Masquerade (and All Things Andrew Lloyd Webber)

[00:00:05] Malorie Mackey: Hello, hello, hello, everyone. Welcome back to Mallory's Weird World Adventures, the podcast. I'm your host, Mallory. [00:00:12] Michael Maldonado: And I'm your host, Michael. [00:00:13] Malorie Mackey: And we're here to show you just how weird this world of ours really is. But before we start, I want to make sure for those of you who are new, you know that Weird World Adventures is our adventure travel brand that highlights strange and unusual places. We have our TV show, Weird World Adventures on Amazon Prime. There's six episodes of season one available now and 10 more for season two releasing in the fall. So stay tuned for that. You can follow us aloriesadventures on Instagram, aloriemackey on TikTok and Weird World Adventures on Facebook. And be sure to check out MallorySadventures.com daily for new fun blog posts. What about you, Michael? Social. [00:00:57] Michael Maldonado: Oh, geez. I was gonna say it sounds like a lot of Mallory stuff. [00:01:01] Malorie Mackey: Well, and then I deferred to you. [00:01:04] Michael Maldonado: I have limited. [00:01:06] Malorie Mackey: That's why it's all Mallory. [00:01:08] Michael Maldonado: I didn't name the company Mallory. [00:01:11] Malorie Mackey: Well, I named it Weird World Adventures. [00:01:13] Michael Maldonado: Okay, fine. You can find me all there. I'm tagged in a lot of the weird world adventures. [00:01:21] Malorie Mackey: Socialdonadomd3. [00:01:23] Michael Maldonado: Yes, I have a personal Instagram that is accessible. Yeah, yeah, Maldonado MD3. And I think that's my. Oh, geez. [00:01:36] Malorie Mackey: I think that's it. [00:01:37] Michael Maldonado: Mike Mildenado is my Facebook. [00:01:39] Malorie Mackey: And then you're gonna have lots of new Facebook friends. [00:01:41] Michael Maldonado: Sure. I've had that Facebook since I was Generation one of Facebook. I was a freshman fall semester when Facebook went live for the college release. You had to have an DU email to access it. It was like however many colleges it went live at, that was a big semester. Sorry for the digression here, but I like it. [00:02:05] Malorie Mackey: I like it. [00:02:07] Michael Maldonado: That happened. And World of Warcraft launched in November of my freshman year. So let's just say my grades suffered significantly. [00:02:17] Malorie Mackey: At least you didn't drop out of college for World of Warcraft. [00:02:19] Michael Maldonado: And I always. Yeah, well, it was close there for a little bit. And I also had always heard about the freshman 15. And I went into college an underweight, like, malnourished looking high school. [00:02:38] Malorie Mackey: You were skinny. [00:02:38] Michael Maldonado: Well, I was skinny. I was like maybe 120 pounds at the heaviest. [00:02:45] Malorie Mackey: Oh my gosh. You weigh what I weigh. [00:02:47] Michael Maldonado: And then came out of that freshman year about a buck 145. I put on more than the freshman 15. All high school. I was trying to gain weight for sports, doing the protein shakes and the high. [00:03:03] Malorie Mackey: You just needed college and all I. [00:03:07] Michael Maldonado: That was thunder. [00:03:09] Malorie Mackey: Oh, my God. That was terrifying. We both just, like, jumped out of our chairs. There's a huge thunderstorm right now. Holy goodness. That was scary. [00:03:16] Michael Maldonado: Yeah. Like, shook the whole house. We're on the third floor in the sound booth. [00:03:21] Malorie Mackey: Mm. And the whole house just shook. And I'm like, did something explode? [00:03:24] Michael Maldonado: It's, like, still rumbling. [00:03:26] Malorie Mackey: It is. I'm glad you said it was thunder, because I heard. [00:03:29] Michael Maldonado: Yeah, something just exploded. [00:03:31] Malorie Mackey: Oh, my gosh. [00:03:34] Michael Maldonado: Yeah. Anyways, huge digression. I'm not sure where I was going with that. Oh, the secret. If you're trying to put on weight, as I was in high school. Cheap pizza. Greasy pizza and cheap beer. [00:03:45] Malorie Mackey: Yeah, I was gonna say beer and pizza. Okay. Yeah. Well, there's the secret. That's the secret formula. [00:03:49] Michael Maldonado: Milwaukee's best. [00:03:51] Malorie Mackey: Oh, my gosh. [00:03:51] Michael Maldonado: Is what I drank freshman year. [00:03:53] Malorie Mackey: Michael, I do. I want to say really fast, as an addition to your digression here, when Facebook first started, it's so embarrassing to go back and look at those posts, because it wasn't set up the way that it is now. So it just had your name. And then you would say what you're doing, like, is going to get pizza. Because it was, like, to tell people in your college what you were doing. So it was a great way to stop people. So I'm sure that's why it changed. Right. Is going here. Is doing this. So if you go back far enough in, like, you know, your flashbacks, it literally just says, is feeling like this today. And you're like, well, this just looks unhinged because now the whole setup is different. [00:04:31] Michael Maldonado: Yeah. I had a lot of. Is playing World of Warcraft. [00:04:34] Malorie Mackey: Yeah, I'm sure you did. It was like. It served as, like, the note you would put on your door for, like, your doormates to know what you were doing. Except, you know, digital. [00:04:43] Michael Maldonado: I mean, it's funny to think now it's like, wow. I definitely don't want people to know what Mike is doing in any given moment. People are just around me, you know, in my vicinity. [00:04:54] Malorie Mackey: It's scary. It's scary. [00:04:55] Michael Maldonado: Stalker. Stalker book. [00:04:57] Malorie Mackey: But today's episode. [00:04:59] Michael Maldonado: So, yeah, find Mallory's stuff, and you can kind of find my stuff. [00:05:05] Malorie Mackey: Today's episode is very, very, very special to me, dear to my heart, and. [00:05:10] Michael Maldonado: Has no significance to me. He's gonna say I have little to nothing to add here. [00:05:15] Malorie Mackey: We're talking about the world of Andrew Louis. Oh, my God, I died. Wow. Andrew Lloyd Webber. But specifically the new fan Phantom experience called Masquerade. But before we get into Masquerade, I have to go back. We have to start at the beginning of all of this. [00:05:33] Michael Maldonado: The Way Back Machine. [00:05:34] Malorie Mackey: The Way Back Machine. Well, if we went way, way back. I first just fell in love with Angela Webber's work when I saw Cats. But we don't need to go to Cats. We don't need to go that far back. [00:05:42] Michael Maldonado: That's way back. [00:05:43] Malorie Mackey: I know. We don't need to go that far back. You said way back Machine. [00:05:46] Michael Maldonado: I know. I want to go back now. I want to go way back. Middle school. [00:05:50] Malorie Mackey: I first saw Cats when I was nine. That was elementary school. [00:05:54] Michael Maldonado: That's when I met you. That would've been the year that we met. Right. [00:05:58] Malorie Mackey: It blew my mind. I watched it every day. My dad got me the VHS tape. I watched. [00:06:03] Michael Maldonado: It blew my mind. I didn't watch that. [00:06:06] Malorie Mackey: Wow. It's so. If you just turn off your brain and are there to have fun, the imagination just. These people are acting like Cats. And especially for children, it's really magical. I mean, the way that people can move like that. I mean, it's just. That's what got me into theater. [00:06:26] Michael Maldonado: The magic was lost in me. I was 11 at the time and just Sassed Mercy. I remember making a lot of fun. You and my sister about it. [00:06:33] Malorie Mackey: Oh, yeah. And anyway, we don't need to go that far back. So in the last year and a half, two years. [00:06:41] Michael Maldonado: So somewhat Back Machine. [00:06:42] Malorie Mackey: Somewhat Back Machine. They revived Sunset Boulevard with the girl from the Pussycat Dolls. Nicole Something. [00:06:51] Michael Maldonado: I'm just lightly nodding through this conversation since I have almost nothing to add here. [00:06:57] Malorie Mackey: I will say I don't know much about Sunset Boulevard. That wasn't really my jam. But it got rave reviews. And it was liked because it was edgy and dark and a little weird. And when she comes out in the curtain call, she's just covered head to toe in blood. Cause, you know, she kills herself. [00:07:14] Michael Maldonado: Spoilers. [00:07:15] Malorie Mackey: Well, I mean, if you don't know by now, it's all over everything. But it was known for being dark and edgy and, you know, like, regenerating. Angela Weber's work being almost modern and, like, edgy. Okay. And so that started. That got rave reviews. And then it moved to Broadway. So now it's on