God save the MGM musical. That's what 2012 needs. But no one's going to make one because these movies just aren't made anymore. Gone are the movie palaces and people going wild in them on San Vicente Boulevard. Well, I feel alive when I watch those MGM musicals...... In "I Dood It" (1943), which isn't even a 'great picture' by any means, the images and sounds still leap out at you; you get a classic underdog story, Jimmy Dorsey (and more!), a strong Buster Keaton slapstick influence, and a ton of complex and gloriously exuberant dancing, like dis:
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