Stormy Weather (1943)

Movies I watched in September 2019 (19 movies items)

" Date: 9/12/2019 Viewed: In class Re-Watch Note: This was a pretty good movie in my opinion. The performances are very good and the music is very catchy. I had most of the songs in this movie stuck in my head after the movie was over because they are so memorable. The movie's plot is very simple, but the movie did a good job on making a fun cast of characters. The movie sadly does have black face and other bad tropes of that time period. It was still amazing how they were able to pull off an"

Stormy Weather

“Even by the already lax standards of a musical, the narrative of Stormy Weather is a wispy thing. A mere formality to string together a series of revue numbers from an all-black group of entertainers. Don’t come around here if you want typical dramatic stakes like character arcs, emotional development, or plot twists, but this normally serious hindrance wilts in the sheer power of the ensemble of strong performers here.   I am certain that Stormy Weather would only improve in estimation if the narrative wraparound, telling the love story of Bill Williamson and Selina Rogers, was jettisoned in favor of just going straight ahead as a filmed musical revue. Luckily, someone in production noticed this, and the amount of time between musical numbers is severely limited to just a few moments” read more