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re: Do Movie Musicals Give Musicals a Bad Name?

Posted by:	richmurphy 09:39 pm EST 11/02/15
In reply to:	Do Movie Musicals Give Musicals a Bad Name? - DCollingwood 09:20 pm EST 11/02/15

This might make the oddest double feature of all time, but two movies not on your list come to mind: MY FAIR LADY - The new Blu-ray that just came out last week, with its restored image and especially its awesome soundtrack, is a revelation. Watching the film for the umpteenth time, I had more appreciation for some of director George Cukor's choices. In hindsight, keeping the musical "indoors" (even for the abstract Ascot race scene) was brilliant. The show didn't need "opening up", as movie musicals often try to do. Audrey Hepburn didn't do her own singing, true, but she acted the hell out of the part. Who WOULDN'T think that she was a princess at the ball? (Rex Harrison, of course, was peerless as Higgins). SOUTH PARK: BIGGER LONGER AND UNCUT - Without its songs, you have a hilarious if profane comedy. With them, you have an early example of the meta-musical, with references from OKLAHOMA! to LES MIZ. And the songs are catchy, witty, and fit into the plot.

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