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Yankee Doodle is Dandy!
Yankee Doodle Dandy is a movie that captured my heart when I was a child and first watched it on my parents black and white television. Over the years, this film has lost none of it's charms. In it, James Cagney gives what I consider to be his best performance as George M Cohan, the Irish vaudeville performer, composer and dancer.
The music and dancing are spectacular, even if some of the songs have been considered by some as jingoistic. You'll forget politics as you enjoy the music, dancing, humor and joy that is this classic black and white film.
I decided to buy Yankee Doodle Dandy because I love it and because I wanted to show it at our senior center for St. Patrick's day as a tribute to the Irish and to George Cohan. I have never seen our ethnically mixed seniors sit so quietly through a movie and enjoy it so much in the five years I have been working at the center. At the end, the movie got an unexpected and rousing hand of applause. That my friends, should say it all. Buy this movie and watch it with your family. For once, you won't have to worry about four letter words and inappropriate sex scenes. It's a joy for young and old and no holds barred probably one of the best musicals ever produced.
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