Ten Life Lessons Learned from the Musical Les Miserables (Broadway Version)

Ten Life Lessons Learned from the Musical Les Miserables (Broadway Version)
Klaus Varley

10. Sitting flat on your butt doesn't buy any bread.

9. Guys named Marius are often late to important meetings and then blame their tardiness on love.

8. Obscure French student revolutions can be meaningful as long as a novel and musical are written about them.

7. Avoid anyone who proclaims they are "Master of the House."

6. If you escape from prison and want to reinvent yourself, move really far away, not just to the next town. Maybe even to another country. Somewhere where you won't be recognized. And for god sakes, don't become a prominent member of your new society. Lay low!

5. When in need of drinking tunes, simply recycle melodies from your years as a revolutionary. Don't forget to change the lyrics to fit your current situation (before: revolution now: inebriation)

4. If you leave your daughter for years with shady inn-keepers, don't expect to get her back for cheap.

3. When stealing a loaf of bread, do not break a window pane. The cop can use that as an excuse to hunt you for the rest of his life.

2. "Lovely" ladies sometimes ain't so lovely.

1. When singing songs containing your prison number, always draw out the last digit (ie: two, four, six, oh, oooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeee!). It's a good way to express that you disagree with the court's decision and feel the punishment was too harsh for your crime.

-KV