Everything that happens in life
Can happen in a show
You can make 'em laugh
You can make 'em cry
Anything
Anything can go....
The clown with his pants falling down
Or the dance that's a dream of romance
Or the scene where the villain is mean
That's entertainment!
Nanette : The lights on the lady in tights
Oscar : Or the bride with the guy on the side
Jack : Or the ball where she gives him her all
All : That's entertainment!
Nanette : The plot and the hot simply teeming with sex
Oscar : A gay divorcee who is after her ex
Fred : It could be Oedipus Rex
Jack :
Where a chap kills his father
And causes a lot of bother
Nanette : The clerk who is thrown out of work
Oscar : By the boss who is thrown for a loss
Fred : By the skirt who is doing him dirt
All :
The world is a stage,
The stage is a world of entertainment.
That's entertainment!
That's entertainment!
The doubt while the jury is out
Or the thrill when they're reading the will
Or the chase for the man with the face
That's entertainment!
Nanette : The dame who is known as the flame
Jack : Of the king of an underworld ring
Oscar and Fred :
He's an ape
Who won't let her escape
All : That's entertainment!
It might be a fight like you see on the screen
A swain getting slain for the love of a queen
Some great Shakespearean scene
Where a ghost and a prince meet
And everyone ends in mincemeat.
The gag may be waving the flag
That began with a mystical hand
Hip hooray!
The American way
The world is a stage,
The stage is a world of entertainment
(ARTHUR SCHWARTZ/HOWARD DIETZ)
FRED ASTAIRE, JACK BUCHANAN, OSCAR LEVANT, NANETTE FABRAY
Con este clásico del cine musical perteneciente a la película Melodías de Broadway 1955(curioso título español ya que la película es del año 1953 y además su título original es The Band wagon) dirigida por Vincente Minnelli, volvemos a las andadas con el blog después de un largo parón, y es que como bien dice la letra de That's entertainment, "the world is stage y the stage is the world", o en otras palabras, todo esto no deja de ser un vodevil en el que se pueden producir caprichosas bajadas espectrales, pero a pesar de todo el espectáculo debe continuar, ya que una batalla es mucho menos importante que una guerra y es esta última la que hay que vencer, y lo haremos. Un abrazo a todos.
