| re: Bandstand ending question |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 07:59 pm EDT 06/26/18 |
| Posted by: Chromolume 07:57 pm EDT 06/26/18 |
| In reply to: re: Bandstand ending question - Ann 03:17 pm EDT 06/26/18 |
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But - radio contests themselves are certainly not anachronistic to the 40's, even if there was nothing quite like the one in the musical. (But do we know there weren't?) I didn't take the comment about American Idol/The Voice to be quite so literal - I heard it suggesting that such contests just inspired the idea for the musical's story - not that there was supposed to be a literal parallel.
Musicals have used media-fueled contests before, historically accurate or not. I think if TracyTurnblad can dance on the Corny Collins show and Kim McAfee can kiss Birdie on the Ed Sullivan Show, then Donny Novitsky can certainly cobble a band together and enter a radio contest. ;-)
And don't forget that President John P. Wintergreen's first lady was supposed to be the winner of a country-wide beauty contest. ;-) |
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