Ever wonder why Hollywood hates marketing musicals as musicals? IndieWire explains and offers a solution to the madness.
Cause people don’t want to watch Musicals
I dunno… LA LA Land did pretty good:
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt3783958/?ref_=bo_se_r_1
$500M + 5 Oscars.
So did Greatest Showman:
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1485796/?ref_=bo_se_r_1
$469M + 1 Oscar
I STILL didn’t know Wonka was a musical until just now…
The first is well known for its songs, the musical oompa loompas were pretty iconic.
But I think Wonka might have devoted twice as much time to musical numbers.
I remember Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd was marketed as a straight up film. No mention of it being a musical at all.
In hindsight it was a popular musical stage show but I had no idea at the time.
