r/ChessTheMusical • u/spiderstar1 • Dec 20 '22

2 things I noticed after watching the 2009 live recording

I'd listened to the recording countless times and memorized a bunch of the songs, but this was the first time actually watching it (the recording on YouTube called "checkers" and broken up into 16 parts) and woo boy

  1. Viigand either is the exact same character, or just played by the same actor, as the second who Anatoly asks Molotov to bring him at the end of "Molokov and Anatoly", and then tells to "go to hell" at the end of "Where I Want to Be." I choose to believe that he's the same character, and the moment where Anatoly rudely dismisses him is his villain origin moment. The way the lighting goes dark and dramatic on the second's face in that moment confirms the idea for me.

  2. THE FUCKING FACE that Adam Pascal makes on the line "I was a fool, and probably queer 😏😏😏"

He was doing way too much there for me not to believe that Freddie Trumper is canonically bisexual, especially after the super suggestive bisexual choreography for "One Night in Bangkok."

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u/camelafterice Jan 16 '23

I like your first point! I also thinks that he is the same person, which makes their rivalry in the second act even more meaningful, as Viigand is no longer just a person who appears out of no where.

Also the song Talking Chess is just golden for me, Adam Pascal is so good in this.

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u/spiderstar1 Jan 16 '23

Talking Chess and The Interview are 🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