Singin in the Rain

I have very little experience with musicals. It is true that I have seen West Side Story more times than I would like to admit, but beyond that I have seen very few traditional musicals. I was expecting a lot more singing (in the rain perhaps), but I was pleasantly surprised to see supplemental songs versus the singing of the dialogue.

This film was quite good expect a ten-minute musical and dance number detour. It seemed to be a showcase for Gene Kelly’s dance steps. I am not quite sure how this fit into the movie other than it was an addition to the musical talkie picture the characters were creating. It didn’t seem to fit and the story would not suffer without it. The dialogue was funny- the dance numbers, impressive- and the singing, entertaining. It is nice for a change to watch a musical without knives, guns, and war councils.