Moonlight Over Whattapoppalie

Moonlight Over WhattapoppalieIn any discussion on the merits of the past decade's film musicals, I am always the first to acknowledge the general excellence of An American in Paris, It's Always Fair Weather, Les Girls, Gigi, Singing in the Rain, et al.Yet I can't help feeling that during its evolutionary course, the American screen musical has lost, never again to regain, a certain endearing quality. For want of a better word (actually I have many better words, but why squander them on an introd...