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⌈ Secret Post #275 ⌋

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Comments

4, rofl

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mu·si·cal
4. set to or accompanied by music: a musical entertainment.
5. Also called musical comedy. a play or motion picture in which the story line is interspersed with or developed by songs, dances, and the like.

The thing is, I can understand being upset if fans felt that Moulin Rouge is the end-all of musicals out there, but to say Moulin Rouge isn't a musical just sounds like misdirected hate. Like others, I'm not sure what you're basing your definition on. Is it because some of the songs are actual performances done by the characters, such as The Can-can? (For example, in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hedwig's band plays the songs instead of them being acted out in every-day life, like in Les Miserables or Singing in the Rain.) The songs do, however, progress the plot and aren't just there for mood. The fact that Ewan McGregor's character is singing about his jealousy in "Roxanne" is enough to define the movie as a musical. It's not typical ("normal" is a bad word for it, though it works) for someone to break out and start singing about their emotions in real life.

By all means you have a right to your opinion, I'd just watch how you word it or back it up a little better. Why isn't it a musical? Or better yet, how are others better musicals to you? This I find more interesting than a simple attack.