The Stepford Wives is rather infamous. As we all know, "Stepford wife" is part of the American cultural zeitgeist, denoting something so perfect as to be secretly nefarious, and Irving Levin's novel has been brought to the screen in both 1975 and 2004. Thing is, though, I've never seen either version until now, and was … Continue reading The Merry Housewives of Stepford
Stage To Screen: The Music Man
Few Broadway shows can touch The Music Man. It's probably in the top ten of the most well-known musical comedies, or just musicals in general. It's rousing, it's funny, it's winkingly naughty, it has a lot of cool plays on words, it feels like yesteryear. Most of all, who hasn't wanted to go marching out of the … Continue reading Stage To Screen: The Music Man