Episode 3: The Greatest Showman

Charming and Charismatic AF This week, your hosts Come Alive as they watch THE GREATEST SHOWMAN! THE GREATEST SHOWMAN is a contradiction: a huge hit that was a flop; a catchy and engaging story about a man universally reviled; a dream project for one of Hollywood’s biggest stars helmed by an absolute nobody. After a disappointing opening weekend just before Christmas 2017, it’s a film that only just exited theaters (over six months later), with sing-along showings still packing them in only weeks ago. Hugh Jackman, clearly delighted to return to his musical theater roots, heads a killer cast who (mostly) do their own performing. But it’s a film released at exactly the wrong moment in America, when those most in love with the arts had no patience for a feel-good story about P.T. Barnum. Insanely catchy numbers paired with kinetic and exciting choreography, not to mention attractive people in delicious costumes, has us hoping that eventually this movie will “Rewrite the Stars” and win over those who never gave it a chance. The Greatest Sideeye Show Notes: Hugh workshopping “From Now On” and he just can’t not sing Keala absolutely destroying “This is Me” Zendaya on Jimmy Fallon discussing her trapeze adventures Mentioned in this Episode: Michael Gracey Hugh Jackman Michelle Williams Zac Efron Zendaya Keala Settle Ellen Mirojnick Shannon Holtzapffel Bill Condon James Mangold John Debney Joseph Trapanese The Greatest Showman (2017) Rating: 7.5/10 (342,749 votes)Director: Michael GraceyWriter: Jenny Bicks, Bill CondonStars: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac EfronRuntime: 105 minRated: PGGenre: Biography, Drama, MusicalReleased: 20 Dec 2017 Plot: Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation. The post Episode 3: The Greatest Showman appeared first on A Reel Education: The Musical!.