhardy to think that I am implying that these are necessarily the very best songs. Oh no, foolish reader, I’m talking about those perfect moments where both the sound and visuals suddenly blend together in a memorable and meaningful way. It’s synergy, folks!

Sing along with me... after the jump!

Review: Les Miserables!

A complete stranger to the musical, the book, musicals, and reading, I approach director Tom Hooper's 2012 adaptation of Les Miserables as a dutiful boyfriend, making up for eight years of often sketchy superhero fare. As the lights dimmed I braced myself for a three-hour all-singing trial disappointingly devoid of mutants, catwomen, warg riders or giant eagles. And yet, by the time the lights returned, I was pleasantly surprised. Maybe even a convert. And I may have even had, at times, just the tiniest, most discreet, manliest bit of a cry. I was having a great time being miserable.

This is what Hugh Jackman looks like when you see him begging for cigarettes at Sydney's Redfern Station.

Although it's not all perfect. To find out what worked for me, and what didn't... join me after the jump!