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The Prom, Ryan Murphy s splashy musical on Netflix, upholds a utopian idea of American unity Ryan Murphy s The Prom, with its canny mix of nostalgia and idealism, old-fashioned conservatism and new-age liberalism will hit the spot for some, even if its vision of American unity is hard to recognise in 2020.
Early in Ryan Murphy’s
The Prom, a Broadway flack starts reading the reviews of a newly opened show about Eleanor Roosevelt, “Eleanor!” The gang is all here, including the self-adoring stars, Dee Dee Allen (Meryl Streep) and Barry Glickman (James Corden). The drinks and laughs are flowing, and everyone is as lit as their bedazzled outfits. And then the flack starts reading the notice from
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.
After being duped by the duplicitous head of the PTA (Kerry Washington’s Mrs Greene), Emma and the troupe (Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, James Corden and Andrew Rannells) set about creating their own inclusive prom for all queer kids.
Many modern moviegoers find it impossible to tolerate spontaneous breakings into song. Once, back in the 1950s, movie actors did it all the time, but these days, the seats flip up as soon as someone clears their throat.
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