Dangerous rhythm : why movie musicals matter
Barrios, RichardAuthor
Insightful, exuberant, and witty, 'Dangerous Rhythm' offers a fresh, sometimes revolutionary take on a uniquely American institution: the movie musical. Combining chronicle with critique and analysis, historian Richard Barrios lays out the whole of the musical's glorious and rocky existence, from Al Jolson to 'Les Misérables'.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Insightful, exuberant, and witty, 'Dangerous Rhythm' offers a fresh, sometimes revolutionary take on a uniquely American institution: the movie musical. Combining chronicle with critique and analysis, historian Richard Barrios lays out the whole of the musical's glorious and rocky existence, from Al Jolson to 'Les Misérables'.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 23, 2014).
All that jazz -- Everything's been done before -- Where do they come from (and where do they go?) -- Seeing's believing -- People from Jolson to Justin in 85 years -- The art of the possible -- Music makes me -- Music makes me -- With plenty of money -- I get the neck of the chicken -- Turn on the heat -- Painting the clouds: Snow White, South Park, and other ways to animate a musical -- Under my skin: musicals musicals and race, musicals and sexuality -- Put 'em in a box -- Epilogue : Dream dancing.
Musical films
Music, Dance, Drama & Film
Film