# Son of the SDMB Musicals Group **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987 "2008-09-10T20:37:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987/141 "2009-04-01T22:27:43Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Next up is _Guys and Dolls_ (Marlon Brando at his peak of lusciousness **blissful sigh** ) with **amarinth** writing an OP on or about April 1st. > > BTW, watched _Hairspray_ last night – more fun than I expected, frankly. Such bright colors! So much dancing! Nikki Blonski is the daughter of one of my high school friends (my brush with celebrity) ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987/142 "2009-04-08T14:55:58Z")
I’m sorry for letting Friday become Tuesday - [Guys and Dolls](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=513385) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987/143 "2009-04-10T13:59:29Z")
Speaking of con men, next film up is _The Music Man_ (the Robert Preston original, of course, not a misguided effort with Matthew Broderick, should any such version exist, which it doesn’t, because we live in a fundamentally just universe). **LurkMeister** will be writing an OP sometime around the 15th, give or take. It will be interesting to contrast the Sky/Sarah relationship, currently being discussed (in terms of casting) in the _Guys and Dolls_ thread, with that of Marian and the good professor. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987/144 "2009-04-10T15:21:48Z")
I was going to mention the rumors that there had been plans for a made-for-TV version with Matthew Broderick which were fortunately scrapped when it was realized that he couldn’t possibly pull off the part. I have the Special Edition, which has a documentary on the making of the movie that I will watch. Assuming I get my tax paperwork completed on time, I should be able to start the discussion sometime on the April 15th. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987/145 "2009-04-17T19:25:07Z")
Just a little late; I ended up fighting a cold the last week and completely forgot that I was supposed to do this - [The Music Man](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=514489). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987/146 "2009-04-25T14:54:41Z")
Next up is _Cabaret_ – **Sampiro** will be writing an OP on or about May 1st. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987/147 "2009-05-01T12:56:12Z")
The _Cabaret_ thread is [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=516039). ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987/148 "2009-05-02T10:18:59Z")
Just a quick head’s up-- I’m scheduled to write an OP for Shall We Dance (original Japanese version) in a month. I’m scheduled to work seventy hours across two jobs this week, and anticipate/hope to continue the pattern until some time in earlyish June. This pretty much guarentees that my OP will be short and sweet, because I will have no time or inclination to track down the movie in question, and no time to review it if I did track it down. So I’m still willing to start the thread, but if you want interesting talking points brought up, you’d better be prepared to do it yourself. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987/149 "2009-05-02T11:30:14Z")
Yikes, sounds like your life is about to get seriously nuts – let’s go ahead and cross this off your to-do list. I’ll be happy to tackle the OP, unless someone else out there would like to do it. In either case, consider yourself off the hook. Thanks for letting us know in plenty of time to find someone! ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987/150 "2009-05-02T11:51:40Z")
My life has already gone nuts-- before Easter I had no jobs. Then I got 3 job offers. None are great, and one is temporary, but this week I worked 25 hours at one job, and about 20 at the other, and next week both ramp up their demands. At least the one I work in the evenings may require more out of my feet, but doesn’t require the brain power the day job does. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987/151 "2009-05-11T15:18:29Z")
Next up: more Fosse, _All That Jazz_. **Lissener** will be writing an OP on or about the 15th. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987/152 "2009-05-18T05:36:36Z")
My day went entirely to sh!t, so the OP I was working on is not even hardly begun. But while I’m catching up on work sh!t tonight, I’m watching All That Jazz with commentary by the editor, so I promise to post a real OP tomorrow. K? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987/153 "2009-05-21T02:57:34Z")
I gather your life continues to be complicated? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987/154 "2009-05-21T03:38:49Z")
I just watched ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER on Netflix. If anyone’s interested I’ll be glad to start an “anytime” thread on that since it has historical flashbacks when Babs is being regressed into her past life. It could be a “how could you fix this?” discussion as it’s got some great songs and great talent but ultimately doesn’t work. [A clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfr4BJhvEEA&feature=related) if you’re unfamiliar; includes my favorite scene/song if only because it’s filmed at G4’s Brighton Pavilion (song begins around 2:25). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987/155 "2009-05-21T11:37:56Z")
I’ve never seen it – worth renting the DVD of? (I can’t do Netflix on-demand because it requires IE, which I don’t run on my machine because, for reasons that aren’t at all clear to me, last fall it caused things to go so completely kerflooey that I didn’t have internet access at home for a week and only got back online after several very, very long conversations with a nice young man with a pronounced Indian accent, three of them before he gave up and told me to install Firefox and a final one – which lasted almost two hours – after I had done so.) ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987/156 "2009-05-21T12:55:16Z")
**twickster** , Netflix now has on-demand viewability with Firefox 2.0 and up. I haven’t tried it yet because I only found out about it a few days ago, but I did check out the system requirements. It told me that I had to install a Microsoft Silverlight plug-in, which I’m not familiar with. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987/157 "2009-05-21T13:21:28Z")
Good to know – I’d been mildly peeved that I couldn’t do on-demand, not that I was a huge on-demand consumer anyway. (I’ve got DSL, so the quality is suboptimal, though good enough for documentaries, '40s films – and Streisand musicals.) ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987/158 "2009-05-24T22:26:47Z")
Finally cobbled [something](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11173954#post11173954) together. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987/159 "2009-05-26T14:50:47Z")
Next up is _Shall We Dance?_, the original 1995 film, not the JLo/Richard Gere remake (though if someone would like to take one for the team, watch that, and report back, that would be much appreciated). I’ll be writing the OP in about a week. (Just finished Season 4 of “Gilmore Girls,” which had the double cliffhanger of Luke finally putting the moves on Lorelai and Rory losing her virginity, so I need to watch the first disc of Season 5 of “GG” before I can get to this movie, which I’ve seen, but about 10 years ago.) ETA: On a completely unrelated note, I finally saw _WALL_E\* this weekend – what a lovely film! And what a great use of my favorite song from _Hello, Dolly!_ And how my heart melted when WALL\*E used the hubcap hat to dance along. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987/160 "2009-06-01T15:42:54Z")
Thought I’d moved _Shall We Dance_ to the top of my Netflix queue, but apparently I didn’t, so I won’t get it before Friday (I’m a one-at-a-timer). OP will be next weekend sometime. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-the-sdmb-musicals-group/462987.md?page=9)