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And an ending where happiness is predicated on a woman being broken like a horse.

All of which feels just … fine.

And aesthetics can usurp politics.

(Its design and production teams are, notably, overwhelmingly male.

And while much of Porters wit still sparkles, some really doesnt.

Fred-Petruchios macho lament Where Is the Life That Late I Led?

feels like Mambo No.

Therecouldbe more: for comparison, see Ali Strokers recent rendition of I Caint Say No in Oklahoma.

ButKiss Me, Katewants to be something a little more human than pure farce.

Its a brilliant, no-holds-barred (no-holds-Bard?)

Kiss Me, Kateis at Studio 54.