A Chorus Line • The Simpsons: The Musical: The Miniseries

In the final episode of our musical miniseries, Adam and Nate tackle Richard Attenborough’s A Chorus Line (1985), the maligned movie adaptation of a Pulitzer Prize-winning stage show that tells the true life stories of Broadway dancers trying to book their next job. It’s also the subject of a short but memorable Simpsons parody in “Treehouse of Horror V” (S6E6), which starts with a fog that turns people inside out.Also in this episode:• Perhaps the best damn dancing we’ve seen in this miniseries• Why do so many musical film adaptations add a weird love story?• Some very eighties twists on this seventies musical• Can Michael Douglas overcome his sex-thriller-creep mystique in this role?• The value of movie adaptations of stage shows—even imperfect onesWe are taking a brief hiatus for the Toronto International Film Festival, but we’ll be back on September 26, 2023 with Thelma & Louise (1991)!