I've made it my holiday homework to watch old musicals. The best by far has been Top Hat from 1935, a black and white with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. The dancing's good, the songs are fun, Ginger Roger's dresses are totally cool and the butler is hilarious. It all makes for a good mix.
Many of the actors in Top Hat play perfectly over-the-top characters and somehow manage to make a stream of ridiculous puns classy. Sometimes I wish actors and screenwriters nowadays would try out that style again, just for kicks. The set for the Venice scenes is very Disneyland, and the ending song and dance are an odd spectacle finale, but Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire convince you to suspend disbelief and enjoy the ride of another mixed-up romance. And yes, Ginger dances in a dress that looks like a big poofy feather.
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