Incongruous Entertainment: Camp, Cultural Value, and the MGM Musical
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With their lavish costumes and sets, ebullient song and dance numbers, and iconic movie stars, the musicals that mgm produced in the 1940s seem today to epitomize camp. Yet they were originally made to appeal to broad, mainstream audiences. In this lively, nuanced, and provocative reassessment of the mgm musical, Steven Cohan argues that this seeming incongruity--between the camp value and popular appreciation of these musicals--is not as contradictory...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822335956
ISBN13:9780822335955
Release Date:October 2005
Publisher:Duke University Press
Length:384 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.3"
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