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Movie Review - "American Musical"
It enjoyed 732 performances at the winter garden. It was also a hit in london. Many people took issues with certain aspects of the show, especially the portrayal of porto ricins. They were still debating how to really turn this into a movie musical. Most american musicals, especially films, were comedies. So it was going to be kind of a stretch to show people finger snap and gang members. How do they incorporate real life new york city into the movie? Cause there are scenes of the new york streets in the riht andwat they did as they kind of set the mood in the prologue. And then during the opening number the prologue
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