The 'Podunk Times' is not going to have a good dance critic, I absolutely promise you that. There's just not enough dance there.
Not surprisingly, my parents' generation did everything they could to make life easier for their own children. Was that good for us? I wonder. It certainly didn't do us any good from a cultural point of view. I'm struck by how few boomers have embraced adult culture in middle age.
I can remember - barely - when Elton John was still a good songwriter, or at least capable of writing good songs.
The good news is that 'High School Musical' seems to be getting a lot of youngsters excited about theater.
Does film music really matter to the average moviegoer? A great score, after all, can't save a bad film, and a bad score - so it's said - can't sink a good one.