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Title: In Your Face Musical Comedy
Review: Kiss Me Kate is a wonderful presentation. Produced in 1953 it contains faux 3D affects -- with objects thrown at the camera (it probably was originally shown in 3D) occasionally. That's a little distracting, but it is a period piece.The show stopper Brush Up Your Shakespeare with Keenan Wynn and James Whitmore is excellent. Although neither is a singer or a dancer, they are charming.The comedy by-play of Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel as the feuding divorced couple starring in a play within a play is wonderful. The staging of their two dressing rooms along with the choreography as they waltz through the rooms and hallway is fun to watch.The dancing is top rate with Ann Miller and Bobby Van, but my favorite person to watch is the very young Bob Fosse. Even in the early fifties you can see the dance moves that made him famous for the next four decades.This is a movie I'll watch again and again. I'll purchase the DVD when it becomes available, too.
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