Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS vii
4. CONTRIBUTORS viii
5. INTRODUCTION: REIMAGINING THE CONTEMPORARY MUSICAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY 1
6. PART ONE. ORIGINAL MUSICALS
7. 1 AESTHETIC ABSURDITIES IN TAKASHI MIIKE’S THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS 11
8. 2 FILM AND THE TWILIGHT OF ROCK (ROCK IS DEAD AND FILM KILLED IT): POST-MILLENNIAL ROCK MUSICALS 25
9. 3 TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE: DUPLICITOUS VOICES OF THE SOCIO-POLITICAL SPY MUSICAL 40
10. 4 THE ANTI-MUSICAL OR GENERIC AFFINITY: IS THERE ANYTHING LEFT TO SAY? 58
11. 5 ‘IS THIS REAL ENOUGH FOR YOU?’: LYRICAL ARTICULATION OF THE BEATLES’ SONGS IN ACROSS THE UNIVERSE 72
12. 6 ‘LOVE IS AN OPEN DOOR’: REVISING AND REPEATING DISNEY’S MUSICAL TROPES IN FROZEN 89
13. PART TWO STAGE TO SCREEN
14. 7 STAR QUALITY? SONG, CELEBRITY AND THE JUKEBOX MUSICAL IN MAMMA MIA! 105
15. 8 BEYOND THE BARRICADE: ADAPTING LES MISÉRABLES FOR THE CINEMA 123
16. PART THREE. MUSICALS BY ANOTHER NAME
17. 9 O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?: THE COEN BROTHERS AND THE MUSICAL GENRE CONTAMINATION 141
18. 10 RACING IN THE BEAT: MUSIC IN THE FAST & FURIOUS FRANCHISE 157
19. 11 KILL BILL: QUENTIN TARANTINO AS A MUSICAL FILMMAKER 174
20. INDEX 191