Broadway. Got rave reviews on Broadway. It was directed by Jamie Lloyd, no relation to Andrew Lloyd Webber. She's looking at me with knowing guy covered in tattoos. Super edgy. Just goes on brand. [00:07:46] Michael Maldonado: I don't know. [00:07:47] Malorie Mackey: Okay, then the. [00:07:49] Michael Maldonado: I've heard of Angelo Lloyd Webber. I've heard of Cats. I've heard of Phantom of the Opera. Honestly. [00:07:54] Malorie Mackey: You've heard of Evita? [00:07:55] Michael Maldonado: I've heard of Evita. I honestly couldn't tell you if I've heard of Sunset Boulevard previous to our recent discussions about it. [00:08:03] Malorie Mackey: It's not as well known. Yeah, well, so then he moved into Evita, and now they have revived Evita. And you know I love Evita. You know that. [00:08:14] Michael Maldonado: You know I know that. [00:08:16] Malorie Mackey: I. I will say it adds a twisted, dark spin. I haven't seen it yet, so I can't necessarily add to that. But Evita needed some love because they did a revival in the West End in 2006, and then it came to Broadway in 2012 with Ricky Martin and Michael Severis and Alanna. Roger I saw was all right. To be honest, I didn't love the direction of that production. And it was so gimmicky that you're like, this. This isn't gonna fly in today's times. Like, Ricky Martin was doing jazz hands, right? You're like, okay, just stop. There was. There's a line, I know you've heard this, where it's supposed to say, don't cry for me. Not that one. [00:09:01] Michael Maldonado: Oh, it's really the only one I've heard. [00:09:03] Malorie Mackey: Do you now represent anyone's cause but your own? And Ricky Martin was. Do you now represent anyone's cause but your. Oh, I mean, like, really full Ricky Martin. And I'm like, I don't think I signed up for this. And then when you would go to, like, when I was in Broadway, they had the merch and they had T shirts that said, livin Evita loca. [00:09:27] Michael Maldonado: Nice. [00:09:28] Malorie Mackey: And I was like, okay. They're like, full gimmick on this. So to see a twist to that, I'm up for it. It needed to be modernized because it wasn't gonna hit with my little sisters like Gen Z, Right? It wasn't gonna fly with them. You're laughing so hard at me because you have nothing to add. [00:09:45] Michael Maldonado: I have nothing to add. [00:09:46] Malorie Mackey: Well, I can say, so my love of Evita goes back because I actually studied the Perons. I read a dissertation on Eva Peron Evita. And so I spent a lot of time in Buenos Aires. [00:10:00] Michael Maldonado: How did your, like, fixation start with? [00:10:04] Malorie Mackey: Oh, my gosh. I think it's because I saw Evita, like, the play when I was 16. And back then when they did it was the traveling version. They actually used a projector screen as a big part of it, and they had actual photos of The Perrones on the screen the whole time. So I'm like, oh, this is a real person. This is, like, an interesting set of history. They made it resonate with me because it was a musical. So I started going down the rabbit hole. And they're just so fascinating because, I mean, she revolutionized Argentina and gave women the right to vote and kind of uprooted the class system in a world that, at the time had a very heavy class system. So it was. It was. There's just so much political context, and I got just immersed into it. Then I read her autobiography, which is fascinating, and it kind of just delved down from there. And then when I was doing penguin research in Argentina, you remember November 2023, we were in Cabo de Bios, which is all the way down in Patagonia, where the penguins are. And we just happened to be. We were staying in Camarones, which is, weirdly. That means shrimp in Spanish. But it was actually a fish capital. It was very bizarre, but it was one of the places that Juan Peron lived as a child. [00:11:28] Michael Maldonado: Okay. [00:11:28] Malorie Mackey: So his childhood home was there. [00:11:30] Michael Maldonado: Okay. Did you know that? [00:11:31] Malorie Mackey: I didn't know that. I had no idea. So when we first went to the penguin site, we were on the Juan Peron Memorial Highway. And I'm like, why is there. That's a Juan Peron hall. And once I brought it up, one of our guides is like, oh, you know, his child at home is here. The girl from. Like, there was a girl from the town that was like, going in with us, and she's like, oh, talk to her. She'll want to take you. And she's like, oh, we have to take you to the Peron house. So then we wound up in the Peron house. And it was fascinating. So it just, like, I don't know, whenever we start going down that rabbit hole, it just explodes. And so then after that, I was in Buenos Aires. I went to the Evita Museum. You're getting all the pictures and updates from the Evita Museum, and Lucia. Evita. And I wound up getting really sick, and I brought it home to you. [00:12:20] Michael Maldonado: Yeah, that's really all I remember from. I was gonna say, I have nothing to add to this except that you brought it home, and it had to be Peron variant. Covid, you called it. [00:12:31] Malorie Mackey: Peron. Peronco. [00:12:32] Michael Maldonado: Peron. Peron, Covid. And I hadn't been that sick. Maybe in adulthood I had to work, too. I was on call that weekend that you got me sick with 103.5 degree fever, like shivering, but drenched in sweat under a blanket. Just doing my whole shift, two days in a row from home. I. I remember some of my partners at work facetiming me. I'm like, um, are you okay? [00:13:05] Malorie Mackey: You're like, no. Really? I remember we took their temperature and it was 103.5. And I was like, this has to be broken. I mean, I thought the thermometer wasn't. [00:13:13] Michael Maldonado: And then we took it rectally and it wasn't. [00:13:15] Malorie Mackey: And then we just found another thermometer, but we used the baby thermometer. And we're like, this has to be broken. It wasn't. It wasn't. I didn't get that sick, but I did have a fever. And I remember I went to the house where the Peron. Sick. [00:13:30] Michael Maldonado: It's very long tangent. [00:13:31] Malorie Mackey: It is. [00:13:31] Michael Maldonado: I'm getting to Masquerade, by the way. [00:13:32] Malorie Mackey: I know, but it's fine. We have time. We have time. We have all day. The Perron's house, it was torn down, but part of the structure is still there. And they turned it into this, like, Peron Foundation. The Juan Peron Foundation. So you can actually just walk into the Juan Peron foundation and say, I want to know about Baronism. And they're like, okay. And then they, like, they just give you a tour and they talk to you about it. So I showed up and I was like. He's like, you speak English? Yeah. Okay, let's talk about the Perons. And they have this video they play, and I'm like, is it historical? [00:14:08] Michael Maldonado: It's historical or is it propaganda? [00:14:10] Malorie Mackey: It's historical there. I will say that the Peronistas are still like a political party there. But it wasn't. There was no political. [00:14:18] Michael Maldonado: It was the incumbent party recently, wasn't it? [00:14:21] Malorie Mackey: Well, I mean, for me, yes, it was up until I don't remember the guy's name, but their version of Trump took over. Yeah, yeah. It wasn't political. At least as a tourist going in, they're just like, oh, we're gonna walk you around. [00:14:35] Michael Maldonado: Trump is just, ma. [00:14:37] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. [00:14:38] Michael Maldonado: Make Argentina. [00:14:39] Malorie Mackey: Yeah, Ma. Make. No, it's maga. [00:14:41] Michael Maldonado: It's the same thing. [00:14:41] Malorie Mackey: It's maga. [00:14:42] Michael Maldonado: Okay. [00:14:42] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. Make Argentina great again. Yeah, yeah. So they get the same hats. Yeah, they get the same hats. Although he at least was classy enough to not have the hats, you know? But I'm in there and they're like, they have this. It's a historical video. And I'm in the video. And then, you know, and then Ava got sick and in that moment, I was like, oh, my God, I'm not gonna make it through this video. I realized, oh, I'm sick. And that was when the fever hit. And I'm like, I have to get through this and not pass out in this random place and get back to the hotel as fast as humanly possible. And I think I crashed for most of that day and just in my hotel with full fever. And, yeah, it was. It was no bueno. And then I brought it home to you. [00:15:23] Michael Maldonado: Thank you. [00:15:24] Malorie Mackey: You're welcome. [00:15:25] Michael Maldonado: And this great story. [00:15:26] Malorie Mackey: And this great story. Oh, my