But even bad musicals have their joys:
In "Man of La Mancha," if you forward past the parts with Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren and James Coco, you can see some very good British actors doing a good job. Though, you have to watch the "Aldonza the Whore" to hear her "Off all the krewel bastiards, joo are the krooliest off aull!"
In "Mame," you get Robert Preston singing "Loving You" and you get to marvel just how they were able to film Lucy through all that vaseline and wonder just what made the costume designer to hate Bea Arthur so much that she dressed her in those hideous costumes!
In "Little Night Music", you get the glorious Diana Rigg and some nifty extra lyrics to "Ev'ry Day a Little Death"
"A Chorus Line," on the other hand, is another matter entirely. Even though it is not my favorite musical, I resented what Richard Attenborough did to that show. My resentment carried over to his other films. When I saw him in "Jurrasic Park," I was upset that his character doesn't get eaten by a dinosaur.
I thought that he should at least get eaten by a dinosaur for what he did to "A Chorus Line."
"A coherent existance after so many years of muddle" - Desiree' Armfelt, A Little Night Music
"Life keeps happening everyday, Say Yes" - 70, Girls, 70
"Life is what you do while you're waiting to die" - Zorba
