I understand casting a comedienne in the title role of Annie Get Your Gun, especially after the production lost Judy Garland. But... Betty Hutton cannot sing. Howard Keel, obviously, sings beautifully, and all of the proper theatrical stuff that is supposed to be (and may very well have been) the actual Wild Bill show is great. But there is lots in this film that did not work for me. Mostly it's just the weird, quirky, folksy-jokey thing that is supposed to be charming Annie Oakley behavior. I was not charmed.
And then there is all the redface. Like... a lot of redface. Betty Hutton even has a song called "I'm an Indian Too". It's extraordinarily cringe-worthy.
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