On Apr 30, 8:20 am, Amy Guskin  wrote:
> >> On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:22:28 -0400, Duggy wrote
>
> (in article
> ):
>
> > On Apr 29, 9:24 pm, Stefan  wrote:
> >> Hi All!
> >> Do You love Music? NASA? Space?
> >> Then it's for You. Enjoy!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh6cN1eKmp0
>
> > I like music.  I like NASA.  I like Space.
>
> > I don't like musicals. <<
>
> I like music.  I like NASA.  I like space.  I like musicals.
>
> I thought this was merely "eh."
>
> What Stefan didn't mention is that this isn't simply a musical; it's a parody
> of "High School Musical."  So it's not a musical as in
"Cabaret" or "Evita"
> or "Carousel" or "Fiddler on the Roof," which is
what most people older than
> twenty-ish think of first when they hear "musical."
It's a curious fact that, from the very dawn of talkies, Hollywood has
made musicals of its own, but has invariably confused stage musicals
with revues. Even "High School Musical" does this -- it is a musical
in its own right (one may think it a singularly uninspired example,
but that is not the same thing as not being a musical at all), while
the musical-within-a-musical isn't.
(I've also long wondered what comes in the second act of "The Land
Around Us", the musical in the Hollywood version of "The Country
Girl". It clearly /is/ supposed to be a real musical -- I suppose it's
an exception to the general rule because "The Country Girl" is not
itself a musical -- but the "first-act finale" shows every sign of
being the ending. The original Odets text doesn't help -- the inner
show in that is a legitimate play.)
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