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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 435234" data-attributes="member: 33">Yes, I&#039;ve seen There&#039;s No Business Like Show Business and it&#039;s not great but an entertaining enough film to pass a couple of hours if you have nothing better to do. The highlight is Ethel Merman singing the title song wearing a ludicrous dress with a weird supported structure on the front to obscure her bosom. Irvin Berlin was a genius and the lyrics to the title song are amazing, even though the song wasn&#039;t originally written for this film. This is my favourite bit of the song:You get word before the show has startedThat your favourite uncle died at dawnAnd top of that, your ma and pa have partedYou&#039;re broken-heartedBut you go on.When Ethel Merman sings it on stage in front of a large audience, her son, played by Donald O&#039;Connor, appears in the wings and her other 2 children try to catch her attention. She gasps, momentarily stops, finishes her song quickly and immediately runs off stage to greet him. I couldn&#039;t help thinking: your favourite uncle dies and your parents split up but that&#039;s not as important as remaining on stage &quot;stealing that extra bow&quot;,&nbsp; however, your son returns and is not going away in a hurry and you can&#039;t even&nbsp; stay on stage for another 30 seconds to appreciate the audience after you hurriedly finish singing?Her disco version of the title song has to be heard to be believed.[MEDIA=youtube]rToDkI_TU6c[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 435234, member: 33"] Yes, I've seen [I]There's No Business Like Show Busines[/I]s and it's not great but an entertaining enough film to pass a couple of hours if you have nothing better to do. The highlight is Ethel Merman singing the title song wearing a ludicrous dress with a weird supported structure on the front to obscure her bosom. Irvin Berlin was a genius and the lyrics to the title song are amazing, even though the song wasn't originally written for this film. This is my favourite bit of the song: [I]You get word before the show has started That your favourite uncle died at dawn And top of that, your ma and pa have parted You're broken-hearted But you go on.[/I] When Ethel Merman sings it on stage in front of a large audience, her son, played by Donald O'Connor, appears in the wings and her other 2 children try to catch her attention. She gasps, momentarily stops, finishes her song quickly and immediately runs off stage to greet him. I couldn't help thinking: your favourite uncle dies and your parents split up but that's not as important as remaining on stage [I]"stealing that extra bow", [/I]however, your son returns and is not going away in a hurry and you can't even stay on stage for another 30 seconds to appreciate the audience after you hurriedly finish singing? Her disco version of the title song has to be heard to be believed. [MEDIA=youtube]rToDkI_TU6c[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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