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Friday Happy Hour Video: “Bathtubs Over Broadway”

02.11.2022 by David Murray // 3 Comments

A documentary about “industrial musicals” that starts out ironic and winds up honest. Dunno how I missed this, from 2018; corporate communicators should run, not walk.

Hat tip to the concierge to the documentary world, Randall Damon—and to my old man, who performed in Frigidaire road shows in the early 1950s—and who always wondered whether the work he did amounted to a durn thing in the end.

As do we all.

This movie is a great contemplation of that, and its judgment is generous.

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  1. Randall Damon says

    February 11, 2022 at 4:46 pm

    Yes, generous, well said. And kind. We could use more generosity and kindness these days.

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  2. Patricia Fripp says

    February 12, 2022 at 1:39 am

    That looks amazing.

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  3. Fletcher Dean says

    February 12, 2022 at 1:47 am

    Wow! I’m not keen on hype, but this was the best show I’ve seen in a long time. Interesting. Smart. Unexpectedly touching. What a great slice of Americana. Thank you for sharing.

    Reply

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