In the final episode of our musical miniseries, Adam and Nate tackle Richard Attenborough’s A Chorus Line (1985), the maligned movie adaptation of a Pulitzer Prize-winning stage show that tells the true life stories of Broadway dancers trying to book their next job. It’s also the subject of a short but memorable Simpsons parody in “Treehouse of Horror V” (S6E6), which starts with a fog that turns people inside out.

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Also in this episode:

• Perhaps the best damn dancing we’ve seen in this miniseries
• Why do so many musical film adaptations add a weird love story?
• Some very eighties twists on this seventies musical
• Can Michael Douglas overcome his sex-thriller-creep mystique in this role?
• The value of movie adaptations of stage shows—even imperfect ones
• Plus more bonus material at SpringfieldGoogolplex.org .

We are taking a brief hiatus for the Toronto International Film Festival, but we’ll be back on September 26, 2023 with Thelma & Louise (1991)!

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