Movie Song of the Week: “I Enjoy Being a Girl”
From 1961's Flower Drum Song, it's the one song that annoys PC types even more than anything from my beloved West Side Story. And yet I can't help but notice that we have not been exactly deluged with musicals about Asian-Americans since then, either from the people who admire this movie or from the allegedly more enlightened people who hate it.
Anyway, I'd like to think that Nancy Kwan's appearance in this number has an appeal in this number that transcends race. However, I wish her voice wasn't dubbed.
Oh, well.
I hope you all enjoy it.
From 1961's Flower Drum Song, it's the one song that annoys PC types even more than anything from my beloved West Side Story. And yet I can't help but notice that we have not been exactly deluged with musicals about Asian-Americans since then, either from the people who admire this movie or from the allegedly more enlightened people who hate it.
Anyway, I'd like to think that Nancy Kwan's appearance in this number has an appeal in this number that transcends race. However, I wish her voice wasn't dubbed.
Oh, well.
I hope you all enjoy it.
Labels: Asiático-Estadounidenses, Canciones de Cine de la Semana, Canciones de Cine de los Años 1960, Flower Drum Song, Nancy Kwan
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