Though The Greatest Showman boasts
spectacular dance numbers, vibrant costumes, and an all - star cast that will certainly appeal to families, it fails to give its audience something more substantial than a glitzy and glamorous picture of show business.
Not exact matches
And while it may be wrong to ironize a song - and -
dance number that seems intended as a nice send - off for a venerable actor and a semi-venerable character — still one notes that the whole tradition of the musical
spectacular is a tradition of lavishly bankrolled excess.
It may be remembered for its
spectacular Busby Berkeley song «n»
dance numbers, but this endlessly enthusiastic backstage comedy all centres around the forbidden passion between a well - bred songwriter and a chippy chorus girl.