Hmm...

[matataku_hoshi]

No official casting announcements yet, but according to this picture it looks like Ume-chan is playing Rosalie in soragumi's BeruBara next year.  (Or at the very least, a traditional musumeyaku role.  And in Andre Hen is there anyone else it could be other than Rosalie?)

Part of me feels annoyed on both Ume's (and Ayane-chan's) behalf.  It would have been really something to see a musumeyaku Oscar.

...the other part of me is secretly (and guiltily) pleased that this brings the scenario of a certain soragumi sanbante playing Oscar a little closer to fruition.  If I write to said sanbante about it, is that going to jinx it?  *looks around at universe suspiciously*

Comments

[violet-tango.livejournal.com]

Well, the dress is in fact the one originally worn by La Marquise de Pompadour.
And having no fringe is rather untypical for Rosalie, she always has a fringe.
On the other hand, I don't know who Ume-chan could be playing.
It's not Marie Antoinette, that would be more obvious and there's no contact at all between André and her.
The only women in is life are in fact Rosalie and Oscar.
And in the former André version of Rose of Versailles, the top musumeyaku was Rosalie as well. We'll see. And I'm curious. :D

[muffin-song.livejournal.com]

Wow, I'm impressed at your dress identification.

Do you think that they would bring a new lead musumeyaku character into the BeruBara canon for this show?

[caithion.livejournal.com]

There *is* a certain rather infamous scene in Berubara where Oscar wears a dress and.... Ume's eyebrows. They're rather thick and dark for a typical musumeyaku role.... *grins* I'm not going to rule out the possibility yet.

On the other hand, Ueda certainly jerked us around enough with Ayane. I doubt it'll happen. :/

[wao-wao.livejournal.com]

My counter-argument is that Oscar wigs are always an anime-like yellow-blonde hue, whereas Ume-chan's wig is a more natural blonde.

No, if they were going to give Ume-chan Oscar, they would have made a big deal about it, I think...

But Katharina's comment makes me doubt my initial "well of COURSE it's Rosalie" line of thinking.

[muffin-song.livejournal.com]

*grumble* I wish they would just announce who the leads are. And the rest of the casting for both shows.

[muffin-song.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...actually, I was wondering if Ume's blonde hair could mean that she would be Oscar. But you would think that if she was Oscar, they would want to market it that way?

[sumirepanther.livejournal.com]

I. DON'T. WANT. ANYONE. TO. PERFORM. IN. ANY. OF. BERUBARA. "GAIDEN". WRITTEN. BY. UEDA.

(Actually all Micchan fans I know of want her to be cast in Gyakuten Saiban, and they lament because there is only a slim chance of that to happen.)

[muffin-song.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I'm not really a BeruBara fan, but after Gyakuten Saiban was announced with Tomu in the lead, I resigned myself to Micchan performing in BeruBara :/

However, there is some amount of honor to being given a role that's one of the most notable in Takarazuka history (Oscar). Also, it amuses me to think of Micchan 1) in her second female role, and 2) paired together with Tani.

I guess I'm trying to make lemons in lemonade? ^_^;;

[sumirepanther.livejournal.com]

here is some amount of honor to being given a role that's one of the most notable in Takarazuka history (Oscar)
Uh...if you had been to one of those 90-min Gaiden BeruBara (Yuki or Hana) -_-;...

I hope in this "Andre-hen" Oscar will be given a decent stage time & character.

[muffin-song.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Was it really that bad?

[sumirepanther.livejournal.com]

Both productions were disastrous.
Many fans agree that it would have been much better if they had put on a regular BeruBara.
I sincerely hope Ueda-sensei would stop producing lame scripts any more...he is just disgracing his own legacy.

[muffin-song.livejournal.com]

Owch (I didn't see either). So was the idea of Alain talking to his dead sister as bad as it sounded?

I'm not much of a fan of Ueda-sensei period, or at least not after he put poor tsukigumi through PariSora (maybe because of that they received a "Skip Ueda-sensei" pass this time around?) Season of Angels was kind of cute, although I attribute that more to the cast and the raku adlibs.

Don't get me started on Koitengu...it takes a *lot* to make me not like a Micchan show. One of these days I should actually finish it, but...

[sumirepanther.livejournal.com]

Poor Diane/Ayane-chan is dead from the beginning -_-; A ghost.
(I'm putting together a review on the Hanagumi one and trying hard not to lose my temper with Ueda.)

they received a "Skip Ueda-sensei" pass this time around?
**laughs** Exactly! And fans of the other 4 troupes are calling this Gaiden series 植田我慢大会　"Grin-and-bear-Ueda-competition" XD
I feel especially sorry about Touko being in this contest, because this is the show just before her last.

[just-keep-on.livejournal.com]

I wonder if they'll *ever* let a musumeyaku play Oscar. *pouts*

But hey, Tani looks awesome ^_^

[muffin-song.livejournal.com]

At least Ai-chan got to play Jackie in MiiMai? I thought that was a good step for Musumeyaku Rights.

[demoneyeskyo87.livejournal.com]

I feel like making an icon out of this promo picture pronto, :D!

As for the Musume however, I think this could be a new character since Rosalie already has her own show with her own true love(Bernard hen).

I am not slowly turning into a Sora fan, I am not.