rouge blanc bleu – a modern les amis presidential campaign trail au
enjolras is in the running to be the youngest ever president of the united states, an independent candidate facing off a media hopelessly bewitched by the brilliance of this impossibly resolute politician and his charming, cheeky running mate, courfeyrac. they don’t know what to make of this band of youths who speak of lady liberty as if she were flesh, headed by campaign chief combeferre who courts the chequebooks with polished grace on one hand and edits the excessively flowery speeches of staffer jehan with patient exasperation on the other. he hires eponine, the viciously streetsmart ivy scholarship child as the head political strategist together with cosette, an eager young intern. they are backed increasingly openly by marius, the eldest son from a long line of rich republicans, himself bedazzled by enjolras from their days at university. along for the ride is grantaire, a hardened political journalist who appears to function exclusively on caffeine and alcohol, who trusts all politicians only to the extent that he can throw them but somehow finds himself thinking that maybe, just maybe, his messiah has come.