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07 May 2008

Gayity Gay Gay Gay Galloping, Walloping Gay of a Movie! →[More:]This Gene Kelly/Frank Sinatra classic has it all - singin' sailors, dancin' sailors, swoonin' singin' and dancin' sailors who sing to each other!

Oh my Jim Dandy Golly Gosh but it's Gay on the High Seas!

Enjoy!

post by: Lipstick Thespian at: 20:32 | 7 comments

It's nautical, but nice!

And you KNOW what Sinatra would do to you if he were still alive and heard you associating him with something gay...

posted by wendell 07 May | 20:35

Dude, it's a musical.

posted by jonmc 07 May | 20:48

Yes, Run-JMC, but it's a Sailors Singing and Dancing to Other Sailors About How Women Ain't No Good.

Master and Commander this ain't.

Viva La Gay!

posted by Lipstick Thespian 07 May | 21:06

Rum, sodomy, and the lash, etc.

posted by stilicho 08 May | 03:53

Gene Kelly dances with cartoon chipmunks and bunnies (and Tom and Jerry).

Even though I kept saying "people didn't associate this with gay in 1945," it's still pretty enjoyable viewed through a Camp Filter.

posted by Miko 08 May | 09:16

It's not just any musical! Underwear is thrown! Men in tight white t-shirts! Gene Kelly dances with cartoon chipmunks and rabbits (and Tom and Jerry!)

Of course I kept saying "well, they didn't associate this with 'gay' in 1945." But on the other hand, it is enjoyable when viewed through CampFilter.

posted by Miko 08 May | 09:18

Oh, my, I do remember watching that with delight-widened eyes and a jaw dropped at the camp-camp-campiness of it all.

I seem to recall sputtering happily in particular over this exchange:

Donald: Tell us how you got your medal.
Joe: Alright, I'll tell you how I got my medal. Now close your eyes...

Some small fraction of my late-20th-century mind reeeeeally thought the porn soundtrack would cue right about then.

posted by Elsa 08 May | 09:43

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