The year 1942 and Jimmy Cagney has turned in Tommy guns for tap shoes. It's Yankee Doodle

Danny.

Hey everybody, welcome to Unspooled. I am Paul Sheer. I'm Amy Nicholson. This is the

podcast Amy, where each week we watch one film from the AFI Top 100 greatest films of

all time list 2007 edition to see if they are really as good as people say, do they

hold up and how have they influenced the films that we watch now? Today we'll be talking

about Yankee Doodle Danny, which maybe this is the first time you're coming to our

podcast because he saw host the AFI movie club last week. So welcome. But last week we

did Cabaret and there's a lot of interesting feedback about Cabaret. Our Facebook group

determines yes, this belongs on the list about two to one favor. But I think there was

a lot of debate just like you and I had Amy about this film is it does it belong on the

list?

Yeah, there was a lot of love on the list for putting something like all that jazz of

Chicago in over Cabaret. There was a lot of love for people drawing images of you dressed

like Liza Manelli, which I also appreciate. Thank you, Seth Robel.

I've seen some pretty amazing pictures. I really appreciate all of that. And I like

that he gave me a little like a Harry armpit in there too is really lovely. That means

you're not a star, baby. I know. I'm the background. But Gary Holmes, he tweeted at us and

he said, you know, another great pod. Cabaret appeared in the middle of an incredibly

cynical period in American culture from 69 to 75. Consider Midnight Cowboy Easy Rider.

Last picture show Godfather's, mash Chinatown Nashville, all great, but despairing. I mean,

it's interesting that both Cabaret and Nashville end on faux upbeat songs that suggest escapism

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