God. Well, no one else has heard it. [00:15:29] Michael Maldonado: I think they have. I think they have. I think you did a whole Peron podcast. [00:15:34] Malorie Mackey: I probably did. [00:15:35] Michael Maldonado: Obsessed with these people. [00:15:36] Malorie Mackey: I am. Okay. Anyway, so Evita is now relevant again because they have revived it on the West End with Rachel Ziegler as Evita. [00:15:47] Michael Maldonado: Okay. [00:15:48] Malorie Mackey: And it's getting so much pr. Whoever did the PR for it was just genius. And I know it's part Jamie Lloyd and his, like, edgy Evita, dark styling for it mixed with just. Somebody came up with the idea of, we're gonna have her sing Don't Cry for Me, Argentina out in the balcony of the London Palladium Theater to the masses, not the people in the theater. So for the big number every show. [00:16:19] Michael Maldonado: It'S the only song that anyone knows I've heard. [00:16:22] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. [00:16:22] Michael Maldonado: It's the only thing I would have been able to tell you about anything related to Evita and Perrot. [00:16:28] Malorie Mackey: Right. Well, because the 90s, the movie came out and Madonna sang it, and it was all over our childhood with Madonna singing that song. Right, Exactly. That's all I know. And so she. She walks out. They have a camera person following her, and then it's projected onto a screen in the theater. Stop looking at me like that. And then she stands out. [00:16:47] Michael Maldonado: I'm just looking at you with a face that says, I have nothing to say here because I don't have any knowledge of this industry. [00:16:57] Malorie Mackey: Well, she goes out onto the. And then they have a camera placed under it. They turn to. So they're projecting a close up of her singing it inside the theater. [00:17:06] Michael Maldonado: So you're watching a video of her singing it to crowds outside. [00:17:10] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. So she's out there singing it to people walking by on the street. [00:17:14] Michael Maldonado: Got it. [00:17:14] Malorie Mackey: And the second that people realize that was happening, everyone crowds outside to see it. So it's great pr. So now everyone's lined up outside to watch her sing because she's also kind of, you know, she's A celebrity, so everyone wants to see it. She's, you know, singing the iconic song, so it's become a huge crowd, which is what they want. So. So she's, like, actually singing to a huge crowd of people from the balcony. And people are upset because they're paying lots of money to see the show, and they're watching her sing Don't Cry for Me, Argentina on a screen while everybody outside in the streets is getting a free show. But, I mean, personally, I think that's genius because the Perrones were about the common people, the people that couldn't pay, the people that aren't paying the money to see it. Right. They're there for everybody. [00:17:59] Michael Maldonado: Just as a side tangent here, I know you're very. [00:18:03] Malorie Mackey: Yes. [00:18:04] Michael Maldonado: Pro Peron, I guess. [00:18:05] Malorie Mackey: Oh, my gosh. [00:18:07] Michael Maldonado: I know that they're quote, unquote, for the people, but he was also a horrible dictator. [00:18:12] Malorie Mackey: We're not talking about Juan Perron. We're talking about Evita. [00:18:15] Michael Maldonado: Different people, but yes, they're different people, but they were the same political party. [00:18:21] Malorie Mackey: I know. [00:18:21] Michael Maldonado: And political entity. [00:18:22] Malorie Mackey: Well, aren't politics brutal and horrible? [00:18:25] Michael Maldonado: Well, sure, a lot of them. I'm just saying, you can't just say they're for the people. They were also horrible dictators. And pretty sure his other wife took over. [00:18:37] Malorie Mackey: Well, we don't talk about after he. [00:18:39] Michael Maldonado: Died and just became the first woman president and just straight disappeared people. [00:18:43] Malorie Mackey: Oh, she did. And she got arrested for it. [00:18:46] Michael Maldonado: Is alive in jail right now. [00:18:49] Malorie Mackey: Yes. [00:18:49] Michael Maldonado: Insane. [00:18:50] Malorie Mackey: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. She. The fact that she's still alive is crazy to me. Like, it doesn't. It feels so far away and has. [00:18:56] Michael Maldonado: Been in jail for decades for murdering. I have no. I mean, what was the count? [00:19:02] Malorie Mackey: It was a lot. [00:19:03] Michael Maldonado: It was hundreds. Thousands. [00:19:05] Malorie Mackey: I think it was thousands. [00:19:07] Michael Maldonado: I mean, you can't even call them murders. They were disappearances. I mean, they were definitely murdered, but. [00:19:11] Malorie Mackey: Right. [00:19:12] Michael Maldonado: Yeah. [00:19:12] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. [00:19:13] Michael Maldonado: But anyways, Evita, do they disappear people from New York, too? [00:19:17] Malorie Mackey: Maybe. [00:19:18] Michael Maldonado: Yeah. [00:19:18] Malorie Mackey: Well, that's in London, so. [00:19:20] Michael Maldonado: Oh, this is in London. [00:19:21] Malorie Mackey: This is in London. Oh, why did I think it was the West End? [00:19:23] Michael Maldonado: Okay. [00:19:24] Malorie Mackey: They're. They're definitely gonna bring it to Broadway. [00:19:27] Michael Maldonado: Now, when you say. Again, this is. How little I. When you say West End to me. [00:19:30] Malorie Mackey: Okay. [00:19:31] Michael Maldonado: I think, you know, Richmond has a West End. [00:19:33] Malorie Mackey: Okay. West End. Nothing to me, is London's Broadway. [00:19:37] Michael Maldonado: I know Broadway. That is the extent of my theater novel. [00:19:40] Malorie Mackey: The West End is London's Broadway. [00:19:41] Michael Maldonado: And by. No, I mean I know it exists. [00:19:43] Malorie Mackey: Right. Well, Evita represented the people she Was poor. And then she became the first lady of Argentina. That's kind of what dismantled the class system and the fact that they make it accessible for everybody. I think it's a great PR stunt. I think it's smart and on brand stunts. [00:20:03] Michael Maldonado: Clever. [00:20:03] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. And it's on brand with. With panelism. [00:20:06] Michael Maldonado: Okay. [00:20:07] Malorie Mackey: Yeah, that's. I just. [00:20:08] Michael Maldonado: Just gotta disappear a few people and. [00:20:11] Malorie Mackey: Right. [00:20:11] Michael Maldonado: You're good. [00:20:12] Malorie Mackey: Right. [00:20:13] Michael Maldonado: Undesirable. [00:20:15] Malorie Mackey: And again, I have to see this show because this guy is edgy. And at the end of the show, everybody comes out and Che, the guy that plays Antonio Banderas part from the movie, the guy that sings it all, Ricky Martin. That guy. [00:20:29] Michael Maldonado: Ricky Martin. I know. Ricky Martin. [00:20:31] Malorie Mackey: Ricky Martin. [00:20:32] Michael Maldonado: You finally said a name that holds some meaning to me. [00:20:35] Malorie Mackey: Antonio Banderas. [00:20:36] Michael Maldonado: I know, I know. [00:20:37] Malorie Mackey: He comes out in his underwear, covered in something like, powdery. So I don't know what happens, but it's edgy and weird and you're like, okay, well, now I need to know what happens in there. [00:20:47] Michael Maldonado: Gunpowder. [00:20:48] Malorie Mackey: Something to blow up something, probably. Gunpowder. I mean, he. I think he dies at the end. Right, Okay. [00:20:52] Michael Maldonado: I mean, so it's a happy. [00:20:53] Malorie Mackey: Right. Well, in the movie, they did it where when she's dying of cervical cancer, she goes under and he gets like, blown out, like knocked out or whatever. And then they're kind of like in some weird fever dream together. [00:21:06] Michael Maldonado: No, she had singing HPV related cervical cancer. Is that the. [00:21:10] Malorie Mackey: Well, I don't know if it was ever officially confirmed, but both his first wife and her both died of cervical cancer, so the odds are he had hpv. [00:21:20] Michael Maldonado: Got it. [00:21:21] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. So I think it was hpv. [00:21:22] Michael Maldonado: Right. Which we have a vaccine for now. [00:21:24] Malorie Mackey: Oh, yeah, that's good. [00:21:27] Michael Maldonado: It is. It's like a vaccine that actually can prevent cancer. [00:21:31] Malorie Mackey: Right? That's good. [00:21:33] Michael Maldonado: Double win. [00:21:33] Malorie Mackey: Yeah, it is a double win. I like that. [00:21:35] Michael Maldonado: Yeah. [00:21:36] Malorie Mackey: If only they had it