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Title: "The King and I" holds up well.
Review: I hadn't seen this movie in years and thoroughly enjoyed it. The style is a little dated but not enough to hurt. That's one big palace the king lives in and the floors are VERY shiney. Lot of Mop N'Glo in the kingdom.The story is very similar to "The Sound of Music" when you think about it.Single woman comes to the home of a very highly placed man to take care of his kids. The forbidden romance: in S of M it's the daughter and the little Nazi protege. In K&I; it's the new young wife and her lover. There are even some song parallels. "DoReMe" is "Getting To Know You"."Something Wonderful" is similar to "Climb Every Mountain". The wife who sings "Something..." is similar to the Reverand Mother. The whole thing is "Romeo and Juliet" becomes "West Side Story".My only (and great) disappointment was that they cut "I Have Dreamed" from the movie. For my money, that's one of R&H;'s finest songs. Too bad, too bad.
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