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SCD 2013 #5: Hoping the music will improve for musicals week!

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PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 24/11/2013 19:24

Last thread here.

This pro dance is fun Smile

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PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 02/12/2013 18:42

Dig I've heard a swung version of America used as a jive before.

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ppeatfruit · 03/12/2013 10:25

Agree about Abbie digerd and TheHeadless* the clip they kept showing of her dancing with the girl profs. was weird because NONE of them looked particularly good IMO Xmas Grin

I LOVE LOVE LOVE ALL the music from the film of West Side story IMO it's the best musical ever made !!!!

Fiderer · 03/12/2013 10:32

They had 2 Fred&Ginger films on TV a few Saturdays back. I abandoned all plans and lay on the sofa watching them. Bliss.

Did not get Craig's justification of a 10 for Abbey & Alijaz on ITT.

ppeat I love WSS too but my all time favourite is High Society (despite Grace Kelly) "End of storrrreeey" Grin

AndiMac · 03/12/2013 10:35

I agree with Craig. Abbey looked like confident doing the dance, all the moves looked good and the whole thing fit with Craig's sense of performance and show.

ppeatfruit · 03/12/2013 10:59

I like High Society too but it's not Grace Kelly who annoys me in it it's 'grandad' Bing Crosby;he's just a bit too old for a 20 year old doncha think? Give me Frank Sinatra any time (iknow he's old too but only old enough to be her dad Xmas Grin!!

ppeatfruit · 03/12/2013 11:00

Yeah let's make this thread about musicals not silly old SCD hahahaha !!

Sparklingbrook · 03/12/2013 12:52

Helloo. Brendan and Sophie are on Loose Women today if anyone's about.

FushandChups · 03/12/2013 12:58

If we're talking best musicals ever - has to be Starlight Express! I would love to see a couple do something to one of those songs.. There is basically a song in every style so should be able to knock something up?

Horsemad · 03/12/2013 13:40

Agree Fush, Starlight Express is one of my favourites, along with Cats.

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PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 03/12/2013 14:33

Musicals are full of that though, look at The Sound of Music, South Pacific and My Fair Lady. Or Easter Parade, although falling in love in that one does make a bit more sense.

I love State Fair (although people haven't usually heard of it) and The Slipper and the Rose.

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digerd · 03/12/2013 14:34

I still love 7 Brides for 7 Brothers. Those male dancers were brilliant.
Also George Chakiris from WSS was a superb dancer with great spanish style.

digerd · 03/12/2013 14:37

Thanks Sparklingbrook, I turned TV on just in time to see them Smile

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PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 03/12/2013 14:37

I didn't realise for years that Anita in West Side Story is played by the same actress as Tuptim in The King and I.

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ppeatfruit · 03/12/2013 15:21

Yes thanks Sparkling I like Sophie more than Brendan she has more depth IYSWIM. He must piss her off a bit.

I love Rita Moreno Polka Her interview on Elaine Page's R2 show was extremely good. She's got a book out i must remember to ask for it for Xmas!

Digerd The problem with 7 Brides (apart from the misogyny of the plot!) is the 'staginess' of it I can't get past the wigs the men wear!! I adore the songs though. Yes agree about the dancing of Chakiris and he's gorgeous!!

TheHeadlessLadyofCannock · 03/12/2013 15:31

Singin' in the Rain is quite simply one of the best films of all time, never mind best musicals.

Oh and so is Mary Poppins.

ppeatfruit · 03/12/2013 15:40

The Headless Yes I love the dancing in Singin' and the plot with the vile actress who "cayent talk properly". Don't get me started on Gene Kelly Xmas Grin Xmas Grin. Not that keen on Debbie reynolds though. Cyd Charisse has really got class!!

FushandChups · 03/12/2013 15:59

Love Mary Poppins Grin and of course, the Sound of Music is ace as well.. although I adore Julie Andrews which has a lot to do with it!

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PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 03/12/2013 16:13

Have you seen her in Cinderella? That's lovely, much nicer than the Whitney Houston re-make.

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TheHeadlessLadyofCannock · 03/12/2013 16:15

Cyd was a proper star, wasn't she? What a dancer. Gene too, of course. I love 'Make Em Laugh' with him and Donald thingy running up the walls. Amazing choreography Smile

digerd · 03/12/2013 16:20

Cyd had the most gorgeous legs and feet - she was beautiful as well as her dancing. Singing in the Rain had varied styles of dance, and comedy especially when the talking movies arrivedGrin . I always have tears in my eyes right at the end and sob my heart out at the end of West Side Story.
At least I smile at the end of 7Bs for 7Bs, but I know what you mean about the dancing being staged.

digerd · 03/12/2013 16:24

Although there wasn't that much dancing in Thoroughly Modern Milly, I loved it. It was so funny.

AndiMac · 03/12/2013 16:35

I love Singin' in the Rain too. But in a different vein, I'm also a big fan of Moulin Rouge.

Fiderer · 03/12/2013 16:42

Howard Keel was wonderful too. My dad loved him - he loved laughing at and really enjoyed the hammy plots.

If there was no sport/news/westerns or musicals on TV (in the 4 channel days) he'd put records of musicals on and BLAST them at full volume.

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PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 03/12/2013 16:47

Oh yes he was. Calamity Jane is another one of my favourites.

And I like Gordon MacRae too.

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ppeatfruit · 03/12/2013 16:53

Was it Howard Keel in Carousel? Fiderer I like the story that Frank Sinatra was already to play the lead in it but refused to do it twice for the special wide screen cameras, or something like that ,(he wasn't called "one take Frank" for nothing.

digerd I'm terrible with WSS I start crying as soon as they meet at the gym and esp. in the balcony scene and don't stop it's brilliant !!