Movie history, animation history, and the history of musicals have a lot to thank Disney's classic for!

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Here's the plan: we talk through our DVD collection of over 60 movies of musicals from the golden age in the '50s and the Disney romantic period musicals, through the '60s boom of blockbuster musicals, the '70s grungy musicals, and the '80s bombastic shows, to the '90s and on postmodern musicals and the Disney renaissance.

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Showboat is the groundbreaking 1929 musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II based on a 1928 novel about a family who runs a touring entertainment boat in the late 1800s. The musical was the first of its kind - highlighting racial injustice, telling its story through folksy songs, and having well-rounded characters. There've been 2 film adaptations of the musical, one more faithful version in 1936 and one in 1951. Andrew and David watched the 1951 version and have a great conversation about it. Does it hold up 100 years later? Does it succeed as a movie and a musical? Listen for these and more.

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It's a movie that has songs in it... is it a musical? How would Disney's Hercules on Stage work?

"I really enjoyed this movie musical... In terms of a movie that is a musical and that does both well... this is pretty good."

Find out how The Greatest Showman reaches its aim!

What makes a musical? Why are animated musicals often more successful than live action? Dad and I discuss after watching both the original and remade versions of Disney's Aladdin.

We continue our discussion on the 2019 animated musical Moana and talk about what aspects of this musical would and wouldn't work on stage, with our ideas about how.

How authentic is Moana to its source material in the legends of Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific Islands?

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What's the difference between a stage production and a movie musical?

How do you write a satisfying film about a lovesick mermaid?

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Dad, David, and Dianne discuss the joy of Newsies and how this film-turned-stageshow-turned-film felt to watch!