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Utopia (and A Tad of Misery) in the Gene Kelly Film at the National Media Museum (UK)

Posted by Kelli on Jul 11, 2012 in featured, musicals | 0 comments

This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series Gene Kelly: National Media Museum.Helen continues her discussion of the Gene Kelly course at the National Media Museum… [Entire series here.] An introduction to Richard Dyer’s five categories of non-representational elements that suggest the feelings of a utopia kicked off our session on Kelly’s persona. Dyer’s five categories — Energy, Abundance, Intensity, Transparency and Community — were discussed in the context of Kelly’s...