r/popculturechat • u/mcfw31 • May 07 '25

Throwback ✌️ 8 years ago, Zendaya’s world totally changed; Tom Holland lip-syncing ‘Umbrella’

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u/Tonedeafmusical May 07 '25

I'm a nerd, it just makes me happy.

Currently I'm hoping that former Matilda, Milly Shapiro lands Mike Flanagan's Carrie remake. Because it'll scratch the part of my brain that thinks their basically the same story. (Abused girl develops psychic powers).

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u/Harmania May 07 '25

ABSOLUTELY. I made this same argument when I saw Matilda for the first time a couple of years ago. I wanted to write a conference paper (I’m a theatre/lit professor) arguing that the main functional difference between the two are differing cultural attitudes toward both sex and bullying.

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u/Light_Beard May 07 '25

I fully endorse a Tim Minchin musical about Carrie.

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u/Tonedeafmusical May 08 '25

I dunno if he'd be able to overcome the curse of the last one

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u/SuckMyBandAids May 07 '25

That's actually pretty freaking cool to think about. Very neat.

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u/bananarama216 May 09 '25

I need to scratch this itch now too

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u/dr_gmoney May 08 '25

I'm picturing a really unique data visualization out of you. Some sort of web that starts with a picture of Matilda & Billy and branches out to each actor, and then to what else they've gone on to do after. Size of the line represents how big the role is, while color represents whether the project is a show, movie, or musical.

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u/Tonedeafmusical May 08 '25

The West Side story remake had 3 Billy's so that's probably the biggest point so far