1956 · musical · drama · romance
Carousel (1956)
Directed by Henry King2h 8m1956
Billy Bigelow has been dead for 15 years. Now outside the pearly gates, he long ago waived his right to go back to Earth for a day. He has heard that there is a problem with his family: namely with his wife Julie Bigelow, née Jordan, and his child he hasn't met. He would now like to head back to Earth to assist in rectifying the problem; but before he may go, he has to get permission from the gatekeeper by telling him his story. Adapted from the Rodgers and Hammerstein hit Broadway musical.
Our read: Carousel (1956) (1956) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive musical · drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured musical / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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