highbrow

Category: Topics

Definition: Incursions of ballet in Shall We Dance’s finale, “Hoctor’s Ballet”, operatic numbers of Kathryn Grayson in war films.

Example: “Traviata” (Ziegfeld Follies) = highbrow + serious; “Schwan Lake” (Funny Girl); “Brush Up Your Shakespeare” (KMK) = highbrow + ironic