> > But I'm sorry, in general I just can't get my head wrapped around serious musicals, because it always breaks my suspension of disbelief.
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> Marry Poppins was a "serious musical?"
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> Ste "Confused..." phen

I don't know the proper word for it. I meant the singing musical part in movies where the normal storyline (the narrative) suddenly grinds to a shuddering halt, and the "heartfelt digressive solo" takes over with complete vengeance, consuming the actors such that they look all starry-eyed and do things like jump up lightly on top of a picket fence and skip and jump along it. And then when it's ALL OVER, they go back to some semblance of normalcy. That's what I meant by breaking suspension of my disbelief; the transition is too abrupt on the silver screen.

It's not that I hate all heartfelt solos. I like arias in live opera and Broadway shows; you EXPECT the actors to advance the story by singing and showing real sweat and tears throughout. And movie theme music in the /background/ is a great place to hear beautiful solos, like Celine Dion's emotional aria, "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic. Maybe I just can't handle seeing people who sometimes can't sing that terribly well, but who sing up close into the camera and its deathless celluloid eye. Grah.

Wolf "confused too" spirit