How to love musicals? Discussed in the Caretaker podcast

Many viewers are convinced that musical films are a kind of genre accessible only to a select few, like ballet or opera. It is especially funny to hear this from those who since childhood were brought up on Soviet musical comedies, know by heart the songs from The Diamond Hand and the Caucasian Captive, remember Five Minutes performed by Lyudmila Gurchenko, but are categorically afraid of musicals.

The presenters of the "Watchman" Alexei Khromov and Mikhail Volnyh are trying to figure out how to instill a love for musicals in a person and whether it is worth doing, remember the history of the genre's formation, talk about their favorite musical films, the success of Hamilton and the failure of Cats. And they also discuss Bollywood a little.

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01:07 - Mikhail and Alexey talk about their favorite musical films.

04:35 - about where to start acquaintance with musicals for a person who absolutely does not understand the genre.

09:28 - about the Broadway musical "Hamilton" and its sudden deafening success.

14:30 - why in our once very musical country at one point they forgot how to make musicals.

18:58 - experiments in the genre: "Forbidden Zone" and "The Rocky Horror Show".

24:22 - is it worth waiting for a worthy sequel or a remake of the 1971 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory?

34:16 - Bollywood musicals and their popularity in the Soviet Union.

36:05 - about covers and original compositions.

40:21 - about which musicals are more in demand among the modern audience.

What to see on the topic

We've rounded up the films featured in the podcast:

Moulin Rouge, director - Baz Luhrmann, 2001.
The Wall, directed by Alan Parker, 1982.
The Rocketman, directed by Dexter Fletcher, 2019.
Cabaret, directed by Bob Fossey, 1972.
Grease, directed by Randal Kleizer, 1978.
West Side Story, directed by Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins, 1961.
Singing in the Rain, directed by Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, 1952.
Chicago, directed by Rob Marshall, 2002.
Hamilton, directed by Thomas Kiel, 2020.
"Hipsters", director - Valery Todorovsky, 2008.
The Restricted Zone, directed by Richard Elfman, 1980.
"Tommy" directed by Ken Russell, 1975.
The Rocky Horror Show, directed by Jim Sharmen, 1975.
Dancer in the Dark, directed by Lars von Trier, 2000.
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Mel Stewart, 1971.
A Star Is Born, directed by Bradley Cooper, 2018.
"Disco Dancer", director - Babbar Subhash, 1982.
The Blues Brothers, directed by John Landis, 1980.
"Blues Brothers 2000" directed by John Landis, 1998.
The Beatles: A Hard Day's Evening, directed by Richard Lester, 1964.
Through the Universe, directed by Julie Taymor, 2007.
Yesterday, directed by Danny Boyle, 2019.
La La Land, directed by Damien Chazelle, 2016.

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