Description

Starting time code: 25:53

Ending time code: 28:15

Length: 142 sec

Beginning: beginning of sequence

Ending: ending of sequence

Outlines: echo

Completeness: satisfying but interrupted or blurred contours or the performance is left background

Structure: simple

Shots: 15

Average shot length: 9 sec

Performance: song+dance

Number directed by: no data

Performer(s): Mitzi Gaynor

Cast: no data

Stars who don't participate: no data

Backstage

Diegetic spectators: yes + address

Diegetic status of the number: stage

Diegetic status of the music: diegetic musicians seem responsible for the whole accompaniment

Themes

Topic(s): stage tradition, history of spectacle , ambition , meta , vaudeville or variety show or music-hall , zany or eccentric or screwball

Diegetic place: New York

Imaginary place: no data

Ethnic stereotypes: no data

Exoticism: no data

Music & dance

Song: no data

Musical ensemble: band or orchestra , solo(s)

Dubbing: no

Tempo: allegro

Musical styles: vaudeville / ragtime dance bands , march / military / brass band

Arrangers: no data

Dance director: Seymour Felix

Dance ensemble: solo(s)

Dancing type: allegro

Dance subgenre: NA

Dance content: eccentric dance

Intertextuality

Source: borrowed from another stage show (Broadway, vaudeville, ballet...) , borrowed from the musical repertoire

Quotation: impersonation