I have absolutely no desire to see "The Miserables." Why? Because I find the glorification of the French Revolution as a stupid exercise, especially when it is dressed up as something we should admire.
During the French Revolution the revolutionists went into Catholic convents and removed nuns for future execution, and also removed the bodies of deceased nuns from their coffins and displayed them on the streets.
Karl Marx used the example of the French Revolution to draw up his ideas for a socialist revolution culminating in his Worker's Paradise. Yeah, he decided that the French didn't do it right.
I don't care if the music is great or if the acting is superb, I have no desire to see human tragedy misidentified and glorified.
Sorry, but the revolution was well over by the period covered by Le Miserables. It’s not about that. Its only commentary really on government at all is about a justice system that is unfair, brutally punishing minor offenses... and a particular policeman that has no sense of proportion... Making the chase of a petty criminal all but his life’s work.