TY  - GEN
T1  - The pop musical : sweat, tears, and tarnished utopias
T2  - Short cuts (London, England)
A1  - Mira, Alberto
LA  - English
PP  - New York
PB  - Wallflower
YR  - 2021
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1245959968
AB  - "After Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley's iron grip on the movie musical began to slip in the face of pop's cultural dominance, many believed that the musical genre entered a terminal decline and finally wore itself out by the 1980s. Though the industrial model of the musical was disrupted by the emergence of pop, the Hollywood musical has not gone extinct. Many Hollywood productions from the 1960s to the present have revisited the forms and conventions of the classic musical-except instead of drawing from showtunes and jazz standards, they employ the styles and iconography of pop. Alberto Mira offers a new account of how pop music revolutionized the Hollywood musical. He shows that while the Hollywood system ceased producing large-scale traditional musicals, different pop strains-disco, rock 'n' roll, doo-wop, glam, and hip-hop-renewed the genre, giving it a new life. While the classical musical presented a world light on conflict, defined by theatricality and where effortless talent can shine through, the introduction of pop spurred musicals to address contemporary social and political conditions. Mira traces the emergence of a new set of themes-such as the painful hard work depicted in Dirty Dancing (1987); the double-edged fandom of Velvet Goldmine (1998); and the racial politics of Dreamgirls (2006)-to explore why the Hollywood musical has found renewed relevance"--
OP  - 149
CN  - PN1995.9.M86 M537 2021
SN  - 0231549296
SN  - 9780231549295
SN  - 9780231191234
KW  - Musical films : United States : History and criticism.
KW  - Popular music : Social aspects : United States : History.
KW  - Motion pictures and music.
KW  - Films musicaux : États-Unis : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Musique populaire : Aspect social : États-Unis : Histoire.
KW  - Motion pictures and music
KW  - Musical films
KW  - Popular music : Social aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
KW  - History
ER  -