MUSICALS!: On the Town (1949)

“New York, New York, it’s a wonderful town…”

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CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of eugenics, racism, sexism, sex.

This week we’re joined by Newt Schottelkotte (Where the Stars Fell! Inkwyrm!) to discuss the wildest ride of a musical we’ve ever seen. I mean, there’s a lot going on in this movie, mostly fun, sometimes boring, and sometimes beyond cringeworthy. That seems to just be the 1940’s though, especially with just how simple this musical’s premise truly is. Three sailors on shore leave meet some ladies, have a glorious night, and then climb back aboard boat for the sea. It’s the musical equivalent of a Fast & Furious movie, and fast & furious is also a pretty great way to describe the romance for these characters. But even more fun is us and our guest picking apart the very bisexual tension throughout this movie and some outstanding parallels to other musicals of stage and screen. Grab your best shipmate and head out with us On The Town (1949) this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!

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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.

Excerpts from the motion picture On The Town are © 1949 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.