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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

1990 · 56 min

A brisk, affectionate stroll through show tunes and archive clips, pleasant and nostalgic but fairly surface-level.

Overview: Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and famous that knew him, this portrait concentrates on his career and his public life events.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, earnest and light. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Art, music, celebrity, identity
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
music
celebrity
identity
ambition
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none