• ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Or older entertainment traditionalists firmly stuck in the era of variety hours and then importance of “big music numbers to give the audience the ol’ razzle-dazzle!” Hell, some of them probably never got out of a nostalgia for vaudeville.

      Or both that decrepit mindset plus cocaine.

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      11 months ago

      This cannot be overstated. Just reading the summary would invoke serious head-shaking, the casting would result in an explosion. Which tells you the snow blew over everyone.

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      It’s like after the 1970’s LSD comedown featuring Sid & Marty Kroft et. al. cocaine really took hold, but around 1983 was a nice mix of LSD, weed, and cocaine’s honeymoon period.