@deanduncan63Saw Donen/Kelly’s #ItsAlwaysFairWeather. Generally considered a semi-remake, at least a reconsideration, of their delightful On the Town …
… True, in the manner of Caravaggio’s respectively cocky & perditional versions of The Supper at Emmaus. Similar subject. Something’s changed!
#ItsAlwaysFairWeather. Sharp societal satire on the subject of the great victory that might just have turned …
… into ignominious defeat. Did we fail? Or even worse, was the fault in the values that motivated us in the first place?
#ItsAlwaysFairWeather anticipates A King in New York, or Frank Tashlin 1957, or even Dr. Strangelove. Absolutely belongs …
… in that fierce, confrontational, intractable company. Not the kind of thing you usually expect from a Hollywood musical!
#ItsAlwaysFairWeather. Social satire, w’ some very pointed & telling image interrogation relating to a certain Mr. Gene Kelly …
… Exquisite physicality & perfect features? Check. Problematically, even insufferably arrogant & discourteous relations …
… with women (i.e. ’45/I, ’49/I)? Check. Now, is that a hint of self-accusation, & self-loathing? All these things jeopardize, …
… then really deepen & enrich an affirmative ending that is now far more than just rote or obligatory.