then. [00:21:37] Michael Maldonado: That's. That. See, I know that. [00:21:38] Malorie Mackey: Yeah, because. [00:21:39] Michael Maldonado: Because your dog has nothing to do with my knowledge of theater or Peronism. [00:21:45] Malorie Mackey: But it's made me want to see it. It's definitely coming to Broadway. And so they're. My point was they're bringing back a lot of Andrew Lloyd Webber's properties in very modern, edgy ways. And I will say he is very good at just being up on the times and trying to get people in the theater in new ways. That's what they did. That's how we work together. [00:22:04] Michael Maldonado: Is this kind of like that edgy version of Cats they did on Instagram with Mallory Mac. [00:22:12] Malorie Mackey: Oh, My God. That's what I was doing. Her name was Mallory Mack. So I had my dreams come true during COVID when I kind of like worked with Andrew Lloyd Weber because he did this musicals in isolation. [00:22:26] Michael Maldonado: I know when you say you had your dreams come true, it's because it's Andrew Lloyd Weber. But I do like to think that it's also because you got to dress up like a giant cat. [00:22:32] Malorie Mackey: Yeah, I got to put all my cat out because I do have a Rumble Teaser outfit from Cats. [00:22:37] Michael Maldonado: The fact that you had this, it wasn't like, oh, yeah, oh, he wants me to do this. I need to go get a cat outfit. Oh, I'll just put in. I'll just put on my finest cat outfit that I already happen to own. [00:22:48] Malorie Mackey: Yep. And I perform Macavity. [00:22:50] Michael Maldonado: What's the guy's name? The cat? [00:22:52] Malorie Mackey: Macavity. Oh, I was Rumple Teaser. [00:22:54] Michael Maldonado: You say that. How silly of you to ask that question. Of course I was Rumple Teaser. [00:23:01] Malorie Mackey: Right, Right. [00:23:03] Michael Maldonado: What? [00:23:03] Malorie Mackey: Right? That's the cat's name. [00:23:05] Michael Maldonado: That's not a name. [00:23:06] Malorie Mackey: The cats all have crazy names. They're cats. [00:23:09] Michael Maldonado: That's not even a name you would name a cat. [00:23:11] Malorie Mackey: T.S. eliot came up with it when he was on opium. It's in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. [00:23:17] Michael Maldonado: All right, all right. [00:23:17] Malorie Mackey: So that wasn't even a Weber thing. That was a T.S. eliot thing. [00:23:20] Michael Maldonado: Okay. I respect the opium, alright. [00:23:22] Malorie Mackey: Yeah, Opium enfueled children's poems turned into like psychedelic musical. [00:23:28] Michael Maldonado: Rumpel Teaser, Mungo Jerry and Rumple Teaser Mongo Jerry. [00:23:31] Malorie Mackey: Yes. They were a notorious couple of cats. Anyway, I perform a cavity in my Rumpel Teaser outfit. Wrong cat. But something about. [00:23:42] Michael Maldonado: Check that out if you're going to. [00:23:44] Malorie Mackey: Her social feeds here. Yeah. And I'll repost it tomorrow. So. Yeah, so make sure you go to aloriesadventures. M A L O R I E S adventures on Instagram. I'll repost the video tomorrow of me singing Macavity in my Rumple Teezer outfit with my black cat. So it was great. And then I got Angela Weber posted on his socials and I was just so excited. [00:24:13] Michael Maldonado: It was like, you've arrived. [00:24:14] Malorie Mackey: I've arrived. [00:24:15] Michael Maldonado: Did my finest Rumple Teaser outfit. [00:24:17] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. And then we, you know, stayed in touch with him and his team. I got, you know, we were interacting on social, which was really exciting and I got a few Phantom auditions out of it. So that was really exciting. Anyway, Anyway. Anyway, that's, that was, that was my wonderful excitement there and. Because Phantom will Thank you. Thank you. That is that I really. One day. One day I'll be Christian. [00:24:42] Michael Maldonado: One day you'll get there. [00:24:43] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. [00:24:44] Michael Maldonado: You've sang it right here in the sound booth. [00:24:46] Malorie Mackey: I have. [00:24:47] Michael Maldonado: I've heard you singing it from the shower, too. [00:24:48] Malorie Mackey: Oh, I've caught you. [00:24:50] Michael Maldonado: Yeah. [00:24:51] Malorie Mackey: I'll post some Phantom videos later, too. They're fun. I really. It's my, like, guilty pleasure to just sing Phantom around the house. And I've been singing Don't Cry for Me, Argentina now because it's all over Instagram. All over Instagram. Yeah. But because of. Because of my. The media that we're doing for our show and my ties to the Weber team from all of that, we are going to get to go to the previews for Masquerade. Masquerade seems like it's a different director, so. So I don't really know what to expect, but it seems like the edgy, modern were trying to present the show in a new way to a new generation of people. So it's kind of the same idea of what they did with Sunset Boulevard and Evita. They're doing the Phantom. It seems like it's gonna be edgier because. So it's off Broadway, and they're, from what I understand, doing the full musical of Phantom. But rather than going in and sitting and watching Phantom, you're going through piece by piece, room by room, through the different environments and watching the show that way. [00:26:00] Michael Maldonado: Okay. [00:26:01] Malorie Mackey: Which I've never heard of anything like it. And I know. I know it has the live actors, and they're still doing the theatrical performance for it because they've brought in the cast. And I know a lot of the people from, like, old Broadway that are. They're reprising their roles. [00:26:16] Michael Maldonado: It feels almost interactive. [00:26:18] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. [00:26:19] Michael Maldonado: Moving from room to room. [00:26:20] Malorie Mackey: Yes. [00:26:21] Michael Maldonado: Watching the scenes unfold. [00:26:23] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. I'm really excited about it. I mean, it definitely adds another element to it. And because, you know, one of the big songs in Phantom is Masquerade. That's the title of it. [00:26:33] Michael Maldonado: I know. [00:26:34] Malorie Mackey: And you're going in. In masquerade attire. So when you go, you have to show up in either a cocktail dress or a formal dress or, like, nice clothes for men in black, white, or silver. And then you have to wear Masquerade mask. [00:26:49] Michael Maldonado: I like that. [00:26:49] Malorie Mackey: It's cool. [00:26:50] Michael Maldonado: Yeah. [00:26:50] Malorie Mackey: So it kind of adds to it. So you're kind of going into the Phantoms Masquerade. It's very cool. [00:26:54] Michael Maldonado: I like it. [00:26:55] Malorie Mackey: And like, for. And apparently for at least the previews, you have to be 21 plus. Because they're going to. They give you Prosecco. [00:27:02] Michael Maldonado: Oh. So you're actually feel like you're at. [00:27:04] Malorie Mackey: Like you're at. At a masquerade party. [00:27:06] Michael Maldonado: I like that. [00:27:06] Malorie Mackey: So it's like you're at this, like, adult masquerade party and you have your, you know, your drink and you're going through. So it's a really cool. I've never heard of anything like it before. [00:27:15] Michael Maldonado: So you're going room to room and the actors, singers are in the scene with you? [00:27:23] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. [00:27:24] Michael Maldonado: I'm assuming like a subset of the total crowd. [00:27:27] Malorie Mackey: Yes. The way that they're doing it. Yeah. [00:27:31] Michael Maldonado: Like a haunted house or something where. [00:27:33] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. [00:27:34] Michael Maldonado: They bring in 20 people and stagger them. [00:27:36] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. Because the way it's working, everybody has time slots. They're like, there's like 15 minute intervals or 20 minute intervals that you go in. [00:27:43] Michael Maldonado: That sounds exhausting if you're the sitter. [00:27:46] Malorie Mackey: I know. We are doing one scene on repeat. [00:27:49] Michael Maldonado: Over and over every 15, 20 minutes. [00:27:51] Malorie Mackey: I know. Unless the whole cast goes through and does the show with you. I don't know. We haven't done it, so. [00:27:58] Michael Maldonado: But then if that's the case, the whole show would have to go at one. The whole audience. That would have to be at one point. [00:28:06] Malorie Mackey: That's true. It depends. Yeah, I guess so. I guess there's not that many people to go through. I don't know. [00:28:11] Michael Maldonado: Or do they have basically, like three casts? [00:28:13] Malorie Mackey: