Marilyn had finished with the cardiologist by lunchtime so we thought we would catch a movie. Among those on offer was La La Land which looked promising: Best Actress Oscar and almost Best Picture. I don't know what all the fuss was about. We nearly left half-way through but there were only 6 people in the theatre so it would have been a bit pointed. Anyway, we had spent good money to see it and didn't want to waste it.
I think it was a movie made for Hollywood insiders. It was about two people with ambitions to be famous in the entertainment business. Ho hum! They were particularly shallow and unlikeable. The dialogue contained such gems as, ' When you get it, you gotta give it all ya got, 'cause it's your dream.
The blurb said it was endlessly innovative but we've seen the dance sequences a hundred times before, and every cliche from the old time musicals was done to death. Perhaps one of the most grating aspects was the soundtrack. What's innovative about playing so-called Jazz classics exactly as Theonious Monk did 75 years ago? I'm afraid I just don't get the American obsession with jazz. To my ear, it is just a cacophony of noise.
Well, that's my rant for this week. Sorry to put you through it.
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