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singjohn says > ...Leslie Uggams singing at what appears to be the world's most boring party.

She was singing for a while but I think you mean a shot of her face which is the only way most people would know who it was. In regards to the boring party, you're probably referring to the later part when she's singing and they're all sitting around but I happen to think any party full of drunks is a colossal bore. I did not like the earlier parts of the party when they were knocking around either. In my opinion, anyone who needs to drink, especially to the point of inebriation, in order to enjoy themselves has got to be an extremely boring person. As a result they are a bore to others.

Other equally drunk people wouldn't notice it but those of us who do not need liquid confidence or encouragement tend to find drunken behavior ridiculous and unbecoming. The fact the two people we 'know' at the party, Carlota and Jack, were mental lightweights with a lot of issues further adds to the equation. The fact they are hanging out with this group says a lot of the others in the group that we don't know.


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The party scene was heavily edited by the studio. The crowd of people watching the musicians were actually supposed to be watching people having sex (which is why no one is dancing)in the style of Fellini's La Dolce Vita and Antonioni's La Notte. This film is heavily influenced by Fellini unfortunately the studio watered down the film by cutting most of the party scene out. A directors cut of this film would be brilliant and I wonder if the studio made Minnelli put in the upbeat ending which seemed out of place.

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