Jazz Hands

Back when musicals were first produced, they seemed like a pretty big deal. Musicals were very popular when they first started. The people used in musicals were seen as very talented individuals in more than one aspect. They were usually able to not just sing and dance, but to act as well. The main reason that I believe that this genre has declined in popularity is because of the lack of talent. As soon as technology came into the picture, everything changed. Let's use High School musical as an example. In this film you've got the pretty boy ..... and not much else. Technology is used to try and make his voice sound decent, but honestly, the bad dancing and acting just cancels that out. When Musicals first started, it seemed like their was more effort put into them than their is now. They don't seem as exciting and important as they used to be.

I believe that the use of technology is something that brought back the musical as a popular genre. When Musicals were first brought to film, you couldn't just cut a clip on a computer, it was a little bit more complicated than that. The use of different film techniques nowadays can help make the musicals more appealing to viewers. Their are also cases where many popular actors are used in musicals. They may not have much experience in musicals, but because their well known everyone still goes to see the movie. Although their have been some dissapointing musicals within the past few years, their were also great ones that will never be forgotten.