![]() It exposits indices for the 1940s and the classic Hollywood era, all pointing toward a framework where the musical comedy can function as a cultural history. The essay is organized along archetypal lines, namely the private investigator and femme fatale, to show how those models inform the show’s gendered characterization. Where relevant, I engage with histories, music theory, and non-scholarly publications for social context and reception. Those traits are measured against City of Angels as a work, primarily musically but also in its lyrics and dialogue, using frameworks presented within the work of Raymond Knapp, Stacy Wolf, Scott McMillin, and other scholars of musical theatre. ![]() My methodology looks to literary criticism and philosophy written on both film noir and hardboiled fiction for theorization on the core elements of those genres. ![]() This essay explores the connections between these idiosyncratic forms of entertainment, particularly in the ways that noir devices and tropes emerge from songs penned by Cy Coleman and David Zippel, to reach a greater understanding of the ways in which City of Angels depicts and comments on the cultural history of film noir. ![]() City of Angels (1989) uniquely transforms the structural, thematic, and visual elements of film noir through the conventions of musical comedy and thereby subjects both genres to affectionate satire. Full Book Name:Small Steps (Holes, 2) Author Name:Louis Sachar Book Genre:Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult ISBN 9780385733144 Date of Publication:2006 PDF / EPUB File Name:SmallSteps-LouisSachar.pdf, SmallSteps-LouisSachar.epub PDF File Size: 1.2 MB EPUB File Size: 2. ![]()
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