Explaining why "Blues Brothers" is a Musical and "The Little Mermaid" is not

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Blues Brothers, a Musical? Last weekend while I was watching television I thought about classic Hollywood musicals. Some titles that came to mind were memorable titles such as "The sound of Music", "Mary Poppins", "Grease", and more contemporarily, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". Added to this list should be the fine film of "The Blues Brothers". "The Blues Brothers" you ask. Yes, this movie is a good example of a movie musical in the classic …

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…cognized as a classic movie musical. Works Cited Baldwin, Kristen. "Party 'Toons". Entertainment Weekly. November 13, 1997. The Little Mermaid. Dir. Ron Clements & John Musker. Walt Disney Productions, 1989. Disney Home Video, 1990 The Blues Brothers. Dir. Jonathan Landis. With Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi. Universal City Studios, 1980. Universal Studios Home Video, 1998. "It's a Musical." The Blues Brothers. DVD vers. Universal City Studios, 1980. Jonathan Landis, dir. Bonus Material. 1998 A Note From John Landis. Universal City: Universal City Studios, 1998