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These costumes did not throw away their shot #TEDTalks

If you’ve ever been swept away by the worlds of “Wicked,” “Hamilton” or “West Side Story,” you’ve seen Paul Tazewell’s breathtaking costumes. The Oscar-winning designer (whose work features in “Wicked: For Good”) explores the subconscious language of clothing and how it shapes who we view as heroes — and who we view as villains.

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If you’ve ever been swept away by the worlds of “Wicked,” “Hamilton” or “West Side Story,” you’ve seen Paul Tazewell’s breathtaking costumes. The Oscar-winning designer (whose work features in “Wicked: For Good”) explores the subconscious language of clothing and how it shapes who we view as heroes — and who we view as villains.

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  1. @amaan1468

    July 3, 2026 at 2:02 pm

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  2. @taffany_bear_heart

    July 3, 2026 at 2:07 pm

    Thank you❣️ I know what I’m watching tomorrow 🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇

  3. @laurataylor7103

    July 3, 2026 at 3:59 pm

    Reimagining something automatically renders it inaccurate. It is not true history. It is fiction

    • @rebeccamarrie

      July 3, 2026 at 4:57 pm

      @laurataylor7103 All history is automatically a retelling. It is told differently depending on who is doing the telling. What is “true history”? You may be able to have historical accuracy in costuming – because we have physical artifacts on which to base them. But when it comes to the details of the story of what actually happened – we only have the “testimony” of witnesses and those to whom they told their stories, which eventually got recorded. As we know from the legal system – eyewitness testimony is highly unreliable and when they tell it to someone else and they tell it to someone else who then writes it down… That’s not even admissible in court. It’s just hearsay. But that is what we call true history. Because it is the best we have. We do the best we can to piece together the story from multiple sources to get a more accurate representation. But I would not be so quick to disregard a retelling as inaccurate simply because it attempts to tell the story from a point of view that is typically not included in the historical record. I would suggest that possibly the “true history” is inaccurate if it fails to include those points of view. What this man is talking about is how they used costuming – purposefully historically “inaccurate” costuming – to tell a true historical story from a unique point of view. It’s a very interesting approach and worthy of consideration, not being immediately disregarded simply because it requires the use of the imagination. Imagination is valuable and what makes us human.

    • @QuanTumm1357

      July 3, 2026 at 5:37 pm

      @laurataylor7103 I don’t think Hamilton and Jefferson were having rap battles in congress either but some things are exaggerated and changed to better fit an entertaining narrative.

    • @MrTholamas

      July 3, 2026 at 8:28 pm

      @QuanTumm1357 No, it’s about propagating a false narrative. To muddle history and fuel false perspectives and delusion.

    • @laurataylor7103

      July 3, 2026 at 10:58 pm

      ​@MrTholamasthank you. That’s exactly what I’m getting at. Hollywood does this all the time. It’s a form of programming

  4. @thinkruss

    July 3, 2026 at 7:10 pm

    The most unintelligible musical ever. I literally could not understand a word of it and walked out.

    • @carnellzabolocky5528

      July 5, 2026 at 6:31 am

      @thinkruss after it cost you HUNDREDS of dollars????!????!!!!?!!

