I've just started to slightly scare my mother. We were watching Graham Norton, and a boxer who is going to the Olympics was talking, and I just said - "She sounds like she's from Northern England". Looked it up, and she was. I'm from California, and have never been to Britain or met many British people, so I think she's wondering how the hell I starting to differentiate where someone is based on their accent. Doctor Who man...And Christopher Eccleston.
He's trying, he needs to do a lot for this role- the accent, the diction, the posture and mannerism but the brilliance of him is that he disguise this as nonchalance
Christian Borle's English accent is absolutely on point, so many Americans trying to do it just do either a bad cockney accent or a slightly posh sounding American accent, there's a reason it's often touted as the most difficult to master for non-natives, so Borle has my utmost respect for his dedication to mastering every nuance. One thing I've yet to see is a perfect regional English accent from an American actor, such as Liverpool, Bristol or Newcastle, now that would be unbelievably impressive, especially the latter.
Christian Borle is the only American I know of that can actually do a decent Yorkshire accent. His range of acting is incredible and I adore him for it
I don't know if you're talking about this role or not, but just in case you are - he is not doing a yorkshire accent lol. It's a decent English accent but not a Yorkshire specific one, more generic London!
@@oliverharris60 yea i know lmao i don’t think it’s in this video but at some point in the show shakespeare disguises himself as a yorkshireman and he’s pretty good at doing the accent haha
I know that the joke is that he doesn't put in any effort into his writing, but that bit where he's like "you write down a word but it's not the right word" is so freaking realistic. Also he went from Legally Blonde to THIS? Damn. That's range.
From a musicology perspective, when he sings “so annoyingly hard” the chords go, 1-2-5, treating the dominant as a tonic for a second, while the melody goes, 3-#4-5. This 1-2-5 chord progression and this 3-#4-5 melody is found a lot in Queen songs. You can see a variation of it in Killer Queen. “Just like Marie Antoinette,”
In a matter of days I've grown to love Christian. He is both extremely talented and a looker. 2:11 Christian looks like a young unkempt Tim Curry when he smiles, freaky, but awesome.
Anna G could you imagine seeing him in public? I think we would scare him lol. We’d all be like “HIT ME RIGHT IN THE FACE I AM BEGGING YOU” then cling to him like baby koalas 🐨
This is my first time seeing anything from sr, and when i saw christian i literally started crying because of his clothes and voice. Its like the middle of the night somebody send help why am i crying. Im tired and probably high
As a British person.. it freaks me out how good his British accent is!?! Idk if it's because I'm used to the bad accents that you usually get on Broadway or not but I still cannot believe that that's Christian borle speaking
That one dancer (if you watch the dancers, you know which one I’m talking about) puts so much snark into his facial expressions and it’s my favorite part of the video 🤣🤣
Then you end up with the people who think it’s a from tiktok, or the people who shove themself into any theatre thing because they’ve listened to like half of the beetlejuice soundtrack. Like, beetlejuice, six, DEH, Heathers, and Hamilton, aren’t the only shows. I once made a comment that I preferred Falsettos over Beetlejuice, and about 3 different people started calling me insane for thinking that. Like, there is a way to like things, over other things.
And it worked remarkably well, because they changed the rhyme from "take a piss // piece of this" to "take a pee // piece of me". Genius, I say! Genius!
Oh hello, Christian Borle! I always knew he was an attractive guy...he's also incredibly talented and seems like a lovely person. Then I saw this and...DAMN.
It's nice when your world parallels with your child's. For the longest time, my daughter has raved about this show. I was pleased to discover that Wayne Kirkpatrick co-wrote the songs & his brother co-wrote the story. Wayne is a legend in the world of contemporary Christian music, probably the most successful lyricist of classic CCM. In fact, Michael W. Smith once referred to him as "my Bernie Taupin". Among others, Smitty's huge crossover hit, "Place in this World", was written by the 2 of them along with Amy Grant. Country fans may know him as the creative force behind Little Big Town.
"is it good to see me or what"
*is performing in front of the president*
I love him for that
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If I were president I would be happy to see Christian Borle lmao
@@ChelCM03I bet he was happy
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It's funny that Christian Borle is always playing some boisterous and flamboyant character when he's just shy in real life and I love him sooo much
Jacob The Musical I KNOW RIGHT ITS REALLY FUCKING BIZZARE
in Legally Blonde I would say his character was shy
Agnessa92 but tbh emmett and prince herbert is the only characters hes played that is not either gay or a narsissistic bastard
@@gripweed
Prince Herbert is from what musical?
