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Title: The American Musical
Description: Looking at the post 1960s musical with a case study on Cabaret.
Description: Looking at the post 1960s musical with a case study on Cabaret.
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Monday, 14 March 2016
Lecture eight: The Musical
Screening: Cabaret (1966)
- There is no definition of a musical
- Altman: ‘A film with music, music that comes from the diegesis’
- Creates an utopian feeling
- Musical numbers are more important that the plot of the film; highlights characters
within the numbers
- Borrowed from Broadway
- Kill Bill a musical? It can arguably be a backstage musical
- 1930s classic musicals: Stars are important in musicals such as Berkley
- The importance is not on the directors, auteurship comes from the stars
- Other roles are important as well
- Fandom is important; the audience reaction to musicals have changed over the years
- Should musicals be defined by what audience want?
- Musicals often sexual through dance numbers
- 1960s; Mary Poppins (1964), Oliver - look at the past, nostalgia
- Changing aspects of gender, women’s role
- Bob Fosse
- Rock and Roll: Elvis Presley, baby boom generation, musicals made for youth
audiences, reflecting modern feelings
- Selling records through musicals, Elvis and Cliff Richard
- Syngery; film an advertisement for something else
- 1970s: rock musical continuing
- Not a single Academy Award for a musical in 1970s, big difference compared to 1960s
- Grease took musicals to a different level
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- Surprise that a musical could bring as much money as Grease did
- cross over with the documentary genre
- Introduction of the disco soundtrack and rise of the dance musical
- 1980s: Fame
- Flash Dance (1983) effected the rise of the music video
- Irene Cara and Bonnie Tyler, use of stars with standout songs that have an ongoing
after life
- Musical TV shows rise
- Youth orientated
- 1990s; DISNEY
- Disney dominates in this era
- Not the only company to rise
- NOW; Rise of the West End/Broadway
- Musicals based upon established stage shows
- 2001 rise of the MTV aesthetics with Moulin Rouge
- Rise of Hip Hop in musicals; 8 Mile with the soundtrack topping the charts
- Chicago won Best Picture at the 2002 Oscars
- Broadway has also taken successful nostalgia films and adapted to plays; Shrek,
Mary Poppins etc
Title: The American Musical
Description: Looking at the post 1960s musical with a case study on Cabaret.
Description: Looking at the post 1960s musical with a case study on Cabaret.