Experience

The Broadway Melody .  It was a movie that neither Madison nor I had seen, and the first movie we got through our new Netflix subscription. We watched it at Madison’s house over the summer, while we drank a bottle of wine.  We had to watch it in her room too, because that was the only place with air conditioning.

The movie

Oh the movie.  The movie was everything I think of when I think of old movies:  hammy acting, simple story lines, and a play within a movie. With a title like The Broadway Melody, it would be hard to expect anything more than that.

Apparently the movie was filmed in Technicolor (perhaps this had something to do with it winning the award) but the Technicolor version was lost somehow, and only the black and white one survived.

Perhaps this storyline was somewhat original at the time, but here it goes — prepare to not be unimpressed:  A sister act moves from a small town to the big city to hit it big on Broadway!  Woooow!

Hahah, as I am writing this, I decided to ask my Gods (Wikipedia) about the movie to get some of the character names, and what to I find, but a hilarious quote that confirms everything we thought about the movie:  “weak, cliché-ridden, and overly melodramatic.”  Hahahaha!  The multitude of authors (this is Wikipedia afterall) goes on to say that even at the time the movie was released, it was considered as such.  So there you have it.  Its a feel good movie that reminds me of 42nd Street.  Only not as cool.  Hahaha, and the title song “The Broadway Melody” is repeated throughout, and not nearly as catchy as anything from 42nd Street.

And for the record, if you can’t get enough, MGM released three ‘sequels’ — all with the same title.

So, since the movie was kind of lame, I have decided to summarize it from the point of view of one of the main characters, Hank.

“Look at me!  I can sing!  Its the Broadway melodyyyyyyyy!‘!! I’m such a big shot”

“A new sister act is in town!  They are good too!  Lets put them in the show, because I fell in love with the older one at first sight”

“Wow, I’m bored with the older one.  And her little sister is WAAAAY hotter than she is, I am in love with her now!”

“Dammit, the little sister won’t date me because she cares about her older sister?  What kind of crap is this?  And why is she dating that douchebag?  Its obvious she really does not like him.”

“Yay, everyone finally came around!  I’m going to marry Queenie, the hotter, younger, more talented little sister!  Yaaaaay!”

Oh shoot, I think I just spoiled the movie for you.  But I guess thats okay, because I don’t think anyone would watch it for the storyline.

I wonder what this movie would have been like if it happened in real life.  I guess Madison is happy she doesn’t have a hot little sister…