All I Really Need to Know, I Learned from Musicals

The very first movie I ever remember seeing was The Sound of Music. It was on VHS, dubbed entirely in Farsi (including the songs), and I loved it.

I still love it. I grew up watching musicals and I have a very, very soft spot for them. It recently occurred to me that some of the best platitudes I ever heard have come in the form of a song smack in the middle of a movie musical.

Here are just a few:

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Don't dream it, be it.

Rent
Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.

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