Yeah, they are totally different demographics, but I was mostly trying to point out which audience the composers were writing for in which century due to the shift from patronage to freelance composition.

I do like these occasional - almost exclusively Vishnevetsky-written - forays into classical music on the AVClub.

This week I watched The Night Before, Don Jon and Carol.

This week I watched In & Out and Chaplin.

The other problem is that the word musical has very different connotations for different people.

I see your point, but they've still got Vishnevetsky, Will Harris and all the video game people writing good stuff.

Bock did actually spend a decade or two trying to get another show on Broadway, but they all fell through. Apparently he did a number of very good children's shows near the end of his life, too, with himself as lyricist.

I'm one of the (increasingly dwindling) many who think Carousel is one of the great musicals. While I'll admit "This Was a Real Nice Clambake" is a fairly average song, I think the score as a whole is really great, and one of the best-orchestrated musicals to boot. I've defended the plot too many times already, but…

I quite like Jaime Weinman's term for them - The Sondheim-Firsters (because they think nothing good happened in musicals before Sondheim).

This week I watched National Gallery, Captain America: Civil War and The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane.

One of my flatmates started playing Crusader Kings 2 this week. I'd never heard of it before, but it's really compelling to watch on a 50-inch TV (particularly with his sarcastic commentary and penchant for assassination).

This week I watched Crimson Peak, Deadpool, Hail, Caesar! and The Second Civil War.

I think he's still alive, actually (no obituary or death date on his NZ OnScreen profile). Apparently the film was re-cut and the music replaced after a disastrous screening at the Cannes market - he wrote about it here http://www.nzonscreen.com/t….

This week I watched Naked, The Mill and the Cross, Secrets & Lies and Jack Brown Genius.

Yeah, in the background it had "Monty Python Presents: Spamilton"

This week I watched Peter Brook's version of Hamlet with Adrian Lester. I thought it was a very good production, with a strong Indian vibe. Most of the politics (and conflict with Fortinbras) was removed, putting intense focus on the remaining characters. All the subtext was mined - gay Rosencrantz and Guildenstern…

This week I watched Steve Jobs and 21 Jump Street.

I actually prefer Once Upon a Time in American to all the movies in the Dollars Trilogy. I think it's a beautiful-looking movie, and the nostalgic tone resonates strongly when combined with the music. The Dollars stuff is very cool, but it doesn't do much for me emotionally.

This week I watched Creed, Audition, and Truly, Madly, Deeply.

I definitely felt the Cusack stuff was weaker, but it worked well enough for me. I thought the way the script moved between the timelines helped avoid feeling cliched, but I could see how others might feel differently.