They have many casts because regardless, they're gonna have to have many casts. There's gonna be like several Christines, several phantoms. Right. There's gonna have to be. And I know. Based on just the descriptions that they've said, like, you'll be in the Phantoms lair. Like, one of the sets is like, you know, the Phantoms lair. And then the rooftop, where they go up on the rooftop that they talk about going into the lair and then up above. So I'm assuming you're gonna be in those settings, which is cool. And a lot of it takes place in the theater, so. [00:28:45] Michael Maldonado: And someone from each group has the chandelier fall on them. [00:28:47] Malorie Mackey: Right, Exactly. You know, add some danger to it. I went to the Paris Opera in 2016, 2015, something like that. And they were so exhausted hearing about Phantom, but then they also embrace it because that's why everyone goes there now. [00:29:07] Michael Maldonado: Yeah, that would be main modern draw. [00:29:09] Malorie Mackey: Right. And so they have a plaque on box five that says, this is the box of the opera ghost. [00:29:15] Michael Maldonado: That's funny. [00:29:15] Malorie Mackey: Which is cute. And the woman was like, okay. Because when Gaston died, he's the one that wrote the book. He swore on his deathbed the book was real. He's like. These are like. And in the. If you read the book, the first chapter is. This is a real story. Like, he is, like, insistent that he's not making it up. [00:29:34] Michael Maldonado: Making up what? I guess I'm confused. [00:29:36] Malorie Mackey: It's the tale of the Opera ghost. The Phantom of the Opera. [00:29:38] Michael Maldonado: The real ghost. [00:29:39] Malorie Mackey: Well, the Phantom's not a ghost. [00:29:40] Michael Maldonado: That's what I'm saying, so. [00:29:41] Malorie Mackey: Right. Well, it's. Because, again, I. I know. [00:29:45] Michael Maldonado: I know some. I mean, I. You know, I know what maybe an average person on the street would know about Phantom. [00:29:53] Malorie Mackey: Mm. You have to read the book, though. [00:29:55] Michael Maldonado: Yeah. I've not read the book. You showed me the movie version of it, and I have never seen the play live. [00:30:04] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. [00:30:04] Michael Maldonado: So that's my knowledge about it for. [00:30:06] Malorie Mackey: You to see it for the first time. [00:30:07] Michael Maldonado: So there's a go, I guess. [00:30:09] Malorie Mackey: No. He calls himself the Opera Ghost. [00:30:10] Michael Maldonado: Okay. [00:30:11] Malorie Mackey: So in the Phantom of the Opera. [00:30:12] Michael Maldonado: He'S just a dude with a. [00:30:12] Malorie Mackey: Yes. But he presents himself as the Opera Ghost, and he's, like, messing with everybody. Like, he. He's a technical genius, so he's just, like, making things happen and saying it's the ghost. And then, like, the managers, he's, like, demanding money, and if you don't give me money, this is gonna happen. [00:30:29] Michael Maldonado: He's extorting them. [00:30:30] Malorie Mackey: No, they're no one, really. Besides, like, the ballet girls. No one thinks there's a real ghost. They know there's a guy they're messing with. [00:30:35] Michael Maldonado: I guess what I'm asking is the. [00:30:37] Malorie Mackey: Author, he thinks that the Phantom of the Opera was a real person. [00:30:40] Michael Maldonado: Okay. So he thinks there's a real person. [00:30:42] Malorie Mackey: He's saying it was a real story, and this is a real person. And this happened. And the chandelier. So this is what we talked about at the Paris Opera. [00:30:48] Michael Maldonado: I mean. I mean, I'm kind of with them. Surely there was. Surely there's a person trying to extort people with tricks. That seems very in the realm of plausibility. I'm the skeptic. Of the two of us. I'm just saying I totally believe that there was a fraudster trying to extort people. [00:31:06] Malorie Mackey: And the chandelier did fall, quote, unquote. But it's become, like. What's the word I'm looking for? It's telephoned, out of control. Right. It's become exaggerated. [00:31:17] Michael Maldonado: Sure. [00:31:18] Malorie Mackey: Part of the chandelier. One of the weights fell and killed somebody in the Paris Opera around that time. So they were saying, well, that's what that was. [00:31:25] Michael Maldonado: Okay. So there was probably several things that happened, several related stories in the span of. Who knows, you know? [00:31:33] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. [00:31:33] Michael Maldonado: And they found years or a decade, and they all become one story. [00:31:36] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. They found a body under the Opera. So there was like. There was a bunch of stories that came together. [00:31:40] Michael Maldonado: Really. You're just saying at some point, there was some guy basically committing some minor instances of fraud and trying to extort people, and somebody got killed by someone falling off the ceiling. And maybe some people had a love story at some point. [00:31:53] Malorie Mackey: Right. [00:31:53] Michael Maldonado: And they're not even necessarily all the same story, but we're gonna put them in the same story, and that's believable. [00:31:58] Malorie Mackey: Yes, sure. Right. [00:31:59] Michael Maldonado: Okay. [00:32:00] Malorie Mackey: And it's. It's. It's very. It's similar and also quite different like the book. So it's where I like. My love of the musical aside, it's a great book. If you like Dracula, you'll like Phantom of the Opera. Same time period, same, like gothic literature. It's. It's very. It's very good. And it's actually in the point of view of the managers being messed with. And your guy Raoul is the. Actually the pov. [00:32:23] Michael Maldonado: Is that who I am? [00:32:23] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. [00:32:25] Michael Maldonado: Why am I that guy? [00:32:26] Malorie Mackey: Because you're my rich childhood friend that came back and said, mallory, come to the light. Your life can be wonderful. I love you. [00:32:36] Michael Maldonado: So I'm the POV character. [00:32:37] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. [00:32:37] Michael Maldonado: Well, now I want to read the book. [00:32:38] Malorie Mackey: Right? Exactly. [00:32:39] Michael Maldonado: He sold me. [00:32:40] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. It's a great book. [00:32:41] Michael Maldonado: I like books about me. [00:32:42] Malorie Mackey: Right. [00:32:43] Michael Maldonado: Primarily me, but me. [00:32:44] Malorie Mackey: Right, right. [00:32:47] Michael Maldonado: Actually, it sounds awful. Read a book about you. I would hate that. I don't even like to read minor comments about myself. Fantasy. Full. Full high fantasy. [00:32:59] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. [00:32:59] Michael Maldonado: That's what I like to read. [00:33:02] Malorie Mackey: It's pretty spot on from, like, piece to piece in the book until it gets. The end is quite different, but the. The themes are the same. And something I liked is there is. There are a few musical pieces that are written into the book because it's at an opera. And Angela Webber, when he created Phantom, took that text and made it music like he. Like some of that is actually in the musical. It's very cool. But yeah, I have no idea what to expect other than that. [00:33:30] Michael Maldonado: How old is the book? [00:33:33] Malorie Mackey: 1890S, I think. [00:33:34] Michael Maldonado: Okay. And then it was turned into a. [00:33:37] Malorie Mackey: Play, it was turned into a musical. It was turned into a silent film first, which. Which was very unlike the original book. [00:33:45] Michael Maldonado: It Is ironic to think it was turned. A book taking place in an opera house about music centered around was made into a silent film that then was made into a musical. [00:33:58] Malorie Mackey: It was, you know, it went through all the once. It was like, iconicized by Universal as a silent film. It went through many iterations. So Hammer Horror did one, Universal did a new one. New quote unquote in like the 50s with the guy that plays Louis in Casablanca. Was the Phantom okay? [00:34:17] Michael Maldonado: I mean, the movie, it's fine. It makes sense to me to have it as a movie. It just seems like a specifically odd choice to make a silent movie out of it. I know that's all it had, but just if you have like all the great works of literature around, you're like, what would be great on silent movies? [00:34:32] Malorie Mackey: The Phantom of the Opera. [00:34:33] Michael Maldonado: How about a book about music? [00:34:35] Malorie Mackey: Right, right. [00:34:37] Michael