{"id":22130,"date":"2025-09-04T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T17:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=22130"},"modified":"2025-09-04T12:59:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T17:59:01","slug":"sing-street-spoilers-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2025\/09\/04\/sing-street-spoilers-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Sing Street!! Spoilers ahead."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Guys, I was going to post my Curious George part two, but after a small discovery, this is now a post on the movie\/musical Sing Street. So I just found out that Sing Street is coming out with a musical, which is OH so good, but I fear since the movie is pretty unknown, the musical is going to be viewed as random and confusing for those who have not seen the movie.\u00a0
Also isn\u2019t the movie technically a musical since it\u2019s based on music and a band?Let me rephrase all that. The musical film is turning into a Broadway musical.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The whole story is based off a boy named Conner living in Dublin in the 80\u2019s. His family is falling apart, as well as Dublin being very economically depressed. They are running out of money, and in need of a change. The solution his parents come up with is the transfer of Connor\u2019s school.\u00a0
He goes from this huge, advanced school to this, poor, broken down, Catholic school. Some notable experiences at this school are: getting bullied by Barry, \u00a0meeting Darren, meeting Raphina, and the \u201cBrown shoe\u201d and \u201cmakeup\u201d incident.\u00a0
After his second day of school, having to walk around campus barefoot since he didn\u2019t have black shoes, and his second encounter with Barry, he meets a kid named Darren. Darren introduces his problem solving business to Connor, to which Connor replies, \u201cwho\u2019s she?\u201d<\/p>\n

He is referring to Raphina, who is standing across the road looking around. Darren tells Connor that he doesn\u2019t know, and that she doesn\u2019t talk to any of the boys, she just stands outside. Connor decides that he\u2019s going to walk up to her and talk to her. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A little bit into this conversation, she mentions that she\u2019s a model and will be heading to London for work soon. An idea pops into Connor\u2019s head which would change the course of everything. He tells her that he has a band, and asks if she would be interested in being in a music video for his song.<\/p>\n

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Raphina says that she will try to make it to the video, after making him sing \u201ctake on me\u201d by Aha. She gives him her number and that is what set the tone for the whole movie. Darren introduces Connor to his friend Eamon whose dad is in a covers band. His dad is in rehab at the time, so Eamon allows the band to practice at his house with his dad\u2019s instruments.\u00a0
They put a band together and make a cover of \u201cRio\u201d by Duran Duran. Connor shows his older brother this, to which Brendan destroys the tape and gives him a lecture about how if you want to be something in life, you have to make your own music not covers. \u201cRock and Roll is a risk. You risk being ridiculed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Now that he has a band, all he needs to do is make an original song for the music video. He and Eamon get together and start adding music to lyrics, which eventually becomes \u201cThe Riddle of The Model.\u201d He gives this tape to Raphina, and they shoot the music video. Everything turns out really good, and they begin to work on more music.\u00a0
While all this band stuff is going on, we find out that his mom is having an affair on his dad. Brendan was the first one to notice, and then soon after his mom and dad separate. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The rest of the movie is Connor trying to win Raphina over, as well as him trying to escape the reality of what\u2019s going on with his family and Dublin. By the end of the movie, he runs away to London with Raphina to find record labels \u00a0and modeling jobs. By this time they are fully in love, and we have found out that Raphina is an orphan from a girls home.\u00a0
Something I would like to mention is the monologue that we get from Brendan a few days before he helps his brother run away.\u00a0

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\u201cSee that guitar? I used to be able to play that guitar. Well. I used to ride hot girls. I could run 200 meters faster than anyone in my school. You\u2019re the youngest, you get to follow the path that machetied through the jungle that is our mad family. I was alone with them for 6 years. You think they\u2019re crazy now? Think about what they were in their late 20\u2019s. Two Catholics, in a rented flat, with a screaming baby, who just got married because they wanted to have sex. They didn\u2019t even love each other. I was in the middle of that, alone. And then you came along, thank God. And you followed the path that I cut for us, untouched. You just moved in my jet stream. And people laugh at me Connor. The stoner. The college dropout. And they praise you which is fine. But once, I was a \u2026 Jet engine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brenden is by far the most relatable character in the whole movie. He understands his brother and what he\u2019s going through, and supports his brother, while also carrying the weight of what he used to be. I love his character development through the movie, and the way we find out his backstory slowly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think overall this movie is just super good, and everyone should watch it. Also it\u2019s on Netflix for anyone wondering.<\/p>\n

Kay, love you guys. Thank you for reading, cya next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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