Ladies and gentlemen, if you may be trying to decide whether or not to sit down to watch Oklahoma, allow me to make your mind up for you. Grab some popcorn, a cold drink, and prepare yourself for an enticing musical. This musical connects with many of its viewers on many different levels, not only with the dialogue but with the musical pieces that were chosen. Allow your mind to wander back to the early 1900’s, on a farm in Oklahoma, where the magic begins to happen.
Oklahoma starts off with Gordon McRae playing the role of Curly, a cattle-herding, mid-twenties, cocky man riding a horse and singing, ‘Oh, What a Beautiful Morning,’ to the apple of his eye’s home on a beautiful farm. Aunt Eller, played by Charlotte Greenwood and who is also …show more content…
He has been in Kansas and is excited to return home to his girlfriend, Ado Annie, who is played by Gloria Grahame. He has high hopes that Ado Annie’s father will finally provide him with his blessing of marriage to her after he has finally saved up enough money to be considered worthy. After arriving at the train station, Will and the other’s engage in another musical opportunity of singing, ‘Kansas City.’ This musical piece is a comical, yet informing, selection of choice that explains the changing times of the world. New inventions are mentioned within this excellent piece of composition, such as telephones, cars, and so forth. The actors begin to join in on a dancing routine, with a new style of dancing, while incorporating exciting information that he has learned from his time in Kansas. This leads us to another secondary story of a man fighting for the love of his life, who seems to be easily subdued by other men. Will is seen fighting for Ado Annie, throughout the musical, with a peddler man. She seems to be subdued by the peddler, but she still thinks that she may also be in love with …show more content…
Everyone is so excited and another song begins, which is also the Oklahoma state song. The singers are very talented and allow viewers to see that they are excited about what they are singing about. One can feel the excitement and it becomes intriguing. There is excitement, love, and happiness all combined in this song while it is being performed. This is short lived as we fast forward to the couple attempting to leave for their honeymoon. Jud seems to rear his ugly head back into the lives on Curly and Laurey. He begins to set the farm on fire when a fight breaks out among him and Curley. Jud sadly lands on his own knife, bringing his life to an end. Laurey and Curley are kept from departing for their honeymoon until the case is heard in front of a judge. Funny enough, there was a judge who attended their wedding. They decided to have the hearing in the kitchen of Aunt Eller’s home. The judge decides that it was self-defense and finds Curly not guilty of any wrong doing, and the two depart for their long awaited
Oklahoma starts off with Gordon McRae playing the role of Curly, a cattle-herding, mid-twenties, cocky man riding a horse and singing, ‘Oh, What a Beautiful Morning,’ to the apple of his eye’s home on a beautiful farm. Aunt Eller, played by Charlotte Greenwood and who is also …show more content…
He has been in Kansas and is excited to return home to his girlfriend, Ado Annie, who is played by Gloria Grahame. He has high hopes that Ado Annie’s father will finally provide him with his blessing of marriage to her after he has finally saved up enough money to be considered worthy. After arriving at the train station, Will and the other’s engage in another musical opportunity of singing, ‘Kansas City.’ This musical piece is a comical, yet informing, selection of choice that explains the changing times of the world. New inventions are mentioned within this excellent piece of composition, such as telephones, cars, and so forth. The actors begin to join in on a dancing routine, with a new style of dancing, while incorporating exciting information that he has learned from his time in Kansas. This leads us to another secondary story of a man fighting for the love of his life, who seems to be easily subdued by other men. Will is seen fighting for Ado Annie, throughout the musical, with a peddler man. She seems to be subdued by the peddler, but she still thinks that she may also be in love with …show more content…
Everyone is so excited and another song begins, which is also the Oklahoma state song. The singers are very talented and allow viewers to see that they are excited about what they are singing about. One can feel the excitement and it becomes intriguing. There is excitement, love, and happiness all combined in this song while it is being performed. This is short lived as we fast forward to the couple attempting to leave for their honeymoon. Jud seems to rear his ugly head back into the lives on Curly and Laurey. He begins to set the farm on fire when a fight breaks out among him and Curley. Jud sadly lands on his own knife, bringing his life to an end. Laurey and Curley are kept from departing for their honeymoon until the case is heard in front of a judge. Funny enough, there was a judge who attended their wedding. They decided to have the hearing in the kitchen of Aunt Eller’s home. The judge decides that it was self-defense and finds Curly not guilty of any wrong doing, and the two depart for their long awaited