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I have to go back to my younger days, when I just adored Hollywood musicals.

When entertainment was begun, during the Depression, it was supposed to take people's minds off reality. People could sing, dance, act or do anything. It was the type of entertainment that was available.

I grew up in a time when the only musicals were animated musicals because nobody wanted to see people to break into song.

Then, when the Depression came, all of this changed completely. Since that time, the entire public is of a very different sort and there was not so much support for contemporary music in a direct way.

I hate musicals. There, I said it.

I hate musicals, especially film musicals.

Well, the musicals give emphasis to love, longing, melancholy, sadness. All of that is always there.

You know, sound was still a fairly new thing when I came into movies. And the reason musicals happened is because of sound. They could put music in the picture! That's how it all began.