@@raspberrycrowns9494 its from spamalot, christian played some other characters on that musical
michelle obama is LIVING for this performance and honestly so am i
☹️♥️😄☹️😄😄♥️☹️😄😄♥️😄♥️😄♥️😄
Christian Borle In eyeliner is something I didn’t know I needed
The Fandom Queen same
The Fandom Queen samee
m o o d
he looks like he is apart of a boy band
I HAD ZERO CLUE THIS WAS HIM!
I love how he actually acts like he doesn’t give to shits. Like he doesn’t care he’s at the White House because he is awesome. I love it
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Watches Legally Blonde. Then THIS. OMG the RANGE of Christian Borle.
watch falsettos next
same same
I was thinking that too. And now Willie Wonka after Falsetto's. Great work!
MaRvIn FaNdOm Is HeRe
Bekky D i was just thinking that!
His British accent is on point👌🏼 most Americans think we all talk like we're cast members in Oliver
this is my favorite comment ever 😂😂
+Tony Pica the funny thing is, I have actually been in Oliver
I've just started to slightly scare my mother. We were watching Graham Norton, and a boxer who is going to the Olympics was talking, and I just said - "She sounds like she's from Northern England". Looked it up, and she was. I'm from California, and have never been to Britain or met many British people, so I think she's wondering how the hell I starting to differentiate where someone is based on their accent.
Doctor Who man...And Christopher Eccleston.
As a Brit I completely agree, he must know he's good too, he's played 4 brits and win Tony's for 2 of them
That or Downton Abbey there's no inbetween! 😂😂😂
"you see what people just dont understand is that writing's demanding, it's mentally challenging." a M E N
So true..PREACh IT!
that's so true, but its so worth it and its fun
And Brandon Sanderson makes it look freaking easy.
I write songs and this entire song is a huge mood. Like, you get an idea and that one part is great, and then the rest of it is just... why.
@@nikkospelledlikethat8140 true
If Whizzer could see Marvin now...
YES. THE FALSETTOS HAVE ARRIVED
He would be hard for the bard👨❤️👨
Manon Grootenhuis I hate to contribute but he would shake it for Shakespeare-
YES , FALSETTO FANS UNITE
*frantic consumption of Crofters jam* ow Jesus here comes the new ship 😂
Christian Borle isn't even trying. And it's brilliant.
He could play a tree in a school play and it would be amazing,
He's amazing
he'd be a sexy tree
@@kiyoharuennoshita9113 an extremely sexy tree, indeed
@@kiyoharuennoshita9113 okay Evan Hansen
He's trying, he needs to do a lot for this role- the accent, the diction, the posture and mannerism but the brilliance of him is that he disguise this as nonchalance
I think Kristen Chenoweth summed up my feelings for this show
Also...Christian Borle. Nothing else, just...THAT.MAN.
YES!
Alex U
Hihihi XD
Oh yeah. Oof.
someone: mentions christian borle
me: HNGNGNGNNGNGN
Same
They'll say "dammit", "God", they'll go through the motions of this song, he can wear THAT costume, but he can't say "go take a piss".
And if you've seen the musical wen he says "it's sexy but it's hard' he usually pops his shirt open😳
@@emiilysheils5030 i wish they would've allowed that here.... Michelle would've loved it 🥰
@@ilovetaylorswift628 😂 bye bye Obama I'm leaving you for 1587!!!!!
HE PUTS THE 'I AM' IN IAMBIC PENTAMETER !!!
Arden Vida YES
Y E S
I'll bet there's never been another Broadway song with the words "iambic pentameter" in it.
Watching this right after watching Falsettos is the funniest thing I've ever experienced
The fact that I’m doing this rn-
SAME
Same
same
Same omg
Christian Borle's English accent is absolutely on point, so many Americans trying to do it just do either a bad cockney accent or a slightly posh sounding American accent, there's a reason it's often touted as the most difficult to master for non-natives, so Borle has my utmost respect for his dedication to mastering every nuance. One thing I've yet to see is a perfect regional English accent from an American actor, such as Liverpool, Bristol or Newcastle, now that would be unbelievably impressive, especially the latter.
what would you call this accent?
