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Essential Classics - American Musicals

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Essential Classics - American Musicals (1945)

By Michael Buening

This is a conformist America as it was defining itself in the mid 20th century, a young superpower looking backwards for grounding. The characters are brash and loud and charismatic. [27 April 2007]

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