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"The movie is campy fun, and it's always a treat to see Van Dyke and Leigh -- not to mention the gorgeous young Ann-Margret in her breakthrough role. But while this musical includes a couple of recognizable showtunes that get stuck in your head -- most notably Kids (you know it: \"What's the matter with kids today?\") -- it hasn't stayed in the teen zeitgeist (save for the occasional middle-school production) like the far superior Grease. This is not one of Broadway's most memorable musicals, and the movie adaptation is the equivalent of Disney's High School Musical -- incredibly popular for its day but without real staying power to anyone who's not a big musicals fan.\nWhat does have staying power is the message that kids can be altogether too obsessed with celebrities, to the point of causing true befuddlement to their parents' generation. That aspect of adolescence has only intensified over the years. Decades before Facebook and MySpace made it easy for all of Robert Pattinson's fans to gush over their favorite actor, all teens had were their mail-in fan-clubs and communal hysteria at watching the Ed Sullivan Show, and that's what makes this musical humorous to anyone who has experienced a serious celebrity crush. Birdie is a stand-in for everyone from Elvis (who is obviously being parodied) to the Fab Four to Michael Jackson to today's dozens of musical icons, so despite the dated elements to the musical, the song Kids is one of those anthems any parent can sing -- no matter how hypocritical it may sound."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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