Singin' in the Rain, The Sound of Music, Camelot-love them or love
to hate them, movie musicals have been a major part of all our
lives. They're so glitzy and catchy that it seems impossible that
they could have ever gone any other way. But the ease in which they
unfold on the screen is deceptive. Dorothy's dream of finding a
land "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" was nearly cut, and even a film
as great as The Band Wagon was, at the time, a major flop. In
Dangerous Rhythm: Why Movie Musicals Matter, award winning
historian Richard Barrios explores movie musicals from those first
hits, The Jazz Singer and Broadway Melody, to present-day Oscar
winners Chicago and Les Miserables. History, film analysis, and a
touch of backstage gossip combine to make Dangerous Rhythm a
compelling look at musicals and the powerful, complex bond they
forge with their audiences. Going behind the scenes, Barrios
uncovers the rocky relationship between Broadway and Hollywood, the
unpublicized off-camera struggles of directors, stars, and
producers, and all the various ways by which some films became our
most indelible cultural touchstones - and others ended up as train
wrecks. Not content to leave any format untouched, Barrios examines
animated musicals and popular music with insight and enthusiasm.
Cartoons have been intimately connected with musicals since
Steamboat Willie. Disney's short Silly Symphonies grew into the
instant classic Snow White, which paved the way for that modern
masterpiece, South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut. Without movie
musicals, Barrios argues, MTV would have never existed. On the flip
side, without MTV we might have been spared Evita. Informed,
energetic, and humorous, Dangerous Rhythm is both an impressive
piece of scholarship and a joy to read.
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