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Raves for 'La La Land' Amp Up Oscar Chatter for the Film Musical by Patrick Pacheco

The 2002 Best Picture Oscar for "Chicago," ended a long dry period for the movie musical, which had once dominated Hollywood. Such expensive bombs as "Hello, Dolly!," "Star," and "Doctor Doolittle," sent the genre into disrepute in the 1960s, until animated Disney features like "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aladdin" conditioned a whole new generation to the once-awkward notion of characters breaking out into song. Plow…

SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:51PM on September 1, 2016

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