... of Entertainment 1992) characterizes the musical genre as 'spontaneous self-expression through song and dance' - The Barkleys of Broadway (Walters, Charles 1949), Singin' in the Rain (Donen, Stanley; Kelly, Gene 1952) and The Band Wagon (Minnelli, Vincente 1953); express these characteristics and thus are of the musical genre. The notion of entertainment has its own legacy going back to ... the Rain and Astaire's coupling with Charisse in The Band Wagon follows similar narrative trajectories - partnerships made and unmade throughout the temporal continuum of backstage production. Howeve...

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... and dance, the movie's first message is that Hollywood has the potential to fulfill the dreams of performance, entertainment, and fame of Gene Kelly's character, the Hoofer, dreams of performance and entertainment. This message, associated with happiness and joy, is juxtaposed with the movie's second message ... entertaining movie, while simultaneously providing a commentary of Hollywood's greed and selfishness. The "Broadway Melody" number begins with a classy stage performance by Kelly that provides a reflexive scene with the beginning of the movie in which Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont ...

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