The trumpet screams out, colliding with the steady cymbals of percussion and with that rolls the great roars of the trombone. Out walks a short haired blonde, barely wearing anything. The bar is filled with cigarette smoke and the sweet scent of scotch on the rocks. Suddenly, the woman singer’s voice throws a note or two down the spine. She’s telling a woeful story of her dead lover that beat her. Dim lights and half naked dancers surround her presence, all given to guests in downtown Chicago. This is the place to be, the time to be alive or the time live the corrupt dream. A movie is still a movie, it’s not Broadway. The musical is an expression of emotion through group singing. Sounds like a great 1920’s era movie right? Correct.
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The musical aspect of the story line is very interesting. One of the best parts during the first night Roxie is in prison and it goes into why some of the women are there. This part is called “The Cell Block Tango” featuring Pop! Six! Squish! Uh uh, Cicero, Lipschitz! (Names of the convicted prison women). Another amazing part was the one where Billy and Roxie had their first interview with the press. It turned into them being Marionettes and speaking to the press about how she killed her ex-lover. “They Both Reached for The Gun” was the title of the newspaper quickly following the …show more content…
Along came the lie that the child is Casely’s and Flynn trying to convince Roxie to divorce her own husband, Amos. Roxie gets over stressed and fires lawyer Billy Flynn. After seeing a hanging, Hart quickly rehires Flynn for confidence. Everything seems to be going well as Flynn breaks the law multiple times to win the case. Until, Velma, Roxie’s old idol and menace, decides to show the world her diary. This was all planned by Hart’s lawyer who tried to win two cases at once. After the two women get out of the court house system, Roxie’s husband Amos comes back with excitement to be a father. Sadly, Roxie wants nothing to do with him and shuts him down harshly. Following this, the two rivals Velma and Roxie team up to perform at jazz clubs. Putting all of their differences aside, the two women become a natural duet singing phenomenon and winning hearts all across Chicago. Maybe in their eyes, they’re living the dream but their talent is futile and
All Roxie …show more content…
The musical aspect of the story line is very interesting. One of the best parts during the first night Roxie is in prison and it goes into why some of the women are there. This part is called “The Cell Block Tango” featuring Pop! Six! Squish! Uh uh, Cicero, Lipschitz! (Names of the convicted prison women). Another amazing part was the one where Billy and Roxie had their first interview with the press. It turned into them being Marionettes and speaking to the press about how she killed her ex-lover. “They Both Reached for The Gun” was the title of the newspaper quickly following the …show more content…
Along came the lie that the child is Casely’s and Flynn trying to convince Roxie to divorce her own husband, Amos. Roxie gets over stressed and fires lawyer Billy Flynn. After seeing a hanging, Hart quickly rehires Flynn for confidence. Everything seems to be going well as Flynn breaks the law multiple times to win the case. Until, Velma, Roxie’s old idol and menace, decides to show the world her diary. This was all planned by Hart’s lawyer who tried to win two cases at once. After the two women get out of the court house system, Roxie’s husband Amos comes back with excitement to be a father. Sadly, Roxie wants nothing to do with him and shuts him down harshly. Following this, the two rivals Velma and Roxie team up to perform at jazz clubs. Putting all of their differences aside, the two women become a natural duet singing phenomenon and winning hearts all across Chicago. Maybe in their eyes, they’re living the dream but their talent is futile and