JAMES CORDEN AND HIS SHOWS

'One Day More' of President Trump - Les Misérables parody

How could I possibly miss it? You may know now that I am kind of fan of J. Corden and Les Mis. So great combination.

More on "Les Mis" in the following infographic

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Crosswalk the musical: Les Mis

I just love James Corden! I am not a follower of his late night show but I think some of his Carpool karaoke shows are amazing, being Adele's and Paul McCartney's two of my favorite ones. You may find  Elton Jonh's ( if you saw Rocket man, you will know who  I am talking about...) entertaining as well, but there are many others for you to watch.
It took me some time to find out about another of his shows: Crosswalk the musical.
James Corden and his theatre company act out some scenes from very well known musicals at crosswalks in different cities in USA and Europe.
I  have been fond of musicals since the first time I set foot in London, back in 1985. I remember  finding out about the number of years  "Cats" had been running and I couldn't believe it, 25 I was told back then. Since 2006 Les Misérables has become the world's longest-running musical, which has been seen by over 70 million people in more than 50 countries. The musical premiered in 1985 can still be seen ( well, you will have to wait till the quarantine finishes) at Queen's theatre in London.
Among all the musicals James Corden has chosen to perform, this is by far, my favourite. I have such a good time watching it  that I forgive him  for the mistake about the historical background of Victor Hugo's novel. It is not exactly about The French revolution (1789) but he Paris uprising (1832). Anyway... he is great!!! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

One of the segments from the film, in case you feel like comparing. 

Some questions about the post coming up soon

HAMILTON brought to a nine-year-old girl for her birthday

Hamilton is a tremendously successful and still extremely expensive musical. The first years on stage,  people could pay up to 3.000 dollars for a seat. But why?

The lucky ones who have been able to afford a ticket or have been given one as a very special present may feel as disappointed as the nine-year-old girl who was part of John Krassinski's new online show a few days ago. The huge difference is that she could talk to Lin-Manuel Miranda and had the whole cast of actors singing her favourite song: "Alexander Hamilton", which you will be able to listen to if you go to minute 8.30 of the video below.

 It was such an amazing event that the video has got millions of views in few days and articles have been written in newspapers around the world about that outstanding moment.

Click on the following link to read  The Guardian article.

This is John Krassinski, one of the protagonist of the popular American sitcom "The office".

If your are interested in the lyrics

They were using Zoom and this is how they look like. We can experiment next week but will have to split the class in two, otherwise  there will be too many people singing at a time😊.

As I am writing, I am being told that app is not safe at all. So forget about what I have just said.

Activities

1. Go to the third line and Answer why.
2.  Can you find sentences in the Passive Voice?. What tenses are they?
3. In the text you can find two relative pronouns that can be translated by "que" into Galician/Spanish.        Why are they different?.
4.  Look for a synonym for the following adjectives: upset, superb, secure, very big.
5.  Rewrite the following sentence:
      It was such an amazing event that the video has got millions of views.
6. How do you translate "What I have just said" into Galician/Spanish. Why am I using the present          perfect   here?
7. Read the article from  The Guardian and answer the following questions:

• Where was Aubrey (the little girl) going to see the show?
• What did Krassinski promise her?
• Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda?