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Philandering 1930s sheet music salesman Arthur Parker escapes from his dull life by fantasizing elaborately choreographed musical numbers in which he and the other characters lip-sync to original
1978 BBC mini-series created by Dennis Potter
Later remade as a 1981 film starring [[Steve Martin]], Jessica Harper, [[Bernadette Peters]] and [[Christopher Walken]].
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▲* [[Corrupt the Cutie]] from meek schoolteacher to hooker in a few months
▲* [[Deconstruction]]: of Depression-era musicals
* [[Downer Ending]]
* [[Nothing but Hits]]:
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: [[Christopher Walken]] in his "
** The best part, of course, is Bernadette Peter's reaction.
*** All the other musical numbers were done as set pieces; showing her reactions as an observer is somewhat distracting and takes away from the whole premise of the film.
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]:
▲* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: basically the central concept of both the movie and the mini-series.
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