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From Then and Now: A Memoir, by Barbara Cook

THE MUSIC MAN ON FILM

"The problem with the movie was that there was no dirt -- it was too clean.  Put bluntly, the horses never shit in those streets.  The movie wasn't bad  -- it was just... too clean.  I think The Music Man is an earthy show, and that really didn't come across on screen."

From Chapter 9, The Music Man