More movies

I watched two other movies yesterday: Damn Yankees, whose choreography by Bob Fosse reminded me of his choreography in The Pajama Game, which was made within a year of Damn Yankees, though I don’t know when the actual choreography was done: both movies are from Broadway musicals. I thoroughly enjoyed Damn Yankees (again) and recommend it. Ray Walton does a fine job as Applegate (the Devil), including a Mel Allen imitation that I recall from the first time I saw the movie. Yankees is a much sunnier musical than Gypsy.

Bob Fosse is perhaps best known for All That Jazz, which is a rumination on his own life and career and is one of my favorite movies: not to be missed. He’s the person who wrote, “Live like you’ll die tomorrow, work like you don’t need the money, and dance like nobody’s watching.”

And then I saw The Ten, a comedy of sketches (based in this case on the 10 Commandments), which I thoroughly enjoyed, though it’s not for everyone, I imagine. I found it enormously entertaining, with many nice touches (like the transition from each Commandment to the individual sketch). Recommended to those who have much the same sense of humor as I.

• » Read Full Story