Yaaaaaaaaaaaay, an American musical! So glad I get to share this one with you. And it is good for y’all to see it, because this is one of many classic American musicals that influenced both Farah Khan and Prabhudeva in their work. For real, Farah even acknowledges this one in particular as one of her hidden tributes in “Dhoom Tana”.
The Pirate!
Judy and Gene Kelly movie, totally ridiculous plot and period setting, but it works because they are both so freakishly charming and talented.
At 11am Chicago time I will put up an “and PLAY” comment and then y’all can comment along with me from there.
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Got up at 4:00, went fishing, caught fish, ate fish, had nap, now semi-awake again ( ;
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I purchased it on YouTube and I am ready to go!
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Here 🙂
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And PLAY!
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Oooo, MGM lion! And then a MAP! This is very old school fun feeling already.
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It is a very pretty map that we look at for a long time!
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OMG, Cole Porter did these songs? They are really not that good. He should be ashamed of himself.
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Western Electric, YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! (my great uncle worked for them, so my family always cheers there sound system)
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Whoa, Nicholas Brothers? did not remember they were in this! now I am REALLY excited.
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Judy! Your HAT!
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Quite the hat!
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OH, look at the style of illustrations! I feel like I’m in a Golden Book!
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Fangirl alert. . .
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What style of dress is her hat & dress supposed to be? I’m in a historical quandry.
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Yeah, I can see the other ladies and their turbans/mantillas as fitting in a “storybook Spanish colonial Caribbean” world, but this pleated plaid thing I don’t know what to do with.
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“I do wish you were a little more spiritual” ( :
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He’s not marrying you to listen to you!!
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Disparity?! He’s her grandad’s age.
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in our remake, aunt and uncle played by the Kehrs?
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The 10 year old is dismayed at the obvious stage set of it all! He has high standards.
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it’s not gonna get better
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You mean we have to deal with plaid paired with polka dots the WHOLE MOVIE!? I can deal with the stage thing but NOT the fashion!
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oh, that part gets a little better
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The nightgown is a huge improvment.
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I like a good location shoot as much as the next body, but I also find the hyperartificiality/constructed-ness of early sound stage sets kind of charming.
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The match isn’t even set and she already has a trousseau from abroad?
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Worth! Okay that’s a historical anchor. Founded in 1858, so we are after that.
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Oh: it’s not just her storybook, but her map, too.
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Home is the perfect spot – Hum. That was good dialogue!
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Oh, so we’re meant to be in the Canaries?
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Gene Kelly!
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Oh his pants
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The dismayed 10 year old, when hearing the film was made in 1948 is now impressed. He thought all films from back then were grainy.
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OMG, it’s Shashi’s hat!
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Pirates as entertainers? Pirate circus? Pirates aren’t theives? and bagpipes….
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I think just traveling circus on a boat
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I know Spanish is really dialectal, but that feels shockingly forward to me.
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Finally, dancing!
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Did anyone ever wear a bonnet with grapes flowing down from it? And is the world not supposed to know that Nina is girl in Spanish and not a name?
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And it’s usually something you call your own kid, almost like “hija”! Would make more sense with “muchacha” or “senorita” (forgive lack of virgulillas).
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Well, this certainly has the trademark Cole Porter extended-rhymes thing going on.
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OH, I thought apples only got huge recently, but I guess my mom just bought smaller ones growing up because those were gigantic!
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I like how all the women have slightly different “exotic” outfits, but they all have typical 1940s hair.
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A cirgarette kiss. Well that is amazingly unromantic!
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Was NOT expecting the pole to rotate.
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BAsed on this dancing I’m expecting a best male friend with better chemistry than with the heroine. Please tell me that happens.
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Not in this movie, but in other movies, yes.
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This is a fairly good ad for his show. If I saw this going on in the village square, I’d buy a ticket to see him again!
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Their standards are probably pretty high here, though. . . after all, so many of these random market square ladies are not merely excellent dancers, but already happened to be wearing the right shoes!
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True!
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This Judy hat, I LOVE!!!!
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I’m in awe of the santa clause hair net.
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And he’s in love at first sight! Because it’s Judy!
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OMG SEA!
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That hat is a genius touch to this scene. Judy is so cute.
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(Altho’ I am compelled to point out that the Canaries are not remotely in the Caribbean.)
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“I wish you wouldn’t circle like me, it’s like talking to a top!”
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Can confirm that a similar incident (minus Gene Kelly) played out with me and my headscarf at the reservoir this morning.
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I am sure it was cute and adorable like Judy
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“That’s a weird hat. Hats don’t do that.” – 10 year old
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In Olden Times, hats were different.
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Starched brim. When dry, it holds stiff. . . when wet, it flops. Or sugar-water, possibly, though that’s more common for thick fabrics like felt.
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This ‘pumpkin’ thing is actually hilarious for some reason.
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Maybe if she didn’t wear 3 layers to bed, she wouldn’t be so hot…..
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I was thinking a less constrictive nightgown (like the one she was in earlier) would surely be cooler.
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Very cute in her semi-done hair.
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When that cloak is down, he looks like a doctoral candidate, or an unusual casual judge.
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Maybe his backstory is that he got a PhD and then ran off to be a circus performer?
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