Oklahoma Is A Musical Film Based On The 1943 Stage Musical Oklahoma (Movie Review Sample)

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Oklahoma is a musical film based on the 1943 stage musical Oklahoma. It was written by composer Richard Rogers and the lyricist Oscar Hammerstein 2. This movie stars Gordon McRae, Shirley Jones, Rod Steiger, Charlotte Greenwood, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, James Whitmore and Eddie Albert. It is a musical film that was released in theater on 11 October 1955 and in DVD on April 27, 1999.
The characters brought out in this movie are of diverse characteristics; In Gordon McRae, he has a curly cowboy hero look that is handsomely relaxed and sure to attract any damsel. Shirley is strawberry blond in Laurey, and both have excitingly beautifully voices. Charlotte Greenwood’s rangy Aunt Eller is an incredible joy. She has an added rare quality of real compassion to the huge rustiness of the role. On the other hand, Gene Nelsons plays as Lanky Will Parker is light-footed and dimwitted beautiful to the occasionally pretentious Ado Annie of Gloria Grahame.
The plot in this movie is set in the Oklahoma territory in the early 1900s (YouTube. Retrieved from /watch?v=JAs_Xqu_hmg). This musical film tells a story of lovers Curly and Laurey, who due to their stubbornness cannot admit their love for each other. They accept an invitation to a social dance from Aunt Eller's brute farmhand Jud Fry. Unfortunately, Jud is jealous and vengeful of their love and tries to come between them. From there, the love triangle momentarily turns violent and things escalate. Another threesome who keeps the movie interesting is Ado, Will, and Ali.
Ado Annie can be described as clueless, she "Can't say no" (her signature song) and is unable to control her sexual impulses. Her father, James Whitmore, is more than willing to marry her off. She is wooed by Will, Curly's friend, who becomes her fiancé, but while he was away, Ado Annie fell for a Turkish peddler, Ali Hakim. She is torn between Will, a cowboy who loves her and Ali, a peddler who is a ladies' man and obviously has no interest in marriage.
Oklahoma is an enduring classic. While the characters seem charming and comical, it is the song and dancing that is responsible for the film, remains freshness and entertainment. "Oh, what a beautiful morning'' sung as Curly rode on his horse from the cornfield to Aunt Eller's farm. “Kansas City” was sung at the train station where Aunt Eller and others met Will, who had returned. Will exemplifies the round shape of the burlesque queen, and he tries to teach the young girls how to dance, during "Kansas City", this implies that he is attempting to teach them how to become sexually mature to get his attention.
In the reprise of "I can't say no", Will compares Ado's mouth to ripe berries. Use of metaphor is depicted in this work when a woman's sexuality as a meal for her male companion. Before the reprise of "I can't say no", Ado Annie compliments the way Will ropes his horses in between his sexual advances. Will tells her that, roping all day makes him think only of her. After ‘'All ‘er nothing'', he holds Annie against a fence before kissing her. The characters brought out in this movie are of diverse characteristics; In Gordon McRae, he has a curly cowboy hero look that is handsomely relaxed and sure to attract any damsel. Shirley is strawberry blond in Laurey, and both have excitingly beautifully voices. Charlotte Greenwood's rangy Aunt Eller is an incredible joy. She has an added rare quality of real compassion to the huge rustiness of the role. On the other hand, Gen...