"Once More, with Feeling" is the only episode of the fantasy television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer performed as a musical. It was written and directed by the show's creator, Joss Whedon (pictured), and first aired in the United States on November 6, 2001. The episode explores changes in the relationships of the main characters, using the plot device that a demon compels the people of Sunnydale to break into song at random moments to express hidden truths. All cast members sang their parts, although two were given minimal lines by request. It is the most technically complex episode in the series, as extra voice and dance training for the cast was interspersed with the production of four other Buffy episodes. It was Whedon's first attempt at writing music, and different styles—from 1950s sitcom theme music to rock opera—are used to express the characters' secrets. The episode was well received critically upon airing, specifically for containing the humor and wit to which fans had become accustomed. It is considered one of the most effective and popular episodes of the series, and—prior to a financial dispute in 2007—was shown in theaters with the audience invited to sing along.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1809:

The second theatre of the Royal Opera House in London opened after a fire destroyed the original theatre one year earlier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Opera_House

1873:

Panic of 1873: The American bank Jay Cooke & Company declared bankruptcy, setting off a chain reaction of bank failures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Cooke_%26_Company

1889:

Hull House, the United States' most influential settlement house, opened in Chicago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_House

1961:

En route to negotiate a ceasefire between Katanga troops and United Nations forces, the plane carrying UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld crashed under mysterious circumstances near Ndola in Northern Rhodesia, killing him and 15 others on board. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dag_Hammarskj%C3%B6ld

1974:

Hurricane Fifi struck Honduras, destroying 182 towns and villages in the first 24 hours, and ultimately causing over 8,000 deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Fifi%E2%80%93Orlene

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

chirality: The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, of objects being unidentical mirror images of each other, like a person's left and right hands. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chirality

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

The time comes in the life of each of us when we realize that death awaits us as it awaits others, that we will receive at the end neither preference nor exemption. It is then, in that disturbed moment, that we know life is an adventure with an ending, not a succession of bright days that go on forever.   --William March https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_March