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re: Do Movie Musicals Give Musicals a Bad Name?

Posted by:	StanS 02:14 pm EST 11/03/15
In reply to:	re: Do Movie Musicals Give Musicals a Bad Name? - richmurphy 09:39 pm EST 11/02/15

I'm afraid I can't go along with you on MY FAIR LADY. While there are many things in it that are well done (the end of Just You Wait is imaginatively staged) the problem of Eliza's vocals is fatal. First, the dubbing is atrocious. As soon as Hepburn transitions from dialog to singing there is a change of gears which disrupts the moment. This is not true of the well done dubbing in West Side Story and King and I. Second, Nixon's actual singing just isn't good enough, certainly in comparison with Andrews on the OBC. And yes, the comparison is unavoidable. Again, this is not true of Nixon's fine singing in WSS and K&I. So for me the movie is pretty much unwatchable since every time Eliza starts to sing, I start to groan.

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