"Gaston, congratulations! Your first suicide!" Manuel pops cork on Champagne. In Gigi the lovers end up rebelling against the cynical conventions of upper-class gay Paree. Consider Gaston's song "I'm bored" or Gigi's song "I don't understand the Parisians". An ugly black cigar is love...
Gigi is IMHO the ultimate "adult" musical: not because it's pornographic, but rather because its view on human nature demands a certain adult viewpoint. I sampled my BRD the other day and will finish up tonight. Gigi is about true love, untrammeled by the cynical views of outsiders. In...