[78-L] And the Oscar goes to....

[David Lennick]

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> 
> I think that Show Boat is one of the most overrated musical productions ever 
> conceived...most of the songs seem more like European operetta stuff anyway. 
> Compare with what Gershwin and Youmans were writing for Broadway at the same 
> time...Kern was a fine writer but stuck in the past.

If I ever see a production of Show Boat, not the MGM version obviously, I might 
find merit in it..as it is I've always considered the music bottom drawer Kern. 
He did much better stuff in the 30s. Hard to top "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes".

dl