[JenB]

Brigadoon, 1776, and My Fair Lady are the only musicals I can stand. I hate that sort of thing - but for some reason these three are different. 1776 is obvious; it's very patriotic and the songs are great. My Fair Lady I like because of the music, and because I like the story, but it does drag on now and then between songs.

Oh, bad image - just had a vision of the Hobbits performing the "Go Home with bonnie Jean" number out of Brigadoon....

[TigerTale]

Brigadoon, 1776, and My Fair Lady are the only musicals I can stand. I hate that sort of thing

There are musical-people and there are non-musical people. I am a musical person myself (in that I like musicals, not in that I am musically talented.) There was a time when I would have tried to convince a non-musical person, such as yourself, of the glory of the art form. I have since learned that it is a hard-wired distinction, not amenable to change--like the difference between those who (mistakenly) believe Sean Connery to have been the best James Bond, and those who understand (correctly) that the best James Bond was really Roger Moore.