...I can't even

[ysobel]

so we read through some new stuff in chorus, including a Lion King medley

and afterwards my mom says "okay, who's Simba"

me: ..........

mom: I haven't seen Lion King, you know. And I'm not familiar with any of the songs

Me: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

like

how

how can you not

::mind explodes::

HOW

Comments

[alexseanchai]

buy, borrow, or steal a copy, then lucky ten thousand?

[katherine]

But lions and not recent ones neither! How indeed.

(Was the medley fun?)

[ysobel]

(Was the medley fun?)

Parts, but they end Circle of Life funny/wrong. And it was based on the broadway version, not the movie, so some things were different.

Though the bit where the accompanist missed/misread the key change and we ended up accidentally doing "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" in minor was unintentional awesome :D

[katherine]

Oh no a minor key version in which all goes wrong!

Reminds me of learning Winter Song, and the director warning us to ennunciate because "is love a lie" would be a very different line than "is love alive".

[pauamma]

I'd say your mother is me, but I'm not sure I'd have made the connection between Simba and Lion King.

[ysobel]

I'm not sure I'd have made the connection between Simba and Lion King.

Even if you were singing a medley explicitly from Lion King that included "It's gonna be King Simba's finest fling: as lyrics? :)

And I don't expect everyone everywhere to know about LK, it's just... my mom not knowing it is akin to not knowing Star Wars

[azurelunatic]

That would seem to take effort to avoid!