@@bbean.loosey a northerner who lived mostly in London
@@bbean.loosey It sounds like an impersonation of Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow.
I'd love to see a non-native someone pull off a Mancunian (Manchester) accent.
As a Bristolian I second this. Stephen Merchant is carrying us
if you ever feel bad about yourself, just remember that christian borle had to perform THIS for the president.
tbh they probably all loved it
Honestly I would love performing this wherever 😂
I’d be happy to be performing this song in front of Michelle Obama
I'd die if I had to perform, especially this song in particular to the president
Yes, but imagine if he had to perform Will Power in front of the president
I'm British and I never see anyone praise him for the accent but it's SO GOOD. I know people who straight up sound like this...
the "oh, hello" kills ne everytime
OKAY BUT SAME
He very respectfully doesn’t pop his shirt open while he is at the White House 😂
Christian Borle is the only American I know of that can actually do a decent Yorkshire accent. His range of acting is incredible and I adore him for it
I don't know if you're talking about this role or not, but just in case you are - he is not doing a yorkshire accent lol. It's a decent English accent but not a Yorkshire specific one, more generic London!
@@oliverharris60 yea i know lmao i don’t think it’s in this video but at some point in the show shakespeare disguises himself as a yorkshireman and he’s pretty good at doing the accent haha
I know that the joke is that he doesn't put in any effort into his writing, but that bit where he's like "you write down a word but it's not the right word" is so freaking realistic.
Also he went from Legally Blonde to THIS? Damn. That's range.
2:16 the camera couldn’t show us the power of Christian doing that move, it’s simply too powerful for our eyes
Im convinced we would burst into flames.. ALSO YOUR PFP AND USERNAME IS EVERYTHINGG
@@Max-zs7di no one can handle it, and thank you! Fellow fander? And walrus enthusiast? 🥳😂
@@supplyingtheswag2814 mAyBeeee- I actually cosplay patton 😂
I love how Queenish this song is
It really is
Yessss! Was looking for someone else who heard it! Some "Killer Queen" vibes.
That's what the composers intented actually! They wanted this Freddie/MJ vibe to the song as they stated
From a musicology perspective, when he sings “so annoyingly hard” the chords go, 1-2-5, treating the dominant as a tonic for a second, while the melody goes, 3-#4-5. This 1-2-5 chord progression and this 3-#4-5 melody is found a lot in Queen songs. You can see a variation of it in Killer Queen. “Just like Marie Antoinette,”
yes!!! i totally get "crazy little thing called love" vibes!
In a matter of days I've grown to love Christian. He is both extremely talented and a looker. 2:11 Christian looks like a young unkempt Tim Curry when he smiles, freaky, but awesome.
Oh my god, Christian Borle as Frank N. Furter.
Derek Martz YAS! SOMEONE MAKE THIS HAPPEN
Now I need to see Christian in drag. I love Tim Curry so damn much.
@@ohwow6640 OH MY GOD YES
Holy shit you right
I really don't see any other man on that stage except Christian Borle. That man is an exceptional piece of man meat.
Adam Pascal did a very amazing job too.
I couldn't have said it better honestly
Regardless of Race,Gender,Class, Or whatever we can all agree on 1 thing
Christian Borle is stunning in eyeliner
8 months later and this comment still holds up 😩🙏
Fully agree!
I agree strongly
fr this man is making me question my Sexuality again
@@kiiba6112 I KNOW OMGGGGG
hE ca Nt p Ee
Pastel Sudds your profile picture makes me feel personally attacked
Be it the theater freak or the autograph seeker, they all want a piece of this.
@@sorrynotsorry6 (gimme, gimme!)
Christian Borle is where its at.... and the guy with the beard. I just wish that at "it's sexy but it's hard" they didn't cut camera angles :(
The guy with the beard is Bud Weber, and I agree pal
This being performed in front of the nation's authority and a portrait of George Washington is perfect
Christian Borle is a national treasure
You mean global treasure?
Anna G could you imagine seeing him in public? I think we would scare him lol. We’d all be like “HIT ME RIGHT IN THE FACE I AM BEGGING YOU” then cling to him like baby koalas 🐨
As a Brit his accent is almost perfect by far the best I’ve seen done by an American
He can't help remind me of Captain Jack Sparrow...just me? Ok.
