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| Posted by: Chromolume 12:06 pm EDT 08/28/18 | |
| In reply to: Billis - StageDoorJohnny 12:36 am EDT 08/28/18 | |
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| Yes, but R&H weren't always slavish to their sources - sometimes for the better, sometimes not. I assume they must have liked Billis a lot to want to make him the essential comic relief character - just that I really don't find him all that funny. More of just a schmuck - but not really a lovable one IMO. | |
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| re: Billis | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 01:16 am EDT 08/29/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Billis - Chromolume 12:06 pm EDT 08/28/18 | |
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| Billis resonated with a lot of the 1949 audience, who knew characters like him all branches of the armed forces. Laura, whose grandfather was a Machinist's Mate on supply ships in the Pacific Theater |
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| re: Billis | |
| Posted by: TheOtherOne 06:45 am EDT 08/29/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Billis - showtunetrivia 01:16 am EDT 08/29/18 | |
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| Actually showing Billis stowing away and its aftermath does take up a lot of time in the film, from what I remember. I can see why Logan and Paul Osborn would want to show this rather than have it revealed through exposition, but it's one instance in which having it talked about might have been the better choice. | |
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