About this episode

In this episode, Ryan Ellis reviews the classic musical 'The King And I' and discusses its themes and production.

June started on this podcast with a fast-cutting musical in Moulin Rouge. Now I end the month talking about an old-school Technicolor song-and-dancer...and it was an award-winning mega-smash. The King And I is Walter Lang's crowning achievement as a director and the King is the part Yul Brynner played thousands of times onstage. He won an Oscar for playing this hardheaded chauvinist on celluloid opposite Deborah Kerr's Anna, the headstrong English widow hired to teach his many kids. The culture clash leads to a curious "love" story where they barely touch each other until that...well, let's say head-scratching climax. Not a fan of that ending! The lavish production is entirely set-bound, but this is still quite an experience. So settle in for my 748th episode as I investigate the et ceteras in The King And I. Subscribe to "Have You Ever Seen" in your app. Rate the show. Review it. Tweet me (@moviefiend51). Bluesky me (ryan-ellis). Email me (haveyoueverseenpodcast@gmail.com). Letterboxd me (RyanHYES).

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