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I watched the clip the first time and I picked up a few of the things the questions posed. I then went to the message board and started reading the posts. One went into great detail, answering each question in order, giving insights that I was not aware of. So I went back and re-watched the clip, paying attention the costumes, the extras, the easily overlooked sexual innuendo to fool the censors. 1. It definitely exhibits a life that was not reality. Everyones clothes were immaculate, even the extras. The nonchalant way in which Ziegfeld addresses the handing off the money (more than his
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ELigner replied to ELigner's topic in MAD ABOUT MUSICALS: THE HISTORY OF THE HOLLYWOOD MUSICALS
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Will Mad About Musicals be accompanied by a Canvas course? I have taken the last three and really enjoyed them. Usually I am informed via e-mail about any new courses, but I might have missed it.
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This is the third TCM class that I have taken, and I have never participated in the online discussions. I find it difficult to express any new thoughts that haven't already been posted. With so many voices speaking about the same questions posed, I feel like I am just a parrot. That said, I haven't seen a Hitchcock film in years, so trying to say that this shot or that theme is one that he will develop over the years is what I expect to learn in this course. As for the limitations due to a lack of dialogue, to start with, I had to watch the scene twice just to realize that we weren't watchin
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I too was fascinated by the way the subject was broken down like a sports show. This is a very modern way to teach the subject, having one personify the audience and the other the instructor answering on a one-to-one basis. I quite liked it. I know that I shouldn't be talking about how the information was disseminated, but it really was used quite effectively as a teaching method. I have been watching Slapstick since I was a wee lad in the early 60's and have never examined them for what made them funny. The scene with the banana was masterful. It wasn't the slipping that I noticed, it was