I don't know the musical except from the movie. I can't imagine Angela Lansbury, though, especially if the unrequited love aspect was present in the staged version. ::shudder::
I'm a sucker for nonsingers in movie musicals. I even liked Paint Your Wagon. (I know, I know.)
There's something rather offputting about full-blown operatic/Broadway belting that lacks the emotional impact I get when an ACTOR sings, instead of a singer acting.
The exception to the rule is (please don't taunt me) Harve Presnell in The Unsinkable Molly Brown. He belted them out, but still managed to seem like Johnny Brown when he did it, rather than a singer who finally got to the part where he got to open up his lungs and sing, and is determined to make the best of it before he goes back to that acting bit.
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I'm a sucker for nonsingers in movie musicals. I even liked Paint Your Wagon. (I know, I know.)
There's something rather offputting about full-blown operatic/Broadway belting that lacks the emotional impact I get when an ACTOR sings, instead of a singer acting.
The exception to the rule is (please don't taunt me) Harve Presnell in The Unsinkable Molly Brown. He belted them out, but still managed to seem like Johnny Brown when he did it, rather than a singer who finally got to the part where he got to open up his lungs and sing, and is determined to make the best of it before he goes back to that acting bit.