Ah, yes: the anticlimax to Xanadu. I saw it in the theater when it came out in 1980—as a joke, but still. What a tangled web of celluloid this clip weaves. The movie was a sour maraschino on the glittering career of Gene Kelly—though, to be fair, his veneers never looked better. I’d like to …
Living in Los Angeles County, I have learned that we operate by a very different calendar than most. Here in La-La Land we see January not as the beginning of a new year, but the beginning of celebrating the year that has just ended. January though March we have a succession of awards shows extending …