The following is a dance sequence from the 1943 movie "Stormy Weather", starring Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, and Fats Waller, among others. The classic oldies of black and white, the movie culiminates in a big band showdown. The scene was originally cut from the film because it featured two black dancers, the Nicholas brothers, which the studio didn't think would fly well with the white American public. It was replaced instead with the sappiest, smarmiest, cheesiest clip of a (white) barbershop quartet the movie industry has ever seen. Luckily the kept the original clip and played it after the credits at the very end of the movie, which is fortuitous for us that we still have this amazing gem to gawp at for time and all eternity (again, thank you God for YouTube...)
Frank Sinatra allegedly deemed this the greatest tap scene ever filmed. You decide.
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Amazing clip. Amazing.
And speaking of 'So You Think You Can Dance,' I've read rumors about 4 of the participants being LDS: Benji, Heidi, Allison, and Jaymz. Do you know? Some pretty skanky costumes for the girls, if so...
I heard Nigel is the executive producer. Is that true?
Dude--I have no idea. I just saw this clip in Intro to Jazz my last semester at BYU. It was probably the singular highlight of my senior year.
Old Jack, I think you just need to accept that white man can't dance. But lessons would be helpful...
Kayc, I've never seen that show. Or any reality show, ever, for that matter. I make it a point of principle not to; my one and only experience being that year Real World had that Mormon girl that FoxyMoxley grew up with...? Scarred me for life.
Nigel is the executive producer of SYTYCD.
You know how often I watch tv, asiankeng. Is it possible that I've seen a show that you haven't? I got sucked in when I saw this mormony ballroom-dancing couple dance their number (Benji and Heidi---cousins, btw) and the judges gave them a "Hallelujah", "I believe", and "Amen, brother" in their reviews :)
Yes, Kayc, I believe we can say with certainty (even with the margin of error) that you have seen a show I haven't. Impressive, really. But now worries, I've definitely seen way more trashy movies than you. ("He never did marry, or see a B-grade movie, he graded my performance, he said he could see through me...")
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