If you've read any of my reviews of musicals, then you'll know that I watch them for the purpose of heckling them like Mike, Servo and Crow do to the crummy movies that Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank send them on "Mystery Science Theater 3000". My repeatable snark to "That's Entertainment! III" included:
(when Gene Kelly tears a newspaper apart): Agh! Why'd you have to rip me up?!
(while the water rises around Esther Williams): No, no! I'm drowning!
Beyond that, I noticed a whole bunch of politically incorrect material. To be certain, "Show Boat" was nothing more than a whitewash of the Jim Crow south. I made sure to reference Princess Leia when Debbie Reynolds appeared, to shout "KHAN!" when Ricardo Montalbán appeared, and to say "You've got some 'splainin' to do!" when Lucille Ball appeared. And really, can you think of Hedy Lamarr and not hear "it's Hedley"? One thing that's worth noting is that Yip Harburg, who co-wrote "Over the Rainbow", later got blacklisted. So did Lena Horne.
I'd like to see a tribute to cult movies and horror movies. The hosts would have to be Elvira, Bruce Campbell, Robert Englund, Linnea Quigley, etc.
Long story short, I just don't take happy-go-lucky movies seriously, and so there's no way that I could take this documentary seriously. Sorry about that.
(when Gene Kelly tears a newspaper apart): Agh! Why'd you have to rip me up?!
(while the water rises around Esther Williams): No, no! I'm drowning!
Beyond that, I noticed a whole bunch of politically incorrect material. To be certain, "Show Boat" was nothing more than a whitewash of the Jim Crow south. I made sure to reference Princess Leia when Debbie Reynolds appeared, to shout "KHAN!" when Ricardo Montalbán appeared, and to say "You've got some 'splainin' to do!" when Lucille Ball appeared. And really, can you think of Hedy Lamarr and not hear "it's Hedley"? One thing that's worth noting is that Yip Harburg, who co-wrote "Over the Rainbow", later got blacklisted. So did Lena Horne.
I'd like to see a tribute to cult movies and horror movies. The hosts would have to be Elvira, Bruce Campbell, Robert Englund, Linnea Quigley, etc.
Long story short, I just don't take happy-go-lucky movies seriously, and so there's no way that I could take this documentary seriously. Sorry about that.