This article appeared in print with the headline “Sing it on. Group a cappella is arguably one of the most difficult singing styles, harmonizing simply with other members voices and featuring no instrumental accompaniment.
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The movie almost makes me consider watching an episode of Gleealmost. In the last few years it has become very popular because of TV. But considering how much fun this Pitch Perfect has just by being, well, fun, the flaws are forgivable. A cappella is the art of group singing unaccompanied no instruments, no tracks just voices. There are times when I felt there were scenes cut out that might explain some characters and their motives, like why Camp’s character sings the same damn songs while every team around the Bellas live to be fresh and new (Elizabeth Banks and Christopher Guest regular John Michael Higgins, appearing as competition commentators à la Best in Show, hilariously remind us of this).
( Pitch Perfect is probably going to be the only movie in existence that actually makes you believe someone like Kendrick knows all the words to Blackstreet’s “No Diggity.”) But thanks to a playful script from 30 Rock writer Kay Cannon, Pitch Perfect exhibits a spirited, enjoyable self-awareness that refuses to be overtaken by heavy-handedness, something that I hear Glee revels in.
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With Broadway musical director Jason Moore ( Avenue Q, Shrek the Musical) behind the lens, Pitch Perfect is full of annoyingly chipper musical numbers that I’d hate if it weren’t for the fact that they’re so damn rousing.
Even Bridesmaids cast member Wilson, who serves as this movie’s Melissa McCarthy, wins over audiences with her uproarious candidness and refreshing confidence.
Just like that movie, it has bodily fluid-drenched, gross-out humor and a rivalry between the scrappy heroine (it’s almost like Kendrick is letting Tina Fey know through her performance she’s available to play her younger sister in anything) and her control freak antagonist. But it also wants to be this year’s Bridesmaids. Loosely adapted from Mickey Rapkin’s book of the same name, Pitch Perfect does sound like Bring It On with high notes. The best of INDY Week’s fiercely independent journalism about the Triangle delivered straight to your inbox.
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