With “The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show” the singer is placing herself squarely in the lineage of music stars past
MEMORIES OF THE televisual offerings of Christmases past tend to heighten the moments of brilliance and erase the humdrum. It explains why British viewers, every year, are reminded in some way of the Morecambe and Wise specials—through repeats, talking-heads documentaries, television dramas about the pair or about their scriptwriter—but are seldom invited to actually watch “Tell It To The Marines”, a lacklustre show broadcast in 1987.
Her Christmas special for Amazon Prime Video—the streaming service’s first such show—is caught between two poles. On the one hand, Ms Musgraves wanted to make something that was so roundly traditional that no generation could deny its nostalgic charm . On the other hand, she said she wanted to reimagine Christmas in the image of Wes Anderson, a quirky modern film director. The result is something that is gloopy and old-fashioned, but also filled with cynicism.
That this is intended to be a homage to the past is signalled by the opening credits that follow the duet with Mr Corden, which depict an old-fashioned TV control room, with wood-panelled monitors and not a computer in sight. Yet all concerned also believe themselves to be subverting the past, even as they celebrate it. Dan Levy, the narrator, is dressed as an elf. “Would she sing another holiday ditty that’s overplayed in cafes and shopping-mall restrooms?” he asks at one point.
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