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Podcast: Have a Good Movie
Episode: MUSICALS!: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
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CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of rwar, trauma, heartbreak, mention of bulimia and self-harm during discussion of Spencer.
The Lady Dame returns to the show this week to watch one of the greatest musicals ever made, specifically because it’s an anti-musical. Of course, a film that wins a Palme d’Or doesn’t really need us to gush over it, but upon first seeing this, it’s so against every musical trope you’ve ever known that it might turn you off entirely. If you hang with...