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Singing and Dancing is Awesome

May 28, 2009 11:26 AM

've always loved musicals. It's true. I really do love them. My favorite is probablyChitty Chitty Bang Bang, but I really like but Mary Poppins and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory are awesome, too, obviously. I've also really enjoyed every single musical stage production I've seen immensely.

I think that life would be awesome if it was more like a musical. Think about it. Instead of fighting, we'd dance and sing and have stylized, choreographed pseudo-conflicts. You'd have an orchestra and a chorus line to back you up when you're feeling down. And if there's a better way to express sheer joy than jazz hands, I'm not aware of it.

But the thing that really gets me about the musicals is the music. Some of it is just fucking gorgeous. The interplay between all the different parts and whatnot. I love it.

Why am I telling you about this? Because chelsadilla pointed me in the direction of an awesome scene from a musical that highlights another thing I love about musicals: the dancing. Specifically, this scene features Gene Kelly tap dancing on rollerskates. There's no CGI, no fancy wirework, just a talented motherfucker doing an really difficult-looking dance routine while, as RPM pointed out, wearing enough make-up to hide the bruises on this face.

Check it out:



4 Comments


tRJ said:

You know how I know you're gay?

May 29, 2009 2:53 PM



TheExpat said:

That was definitely some nimble hoofin'. Remember when you had to have talent to be famous? I don't. That day and age passed before we were born.

May 30, 2009 11:55 AM



Utah said:

Do you also enjoy big piles of naked men doing jazz hands to each other? There are only two non-gay musicals: Red Dawn and Point Break, and I don't see either of them cited here...

May 31, 2009 4:13 PM



justine said:

that's so conventional.

June 12, 2009 12:15 AM



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