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Research Paper On Les Miserables

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Besides a brief and unsuccessful career as a munchkin in a production of The Wizard of Oz, I never really considered myself a theater kid, but my first viewing of Les Miserables would swiftly change that. The sweeping music, beautiful sets, and vibrant story enthralled me and left me sobbing in my seat for the vast majority of the three hour musical. Captivated, I left the theater yearning to learn all I could: to analyze even the smallest details in the dialogue, to study the music and glean all I could about the history that fueled the plot. Les Miserables sparked a love for both the culture of theatre and the stories of history which influence and inform my perspective.
Until Les Miserables, I had never understood just how much musicals
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