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Summary: "A CHORUS LACKING..." (VS) THE BROADWAY SHOW:>(
Review: ITS ALMOST A TRAGEDY THAT SUCH A WONDERFUL BROADWAY EXPERIENCE (WHILE IN NYC), DOES NOT TRANSLATE TO THE SCREEN---ADDING INSULT TO INJURY MGM DOES A LESS THEN GOOD TECHNICAL TRANSFER FROM MOVIE TO DVD?? I HAD FORGOTTEN THAT MARVIN HAMLISCH HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THIS FILM + MICHAEL DOUGLAS JR.AS ONE OTHER REVIEWER PUT IT, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO (TRY AND GET A FEEL) FOR WHAT WAS "THE ULTIMATE BROADWAY SHOW OF SHOWS" IN ITS ERA. IT RAN AND RAN AND RAN....BECAUSE IT WAS BRIGHT LIGHTS, COLOR + DAZZLE AND DANCE, DANCE, DANCE!!!
THE GOLD COSTUMES & CHOREOGRAPHY AND SONG "ONE" IN THE THE FINALE BEAR REMEMBERING! "A CHORUS LINE" BROUGHT JOY AND LIFE TO DUSTY BROADWAY, ALONG WITH "EVITA" POPULAR AT THE TIME---ALONG WITH "DANCIN" "A CHORUS LINE" WAS *CHOUREOGRAPHIC* ON STAGE! YOUTH AND EXUBERANCE, SWEATING BODIES--- SO ACTIVE AND FESTIVE WERE THE NYC DANCERS--- I CAN STILL SEE THE SWEAT FLYING OFF INTO THE STAGE/FOOT LIGHTS!
(I WAS FRONT ROW AND WAS GLISTENED) BY THE FLYING SWEAT----IT WAS SENSUOUS & A LITTLE EROTIC TO NOT ONLY SEE, BUT "FEEL" THE SWEAT OF THE SHOW. IN ANOTHER LIFE MOST LIKELY I WOULD HAVE ENJOYED BEING A DANCER, GYMNAST OR OLYMPIC SWIMMER. IN LIEU OF THE REAL BROADWAY THEATRE EXPERIENCE YOU MUST> GET THE ORIG BROADWAY CD< IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN THE SONG: "WHAT I DID FOR LOVE"
THINK OF WHAT WE HAVE ALL DONE FOR LOVE, FOR OUR FAMILIES, OUR CAREERS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR "SIGNIFICANT OTHERS"!!! "WHAT I DID FOR LOVE" REALLY SPOKE TO GAY PEOPLE (BEFORE IT WAS CULTURALLY ACCEPTABLE) MUCH LIKE "FAME" THE MOVIE DID (WHICH BY THE WAY) "FAME" IS NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD AND "FAME" IS NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT THE ORIG SOUNDTRACK CD (IN MY OPINION). I HAVE SEEN APPROX 400 SHOWS OVER TWENTY YEARS AND OFTEN DONT KNOW WHO ALL THE WONDERFUL PERFORMERS ARE WHO GIVE US ALL SO MUCH EVEN IN THIS (C+) DVD WE SHOULD GIVE CREDIT TO THOSE THAT HAVE STRUGGLED TO GIVE THE REST OF US A ZEST FOR THEATRE AND LIFE!
THE UNIVERSAL THEME OF MOST SHOWS IS GOOD CONQUERS BAD AND LOVE OVER NO LOVE---YEA!! ...MOST OF US DONT HAVE A CLUE WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE IT ON BROADWAY OR IN FILM?? UNTIL THEY REVIVE "A CHORUS LINE" ON BROADWAY AND CAPTURE WITH MULTI CAMERA CAPABILITY, I SUGGEST THIS DVD AS A REMINDER OF WHAT REALLY SPARKLED!! ... ...)
REMINDER!! GET THE CD, SING THE SONGS (DANCE IF YOU DANCE)--- YOU WILL FEEL BETTER FOR THE EXPERIENCE BY SINGING "ONE"& "WHAT I DID FOR LOVE"
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