Listen "1968: Last Stand of the Hollywood MegaMusical (feat. Kevin Weir)"
Episode Synopsis
It's 1968, the dying days of Hollywood's "Golden Age," and while grosses have been down and the market's oversaturated, the big-budget Hollywood musical is going down swinging. First, the Oscar goes to Oliver!, a whimsical, light-hearted, peppy musical adaptation of... Oliver Twist? Weird choice. Once we're through the toe-tapping child trauma, it's on to Funny Girl, Barbra Streisand's breakout movie depicting the rise of top-tier Ziegfeld Girl Fanny Brice, the fall of her gambler husband, and how Fanny apparently never did anything wrong ever. It's tone clash vs. whitewashed biography, with songs for the whole family, and Kevin Weir's back to help break it all down!Find all of our episodes and the rest of Writing Therapy Productions' various entertainments at www.writingtherapyproductions.com
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