You're right, Hamilton much worse

bracing myself for this looming Meet Me In St Louis attempt

God tier.

I'm seeing The Testament of Ann Lee tonight because I could watch Amanda Seyfried in just about anything

Looks weird, hoping this is a curveball as far as musicals go

I liked the non musical parts of Singin In The Rain but every time a song started

when is that out on arr matey heard theres some The Master vibes

A good music can really f***ing hit

If suicide was the vibe then would you push the button?

I love musicals

I greatly hate musicals. Everyone has pretty much touched on how it makes me feel in the thread.

If I had to try to say the why, I think part of it is that acting out music really cuts through the organicness of it. It feels forced and very rehearsed. Which is by design. I think just the way it’s choreographed and the over the top demonstrative expression and tone makes me cringe every time.

Don’t understand why Hamilton gets treated like the worst thing in the world on here. Is it because Lin is annoying s***lib? There’s so many worse musicals out there that doesn’t get half the disrespect Hamilton does lol

It’s this popular for a reason

It’s because Lin is very cringe

I agree but that shouldn’t take away from the greatness of the musical itself. Lin’s musical theater songwriting is actually quite amazing even outside of Hamilton. In The Heights, Moana, Encanto, etc. all have some really incredible musical theater numbers. It’s a shame his personality turns so many people away from his work when it’s really quite good.

I’m glad people actually interacted with this thread though. Very informative and honestly wasnt expecting this to get past the first page lol

So is Taylor Swift and her music is absolutely horrid

The songs in MMISL are not as broadway-esque as singing in the rain

And they are actually more naturally baked into scenes than other mid-century musicals tend to be

The songs accompany the good stuff

done well a musical can be great. people are just bias towards them because they have an idea of what a musical is before they even go into it, and if they end up enjoying it they say it’s just an exception.

musical numbers offer something you can’t get with dialogue in a regular movie. la la land is a great film because it’s a musical rather than in spite of it.

Because the actual music just kinda sucks

I think it’s possible for someone to make a cool musical tho, I just haven’t seen it yet

the lion king is the greatest movie of all time

i watched no country for old men for the first time a few months ago and realized i don’t like music in movies at all

Cause we couldnt opt out silly.

And it’s also mad corny. Like most rap musicals.

Im not even the type to s*** on classics like mamma mia (even if it is musical maury) but hamilton is very like actually corny

I know that lol but like you really couldn’t find ANY enjoyment in something like Sweeney Todd? Footloose I understand but Sweeney Todd is awesome, has some of my favorite musical theater moments in it.