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PoindexterOglethorpe

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3. Perhaps my not having seen the movie when it first came out,

Reply to mapol (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 22, 2019, 01:03 PM

Sep 2019

even though I might have, as I was 13 years old that year, is why I don't fully appreciate it. Musicals, as you well know, are a particular art form that probably reached its absolute peak with that movie.

I will say that I love the movie Chicago, and love the singing and dancing in that, so I don't simply dismiss all musicals.

Oh, and as a little girl I longed to be a ballerina and would read biographies of Anna Pavlova. Maybe in my next life.

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I am so excited! [View all] mapol Sep 2019 OP

Glad that you are so enthusiastic about the movie. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #1

Thank you for your compliment, PoindexterOglethorpe! mapol Sep 2019 #2

Perhaps my not having seen the movie when it first came out, PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #3

I saw the original Broadway production virgogal Sep 2019 #4

I have the soundtrack to the original Broadway stage version of West Side Story, with Carol Lawrence mapol Sep 2019 #6

I am happy for you. murielm99 Sep 2019 #5

Thank you, murielm99! Glad that you also love "West Side Story". mapol Sep 2019 #7