What Is The Theme Of Chicago Musical

Ava Buras played the role of Annie Cannon. She was my favorite actress because she had the best emotion and was absolutely perfect for that role. Sarah Dean played the role Henrietta Leavitt and she portrayed it amazingly. She used her emotions to sell the character and she accomplished that. Jessie Duplantis played the role of Williamina Fleming and she also did amazing. She used hand gestures and face to portray this character perfectly. Katie Kitchen played the role of Margaret Leavitt and she had the best facial expressions. In my opinion she had the very best emotions and I think this because I really felt like I was actually watching real life. As a whole, all the characters did an amazing job and they all had very good emotions.

My favorite scene in the movie is when Emily Leighton denied help from her husband by not using the lawyer he sent or allowing him from posting bound and etc. I really liked the statement she gave to the press “In prison or out American women are not free”. I know this character was developed for the film however I think she was a great representative for what I would consider to be the “average” woman during the 1910s becoming involved in the suffrage movement. According to 1910s societal standards Emily had done everything properly she married well by being married Senator Leighton, had children, and probably took care of household affairs that a woman during this era typically would.

Paragraph 1 In Chicago, Roxie Hart is seen as joke in her musical plays because she is trying to earn money and be one of the best actress by showing off her body while dancing.

There is a character who is a heroin addict named Mimi who is a very controversial character, and I think it made the movie have substance and likability to see that issue come to light. Everyone has their own issues in this world, and not all of them are rainbows and butterflies. This movie really showed the grittiness of living with addiction and disease, and how people dealt with it.

The film, Chicago and the novel, The Scarlet Letter are similar and diffrent pieces of literature. Has to do with two ladies that have committed adultery due to reasons of their own. One did it to find love and affection, while the other one did it for fame.

In Chicago, the main plot revolves around women who murder the men in their lives that have caused some injustice. Each woman has a story to justify the reason why the men had to die. Billy Flynn is a charismatic criminal lawyer that has never lost a case for a female client. The proceedings in jail and in the courtroom are anything but legal and ethical. It is clear that the plot is not serious. This justifies the fact that the female prison inmates are allowed to interact with each other in song and dance. Also the so-called warden can also act as a contract agent to get the girls their own Vaudeville act. The main purpose of the show is to water down the book plot and add individual entertainers. This is done to integrate the Vaudeville quality within a musical. In doing so the courtroom and jail is paralleled with a nightclub scene. The main purpose to maintain the Vaudeville quality is suggesting the cliché "all the world's a stage." In

Roxie lies but shes does it because she thinks lying is the only way to achieve fame and she comes to that conclusion by observing how the other women in jail have achieved fame like that. Roxie start’s lying when she kills Fred Casely and lies to her Husband Amos and makes Amos lie to the cops. Once they found out she 's liar she is taken to Jail where most of her fake fame is made. As soon as Roxie finds out about a great a lawyer Named Billy Flynn and is Somehow interested in her case takes it which leads to Roxie getting a taste of Fame. Roxie once she meets with Flynn, Flynn makes a fake story so that Roxie can tell this to the press.Roxie tells the press that “We Both Reached for the Gun” and the press buy it all. She keep the press mesmerized by her story until someone else steals her spotlight and it’s her time to shine again with another lie.In that same scene she passes out and screams that shes pregnant and she again has the attention of the press and fame that she wants. Flynn being another characters that is such a great liar takes roxie to the Hospital were a sexual favor for the Doctor was all that was needed to prove that Roxie was actually

Chicago is based on playwright by Maurine Dallas Watkins, who was assigned to cover the 1924 trials of accused murderers Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner for the Chicago

Even though both pieces take place during different periods of time, that doesn't change people’s reactions towards the crimes and trials that are occurring in both the novel and musical. In “Chicago”, murder was a way many people got famous, it would end up in the newspaper, on the radio, and your name and face was everywhere. People looked forward to seeing who was the next person on the front page. When they would find out, they would make a massive spectacular. Once Roxie Hart killed Fred Casely, her name was known by everyone. Everyone wanted to see her, ask her questions, some even wanted to look like her. Despite the fact that she murdered someone, everyone wanted to be just like Roxie. As her trial was going on, no one could wait to hear if they convicted her of the crime or not. There were people that had made newspaper for both “Innocent” and “Guilty” as they waited to see what she was sentenced. Her crime, or anyone else before or after, was big entertainment more than anything else. But once she was pronounced innocent and was released, another woman killed someone, and she was completely

In the movie Chicago, Roxie Hart is a naive woman, though she has the ability to control the media, she has made bad choices. Roxie has slept with her furniture salesman, hoping to

There is one version of the story in the musical Chicago, that was done before the musical first officially aired. The non-musical play that was called Chicago, that was written in 1926, by Maurine Watkins had a lot of similarities with the musical Chicago (“Maslon, Laurence, and Michael Kantor”). In the play Chicago, the story is about two murder cases that happened in real life (Miller, Scott). The first murder case is about a character name Beulah Annan, who had an affair on her husband, then her husband threatened to leave her, but Annan then Kills her husband (Miller, Scott). In the musical Chicago, the character Rosie has many similarities with Beulah. In fact, when the character Rosie is on trial during the musical, a lot of the things she said is derived directly from Annan’s case (Miller, Scott). The second murder case is against Belva Gaertner, who shot and killed her husband in her car (Miller, Scott). The character that has a lot of similarities with Belva, is Velma. Velma and Belva in both stories claim that they were too drunk to remember how they both murdered their loved ones (Miller, Scott).

The main characters in the films are Roxie Hart, Velma Kelly, and Billy Flynn. Roxie’s only desire is to become a female performer. She decides to sleep with a man who says he can get her an act, but she soon realizes that he is only using her for sex, so she murders him by shooting him multiple times with a handgun. Throughout the film, she gains popularity and her desire to become a performer starts to become a reality. Both Chicago and The Great Gatsby are represented by the opposite effects of colors. While one is showing the emotion of liveliness and joyfulness, the other is the complete opposite, showing dreadfulness. Showing that during the 1920s, many people were lively and full of

The characters in this movie were great actors. They acted so realistic that it looked as if it was occurring live from the scene of the action. All of the characters were excellent , especially the women when they got their hair cut off in the concentration camp.

     The actors are believable in their roles. Steven Martin who acts as George Banks is outstanding in his role, he acts very well, so the audience knows his feelings, and feels sorry for him. The stars are not the main reason for me to see the film, but the title is.

Though the starring actors have plenty of box-office power, the acting was mediocre at best. The film should have been called the Charlize Theron movie, because let’s face it; the movie was all about her dramatic portrayal of the evil queen. Theron’s performance was so strong that poor Kristen Stewart just didn’t have a chance. The stunningly gorgeous Theron, made it hard to believe