. If you're the owner of that site, I hope you don't mind! ^_^ And just for the sake of saying so, she loves Kid Blink and Pie Eater. And I had to change a few things, like little comments, I hope you don't mind! Newsies in a nutshell!
New to the whole Newsies thing? Wondering what the heck everybody is talking about? Or have you just seen the movie and still have no clue what it's about? Well, if you're just here to read a quick caption of the what the movie's all about, then here it is:
Newsies is a musical made by Disney in 1992 about the Newsies (or Newsboys) strike in 1899, New York.
Short, sweet, and to the point, right? Well, if you want a REALLY in-depth description of how the movie goes, I've got it for ya right here! A warning, though, I tell ALL that happens (or at least all the important stuff! SO, if you don't want the ending spoiled, then I suggest you don't read it! Otherwise, here ya go!:
"In 1899, the streets of New York echoed with the voices of Newsies, peddlin the newspapers of Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst, and other giants of the newspaper world. On every corner you saw 'em carrying the banner, selling you the news for a penny a pape. Poor orphans and runaways, the Newsies were a ragged army with out a leader, until one day all that changed...."
And that's the beginning of the movie, which basically tells you what Newsie life is like. Anyways, the film starts with the boys all asleep in the Lodging House, being waken up by Kloppman, the guy who runs the lodging house. They do a little song (Carrying the Banner) as they get ready to go out and sell papes. On their way, they run into the Delancey brothers, Morris and Oscar. They don't like Newsies, and Newsies don't like them. They and Jack Kelley, the leader of the Newsies, get into a little fight and Jack runs into Davey and Les Jacobs, brothers who's father has lost his job in a factory because of an accident and so they quit school to sell newspapers to make money, although we don't learn this until later. Les is about 10 years old, while Davey is probably Jack's age, around 17. So, they all go to the distribution center to get their papes from Mr. Weisel, although Jack and the Newsies refer to him as Weasel. When it's Davey's turn to get his papes, he asks for 20 and Weasel only gives him 19. After Jack borrows 2 bits from Racetrack, another Newsie, and uses it to by Davey 50 MORE papes, Davey refuses. However, Jack forces him to take them, and offers to let Davey be his partner. This is actually where you get introduced to Davey and Les, although their family background comes in later. So, Davey, Jack, and Les all head out to sell their papers at a boxing match. While they're there, they stop to watch the match for a bit, when a guy who was also watching the match recognizes Jack and chases him, Davey, and Les. It turns out this guy is Warden Snyder, the Warden of the Refuge, a jail for kids. Jack was sent there, but escaped hiding under Teddy Roosevelt's carriage when the Governor (Roosevelt) came to inspect the place. Snyder's obsessed with getting Jack back behind bars (for all you Les Miserables fans out there, he reminds me of Javert, sort of....not as bad, and not as suicidal, either! but still...)(Meos's Note: O.o I never thought of it like that... Then again Jacky-boy is SO an Enjorlas.) Ok, so they get chased, but they lose Snyder and head into Irving Hall, which is run by Medda Larkson, a Vaudville star who happens to know Jack. He claims she's friends with his father, but.... Anyways, they hang out there until they're sure the coast is clear to leave, and so while heading back to the Jacobs' house, they encounter members of the Trolley Union getting beaten up for not joining the Trolley Strike. They hang out and watch that for a bit, then head off towards the Jacobs home again. There Jack is invited to stay for dinner, and he meets Davey's older sister, Sarah. Any guesses on how the movie ends? ;-)
Anyways, he meets Davey's family, then leaves and has his own song, "Santa Fe" and heads back to the lodging house for the night. Little do the Newsies know that while they were out selling their papers, old man Pulitzer was plotting to raise the price of the papes! (Meaning THEY have to pay more)The next day the Newsies go to get their papes but lo and behold, the price has gone up! So, after much grumbling and muttering of "It isn't fair", Jack gets the idea (from a suggestion from Davey) to go on strike. At first the Newsies aren't too thrilled with it, but when Jack says they get to soak whoever doesn't join them, they like it a lot better! So they sing "The World Will Know". Then they decide that they need to have "am-bastards" (ambassadors) to ALL the Newsies in New York, so they split up (Blink to Harlem, Race to Midtown, Mush to the Battery, Crutchy to the Bronx, etc!) and so that leaves basically Jack, Boots, and Davey to go to Brooklyn (Spot Conlon's territory!). But first, Davey tells Jack to take their demands to Pulitzer. So Jack goes to see Pulitzer, and while he's up there we meet Brian Denton, a reporter for the New York Sun (Whom fans have accused as having a "thing" with Davey...). He says he'll cover the strike (woohoo!). Then Jack comes back, having been kicked out of Pulitzer's place, and so they (Jack, Davey, and Boots) head off to Brooklyn (stopping in the meantime to yell off the Brooklyn Bridge) where they try to convince Spot Conlon, leader of the Brooklyn Newsies, to join in their strike. Spot, however, is not convinced of their sincerity, and so declines until they can "prove it". So back to Manhattan they go, where the other Newsies are starting to get second thoughts about this whole strike business... so they sing "Seize the Day" which cheers everybody up so much that they decide to go soak the scabs at the distribution center! What fun! So they go and make a huge mess, throwing rotten tomatoes (where'd they get the tomatoes? Beats me...) and ripping up newspapers and generally rioting. Then the bulls (the cops) come and everybody runs and gets away, except for Crutchy. He couldn't get away fast enough, so he got dragged away by Oscar and Morris and taken to the Refuge. Oh NO!! So that night Davey and Jack go to break him out, but the Delanceys beat Crutchy up pretty bad, so he can't walk, and he refuses to be carried, so Jack and Davey have to leave without him. Meanwhile, Pulitzer heard about the riot they caused, and gave Mr. Weisel permission to use whatever means necessary to put a stop to the strike. Uh-oh! So, the next day when the Newsies go to soak the scabs again ("Ok, everybody, remain calm" "Let's soak 'em fer Crutchy!" Davey and Jack), they end up locked in the distribution "courtyard" (for lack of a better word!) with a bunch of big mean guys with chains and clubs!