Maldonado: I just. I don't. I'm sure it was a true. I'm sure it was. [00:34:39] Malorie Mackey: It wasn't a good. I didn't like that silent film at all. [00:34:41] Michael Maldonado: I'm sure my grandparents loved it. [00:34:43] Malorie Mackey: They probably did love it at the time. It was so shocking when they took off his mask that ladies fainted in the theater. Which is hilarious because it's really not that bad. If you watch it now, it's mildly scarred on one side and it. [00:34:56] Michael Maldonado: Your face isn't symmetrical underneath. [00:34:59] Malorie Mackey: Oh, my gosh. And it's. I mean, the only person who thinks that it might be a ghost is, you know, all the little ballet girls. Like, oh my gosh, there's a ghost doing all these scary things. And then in the beginning, Christine believes that he's like an angel that her father sent to her until she realizes that it's a person. [00:35:17] Michael Maldonado: Okay, another side tangent here. [00:35:20] Malorie Mackey: Yes. [00:35:21] Michael Maldonado: The whole trope, the modern trope of women just fainted. It's just so odd to me. If anything to me. If I just guessed, wouldn't men and women from the Trinitri be just equally as. Even more like, I guess, resilient to that kind of thing? Think of like childbirth, like illness and sickness and death during that era. Pre modern medicine. [00:35:53] Malorie Mackey: Amputation. [00:35:54] Michael Maldonado: Yeah. [00:35:54] Malorie Mackey: Oh, my God. Yeah. You think? [00:35:56] Michael Maldonado: Wouldn't they just be more resilient? Oh, sure. That's another scarred face. [00:36:01] Malorie Mackey: Right? [00:36:02] Michael Maldonado: We've got 10 guys in town with that because we don't have any way of treating things. [00:36:07] Malorie Mackey: It's true. [00:36:09] Michael Maldonado: It's just odd to think that they're like, yeah, more funny, more frail. Less frail. [00:36:15] Malorie Mackey: I think women were like, from life being Right. So maybe the high, like Society, High society. I'm sure if you could afford a movie at that time, you had money probably. Okay, well, maybe it was maybe just a high society lady. [00:36:28] Michael Maldonado: Just the ladies that are seeing this. [00:36:31] Malorie Mackey: And it was probably expected of them to act at that point. [00:36:34] Michael Maldonado: Yeah, it has to be theatrics. To some extent. I'm expected to be dainty. I just think of, like, the fan. [00:36:43] Malorie Mackey: Cause I think that was what was valued in women was, like, delicacy. Right. You're delicate and fragile and to some extent, cultural expectation. [00:36:51] Michael Maldonado: You're acting. [00:36:52] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. Because women are having their periods every month. I'm way better with blood than men because, I mean, more men faint giving blood than women do. [00:37:00] Michael Maldonado: My anecdotal experience is also 100% that this is not based on any rigorous science. However, in my personal experience, the bigger, more jacked guy, it is just the bodybuilder looking dude, running back looking linebacker build, worse. Worst patient in medicine. Like, I procedures for, like, needlework. Not just anything, but specifically for anything that's gonna maybe hurt a little bit. Just like, you're gonna get. You're gonna stick that needle. Whereas you needle go to some dainty woman. You're just like, all right, I'm gonna stick. I do some spine intervention, right? I'm gonna stick this needle into your, you know, spinal sac that surrounds your spine. I'm like, all right, whatever. [00:37:48] Malorie Mackey: Do your worst. [00:37:49] Michael Maldonado: Do it. Yeah, do what you gotta do. [00:37:51] Malorie Mackey: That's so funny. [00:37:52] Michael Maldonado: It's like a direct. I mean, directly, inversely correlated. [00:37:56] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. [00:37:57] Michael Maldonado: How big and masculine the person is. [00:37:59] Malorie Mackey: It's really funny. [00:38:00] Michael Maldonado: I've had people much they can take by people. Giant jacked guys scream when I'm just, like, sanitizing their back with a little wipe. [00:38:09] Malorie Mackey: Oh, my God. [00:38:11] Michael Maldonado: It's just a wipe. Just wiping off your skin. [00:38:14] Malorie Mackey: Hold on. [00:38:15] Michael Maldonado: You haven't gotten to the good part yet. [00:38:16] Malorie Mackey: Oh, my God. I will say, when I was having my super vaguely medical issues, we were trying to. I think. I think I had an intestinal infection was what it kind of wound up being. And I had a lot of issues for a while after I got back from Finland. And they couldn't figure out what was wrong for a bit. And it was a whole thing. And I was like, vagling all the time. And then when you start to be like, I'm gonna pass out, you just panic, right? So then it gets so much worse because you're panicking about it. [00:38:42] Michael Maldonado: You feel it, and you can't do anything about it. [00:38:44] Malorie Mackey: And so then you panic. And so then I Became panicky because I'm like, oh, my God, it's gonna happen again, you know? So I became on it and like, I vagled all the time. And I felt like a woman from the 1800s. Like, I'm so delicate. [00:38:56] Michael Maldonado: Oh, no. The phantom took off his mask and. [00:39:00] Malorie Mackey: I really felt like that. And I remember being. I made that comment to several people. Like, I feel like one of those hysterical women to do something about her. [00:39:06] Michael Maldonado: It's that wandering uterus, you know, that's what hysteria means. That's what it translates to. [00:39:12] Malorie Mackey: No, it doesn't. [00:39:12] Michael Maldonado: Wandering uterus? [00:39:14] Malorie Mackey: No. That's horrible. [00:39:16] Michael Maldonado: Yeah, I know, right? It's pretty bad. [00:39:18] Malorie Mackey: My gosh. I learned something today. What? [00:39:21] Michael Maldonado: Yeah. [00:39:22] Malorie Mackey: Wow. Wow. But anyway. [00:39:27] Michael Maldonado: Oh, my wandering uterus. [00:39:31] Malorie Mackey: I mean, terrible. Yeah. I mean, seriously, we get poked and prodded. I feel like so much worse than you guys. [00:39:37] Michael Maldonado: Oh, for sure. Yeah. [00:39:38] Malorie Mackey: No, Yeah. [00:39:39] Michael Maldonado: I think overall guys weigh less or what I'm looking for here. Lower pain threshold and fear of procedure type stuff threshold than women on the whole, not everyone. I like to think I have quite a high pain threshold myself. [00:39:59] Malorie Mackey: I mean, I have to say, I'm on average, I'm going to the doctor, like, what, every couple weeks now, and I have to get blood every time. [00:40:06] Michael Maldonado: Yeah, I. When the first time, I know you're worried you're gonna pass out from lunch because you already. You just vagle. [00:40:12] Malorie Mackey: I vagle? [00:40:13] Michael Maldonado: Yeah. [00:40:13] Malorie Mackey: I bagel on roller coasters too. [00:40:16] Michael Maldonado: Yeah. I mean, okay. [00:40:18] Malorie Mackey: Yeah, it happens. And, well, when we went in, you had to give like six vials, I had to give nine. And then when they just say don't eat, show up. It's like one o'. [00:40:27] Michael Maldonado: Clock. [00:40:28] Malorie Mackey: And then you have to give like nine vials of blood. I'm like, I'm not gonna make it. [00:40:31] Michael Maldonado: The first time I drew blood on somebody in school, we just paired off. And this is another good example of this. The guy I'm paired with is six foot athlete. And we're just. We were like classmate friends and just pair off and he goes. He sticks me first. And I've never had an issue with the blood stuff. And I was watching him do it. I'm like, oh, got it on the first try. Awesome. And then I go to do him, like, all right. Gotta do just as well. I hope I don't, you know, I have to do it in one try and I nail it in the first time, like. And I'm just focused on his arm. I'm not looking at him or anything. I'm just. And I get it in there. And I'm like, get the blood. I'm like, ah, first try, get it. And I look up at him and he's just white as a ghost, just like blank staring at me. And I'm like, are you okay? And he just like slow motion, tips sideways out of his chair, collapses on the ground, needle pulls out blood spurt. I was like, oh, my God, I killed the first person I touched. This career is not for me. [00:41:32] Malorie Mackey: That's really funny. You've heard my bacon story, right? I have to tell my bacon story to everybody. [00:41:39] Michael Maldonado: I'm sure I have. [00:41:40] Malorie Mackey: I had to give blood for whatever routine blood work was happening. And they're like, don't eat before you come in. And I