What Do I Like In A Movie Musical? (A RAMBLE)
So I just saw A Star is Born. For the sake of this blog post, let's assume it's a musical. It's my post so I can make assumptions as I see fit, even though the song numbers in ASIB are diegetic, which is to say, the characters are singing in the world in context, unlike, say, Les Miserables where it is clearly an artistic decision since unless you're like me, you don't walk around the streets in the rain ACTUALLY singing about how much you love him on your own. Moving back to the topic, I don't know if I have terrible taste in movie musicals, but I'd lump "A Star is Born" along with "Chicago","The Greatest Showman", and "La La Land" in the Movies-With-Amazing-AF-Soundtracks-But-Mediocre-Execution category. Consider this Category A. There's another class of musicals I'd like to talk about which include Les Mis and Phantom... oh and that ABOMINATION "Across the Universe", but let's call