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Title: Not as bad as the B.S. version of Hello Dolly at least
Review: Be thankful for small favors that as bad as this film version of Mame is (and it is unfortunately poor), at least it doesn't surpass the Barbra Streisand version of Hello Dolly as, perhaps, the worst big budget Hollywood musical ever made. Mame is, like the Rosalind Russell version of Gypsy, bad casting that can't be masked by glossy production values. The inability of either of these lead actresses to truly be able to sing, as brilliant as they were in virtually everything else that they did before the camera, carries no weight here and this inability sinks both films from the get go.
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