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James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep and Keegan-Michael Key in The Prom. (Netflix) The Prom director Ryan Murphy has revealed that the most magical moment of the new Netflix musical wasn’t even in the script. Warning – mild spoilers follow. The Prom is loosely based on a true story, and follows a group of faded Broadway stars as they descend upon small-town Indiana to help Emma (Jo Ellen Pellman), a young lesbian teen denied the chance to attend her school prom with her same-sex date. ...

Ratched hit Netflix, his adaptation of the 2018 Broadway musical The Prom arrives to the platform gussied up in a technicolor version of the same worshipful high school nostalgia as Glee, and riddled with the same condescension toward “average” people that has defined so much of his output, from Nip/Tuck to The Politician. Murphy’s fondness for smashing down the walls surrounding certain American institutions and making them available for all to enjoy has never been particularly nuanc...

Jo Ellen Pellman landed a role of a lifetime when she was cast Emma in Ryan Murphy's film adaptation of the Broadway musical comedy&nbsp

Ryan Murphy’s latest Netflix release, The Prom, is the longest film of all time. That may not technically be true – its runtime is 2 hours 12 minutes – but emotionally it’s true. Watching this musical feels, in more ways than one, like a prison sentence. Boasting a cast that includes Meryl Streep, James Corden and, catastrophically miscast, Nicole Kidman, The Prom is based on a stage musical of the same name, about Emma Nolan, a teenage girl forbidden from going to the prom at her Ind...