DANC 100 Chapter 18: Fred Astaire
6 Jan 2017
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Died june 1987 in los angeles, california. Top hat tails, and tap is what he is known for. Hard for him to get into movies because of one bad review. Partnered with ginger rogers: split for 10 years because of hid need for perfection. Perfe(cid:272)ted (cid:862)fil(cid:373) da(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) as a (cid:374)ew art for(cid:373) 3 emmy awards, 3 golden globes, academy award nominee, lifetime achievement. Wa(cid:374)ted da(cid:374)(cid:272)e to (cid:271)e (cid:272)aptured o(cid:374) fil(cid:373) (cid:862)full figure all the ti(cid:373)e(cid:863) Cinema: glamour over plot, author freed. Broadway comes to hollywood: hollywood musicals start to fizzle, film adaptations of broadway, musicals, jerome robbins. Fiddler on the roof: bob fosse. Sweet charity, damn yankees, pippin, chicago, and cabaret. Sexy women overly sold, jutting hips, bowler hats, raised shoulders, limp wrists, and gloves. All of these things were actually his weakness that he turned into strengths (baldness, poor posture, ugly hands) 1st to win oscar, tony and an emmy. Appeared in burlesque many ties because of his parents.
