The 'music' is important.

When men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving slow
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know
(by Jefferson Airplane)

"White Rabbit" - scritta da Walter Bishop - interpretata da Olivia Dunham - non è la colonna sonora portante di 4.15 A Short Story About Love ma sottolinea bene il rapporto tra i due, culminando nel momento in cui la nostra "Alice" si riflette nello specchio.
Che Fringe sia il viaggio acido di un'Olivia sotto l'effetto degli esperimenti di Walter?

Da Stravinsky a Brahms, da Al Green ai Band of Horses, oltre alla capacità narrativa, ai colpi di scena, alla regia (quasi) sempre di alto livello, Fringe è anche musica, sempre scelta oculatamente per accentuare ed evidenziare stati emotivi e passaggi importanti. Senza dimenticare l'impareggiabile serie di chicche del musicale 2.20 Brown Betty.

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Brown Betty Songs

I'd hardly classify what I've just smoked as marijuana. It's... it's a hybrid. Of Chronic Supernova and Afghani Kush. I call it Brown Betty.

WALTER/FICTIONAL RACHEL: "Something happens and I'm head over heels. I never find out till I'm head over heels. Something happens and I'm head over heels. Don't take my heart, don't break my heart... don't, don't, don't throw it away."
Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels

FICTIONAL BROYLES: "...and you just can't escape from the sound... don't worry too much, it'll happen to you... we were children once playing with toys..."
Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

FICTIONAL ASTRID: "I really need this job... please God, I need this job... I've got to get this job..."
A Chorus Line - I Hope I Get It

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