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...angry about this harmless, weightless enterprise, an attempt to blend the spirit of the opulent old MGM musicals with the jackhammer sound of disco. The movie brings a certain chaotic zest to the group's Y.M.C.A., transforming it into a lavender update of a Busby Berkeley danceathon; and Paul Sand performs comic wonders with the role of a manic music executive. But there is no style here. Producer Allan Carr's guiding principle seems to be: shoot everything that moves, throw it on the cutting-room floor, give the editor a vacuum cleaner and hope that it will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Great Rock-'n'-Roll Caravan | 7/7/1980 | See Source »

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