I LOVE ENDGAME SO MUCH THIS POST IS SO TRUE - Tumblr Posts

endgame chess the musical makes me so insane. going from the first act where Anatoly is portrayed as the sympathetic romantic lead in contrast to Freddie's dick behavior to the second act where anatoly is trying to balance his falling apart affair with his chess career via dick behavior. but then the complete masks off madness of the lyrics in endgame?? they all think they see a man who doesn't know which move to make which way to go whose private life caused his decline wrecked his grand design some are vicious some are fools and others blind to see in me one of their kind anyone can be a husband lover sooner them than me when they discover their domestic bliss is shelter for their failing. Jesus christ!!! the "they" in "they all think they see" includes the audience too!! he makes the choice to invalidate all sympathy we may have given him!! he completely closes himself off from all personal connections in his life for the game!! he is saying I do not care and it was stupid of you to think otherwise!! what the fuck!

then Svetlanas analytical anger towards him. both of them saying none of this is revelation we knew where we stood. later Svetlana and Florence both screaming liar at him. his paranoid bit at the end of is there no one in my life who doesn't claim the right to steal my work my name my success my fame and my freedom?? one of the songs of all time i love when they all hate each other so bad. plus love the scene right after where Florence and Svetlana fuck nasty.