this is my kaitlyn at 4 years old--she had just discovered at this age that she realized the movies she liked best were dramas & musicals. she liked the disney movies okay, but what really got her excited would generally be a movie she could obsess over, and something usually not quite age appropriate--her first love was "titanic"--yes, i know. but DAMMIT it was the only movie we could put on and have her watch during our sunday afternoon nap! where she wouldn't come up and bother us! don't judge me please as sunday quality naptime is highly important.
her big 3 were
phantom of the opera--
mature theme? CHECK.
masked monsters? CHECK.
domestic and emotional abuse? CHECKCHECK.
i rationalized this one, of course, by focusing on the incredible musical score.
to see the katie's favorite song/scene in the entire movie, clickity HERE
moulin rouge was, again, not a movie that an 8 year old should want to watch over and over, but we hoped that she concentrated on the music and that most of the content went over her head (i know. i KNOW dammit) because she LOVED this movie.
the particular part she would watch and re-watch and watch again was the "elephant love song" which was a really cool mix of popular love songs, and i must say, ewan mcgregor's voice was pretty dang impressive. he jumped quite a few hot points in this movie imo.
to see the love song (about elephants?) clickity here
we all love the donny osmond version of "joseph"--katie had many of the songs and lines from the movie memorized like it was her full time job. she loved to turn the volume WAAYYY up and invite all the neighborhood children from the town home complex that we used to live in over to bust a move to some almost christian/mormon(ish) like.her dad loved "close every door" the very best, so katie watched that song over and over and over and over......and russ would literally watch it over and over again with her. pretty sweet.
to hear donny osmond at his vocal pinnacle (oh, and did i mention? SHIRTLESS.), clickity HERE
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I'm with Russ. Close Every Door is my fav too.
Me likey Donny shirtless too!
I so have an obession with this show. I watch Joe WHENEVER a small group theatre puts it on. Sometimes its good sometimes its bad. GO GO GO GO GO JOSEPH!
I met Donny O. when he was hosting the Pyramid game show & I tried out when they did a local event....Nice guy.
He was wearing a shirt, however. Aw man! Now I feel gipped!
The RBC says:
You know that this is one of the songs that I love to belt out. Love it.
Don't be jealous: I got to see Donny Osmond perform this live in San Fransisco thanks to my grandpa many moons ago. One of my FAVORITE plays...man you guys got good taste!
Don't be jealous: I got to see Donny Osmond perform this live in San Fransisco thanks to my grandpa many moons ago. One of my FAVORITE plays...man you guys got good taste!
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