oh, don’t be so hard on this musical. i like how it’s grounded in fashion magazine photography and based on some magazine editor. i don’t know when i’d revisit this musical, but it won’t be anytime soon.

if you want to catch a really cool musical check out herbert ross’ ‘pennies from heaven’ with steve martin & bernadette peters and christopher walken, very dark and ken adam (who did the production design for the james bond films as well as the war room in dr. strangelove) pays a nice homage to painter edward hopper’s work (i.e. nighthawks).

one other thing, watching this film on a television is a whole different experience than seeing it projected, so maybe you might have liked it a little bit more if you saw it in a theater, especially a newly struck print with no scratches and the beautiful saturated color scheme.

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d'oh! i forgot all about the fashion aspect of this when i typed this up. thanks for reminding me.

i will definitely have to check out pennies from heaven; i believe ken adam won a well-deserved oscar for his work in barry lyndon, as well. and herbert ross... i love play it again, sam (although, i think woody may have felt his script was butchered.) and steel magnolias was good too.

and you're right about seeing something on tv vs. in a theater.

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