scheduled my appointment for 11, which was like pushing it, but I'm like, well, I'll be out by 12 and I'll be really hungry, but I can, I can make that work, right? And I like forgot that morning and had made bacon and then was like, oh, I can't eat this. So obviously I just put it in a, in a bag, like a, like a gallon bag and put it in my purse because I was like, well, I'll just eat it when I get out of the doctor. [00:42:12] Michael Maldonado: You brought a bag of bacon in your purse? [00:42:14] Malorie Mackey: Yes, because I was worried about like, well, I have to eat, so I need to bring the bacon. [00:42:18] Michael Maldonado: Can you just get something out? [00:42:20] Malorie Mackey: I don't know. I really wanted the bacon and put. [00:42:21] Michael Maldonado: The bacon in the fridge for. [00:42:23] Malorie Mackey: I wanted the bacon. And I can't, can't pass on bacon. And so then I get there and they were behind and I sat in that waiting room for an hour and I was like, someone gonna see me? [00:42:36] Michael Maldonado: See, now you're just taunting yourself with that bacon. It's right there, right? Asking to get eaten. [00:42:40] Malorie Mackey: And then they finally bring me in at an hour late at noon. And they didn't get to drawing my blood until like one o' clock because of just. It was. They were just. It was, it was. I never went back to that office. It was a terrible office. And everything was just a cluster to where it just kept getting pushed. And then it's like one o' clock and, okay, we're take your blood now. And I haven't eaten. This is back when I was kind of having problems and I was like, I don't think I'm going to make it. [00:43:00] Michael Maldonado: So. Already panicked? [00:43:01] Malorie Mackey: Yes. [00:43:02] Michael Maldonado: Like in the mode to be panicked because of setting off. It was food related problems. [00:43:06] Malorie Mackey: It was food related problems, yes. [00:43:09] Michael Maldonado: This is just asking for A problem. [00:43:12] Malorie Mackey: So I'm like, oh, my God, I'm going to die. And so the woman, you know, I told her, I'm like, I'm afraid I'm going to pass out because, you know, I'm having all these issues. That's why they were taking the blood. I haven't eaten anything. It's one o'. Clock. I'm starving. I vagal. I'm going to pass out. And she's like, well, you know, normally it's the men. And she talks to me. She was very good. And I was like, okay, before you take the blood, I have this bacon in my purse. Can I just have this ready to go for when we're done? And she's like, okay, you do what you need to do. [00:43:43] Michael Maldonado: Bacon. [00:43:44] Malorie Mackey: And she took the blood. I didn't pass out. And then I got my bacon. [00:43:47] Michael Maldonado: Oh, my God. [00:43:48] Malorie Mackey: I'm like, this woman is gonna be. I think I'm afraid this woman has bacon in my office. What is happening right now? [00:43:54] Michael Maldonado: She definitely judged you. [00:43:56] Malorie Mackey: Oh, she judged me. I'm sure I'm the bacon girl now. [00:43:58] Michael Maldonado: For sure. Right? You go home and you won't believe the person. The patient I had today, she had. [00:44:03] Malorie Mackey: Bacon in her purse. [00:44:04] Michael Maldonado: Brought bacon with her in a Ziploc bag in her purse. Lunatic. [00:44:09] Malorie Mackey: Oh, no. It's true, though. Anyway, Masquerade. [00:44:14] Michael Maldonado: Masquerade, yeah. [00:44:17] Malorie Mackey: Paper faces on parade. [00:44:18] Michael Maldonado: I'm gonna bring my bacon to Masquerade. To Masquerade. [00:44:21] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. I don't know what to expect, but I'm really excited. [00:44:24] Michael Maldonado: It sounds very cool. It sounds, I mean, like I said, almost like a theme park ride or experience. [00:44:33] Malorie Mackey: Experience. Yeah, experience. I mean, it makes sense with, like, the popularity with all those weird art museums that keep popping, like the Museum of ice Cream, like, the things that everyone was freaking out about. But, I mean, it's revolutionizing Phantom in a totally new way. And no, I've never been to anything like that. [00:44:53] Michael Maldonado: It sounds, as somebody who's had minimal to contribute to the actual topic that allegedly this episode is about. Although it's questionable at this point. I mean, I'm excited to see it. It sounds very cool and different. Also. I'm going full masquerade. Lunatic. If I'm going to do this, I'm going full cape. [00:45:15] Malorie Mackey: Oh, yeah, yeah. [00:45:16] Michael Maldonado: I'm going full insane with this. [00:45:17] Malorie Mackey: Full insane. Definitely, definitely. We're going to have these, like, elaborate. [00:45:20] Michael Maldonado: Go big or go home. [00:45:21] Malorie Mackey: Oh, definitely. [00:45:21] Michael Maldonado: Or stay home. [00:45:22] Malorie Mackey: Now we have to have masquerade outfits made. I'm really, really. [00:45:27] Michael Maldonado: We have to have them Made. I'm sure they sell masquerade outfits. [00:45:30] Malorie Mackey: I've always wanted to, like, host a masquerade. [00:45:34] Michael Maldonado: Should I just show up in your cat outfit? Oh, shit. [00:45:37] Malorie Mackey: Wrong. [00:45:37] Michael Maldonado: Wrong show. [00:45:39] Malorie Mackey: Definitely. I've always wanted to do a masquerade. So this feels like I'm getting to do that. Right. Like, you know, you have to do the full get up and it. And it's like, for me, it couldn't be more exciting to see Phantom in a different way. I know every time I see Phantom, like, if I had to pick one show that I could go see, that would just. I would be. So it's Phantom. So to getting to do that like this, I'm very excited. So we're gonna go twice. Well, I'm gonna go, well, you're gonna go twice. But I'm really excited to see what it's gonna be like. And we'll, of course, update you guys after we make it there. [00:46:15] Michael Maldonado: I'm gonna go once. Full lunatic gear. [00:46:17] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. [00:46:18] Michael Maldonado: Or cat undecided. [00:46:22] Malorie Mackey: Black cat. That's me. Blacks. Black cat. Yeah. Is that what Mr. Mistoffelees. [00:46:27] Michael Maldonado: That's another cat. [00:46:28] Malorie Mackey: Yes, that's the one that Marissa liked. [00:46:30] Michael Maldonado: Mr. Mephistopheles. [00:46:32] Malorie Mackey: Mestopheles. [00:46:33] Michael Maldonado: Mephistopheles. [00:46:34] Malorie Mackey: Magical. Mr. Mestofeles. [00:46:35] Michael Maldonado: Mestofeles. So not Mephistopheles. [00:46:38] Malorie Mackey: No. [00:46:38] Michael Maldonado: So not the devil? [00:46:39] Malorie Mackey: No. [00:46:40] Michael Maldonado: Okay. [00:46:41] Malorie Mackey: No, he's a magical. [00:46:42] Michael Maldonado: I respect that. Cause, you know, it's got the devil name in there. [00:46:46] Malorie Mackey: I have a fun game before we leave. Oh, boy. I'm going to. I'm going to. [00:46:51] Michael Maldonado: What was the other guy? Rumpelstiltz. [00:46:52] Malorie Mackey: Rumpel Teaser. Rumple Teaser. I'm going to come up with names here, and you tell me if it's a cat or not. [00:46:57] Michael Maldonado: Oh, my God. Okay. [00:46:58] Malorie Mackey: Okay. Jellylorum Cat. Jemima. [00:47:03] Michael Maldonado: Well, it's a syrup. And Jemima. Syrup's a. Not cat. [00:47:07] Malorie Mackey: It is a cat. [00:47:08] Michael Maldonado: Oh, my God. But it's also a syrup. [00:47:12] Malorie Mackey: Dawn. Giddle cat. Not a cat. [00:47:17] Michael Maldonado: I was trying to MetaGame it like three. They're all gonna be cats. There's two in a row. Okay, they're not all cats. I'm one cat. And three. Oh, no. Three. [00:47:26] Malorie Mackey: Here. [00:47:26] Michael Maldonado: Okay. [00:47:27] Malorie Mackey: Demeter. [00:47:30] Michael Maldonado: What's. I mean, it's a Greek God and a Boaten Dracula. So not a cat. [00:47:36] Malorie Mackey: Also a cat. [00:47:37] Michael Maldonado: God damn it. Do I get partial credit for knowing other things that I. [00:47:43] Malorie Mackey: Partial? Partial credit? [00:47:45] Michael Maldonado: No. The game's cats. No credit. I can't give it. I wouldn't allow it if I was doing the game. So I can't allow it for myself. [00:47:51] Malorie Mackey: Monkey strap cat. Yeah. [00:47:54] Michael Maldonado: You wouldn't make a monkey strap Victoria not a cat. [00:47:57] Malorie Mackey: That's a cat. [00:47:59] Michael Maldonado: That's so normal. [00:48:00] Malorie Mackey: I know. [00:48:00] Michael Maldonado: How many of Rumple Teaser and Victoria in the same thing? [00:48:03] Malorie Mackey: Oh, that was fun. You know, Macavity's a cat. That would be cheating if I did that. [00:48:07] Michael Maldonado: I do this cat right