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MARCH MADNESS 2022 - DAY 8
🕑 Added 2022-03-08 17:00:07 +0000 UTCCheech and Chong have gone up in smoke, and the Marx Bros move on to face Monty Python in the next round! Groucho would be delighted.
Today's matchup? Dazzling. Spectacular. A real razzle-dazzler.
It's OZ vs GOLD DIGGERS:
With Oz, we're thinking:
THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) - the classic Judy Garland MGM musical
THE WIZ (1978) - the all-Black musical inspired by the Wizard of Oz starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, directed by Sidney Lumet, with a screenplay by...Joel Schumacher?!
RETURN TO OZ (1985) - the famously traumatic sequel that terrified kids of the 80s; the only feature ever directed by famed editor Walter Murch
We will not be covering OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL on Patreon, because we're covering it on the main feed.
With Gold Diggers, we'd cover:
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1937
GOLD DIGGERS IN PARIS (1938)
These are spectacular Depression-Era musicals about brassy showbiz gals trying to book some gigs and earn some coin! The musical numbers were staged by Busby Berkeley, king of the early Hollywood musical - and are really a feast for the eyes.
So, who are we going with?
Comments
Seraphbeach
Not gonna lie, Gold Diggers would have been crazy
David Kirk
I voted Gold Diggers because the Gold diggers of 1933 and 1935 are just crazy fever dreams of movies. Busby Berkley at his best.
