As for the insults – they say much more about you than they do about anyone who is looking forward to this movie.

@Bob Lee – It seems you only know of one kind of musical – the all-singing, all-dancing, all-cheerful Astaire & Rogers/Busby Berkeley kind. That kind is often great, but there are other, more serious kinds that are just as great.

To put it another way, musicals aren’t just fluffy entertainment. They can tackle complex subjects and have surprising emotional depth.

Example: “Sweeney Todd” is one of the greatest musicals ever written – and one of the greatest works of art of the twentieth century – and it’s about a barber who kills his clients and bakes them into pies. It’s a tragic (though often darkly comedic) work that features one of the best and most complex scores and some of the best lyrics ever written for a musical.

Another example: “Parade.” The story of the real life lynching of a Jewish man who was framed for the rape and murder of a child. And a great musical – one that in no way trivializes the events it depicts.

Yet another example: “Les Miserables.” It’s not a celebration of any revolution, nor does it trivialize the bloodshed. Rather, it’s a story of forgiveness and redemption and the bloody cost of revolution. It also features an incredible score.

Also, you’re thinking of the wrong revolution.

Also, you don’t know what irony is.

Also, it really is best to know what you’re talking about before you start talking.