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excuse me but when did opera and musicals become "high brow"? they're high class because the shows are expensive but they're not...

Anonymous asked:

excuse me but when did opera and musicals become "high brow"? they're high class because the shows are expensive but they're not high brow

Fair, “ballerinas in musical theater extravaganza films” fits weirdly in the classical “brow” schema

(LIFE magazine, Apr 11, 1949)