Title: COLE PORTER, BUTCHERED
Product review: Any similarity between the hit broadway show and this Ethel Merman vehicle is purely unintentional. Since it was broadcast in the early days of television I can overlook the tacky sets and cheesy costumes. It follows none of the original story, Porter songs have been inserted willy-nilly and Frank Sinatra looks totally lost and out of place. The idea of Sinatra & Merman as a couple actually turned my stomach. Lyrics have been changed (".....you're Crosby's salary". Crosby was not around in the 20s) and Sherri North seems to serve no purpose than to strutt her "stuff" and add to the scenery. Bert Lahr may just as well be in his Cowardly Lion costume from "The Wizard of Oz" because his shtick has nothing to do with anything. What a hideous mess............
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