Let’s Talk About Heathers!

Hey guys! How are you? I hope your well and that 2021 is off to a good start for you personally. Today we will be chatting about one of my all time favourite musicals… Heathers! Yes! That cult classic that was originally a movie starring, the one the only… Winona Ryder! It became such a huge hit that in 2010 they had the first performance of Heathers the musical. I could talk about Heathers all day, literally all day, but i won’t because you all have better things to do than read me ranting about musical theatre and literature. What i want to start off this blog post with however is a question. Why did Heathers become such a big deal! Well the first thing we have to look at is the film. The movie version of Heathers was directed by Michael Lehmann. He had directed and wrote things in the past and although they were successful nothing became as world renowned as Heathers did. I think one of the reasons why Heathers became so popular was because Winona Ryder starred as Veronica Sawyer. People had watched Winona grow up. We saw her as Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice (which is yes also a musical), we saw her in Stranger Things before it became huge. Everyone was rooting for Winona since she was little, so automatically people were excited for this movie to come out. It was also the 80’s and in this time period people were very into the whole goth, dark comedy trend. Girls started dressing “emo”, and people were making more things that had a bit of a dark edge to it. Heathers is a very dark show. Three murders happen, one person tries to commit suicide and one person pretends to hang themselves. See, your already getting really nice vibes. So i think that these components really tie into one another. We already have two big factors of Heathers importance. Winona Ryder and the emo/dark comedy trend. Another thing that i have frequently noticed is the importance of Heathers as a show. It’s about an outcast, a nerdy teenaged girl who just wants to fit in so she joins a trio of psychology unstable teenage girls. Don’t worry its not as bad as it sounds. I think that teens who we’re emo, or felt like outcasts and misfits really related to Heathers. Not in the serial killer kid of way but in the way that nobody understood them. So when Heathers came out in the movie theatres people were really excited to see it. Now that we’ve talked about the movie lets dive deep into the musical, and see how it got so big. I have three words for you… Barret Wilbert Weed! We STAN! She is a legend, a icon! She’s been in Lysistrata, Bare the musical, FOUND the musical, Heathers (of course), Dear Evan Hansen, Cabaret and Mean Girls. She is incredibly talented and i look up to her as a role model in her professional career very much. So it was natural for any one who is a fan of Barret’s to want to see Heathers. It became a huge Broadway show that has a planted place in musical theatre history forever. I really hope you guys enjoyed this review! I might do a Heathers Character review soon, but until then i just wanted to say that i hope you have a great day and stay healthy!

Bye!