Status Updates from All Editions of Musicals in Film: A Guide to the Genre (Hardcover)

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Genres cont.

15. Specialty musical (if a famous singer appears in a film singing one song; if a song is written with a performer in mind; if a musical is built around a star with a spec. talent

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Genres Cont.

12. Rockumentaries (film documentary covering a rock concert, festival, tour, recording session)

13. Musical revues (program of song, dance, sketches that offer a plotless evening of stage entertainment

14. Radio musicals

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Genres Cont.

12. Rockumentaries (film documentary covering a rock concert, festival, tour, recording session)

13. Musical revues (program of song, dance, sketches that offer a plotless evening of stage entertainment

14. Radio musicals

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Genres Cont

7. Teen Musicals (youthful cast, targeted at teens and young adults)

8. Animated musicals

9. Fantasy musicals (using an imagined, unreal existence to tell a story)

10. Patriotic Musicals

11. Rock musicals (unconventional than more traditional shows, in subject matter, structure, presentation; music is more pounding - more emphasis on beat than lyrics, free flowing celebration/protest)

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Genres cont.

5.Biographical musicals (a backstage musical about a real person, it combines the genre of backstager and bio; can be about performers, producers, songwriters. Can also be about celebrities in general - may contain inaccurate version of the truth.)

6. Operetas (a stage musical that originated in Europe, a light form of opera that uses dialog, songs, fanciful setting, romance - music is most important

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Musical genres:
1. Backstage musical (putting on a show)
2. Frontier musicals (rural setting, set in the past, a combination of musicals and westerns)
3. Americana Musicals (celebrating Americana, historical, nostalgia, critique and commentary)
4. Broadway adaptations (adapted from stage)

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Musical genres:
1. Backstage musical (putting on a show)
2. Frontier musicals (rural setting, set in the past, a combination of musicals and westerns)
3. Americana Musicals (celebrating Americana, historical, nostalgia, critique and commentary)
4. Broadway adaptations (adapted from stage)
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Musical genres:
1. Backstage musical (putting on a show)
2. Frontier musicals (rural setting, set in the past, a combination of musicals and westerns)

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