Music helps tell the story in 'The Get Down'
 

Music helps tell the story in 'The Get Down'
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The Get Down isn't like other musicals.

It's got the pace and the patter of a staged production, but ** one really sings in the 90-minute first episode of the new Netflix ******. One character does, but it's a facet of the story: she wants to be a singer.

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Music is integral to the DNA of this tale about growing up in The Bronx during the late 1970s. Co-creator Baz Luhrmann infuses The Get Down with his trademark sense of operatic spectacle, and the music — which is largely background soundtrack — is a critical component.

Part 1 of the ****** — the first six episodes, out of 12 — premieres Friday. We thought it would be fun to look at the opening episode through the lens of some of its musical selections and consider the role that music plays. Read more...

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