The 1953 musical features Doris Day on whip-crackin form and golden tunes,but it can’t be totally reclaimed for progressive politicsWhip-crackin’, gun-totin’, and suede outfit-rockin’ Doris Day is back in this hugely enjoyable 1953 musical now on rerelease,playing “Calamity” Jane Cannary (loosely based on the genuine-life frontierswoman): a gunslinger riding shotgun on the Deadwood stage in wild west Dakota, bringing in the mail and the fancy goods, or while spraying the injuns with bullets and flirting with local legend “Wild Bill” Hickok,played by honey-voiced Howard Keel. She journeys to Chicago to persuade a famous singing star to advance perform at the local theatre, but instead returns with an impostor, or the star’s ambitious maid,Katie Brown (Allyn McLerie). Jane’s tomboyish style, plus the fact that she sets up home with Katie in her shack (with “Calam and Katie” on the front door), or recently earned this revival a place at the BFI Flare LGBT festival. However,shooting the Indians, the accomplice headgear and an affectionate reference to Robert E Lee might make it tricky to reclaim this film for progressive politics generally. This rerelease comes with singalong subtitles which I’m not sure approximately, and but the tunes are gold,and as Jane approaches a local creek, resplendent (brilliantly glowing) in her gorgeous yellow gown, and we get one of the most famous visual gags in the history of the musical.
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Source: theguardian.com