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Since the turn of the millennium, films such as Chicago (2002) and Phantom of the Opera (2004) have reinvigorated the popularity of the screen musical. This edited collection, bringing together a number of international scholars, looks closely at the range and scope of contemporary film musicals, from stage adaptations like Mamma Mia! (2008) and Les Miserables (2012), to less conventional works that elide the genre, like Team America: World Police (2004) and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill (2003/04). Looking at the varying aesthetic function of soundtrack and lyric in films like Disney's wildly popular Frozen (2013) and the Fast and the Furious franchise, or the self-reflexive commentary of the 'post-millennial rock musical', this wide-ranging collection breaks new ground in its study of this multifaceted genre.
Contents
Reimagining the Contemporary Musical in the Twenty First Century; K. J. Donnelly and Beth Carroll
Part One: Original Musicals
Aesthetic Absurdities in Takashi Miike's The Happiness of the Katakuris; Craig Hatch
Film and the Twilight of Rock (Rock is Dead and Film killed It) Nails in Rock's Coffin: Post-Millennial Rock Musicals; K. J. Donnelly
Team America: World Police: Duplicitous Voices of the Socio-Political Spy Musical; Jack Curtis Dubowsky
The Anti-Musical or Generic Affinity: Is there anything left to say?; Beth Carroll
'Is this real enough for you?': Lyrical articulation of The Beatles' songs in Across the Universe; Stephanie Fremaux
'Love Is an Open Door': Revising and Repeating Disney's Musical Tropes in Frozen; Ryan Bunch
Part Two: Stage to Screen
Star quality? Song, celebrity, and the jukebox musical in Mamma Mia!; Catherine Haworth
Beyond the Barricade: Adapting Les Misérables for the Cinema; Ian Sapiro
Part Three: Musicals By Another Name
O' Brother, Where Art Thou? The Coen Brothers and the musical genre contamination; Stefano Baschiera
Racing in the Beat: Music in the Fast & Furious Franchise; Todd Decker
Kill Bill to the Beat: Exploring Quentin Tarantino as a musical filmmaker; Geena Brown
