Description
Starting time code: 01:50:30
Ending time code: 01:53:04
Length: 154 sec
Beginning: during sequence
Ending: during sequence
Outlines: nothing significant
Completeness: complete, satisfying and uninterrupted
Structure: simple
Shots: 7
Average shot length: 22 sec
Performance: song
Number directed by: Walter Lang
Performer(s): Ethel Merman
Cast: All White cast
Stars who don't participate: no data
Backstage
Diegetic spectators: yes
Diegetic status of the number: stage
Diegetic status of the music: no diegetic music
Themes
Topic(s): love at first sight or major encounter during the number , stage tradition, history of spectacle , navy , meta
Diegetic place: Broadway , Hippodrome Theatre (Broadway, NYC)
Imaginary place: none
Ethnic stereotypes: no
Exoticism: not exotic
Music & dance
Song: There’s No Business Like Show Business
Musical ensemble: solo(s)
Dubbing: no
Tempo: tempo varies
Musical styles: modern jazz
Arrangers: no data
Dance director: no data
Dance ensemble: NA
Dancing type: tempo varies
Dance subgenre: no data
Dance content: no data
Intertextuality
Source: borrowed from another stage show (Broadway, vaudeville, ballet...)
Quotation: no data