I barely thought La La Land was a musical. There's only like 5 musical numbers in the whole movie and none of them are that long.
I actually find it odd that we don't differentiate between movies with musical numbers (La La Land, Disney Movies, South Park movie) and full blown musicals in which there isn't a single word of spoken dialogue as everything is done in song.
It is probably getting a bit overhyped as it isn't exactly a monumental filmmaking achievement or anything, it's just a really solid good movie.
As for the Oscars, I find it a bit irritating that the most common stories are clickbait crap about the "top 5 snubs" and the like. How about we talk about the movies nominated and why they are there? But I guess fake controversy sells a lot better.
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