Word: plot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Though Wunder's Terry was running about two weeks behind Caniff's Steve in story plot, no one complained of plagiarism. Since comic strips are drawn weeks before publication, both Wunder and Caniff explained that plots have to be "safe" enough to survive any last-minute turns in the war. And what could be safer, in advance or retreat, than a daring rescue...
...plot these two must work with is at best ordinary. It concerns a brother and sister team which goes to London for a show amidst the excitement of Princess Elizabeth's wedding. While there, Miss Powell inexplicably falls in love with Peter Lawford who plays a British nobleman. Lawford only proves anew that he just cannot act, even in his native surroundings. Meanwhile, the other half of the team, Fred Astaire, interrupts his dancing long enough to go romantic with Sarah Churchill, who is making her much-heralded debut in American movies. Keenan 'Wynn in the double role...
...plot is too innocuous to get in the way, spectators are free to concentrate their attention on the song and dance routines. The movie's highlight comes when Astaire and Miss Powell clown their way through a mouthful called "How Could You Believe Me When I Tell You That I Love You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life." Also outstanding is an Astaire solo where, aided by a revolving room, he dances on the walls and ceilings in seeming defiance of all laws of gravity...
Astaire's dancing, Jane Powell's charm, and the Technicolor pageantry of London during Elizabeth's wedding more than compensate for a weak plot. As musicals go, "Royal Wedding" is good light-hearted entertainment...
...plot is little more than a loosely-connected series of incidents. Truth may well be stranger than fiction, but, as "Odette" demonstrates, in the theatre it often appears less convincing...