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Singin In The Rain
It’s All Just an Act The musical Singin’ In The Rain is a Hollywood classic, starring Gene Kelly as Don and Jean Hagen as Lina Lamont. The film gives viewers the different aspects of expectation versus reality in big Hollywood production films. Singin’ In The Rain reinforces the theme of illusion vs. reality by using production to manipulate characters like Lina Lamont to be what the audience wants to see.
Throughout the musical it shows how the characters show themselves to the audience that watches them. But it also shows they really are off the set and out of the eyes of the public. Lina the main character is presented as this beautiful actress who is great at singing, dancing, acting, and even talking. The movie producers show Lina

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