Singing in the Face of Adversity

List creator: BIrish Created on: December 28, 2007 - 11:34 AM PST Description: dark musicals - song & dance numbers amidst plots involving conflict, persecution, personal sacrifice, loss, etc - list is open to suggestions!

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	movie title	related list	average rating	MPAA rating	watch	rent	buy
	The Sound of Music: 40th Anniversary Edition (1965)
set in pre-WWII Austria, new romance and family bonds are threatened by the rise of Nazi Germany
	Cabaret (1972)
the Kit-Kat Club centralizes an underground community of artists, queers and Jews in pre-WWII Berlin
	All That Jazz (1979)
two musicals in one - in the excessively decadent 70s, while preparing a dance company for performance, its director (based on film director Bob Fosse's own experiences) is combatting addiction and subsequent health problems, resulting in darkly comedic delusions and confronting mortality
	Fame (1980)
coming-of-age inner-city youth attending a competitive arts high school encounter educational and life-altering obstacles
	The Hole (1998)			Not Rated
an apocalyptic portrait of an overcrowded present-day city overcome with dis-ease is highlighted by the promise of romance manisfested as brief musical interludes
	Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Bjork's acting debut - a naive woman devoted to keeping a hereditary truth from her young son, sacrifices herself to a false accusation
	Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)			Not Rated
suggested by Chyekk for: poverty
	The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
suggested by Chyekk for: french-algerian war, teen pregnancy, etc
	Annie (Special Anniversary Edition) (1981)
suggested by Chyekk for: orphans
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)			Not Rated
suggested by Chyekk for: corrupt judges, kidnapping, murder