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Pretty good until the RAP music started playing


Around 20 minutes in, Hound Dog by Big Mama Thornton inexplicably morphs into a rap version. Gotta dumb down music history for today's dumb audience, you see.

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He was a master of the art!

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That's Baz's style, he incorporates both old and new music and remixes it into his films. That rap part was just background musical score so it was ok and actually very tame for Baz.

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Yeah, I know it's Baz's style, he's a moron.

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He isn't. He's very unique and an underappreciated genius imo. He has a background in musical theatre and grew up in a ballroom dancing family. His films like Strictly Ballroom and Romeo + Juliet are both refreshing and a classic (my favorites before Elvis), many consider Moulin Rouge his best film, but imo Elvis tops them all!

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Does that make a difference?

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Yes, because the scene was set in the 1950s long before rap music existed. Duh!

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It was bad before that but the rap songs are just disconcerting and a cheap play to younger audiences.

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I don't get why you would add music that even exist at the time that Elvis lived.

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You should read the thread I posted about this.

Thankfully the music didn't last long and I don't think it was played again after that, so I wouldn't recommend shutting it off just because of that.

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They have to put rap in everything.
Even a film the takes place in the 50’s …ugh….big ugh…

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it wasn't needed.

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