Rebecca Y E S !!!!!!
Mickayla Marie I think it's a mix of the guyliner and his voice
*oh my god*
*I can't unsee/unhear it*
ME TOO
Thanks, Leah. Now I'm sure when they think about the movie version Depps name will be at the top of the list. Booooo!
Christian Borle...how I adore you😊
Never been so attracted to a 46 year old until now
👁💧👄💧👁
ME TOO OMG
Same all my friends think I’m out of my mind😂
I'm straight for Christian as Shakespeare
worm salad but only as Shakespeare XD
@@aileenrubio56 amen
ME
worm salad SAMEEEEE
IVE NEVER RELATED TO ANYTHING MORE
his voice is so perfect, ugh. i can't imagine a better person to play shakepseare!
I’m always impressed how physically relaxed he is-like when he casually wipes his eye
Christian won me over with Legally Blonde and now this, can this man be any more perfect
LITERALLY ME
I can’t be the only one who cracks up when the chorus boys sing “ he can’t pee”
Kristin Chenoweth is my spirit animal
Kaitlyn Carroll SAME
YAAAS I love Kristen chenoweth!
i cannot i love him as shakespeare and he’s just so flirty and y e s
hard to be a bard ❌
hard because of a bard ✅
Whizzer we talked about this
it's unhealthy how much I've watched this.
Leather looks good on Christian ☺️☺️
Okay, but around 2:40, Christan goes into a new vocal sound and I just need like an hour of him singing like that please. 😂
LITERALLY. Every time that part hits I get so excited
LITERALLY MY FAVORITE PART IM OBSESSED WITH IT
chriSTIANBORLECHRISTIANBORLECHRISTIANBORLE
this is still my favorite song
rUmOuR hAs iT iTs StiLl thEiR fAvOuRite SoNg tO tHiS dAy
I'm getting Freddie Mercury + Queen vibes..
Freya Kinsey im getting tim curry vibes too
The best part is that I can't tell if cristian is drunk or if he's acting and that's incredible 😂
NAH I JUST HAD FLASHBACKS TO THE HAMILTON CAST SINGING DRUNK
The fact that this is the same man that played Emmet Forest-
i love it
This man INVENTED RANGE
Kristen is not the only one who gets flustered by Christian Borle in leather
The actress who plays Portia in Something Rotten! reminds me a lot of Chenoweth, both in appearance and voice.
They both played Gilinda in Wicked!
***** WHOA! That's a little scary, but mostly it's cool.
Ikr
This is my first time seeing anything from sr, and when i saw christian i literally started crying because of his clothes and voice. Its like the middle of the night somebody send help why am i crying. Im tired and probably high
As a British person.. it freaks me out how good his British accent is!?! Idk if it's because I'm used to the bad accents that you usually get on Broadway or not but I still cannot believe that that's Christian borle speaking
2:15-2:17. the guy in the back with the beard. woosh
+Cory Richards One would think he fell through a trap door lol
+Bloody Belle WRONG LEVERRRR
me too
ohmygod
sorry, I meant: OH MY GOD OHMYGOD YOU GUYS
Those lyrics tho! Lmaooo!
That opening!.... Those....
Muscles! Lmaoooooo! I love Broadway! :)
Yes it’s 4 am and honestly prime Christian Borle thirst hours
The show was good till I saw Harvey Weinstein sitting next to Michelle Obama
"HE CAN'T PEE." Hahaha😂
ur profile pic just gives more emotion to what u just said and im lovin the vibe it emits XD
I’m literally obsessed with his whole character OH MY GOD. The way he does and says everything
being thirsty for Christian Borle for 3 minutes and 36 seconds
imagine having to live with the fact that you said the phrase (its sexy but its hard" in front of michelle obama
cant stop watching this !
That one dancer (if you watch the dancers, you know which one I’m talking about) puts so much snark into his facial expressions and it’s my favorite part of the video 🤣🤣
i think i could watch this 100 times and still love it
The way he acts out Shakespeare reminds me of Tony stark is it just me?
I think Jack Sparrow. At least at 1:36
Rebecca cocky swagger with a perpetual drunkenness
I think Killian Jones from ouat.
