I grew up with those MGM musicals, so I have an idea what I like from a musical. It helped to read a book about making musicals, however.
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These were women who did not make a habit of taking their clothes off in public before they began performing at the Windmill. I suppose we could view all of this as politically incorrect, but the truth is that what happened at the Windmill brought many people together as a means of escaping the tragedy that was surrounding them.Stephen Frears
By putting a girl in there you immediately get a much more modern sensibility so you avoid making it a Victorian melodrama.
Stephen Frears
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