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The movie musical died a long, slow death a long time ago. Right?

Well, except that there's La La Land. And Moana. And The Greatest Showman and A Star Is Born and Mary Poppins Returns. Oh, and Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman. And Frozen II and The Lion King and Aladdin.

Those are just from the last five years. And I could keep going, but then I might forget to mention that Steven Spielberg's version of West Side Story comes out this year or that the Hamilton movie comes out next year.

This hour, a long look at the long-dead movie musical. Long live the movie musical.

(Oh! And In the Heights comes out this summer too. There are just a lot of musicals still right now at this point. Is what I'm saying. Ya know?)

GUESTS:
Jeanine Basinger - Founder of the Department of Film Studies at Wesleyan University and the author of twelve books on film; her latest is The Movie Musical!
Steve Metcalf - Director of the University of Hartford's Presidents' College

Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.

Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

<a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/who-killed-the-hollywood-musical-5364515.html">The movie musical died</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.indiewire.com/2012/07/now-and-then-the-long-slow-death-of-the-movie-musical-240360/">a long, slow death</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.laweekly.com/how-the-sound-of-music-killed-the-movie-musical/">a long time ago</a>. Right?
Well, except that there's&nbsp;La La Land. And&nbsp;Moana. And&nbsp;The Greatest Showman&nbsp;and&nbsp;A Star Is Born&nbsp;and&nbsp;Mary Poppins Returns. Oh, and&nbsp;Bohemian Rhapsody&nbsp;and&nbsp;Rocketman. And&nbsp;Frozen II&nbsp;and&nbsp;The Lion King&nbsp;and&nbsp;Aladdin.
Those are just from the last five years. And I could keep going, but then I might forget to mention that&nbsp;<a href="https://deadline.com/2019/10/west-side-story-wrap-steven-spielberg-photos-ansel-elgort-rachel-zegler-ariana-debose-david-alvarez-1202750316/">Steven Spielberg's version of&nbsp;West Side Story</a>&nbsp;comes out this year or that&nbsp;<a href="https://variety.com/2020/film/news/hamilton-movie-lin-manuel-miranda-2-1203490645/">the&nbsp;Hamilton&nbsp;movie</a>&nbsp;comes out next year.
This hour, a long look at the long-dead movie musical. Long live the movie musical.
(Oh! And&nbsp;<a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/12/12/787440927/watch-the-first-full-trailer-for-lin-manuel-mirandas-in-the-heights-film">In the Heights</a>&nbsp;comes out this summer too. There are just a lot of musicals still right now at this point. Is what I'm saying. Ya know?)
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Jeanine Basinger&nbsp;- Founder of the Department of Film Studies at Wesleyan University and the author of twelve books on film; her latest is&nbsp;The Movie Musical!</li>
<li>Steve Metcalf&nbsp;- Director of the University of Hartford's Presidents' College</li>
</ul>
Join the conversation on&nbsp;<a href="https://facebook.com/ColinMcShow">Facebook</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/wnprcolin">Twitter</a>.
Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

The Colin McEnroe Show is public radio’s most eclectic, eccentric weekday program. The best way to understand us is through the subjects we tackle: Neanderthals, tambourines, handshakes, the Iliad, snacks, ringtones, punk rock, Occam’s razor, Rasputin, houseflies, zippers. Are you sensing a pattern? If so, you should probably be in treatment. On Fridays, we try to stop thinking about what kind of ringtones Neanderthals would want to have and convene a panel called The Nose for an informal roundtable about the week in culture.

<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/about">The Colin McEnroe Show</a> is public radio’s most eclectic, eccentric weekday program. The best way to understand us is through the subjects we tackle: Neanderthals, tambourines, handshakes, the Iliad, snacks, ringtones, punk rock, Occam’s razor, Rasputin, houseflies, zippers. Are you sensing a pattern? If so, you should probably be in treatment. On Fridays, we try to stop thinking about what kind of ringtones Neanderthals would want to have and convene a panel called <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/tags/the-nose">The Nose</a> for an informal roundtable about the week in culture.

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