<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">I think I may be the only person on the board who liked it <U>A LOT!</U> Around our house it is known as <U>THE</U> movie. We have seen it many times. "When You're Good To Mama" and "And All That Jazz" is in my group's play list, with a couple more tunes coming. <BR>
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True, the formal musical comedy arrangements are not OKOM, but loads of Broadway tunes (and many tin pan alley tunes) over the years have evolved into jazz classics. The gritty attitude of the movie & the irreverent treatment of the material is a delightful departure from the sappy vanilla ice cream & angel food cake musicals of the past. To me, this revives the great attitude of OKOM from the jazz era.<BR>
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It is the only mass market musical event I can remember that exposes to the world to music from an era many of us love. Apparently the financial support from my own household is just about the only validation the movie has received from this board. <BR>
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Then again, I also like classical, romantic, modern, baroque, polkas, bebop, big band & blues. Note this is my opinion only. Also note I have said nobody on this board is wrong. Also note this is not a personal attack of anybody. No flames please. Feel free to attack my opinions, but please do not attack me.<BR>
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Tom Loeb<BR>
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