Spring! Games, gardens and chocolate.

[several_bees]

Spring! It's nice. Here are some nice things about spring so far, though I see that miss_newham has covered most of them already...

GAMES AT THE V&A

Comments

[robert_jones]

So what is the happiest musical ever made?

[several_bees]

I haven't watched all the world's musicals, so I'm not sure which is happiest, but we concluded that at the very least, Singin' in the Rain is happier. Though I suppose Easter Parade is earlier, so that doesn't prove that its tagline was wrong at the time of release.

[miss_newham]

I was going to say Singin' in the Rain, but they are quite cruel to the actress with the unrefined accent.

[several_bees]

Oh, yes, whereas in this one they are mostly quite nice about the Rival For Our Hero's Affections. Mary Poppins is mostly quite happy, if I remember correctly, but she does leave at the end. Hmm.

[ravenblack]

What about one of the High School musicals?

[several_bees]

The HSMs are pretty full of angst and turmoil. It all turns out okay in the end, but there's lots of looking sad, or jumping off cliffs because of how VERY CONFLICTED you are, or of whole corridors revolving with the power of teen misery and confusion.

[miss_newham]

NOOOO! If I may wheel Mark Kermode in at this point, "Mary Poppins is about a family in crisis"! The father doesn't understand his wife, neglects his children and faces financial ruin, and the 'Feed The Birds' song makes me weep!

I've now remembered that the Judy Garland film where everyone is cheerful all the time is Meet Me In St. Louis, but that was so cheerful it became irritating.