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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He should be dripping in sweat in that cape.
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WOW that red skirt!
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She’s about to do an AWESOME number
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Hypnosis-induced soft lens!
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So, he is supposed to be in love with her for real-real, right? Like, we had the whole flirty song to establish he is a scoundral, and then he sees Judy and is obsessed.
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Yes. All scoundrels want the one they can’t get.
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I love this crosstalk. You know Judy was Gene’s first Hollywood co-star? And they always had a special sort of comfort together.
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Her litttle smile when she said she loved someone else made the 10 year old explode in embarrassed laughter. And then he left the room…
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Oooo, now she gets to dance with a bunch of men just like Gene got to dance with a bunch of ladies!
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The girls are into it too! Just at the edge of the crowd.
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The glazed eyes give her a bit of a Virginia O’Brien vibe here.
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This is yet another not very good song, but Judy has almost convinced me it’s amazing just by her commitment.
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Oh no, the soft lens is back. That convention bothers me ten times more than the soundstage look.
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Really? So, this is a Minelli picture, and one thing I heard somewhere about Minelli and Judy is that when you see her through his camera, you are seeing her literally through the eyes of love. This was 3 years into their marriage, pretty soon after Liza was born and she went back to work.
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Hate hate hate. When things are out of focus, it doesn’t make me love Judy Garland or anybody else; it just makes me wonder if my glasses aren’t working.
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He’s a cad, but I like the armband.
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But Gene knows where she lives! And he is now both in love with her, and sure it is his destiny to be a Great Singing Star!!!
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Uh-oh! Judy might be in love with Gene too! Even though he is a cad
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I think I love over-actors. I think Judy is just the best here.
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She IS!!!! And she’s so charming and spunky and real instead of your usual boring heroine.
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YES! She has a personality that shows through the screen.
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This is like an upside-down chivaree. . . making the big public racket BEFORE the wedding.
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“[Speaking foreign language],” LOL. They didn’t try very hard with that one.
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I laughed out loud when she closed the second set of doors, which I had completely forgotten were there.
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some how yelling “go away” never seems to work.
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The “horror? shame?” like he really can’t imagine why she wouldn’t be proud of her talent. That’s what I remembered most about this movie, that he is seducing her into being a successful performer because he can see she loves it.
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This should feel stalkery and creepy, but it doesn’t. Something about how they are both committing to overacting makes it not feel like he is scary or she is scared. Or is that just me?
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Still feels stalkery to me, but she seems firm and feisty enough that she doesn’t seem like she’ll actually be in danger.
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And he somehow feels like a gentleman to me, in the best way. He never touches her or threatens her, just says how awesome she is.
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Her little stompy feet! omg
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The ridiculously huge over the top wedding dress adds so much to this scene
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I think it might be the fact that the veil ties under the chin instead of at the nape of the neck, but she kind of looks like she’s about to be christened.
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Okay they are great together- or the dialogue is great. I’m more of a Judy fan than Gene Kelly. But the arguement about wether or not he loves her – too good.
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And the moment when he drops the over the top and says “you know, you don’t have to love me to be in the troup”. The combo of being in love, and also just really wanting her to be part of the act.
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I wish they were in more movies together. There’s just this one, For Me and My Gal which goes weirdly dark, and Summer Stock where Judy is struggling with various issues and only shines through in spots.
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Who eats a grape in more than one bite?
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The fiance was the pirate? The one she wanted to be swept away by?
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YES! The boring boring old man fiance is her Dream Man. Because dreams aren’t the same as reality.
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As she already told the aunt she knows perfectly well.
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I guess he had backstory-related reasons to so stalwartly avoid the sea while also living on an island.
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Oh please don’t tell her I”m her dream man! Too funny. Oh I love the plot lines in movies.
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First chickenhawks, now chicken thieves, but I haven’t seen a chicken yet for all the concern on their account.