here. [00:48:09] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. Well, no, Macavity is the cat she's singing about. [00:48:13] Michael Maldonado: Oh, that's your lover cat. [00:48:15] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. [00:48:16] Michael Maldonado: Wow. [00:48:17] Malorie Mackey: He's like the bad boy cat. [00:48:18] Michael Maldonado: Wow. [00:48:19] Malorie Mackey: Wow. [00:48:20] Michael Maldonado: Well, me and him are gonna have to have some words later. He's moving into my catwoman. He's moving in on my feline. [00:48:29] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. Trying to. Trying to. [00:48:33] Michael Maldonado: Yeah. Trying to come up with some bullshit. This one's not a cat. [00:48:36] Malorie Mackey: Well, Rum Tum Tucker. [00:48:37] Michael Maldonado: Well, okay, cat. [00:48:38] Malorie Mackey: You know that's a cat. You know that one? Autumn liked that one. [00:48:41] Michael Maldonado: I didn't know it was a cat. But you just thought the fly ride too long and then. [00:48:45] Malorie Mackey: I know, I know. [00:48:46] Michael Maldonado: She like what? Did she see that one? [00:48:48] Malorie Mackey: He was like. Yeah, he was like the Elvis cat. She watched that. She was into it. [00:48:51] Michael Maldonado: Okay, I know you're dying to get her to actually sit through that whole thing. [00:48:56] Malorie Mackey: She liked it. [00:48:56] Michael Maldonado: She saw part of it. [00:48:58] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. She asked for it the next day. [00:48:59] Michael Maldonado: It's gonna insane looking, right? And kind of looks like something you would just see on kids YouTube. [00:49:06] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. [00:49:07] Michael Maldonado: Insanity, right? [00:49:09] Malorie Mackey: I mean, I would much prefer her to be cultured and like Angela Wood Webber than Blippi. [00:49:14] Michael Maldonado: I do like that you consider watching Rumpel Teaser and Patty Whammer dance around us dance around a stage in cat gear. Cultured, but sure. [00:49:26] Malorie Mackey: Cats was a book of poetry written by T.S. elliot. [00:49:29] Michael Maldonado: I didn't know that till you told me that. [00:49:31] Malorie Mackey: Yeah, it's called Ol Possum's Book of Practical Cats. [00:49:33] Michael Maldonado: But he's on opium. I mean, he was on opium. Give the guy a break. You're allowed a few, you know, cat fantasies. [00:49:41] Malorie Mackey: It was a children's book. [00:49:42] Michael Maldonado: Sure. [00:49:43] Malorie Mackey: And Disney actually came to his widow and asked if they could buy the rights to the cats, and she said no. [00:49:50] Michael Maldonado: Oh, wow. [00:49:51] Malorie Mackey: And then gave it to Andrew Lloyd Webber. I know. [00:49:54] Michael Maldonado: I'll be damned if Disney takes this and does something with it. [00:49:57] Malorie Mackey: I know. No Mungo Jerry and Rumple Teaser for Disney. [00:50:02] Michael Maldonado: All right, where were we on the game? I don't have any. I've scored twice. Two I should below. Just random guessing so far. [00:50:09] Malorie Mackey: Okay, I have two more. [00:50:10] Michael Maldonado: Okay. [00:50:11] Malorie Mackey: Snizzle Wag Cat. [00:50:13] Michael Maldonado: Oh, my God. [00:50:15] Malorie Mackey: Old Deuteronomy Cat. [00:50:17] Michael Maldonado: Yeah, I was just gonna go cat the whole time. I was gonna go down swinging at cat. [00:50:20] Malorie Mackey: Here, cat, cat, cat. Anyway, that was fun. [00:50:24] Michael Maldonado: Okay. I did not. [00:50:26] Malorie Mackey: Well, that's not a bad thing. I feel like, though. [00:50:30] Michael Maldonado: Yeah. Knowing all that would be the bad. That would be the embarrassing. [00:50:34] Malorie Mackey: Oh, really? [00:50:34] Michael Maldonado: Yeah. [00:50:35] Malorie Mackey: Oh, no. Okay. I feel like we've talked enough. Cats and Andrew Lloyd Webber and all things wonderful. So to summarize, Masquerade Experience, it's gonna be amazing. We're very excited to try this. I mean, I feel like this is the first time someone's done something like this, as far as I know. Anyway, so it'll be a really fun podcast to follow up after we do it, so we'll make sure to keep you guys updated. I'm trying to get an interview for the show. They were interested in potentially having it covered for the show. So if we could get some kind of interview maybe backstage, that would be great. [00:51:08] Michael Maldonado: And if not, Macavity might be available. Right, so we'll just pivot. [00:51:13] Malorie Mackey: Yeah, we'll ask him. He's the mystery cat. [00:51:16] Michael Maldonado: He's the other guy. He's the other guy in this love triangle. [00:51:22] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. That's the one part of Cats that's a little weird to me, is that he's, like, the bad cat. And he went. He gets in a fight with the cats, and it's like dance fighting. It's kind of like, you know, west side Story. You're like, I don't need to see dance fighting. I don't need to see dance fighting. Nice. And then sometimes they rub on each other, and it's weird. [00:51:42] Michael Maldonado: You know, I'll be honest. I know almost nothing about cats other than it's insane. [00:51:49] Malorie Mackey: Yes. [00:51:50] Michael Maldonado: But I really thought that one of the cats was Mephistopheles, and I just figured, well, that's the bad one. [00:51:57] Malorie Mackey: It's the devil cat, Mephistopheles. [00:52:00] Michael Maldonado: But apparently that has nothing to do with it. [00:52:02] Malorie Mackey: Okay, Mr. Mephistopheles. You know, back when theater was more intricate and they put more money into it, you would go see cats in a touring version, and that cat would point at things and, like, they would explode. Had, like, pyrotechnics. You're like, whoa. You know, now they don't do that anymore, so it's not quite as exciting. I miss the pyrotechnics in Cats. [00:52:21] Michael Maldonado: Yeah. [00:52:21] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. There's also some pretty racist stuff in T.S. eliot's work, so they had to edit over years. [00:52:27] Michael Maldonado: I mean, when would that have been written? [00:52:31] Malorie Mackey: Early 1900s. [00:52:32] Michael Maldonado: Yeah. [00:52:33] Malorie Mackey: Right. [00:52:33] Michael Maldonado: Turn of the century. [00:52:34] Malorie Mackey: Ish time. [00:52:35] Michael Maldonado: Yeah. Seems on point for that time of. [00:52:37] Malorie Mackey: History, so it's been edited a few times, but yep. Anyway, we will follow up with you guys about Masquerade soon. Thank you for listening to my nerdy tangent. Haven't seen Sunset Boulevard. Really supportive of this new crazy Evita stunt. Really excited about Masquerade. So we'll follow up with more once we go. [00:53:01] Michael Maldonado: Sounds good. [00:53:02] Malorie Mackey: Are you excited? [00:53:03] Michael Maldonado: I'm excited for Masquerade. [00:53:04] Malorie Mackey: It'll be really good. And that's all we have for you guys today. Make sure you tune into Weird World Adventures on Amazon prime and visit mallorysadventures.com M A L O R I E S adventures.com and don't forget to turn into my Instagram tomorrow to see my crazy cat video. Yeah, yeah. [00:53:24] Michael Maldonado: Which cat were you again? [00:53:25] Malorie Mackey: Rumple Teaser. [00:53:26] Michael Maldonado: You're Rumple Teaser? [00:53:27] Malorie Mackey: Yeah. Well, so. [00:53:27] Michael Maldonado: Singing to Macavity. [00:53:29] Malorie Mackey: Singing about Macavity. Well, it's really in the play. It's Demeter and Bombularina. That's another one. [00:53:35] Michael Maldonado: Bombularina. Oh, my God. [00:53:37] Malorie Mackey: Demeter and Bobularina. Sing about Macabre. [00:53:41] Michael Maldonado: Check out her Instagram. And look at this. Look at this lunatic dancing around an adult cat onesie, basically. [00:53:48] Malorie Mackey: I feel so seen in a bad. [00:53:50] Michael Maldonado: Way that she did not buy for this. [00:53:53] Malorie Mackey: I made it. [00:53:54] Michael Maldonado: But you. But you had it. [00:53:56] Malorie Mackey: Not for this. [00:53:57] Michael Maldonado: Yeah, you. [00:53:57] Malorie Mackey: Oh, I had it. [00:53:58] Michael Maldonado: You already had it. [00:53:59] Malorie Mackey: It's the same outfit I was on let's Make a Deal. On God. [00:54:01] Michael Maldonado: You still owe me that. [00:54:02] Malorie Mackey: Oh, I don't have it, though. I have to find it. My sister might be the one to get that from. [00:54:08] Michael Maldonado: This is another total tangent. [00:54:09] Malorie Mackey: Yes. Anyway, until next time, everybody stay weird. [00:54:20] Michael Maldonado: Masquerade. [00:54:22] Malorie Mackey: Paper faces on parade. Masquerade.