Great documentary. I learned a lot! Loved hearing Laurents tell the Passover Seder story about Merman and her ham sandwich. Classic. Priceless. Also.. the irony surrounding the work of Irving Berlin never hit me until this documentary. The best-selling Christmas song of all time ("White Christmas") was written by a Jew. The most popular secular Easter song of all time ("Easter Parade") was written by a Jew. He was and is the greatest American songwriter of all time.
My DVR says there's an encore performance this morning (at 2am I believe).
The Strouse story was not just devastating, but the juxtaposition of "Put on a Happy Face" following it was truly moving. The highlight of the documentary for me. But it was quite good overall.
No, I got myself quite worked up from being so excited... I was schvitzing! That said, I meant it as a hyperbole...I guess it didn't translate well online/ to people who don't really know me.