The BBC4 series is better on anecdotes than ideas, so it's at its best when it stops drum-beating and deals with specificsCatch up with The Story of Musicals on iPlayerI'm enjoying BBC4's series, The Story of Musicals, but I could do without the note of chauvinist triumphalism. Each segment begins with a brag about the way the British musical overcame American domination. Every time I hear that, I am reminded of some…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:23AM on January 12, 2012