History WebVideo / CommentaryTheMusical

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: [[invoked]] In Felicia's pretensions, anyway.
-->Perfect, mysterious, comes from above
-->[[ShapedLikeItself Magic as a magic thing and lovely as love]]

* RaceTropes: Many are explored (and mentioned by name) in "Nobody's Asian in the Movies", including the stereotyped Asian who is a [[AsianAndNerdy goofy mathematician]], [[AsianStoreOwner Korean grocery store owner]], or [[IKnowKarate ninja]], or who speaks [[BlindIdiotTranslation Engrish]]. "Me Love You Long Time" gets passing nod, too.

---> '''All:''' We’ll talk about the writing \\

* TakeThatUs: The entire cast personally participates in putting themselves down at one point or another for humor.
** Creator/JossWhedon is a cheap sell-out in between moping about exactly that.
** Zack Whedon is a particularly pathetic wannabe rapper.
** Creator/NeilPatrickHarris is a secretly megalomaniacal (and possibly bipolar) AttentionWhore.
** Creator/NathanFillion is in denial about not being as talented as his costars. In the first song alone:
---> '''All:''' We’ll talk about the writing \\
We’ll probably say “It’s great!”\\
And the acting — So exciting\\
Except for Nate\\
'''Nathan:''' I phoned it in.
** Creator/FeliciaDay is a self-promoting blabbermouth in between desperately trying and failing to be deep and artsy.
** Maurissa Tancharoen thinks "math" is a verb.
** The rest of the cast [[SmallNameBigEgo severely overestimates their importance]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clKc2Pdvda8&hl=fr Steve's Song]] has Steve Berg singing about how incredibly minor his role is.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNmzegQUtFA&NR=1 Nobody's Asian in the Movies]] - Joss Whedon has been slammed for the fact that ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' had no Asian characters, despite being set in a culture heavily influenced by China.
** [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Felicia has a vestigial tail]]. NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat.

* ArtistDisillusionment: [[invoked]]The subject of Joss's song, which is so depressing it drives everyone except Neil out of the studio.

** Also, Joss commenting on the evils of DVD extras and how they ruin the original narrative, in an over-the-top DVD commentary ''musical'', one of several DVD extras. Although it may have been the extreme overabundance of them that he was complaining about, rather than merely their use.
** The song "Nobody's Asian in the Movies" is commenting on a problem to which Joss Whedon's own TV series ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' contributes.

** "Songs can hurt like a fist."
*** The previous comment is also said while, on-screen, the actor's character is being beaten up by the singer of the previous song.

* TakeThatAudience: ''"Hope you had fun / 'Cause now we're done / You've listened to every word / Seeing it through / Makes each of you / A huge [[SoundEffectBleep f***ing]] nerd!"''

** Naturally, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgYdhm_q7lg&feature=related Joss Whedon's song]] is ''all'' about this.

* AuthorFilibuster:
** Joss Whedon's songs (one about the writers' strike and the other about how DVD extras like commentaries and making-of features destroy the narrative of the original work) come off less like TakeThatUs and more like plain old TakeThat.
** [[http://www.drhorrible.com/commentary.html Joss actually wrote most of the songs]], including those two - which means a lot of the TakeThatUs songs are all his fault. [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Or it could be bunnies.]]

''Commentary! The Musical'' is [[DVDCommentary a commentary track]] on the DVD version of ''WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'', where the cast - Creator/NeilPatrickHarris (Dr. Horrible), Creator/NathanFillion (Captain Hammer), Creator/FeliciaDay (Penny), writer/director Creator/JossWhedon, co-writers Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon and Zack Whedon, and several of the supporting actors - reunite to discuss the making of ''Dr. Horrible'' in the form of [[TheMusical a musical]] featuring [[TakeThatUs self-bashing songs]] such as "Better Than Neil" and "Ten Dollar Solo". The official lyrics and liner notes can be found [[http://drhorrible.com/commentary/ here.]]

** Creator/NathanFillion turns the smarm factor UpToEleven on "Better Than Neil".

* BreakingTheFourthWall: It's already a commentary, but when one song is entirely about the song itself Jed notes that it's like "breaking the ninth wall".

* {{Metafiction}}: It's a musical commentary track on commentaries. It probably spends more time commenting about how it's not a very good commentary than actually commenting on ''Dr. Horrible''. The most [[BuffySpeak commentary-ish]] song is Felicia's 'The Art', but that's full of her BlatantLies and SelfDeprecation.

** In "Zack's Flavour" mentions that the musical doesn't need to be 'pretty' or 'witty'. Compare with the line from ''Film/WestSideStory'', "I feel pretty and witty and bright." from "I Feel Pretty". Or compare to ''Film/TheProducers'' 'Shows should be more pretty, shows should be more witty' from the song 'Keep it Gay'.

* AdamWesting: The cast & crew play [[CloudCuckoolander exaggerated, more absurd, versions of themselves.

* AdamWesting: The cast & crew play exaggerated, more absurd, versions of themselves.

* Cloudcuckoolander: Pretty much all the cast & crew come across as this.

* AdamWesting: The cast & crew play [[Cloudcuckoolander exaggerated, more absurd, versions of themselves.]]

* AsHimself: Everyone in the cast is pretending to be a version of themselves.

* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Apparently, everyone involved in the making of ''Dr. Horrible''.

** "Let's not talk to Joss any more. He's sad and confusing."

''Commentary! The Musical'' is [[DVDCommentary a commentary track]] on the DVD version of ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'', where the cast - Creator/NeilPatrickHarris (Dr. Horrible), Creator/NathanFillion (Captain Hammer), Creator/FeliciaDay (Penny), writer/director Creator/JossWhedon, co-writers Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon and Zack Whedon, and several of the supporting actors - reunite to discuss the making of ''Dr. Horrible'' in the form of [[TheMusical a musical]] featuring [[TakeThatUs self-bashing songs]] such as "Better Than Neil" and "Ten Dollar Solo". The official lyrics and liner notes can be found [[http://drhorrible.com/commentary/ here.]]

** [[http://www.drhorrible.com/commentary.html Joss actually wrote most of the songs]], including those two - which means lot of the TakeThatUs songs are all his fault. [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Or it could be bunnies.]]

** Creator/JossWhedon is a cheap sell-out in between moping about exactly that
** Zack Whedon is a particularly pathetic wannabe rapper
** Creator/NeilPatrickHarris is a secretly megalomaniacal (and possibly bipolar) AttentionWhore

** Creator/FeliciaDay is a self-promoting blabbermouth in between desperately trying and failing to be deep and artsy
** Maurissa Tancharoen thinks "math" is a verb

** [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Felicia has a vestigial tail]]. NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat
* TrueArtIsAngsty: [[invoked]] Parodied, of course. (With SelfDeprecation, as Creator/JossWhedon known for putting his characters through the wringer.)

* {{Metafiction}}: It's a musical commentary track on commentaries. It probably spend more time commenting about how it's not a very good commentary than actually commenting on ''Dr. Horrible''. The most [[BuffySpeak commentary-ish]] song is Felicia's 'The Art', but that's full of her BlatantLies and SelfDeprecation.