I used to watch these with my family ALL the time! I DID TOO. I was that three-year-old whose favorite movie was Oklahoma!. And Gene Kelly very well might be -- that man is in-fucking-credible. I actually had to cut out a huge number pictures of him because the picspam was starting to go Gene-Gene-Gene-Gene-Judy-Gene-Jane Powell-Gene-Fred. It was kind of sick, but I really adore him. That's funny that you just did an article on this, though!
I do know what you mean about those musicals that were never movies, though. So many get left behind. And MGM musicals were often not perfect -- they botched their adaptation of my favorite musical ever (Kiss Me Kate). It's just that there's a certain... type? Of musical that works with today's movie market? I don't think anyone's willing to step outside of that box. But now I'm not making sense!
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I DID TOO. I was that three-year-old whose favorite movie was Oklahoma!. And Gene Kelly very well might be -- that man is in-fucking-credible. I actually had to cut out a huge number pictures of him because the picspam was starting to go Gene-Gene-Gene-Gene-Judy-Gene-Jane Powell-Gene-Fred. It was kind of sick, but I really adore him. That's funny that you just did an article on this, though!
I do know what you mean about those musicals that were never movies, though. So many get left behind. And MGM musicals were often not perfect -- they botched their adaptation of my favorite musical ever (Kiss Me Kate). It's just that there's a certain... type? Of musical that works with today's movie market? I don't think anyone's willing to step outside of that box. But now I'm not making sense!