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    I have a French baker up the street from Lyon who's pretty damn good.

    Your inexperience when it comes to musicals shows
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    Here's a true Oscar-winning torch song delivered by the best there ever was... (I should add that this film was directed by the director whose movies have garnered more Academy Award wins and nominations than the next four directors combined, the great William Wyler)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdlz6QzyAVA
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    The first bearer of torch songs went to the great Lena Horne, who lasted 50 years in show business as the woman who never aged. She also broke the color barrier when it came top female stars. Here, from the 1943 musical, "Stormy Weather," she sings the title song that came to be her signature number. She was 26 at the time and passed in 2010.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCG3kJtQBKo
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    Of course, Judy Garland, the little girl with the big sad eyes, probably set the standard for the "wistful" melody in "Over the Rainbow." But she sang many torch songs in her career. Here, she pines over the good looking young man next door... looking as wistful as ever.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUB4XcQYq9A
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    Cheryl Barnes, stuck on the streets of New York, homeless with a child, goes in search of his father who has abandon them. When she finds him, she discovers he wants nothing to do with her. Her heart-filled rendition fell on deaf ears that year, as she wasn't even nominated. From the musical "Hair," directed by two time Academy Award winning Milos Forman comes, "Easy to be hard."

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCs1rkAXZ9o
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    One of the most original and creative talents of my generation, Madonna is a singular phenomenon who is unlike anyone before her or after. She made her mark on the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, "Evita" that many felt fell flat, but did not blame her. Here she sings the best song from the show and gives one of the finest performances of her career; directed by Academy Award nominee Alan Parker.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA1QHtFkH48
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    There is a consistancy to all of these examples - great directors, good camera work, great singers, and memorable performances. I'm not certain your "Les Miz" measures up the standard... and there is a standard to follow. It works. Woe to those who fail to listen...
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    In an ironic twist of fate, Mario Lanza, who argued with the director of "The Student Prince" was fired from the picture by new studio boss, Dore Schary who wouldn't tolerate disobedient actors. Unwilling to give up the incredible voice tracks, Schary ended up hiring the director Lanza wanted but put non-singer Edmond Purdom in the role as Prince Karl, lip-synching the part.

    In this scene, the prince learns that the only man he called friend, his father, just died unexpectedly and Karl must assume the duties of being king, alone. Standing before his father's coffin, he tries to muster courage in this emotional rendition of "I'll walk with god." Directed by Richard Thorpe, the man who made Lanza famous, Mario was blackballed and never allowed to work in Hollywood again (with "Serenade" being the exception).

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    Told she had won the part of Rose in "Gypsy," Rosalind Russell sent a cable to Ethel Merman (who made the part famous on Broadway) apologizing to her and begging her indulgence as she was an actress and not a singer. Merman supposedly cabled back, "Just belt it out like I do and you'll be fine." Russell studied voice for three months, pushing herself; winning the Golden Globe that year for Best Actress.

    In this scene, her daughter, along with her entire vaudeville act, walks out on her, leaving her and her other daughter alone. Determined to make a success out of her life in show business, she pushes her remaining daughter onto the stage, eventually giving up all moral objects when she allows her daughter to perform a striptease. Of course, Rose's daughter would become the most famous stripper of all time, Gypsy Rose Lee. Based on Lee's memoirs and directed by Oscar winner Mervyn LeRoy (who produced "Wizard of Oz") here is, "Everything's coming up Roses."

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYGMguS2dD8
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    Based on the tragic life of rock and roller Janis Joplin, Bette Midler performed the title role of a lifetime in her Oscar nominated role directed by Marc Rydell. This film marked the debut of a different type of musical that while unique and was repeated in style by Barbra Streisand in "A Star is Born" never caught on.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR6okRuOLc8
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    FAIL

    This is how you take a great Broadway show and destroy it; even with Oscar winning actors and directors! Let's hope for your sake, they aren't putting "Les Miz" in this catagory a few years from now.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-yjj6_LBCs
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    FAIL

    "Paint Your Wagon" was a small Broadway musical produced by writers Lerner and Lowe (My Fair Lady) back in the early 1950's. It's two biggest songs, "I talk to the trees" and "They call the wind Maria" were hits at the time. Segue 18 years later and Paramount Studios wants to produce a big name musical with two big stars Lee Marvin (who won for "Cat Ballou") and Clint Eastwood along with European sensation Jean Seberg. Directed by Joshua Logan, the same man who butchered "South Pacific" and you have a recipe for sure fire disaster. Here is non-singer Clint Eastwood destroying one of the musicals big numbers...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn8YubD01sk
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    FAIL

    This highly staged number dubbed with the original 1930's recording attempts to stylize the great Busby Berkley. But if you want Busby Berkley, then watch one of his movies. This Herbert Ross movie tears the audience in two directions at once, trying to show us the dark side of the Great Depression while throwing nonsensical music numbers in for good measure. This is the title number with Martin picking up an alley stray and ... the rest is too confusing.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-lt16Zm_DI
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    FAIL

    Julie Andrews got screwed by Jack Warner - figuratively, of course. She not only nailed Eliza Dolittle on Broadway and then took the Oscar away from Warner's film version, but she came back and continued to win hearts of musical lovers with three more great roles. Warner put non singer Vanessa Redgrave in this disaster of a stylized musical that is remember more for its silly costumes, bad hairdos and horrible sets than it is for its Lerner and Lowe score. Here is one of the worst examples of how to destroy a Broadway play...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wijIn4xQ8jw
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    FAIL

    As much as Ros Russelll (who played Mame in the non-musical version, "Auntie Mame") was gracious about taking Ethel Merman's part from her; Lucille Ball had no qualms about starring as Mame Dennis and brushed her rivals aside. Angela Lansbury had made the musical famous and was responsible for making several of the songs hits, my favorite being "When he walked into my life." While Lucy is probably remembered as televisions great lady of laughs, she did not have the range or depth to play the woman who endeared little Patrick to her. Mame was charming, witty, and a grand socialite. Ball is a brassy redhaired buffoon and not the sophisticate Lansbury made famous. In this opening scene, we quickly find out why this movie bombed so badly.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdpwpfUbXl8
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