  5. @TribalDanceAmirYa

    July 3, 2026 at 9:21 pm

    הורים יקרים שלנו🦄🌺🐬
    בשביעי באוקטובר בית מקדש השלישי נחרב…..
    כן זה שחלמנו עליו ושרנו עליו עידן ועידנים…
    ובאותו רגע ממש, אצל רבים מאיתנו, התחיל להיבנות בית מקדש אחר.
    לא מאבן.
    לא מזהב.
    לא במקום אחד.
    אלא בלב האדם.
    בית המקדש השלישי הוא החלטה.
    החלטה לעצור.
    להתעורר.
    להיזכר באמת העתיקה שקודמת לזמן ולמקום:
    שאנו משפחה אחת.
    שהזהות העמוקה ביותר שלנו היא אהבה.
    שהילדים והקשישים הם מרכז החיים.
    שהמשאבים של האדמה נועדו לשרת את החיים.
    ששנת שבתון, מנוחה, שמיטת חובות וריפוי אינם רעיונות עתיקים — אלא הוראות לעולם חדש.
    אנו, הילדים, מבקשים לשאול:
    האם העולם שנבנה קיבל אי פעם את הסכמתנו?
    האם בחרנו בפחד?
    האם בחרנו במלחמה?
    מייצרים רד בול וודקה רעלים מכל סוג שהוא ונותנים לנו לאכול מה נראה בזה הגיוני….?
    במדיה החופשית מראות נוראיים שמשחיתים אותנו ואת הלב הטהור שלנו לנצח….. ועוד מהתקציב של הכספים שלנו 🧜😯😔
    האם בחרנו בחיים של הישרדות?
    עכשיו לכל אדם יש אפשרות, כל תינוק שנולד עם מספר תעודת זהות יש לו כבר דירה בטאבו ,לעולם ילדינו לא יחפשו בית ,עולם השכירויות נגמר….
    ברית מילה הוא טקס פגני אלים….. נחשב לפשעים חמורים כנגד האנושות כנגד הגלקסיה כנגד ילדינו…. עיוות טהור מוטציה של בורות שעברה בירושה…. הכוונה הייתה אחרת לגמרי….
    הורים יקרים שלנו אתם לא באמת יודעים מה היא אחדות…. אם אתם חושבים שזה הבן שלך, וההוא הבן של השכן ,וההיא אני לא מכיר אותה…. התפיסה הזו היא עיווט אבולוציוני….
    בעצם ממש בקרוב בתקופת החיים שלנו אנו נראה את כל הדתות את הקונספט שהם מייצגות, קורס מול העיניים…… הדתות כפי שהן מיוצגות כרגע הקונספט של אלוהים כמו שהוא מוצג כרגע נקרא עיוות אבולוציוני…… מוטציה של בורות שעברה בירושה…. הדבר הזה נגמר היום….
    ייצור כל כלי נשק נחשב להזיה….. והוא מסתיים עכשיו לנגד עינינו…. ועם התקציב המדהים הזה נוכל לדאוג לכל ילד וכל ילדה שלא ימכרו את גופם לממן לימודים……
    הורים יקרים הבתי ספר שאתם שולחים אותנו נחשבים לבייביסיטר ברמה הכי נמוכה שיש….. אנחנו לומדים רק לפי ה-dna שלנו, זאת אומרת שכל ילד כבר הביא את המתנה שלו, לכל ילד מערכת אישית של ai שעובדת איתו, אם לא שמתם לב כבר ה-ai הוריד את רמת הלחץ בפלנטה למה?
    כי להרבה אנשים כבר יש גישה ויכולת ללמוד ולהתבטא וליצור בצורה הרבה יותר רחבה משמע הלחץ מתחיל לרדת……
    זוהי החלטה.
    לעצור לרגע.
    לשים את היד על הלב.
    ולבחור.
    לבחור בגן עדן עלי אדמות.
    לבחור שהבית ייבנה כאן.
    עכשיו.
    בלב.
    אורי אור.
    התעוררי, התעורר.
    כי מציון תצא תורה
    זו לא סיסמא……

  6. @tsibdatixpayac9594

    July 3, 2026 at 9:26 pm

    So beautiful to whitewash these slaveowners and genociders

    • @sammyspaniel6054

      July 3, 2026 at 9:40 pm

      I’ve noticed a lot of people, yourself included, who seem so upset that many of the founding fathers were slave owners that you speak of it often and usually with condemning tones. Being that you have identified this as a problem what is your solution? Should someone living today be made to suffer? What is the answer?

  7. @LordAugastus

    July 4, 2026 at 12:07 am

    ted is literally just shilling bullshit to prop up the system of exploitation that is akin to technofuedalism? wtf is this

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