Netflix s The Prom from Ryan Murphy is glittery, loud and unfortunately unsubtle nbcnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nbcnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Glee
. Ergo, he knows how to do feel-good musical comedy-drama set in a high school, which tackles social issues.
It s his genre.
No surprise then, that he s at the helm for the film adaptation of the Broadway musical The Prom, a feel-good musical comedy-drama set in a high school, which tackles social issues (homophobia, in this instance).
To accompany his stellar creds is an all-star class featuring Meryl Streep (in full
Mamma Mia! mode), Nicole Kidman and James Corden (without a cat s tail this time, but with a camp American accent, which is only slightly less incongruous).
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The Prom movie review: Ryan Murphy s inconsistent glitzy musical adelaidenow.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from adelaidenow.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ratched hit Netflix, his adaptation of the 2018 Broadway musical
The Prom arrives to the platform gussied up in a technicolor version of the same worshipful high school nostalgia as
Glee, and riddled with the same condescension toward “average” people that has defined so much of his output, from
Nip/Tuck to
The Politician. Murphy’s fondness for smashing down the walls surrounding certain American institutions and making them available for all to enjoy has never been particularly nuanced, and he directs
The Prom with the same bluntness. The film’s ultimate admiration of celebrity is only vaguely tolerable because its concurrent message of inclusivity is theoretically admirable but must it be delivered by the likes of a thoroughly exhausting, irredeemably self-satisfied James Corden?
The Prom : Meryl, Nicole accentuate the positive in spectacular feel-good musical about inclusivity inquirer.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from inquirer.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.