A fusion between Tony Stark and Jack Sparrow
Rebecca Anderson thats just the guyliner talking
"I can hardly go take a *pee*"
Changed that for the audience XD
He can do drunk and snap out of it, it genius
As someone who only knows Christian from Falsettos this was a unique experience for me.
SAME
This song: exists
Tiktok: *hippity hopitty this is now my property*
I’m so mad straight tiktok claimed it smh
This & heathers. Like EXCUSE ME YOU DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT THIS IS
Then you end up with the people who think it’s a from tiktok, or the people who shove themself into any theatre thing because they’ve listened to like half of the beetlejuice soundtrack. Like, beetlejuice, six, DEH, Heathers, and Hamilton, aren’t the only shows. I once made a comment that I preferred Falsettos over Beetlejuice, and about 3 different people started calling me insane for thinking that. Like, there is a way to like things, over other things.
@@littlesongbird7881 THEY DID WHAT?!
It's actually worse that they made it sexual with the bottom and top thing
The best person who could ever be Shakespeare
I'm in love with Chris Boyle he needs to come back so I can watch him as Shakespeare or I'll probably die no exaggeration here
cas charles His name's actually Christian (Chris or Christian, it doesn't matter which) Borle and not Boyle but it's an easy mistake to make
Sarah Fitzgerald its a typo
My god. I knew I was kinda cringey three years ago but I didn't think it was this bad. How did I not even know his name???
@@cascharles3838 character development
@@Angrydoggen ty ty
0:44 the way the guy on the left looks at Christian Borle and tbh i watched this guy look at him through out the whole song
2:18 THE BODY ROLLS I CANT-
Christian Borle is always playing big personality characters when in real life he’s just shy and quiet ❤️
it's almost three years later and I still watch this on a regular basis
It's a crime not to have those same costumes parading in the streets. Fashion adaptation please? (Why are those guys so hot?)
Elaine Lat some crotch bling would increase sex appeal in men
Christian Borle is a legend🙌🏻❤️
His accent is so good it's better than mine and I'm English
I'm British and I am impressed :)
Who else is revisiting this video in 2021? Just me? NICE 😍
"I can barely take a pee"
And it worked remarkably well, because they changed the rhyme from "take a piss // piece of this" to "take a pee // piece of me". Genius, I say! Genius!
Time stamp?
1:45!
Just wondering, what brings you to this video five years after posting? xD
@@jacksont79 Idk dude it's a good song
A. Seed facts
I'd love to see him in Rocky Horror!
Christian Bole strutting across the stage gives me life😍
i know nothing about something rotten but i'm obsessed with this song
I love at 2:33 when Christian flips his hair back, the dude behind him dodges it with a disgusted face.
Christian Borle is like the Johnny Depp of musical theater. I legit cant believe this is Emmett Forest
Mood
sarah would you mind explaining this
@@matildamwh It's my mood
@@SarahZ honestly what else did i expect
alright now that i know Sarah has seen this video/musical my life is complete
I shouldn't be surprised at this point but it still catches me off guard every time I see you comment on a musical video
Oh hello, Christian Borle! I always knew he was an attractive guy...he's also incredibly talented and seems like a lovely person. Then I saw this and...DAMN.
I cannot express in words how amazingly humorous his performance is and just Christian borle in general like what!?
I never thought I was attracted to Christian Borle with eyeliner 🤷♀️
Borle is so freaking good looking. The jacket thing and eyeliner? 😍😍😍
3:02 “So now you can write, right?”
“Right”.
“WRONG!”
Lol Georges painting in the back 😂
It's nice when your world parallels with your child's. For the longest time, my daughter has raved about this show. I was pleased to discover that Wayne Kirkpatrick co-wrote the songs & his brother co-wrote the story. Wayne is a legend in the world of contemporary Christian music, probably the most successful lyricist of classic CCM. In fact, Michael W. Smith once referred to him as "my Bernie Taupin". Among others, Smitty's huge crossover hit, "Place in this World", was written by the 2 of them along with Amy Grant. Country fans may know him as the creative force behind Little Big Town.
Christian Borle is LIFE
He ACED that. 👏👏👏 Great performance, boys!
Shakespeare and Glinda would get along so well.
Love this number. This original cast performance is hard to beat.
THIS SONG GIVES ME LIFE
He can LITERALLY play anything