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Great Moments in Musicals: Hocus Pocus
The Halloween countdown continues! This is one of the finest moments in cinematic history. –YoSaffBridge
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Great Moments in Musicals: Labyrinth
It’s October! In celebration of this spookiest of months, I want to ask you, ladies and gentlemen of the Internet, if you remember the days when the Disney Channel would show Labyrinth around Halloween. Those were good days. I don’t … Continue reading
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Great Moments in Musicals: Talk Like a Pirate Day edition
It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day (for about 30 more minutes, I got it in under the wire here) and so, as my form of celebration, I offer up a clip from the freaking awesome Muppet Treasure Island. There are … Continue reading
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Great Moments in Musicals: A Very Potter Musical
Maybe you’ve already seen A Very Potter Musical, or maybe you haven’t, in which case, get thee to YouTube immediately. It’s a musical parody of the entire Harry Potter series, and it is absolutely hilarious. Draco’s played by a girl, … Continue reading
Great Moments in Musicals: Grease 2
I recently experienced Grease 2 for the very first time. Perhaps my crush on Michelle Pfeiffer is influencing my opinion, but I kind of loved it. It’s terrible, of course, but it’s terrible in that High School Musical kind of … Continue reading
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Great moments in musicals: Mother Goose Rock ‘n’ Rhyme
Do you remember Mother Goose Rock n Rhyme? It was a Disney Channel movie from 1990, and it was a glorious bit of weirdness. The story follows Little Bo Peep, played by Shelley Duvall, as she goes to see Mother … Continue reading
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Great Moments in Musicals: Teen Witch
So, for my first Great Moments in Musicals post, I was wondering if I should pick something serious or something fun and silly. But then I realized that if I went with something serious, I would take a long time … Continue reading
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Great moments in musicals: Founding Fathers edition!
Sometimes, I think the movie 1776 was created with me in mind. It is 1) a musical 2) about the Contental Congress with 3) John Adams as the central character and 4) Adams is played by Mr. Feeny. Really, is … Continue reading
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Great Moments in Musicals: Newsies
So, as you may have noticed, we love musicals here. They’re such a fascinating story-telling technique, because they allow characters to express their internal life in a way regular storytelling doesn’t without voice-overs or reeeeally awkward dialogue. That’s not to … Continue reading
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