The Road To
But how did we get here? In August 2020, TikTok user
Emily Jacobsen (@e jaccs) posted a short song, “Ode to Remy” a quick soundbite of her musical praise for
Ratatouille’s rodent hero
. Then,
Daniel J. Mertzlufft (@danieljmertzlufft) posted an ensemble version of the song, envisioned as an end-of-Act-II showstopper à la the finale of
The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Over the next few months, heaps of videos buoyed the
Ratatouille: The Musical meme. Additional songs came from TikTok users like
RJ Christian (@rjthecomposer) as well as theater performers, such as
Dear Evan Hansen’s
The Prom star
TikTok is hosting an encore performance of the Ratatouille musical
The Sunday night show will return the TikTok-grown event to its original home
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The Ratatouille TikTok musical will return for an encore performance Sunday night on the platform where it all started. TikTok is hosting another showing of the streaming musical that debuted online New Year’s Day, which has already raised more than $1 million for The Actors Fund.
The musical came together on TikTok over the past few months, with composers, fans, set designers, costumers, and choreographers creating musical numbers for the fictional “show” which is built around the 2007 Disney/Pixar animated film. Then in December Seaview Productions announced it was producing the show in association with TikTok. Disney/Pixar gave its blessing, and the show attracted big Broadway names to perform the crowdsourced songs.
A poster made for the performance by artist Jess Siswik On the first of January 2020, a brand new theatre show stepped into the spotlight titled ‘Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical’. It’s the kind of production that could only work in the middle of a global pandemic, and while it by no means justifies what all of us have been through during the past year it does give you a reason to start the new year off with a smile. Many people came to the show thinking they would be laughing at it, and ended up laughing with it instead and even singing along too! Just like the plot of the film, it takes an idea that in theory should never work out and turns it into a delightful piece of art.
The chef appears on the cover of both Cuisine at Home and Bon Appétit magazines.
Disney/Pixar
The intro of the movie tells viewers about Chef Gusteau s fame and motto, Anyone can cook.
It also shows several magazines with Gusteau on the cover.
The animated magazines feature real-world titles, like Cuisine at Home and Bon Appétit, and have an incredible amount of detail, including headlines and barcodes with prices.
Chef Gusteau is featured in real magazines with realistic cover details.
The intro of the movie tells viewers about Chef Gusteau s fame and motto, Anyone can cook.
It also shows several magazines with Gusteau on the cover.