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There is a lot of chicken talk – It stands out in contrast to all the puff sleeves. Like people dressed like that shouldn’t know what a living chicken actually looks like.
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I only now put it together that he’s wearing pants and boots that are made of the same fabric, rather than being eaten alive by some monstrous hose or stirrup-pant situation.
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I have also been puzzling on his pants. I am sure they are less Period and more Best Dance Pants. But what were Dance Pants in 1948? Nylons?
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The fact that that high waist stays up when the front is so much higher than the back is really astonishing. IDK if you’ve seen the poster, but according to the artist the unique selling proposition of this film seems to have been Gene Kelly’s rear.
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That is true of many of his posts. Dancer butt.
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Now THAT was a SWOON.
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If she had to wear this wedding dress for the whole movie I would be happy.
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That was the best faint ever!
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Not sure if I want to be in Kelly’s troupe or don’t want it. Seems like he is very good at hunting out food and places to stay, but you might also be taking some wild risks.
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The troupe seems on the verge of mutiny/not too inclined to go along with his highjinks, so perhaps there’s safety in numbers.
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Dance Fighting!
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The best kind! Of course Indian movies do it better – fight scenes that is. Though perhaps not in 1948.
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The 10 year is wondering why we aren’t watching Bollywood. But then he says he wouldn’t be watching if we were.
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What. WHAT???
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Her dream. What she imagined Macoco to be.
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This was primarily in reference to the donkey ears, but I’ve caught up now ( ; It was an amazing transition from real scene to dream scene.
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Those THIGHS! Good God. And why is she in bunny ears?
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She’s the donkey.
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I think they’re meant to be donkey ears, because she’s imagining herself as the donkey that was the only thing left in the street besides him? But I also thought they were rabbit ears for a hot second.
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Kelly had this whole thing about choreographing great Art in the middle of his movies with big ballet numbers and stuff. I suppose it kept him happy, but when we were kids, these were always the bits when we went off to get popcorn from the kitchen.
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I don’t think I’ve ever made it through the big dream sequence in “Singing in the Rain.” Perhaps the problem is lack of pyrotechnics? At any event, I’m not bored right now.
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I mean, Cyd Charisse is her own pyrotechnics. But only in the fun green dress part, not in the dull stairs and floaty things part (which is also constantly referenced in Indian films)
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Ugh, those stairs feel like they last FOREVER.
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I’m with Kelly.
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This shot, with him on the mast and swinging down, is the bit Farah did as an homage in the middle of Dhoom Tana. In her directors commentary, she says it’s for Gene Kelly. So we and Farah Khan have seen this movie! And very few other people.
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I love dream sequence dances.
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You gotta watch An American in Paris.
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All male dancers should be required to wear short shorts.
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I don’t know if all male dancers can pull it off this well.
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It is kinda amazing how sexy he is in shorts. Whereas I’m not a fan of his tight pants.
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Got a bulk discount at the Straw Hats with Red Bands Depot, I see.
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I don’t know who the mayor actor is, but I admire his sticktuitiveness for continuing to pronounce “Manuela” as a three-syllable-word in the faces of all these naysayers.
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OMG, I love Judy. Do that make-up! Live your Drama!
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Pedro just figured out he can get the actor killed instead of him! He is also a fun actor – the way his eyes twinkle.
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Oh, it’s hydrangea turban girl! She hasn’t changed her turban since the first scene.
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Walter Slezak is the Mayor/Real Moccoco. Legendary character actor of Hollywood, did roles like this that shaded into roles of sinister evil occasionally.
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YouTube keeps recommending me gele-tying videos. Between that and this film, I think the universe is telling me I need to make my headscarves TALLER.
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Oh Judy! Start up that game again! Also, poor dumb troupe member.
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He’s very sweet.
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Ah, the double-elbow-lean of plot comprehension!
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Gene, also bring the Drama! You know he took a long time picking out his perfect Pirate outfit. They are perfect together.
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