So, the cinetrix was screening Singin' in the Rain tonight for her Intro class, and she has a quick question for you smarty-pants cinephile types out there on the Interwebs.
OK, so there's the big titular set piece, with Gene Kelly splashing around, yadda yadda. But immediately before it comes the "Good Morning" sequence, which features Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly slinging "can't sing, can't act, can dance a little" Debbie Reynolds around Gene's character Don's palatial Hollywood home. [It concludes with their plot to dub Lina Lamont's ear-splitting vocal stylings with Kathy's more tuneful tones.] The cinetrix understands it may be a while since you saw the film, so she'll remind you of a particularly salient feature of the "Morning" number: At one point, the trio engages in a little goofy bricolage involving two hats, a turban, and three yellow raincoats. That's right: raincoats. Debbie does a little hula dance with hers; Gene plays the matador; and Donald cuts the rug, Charleston-stizz, with his raincoat "partner." All of these fucking raincoats are present in Don's well-appointed digs--and it's been established that it's raining outside--yet when we cut to Don bidding a tender farewell to Kathy on her doorstep, only she has donned a raincoat, while Lockwood's opted for his magical umbrella. [And those look-at-me cordovan shoes.]
Why?
