The Bumpy History of Fame 1980 (WitW: S2E6)

Is Fame gonna live forever? In this episode of Wait in the Wings we find ourselves in the crime ridden New York City that's on the brink of a 1980's revolution that would be sparked by a new variation of the teen musical genre.
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[@mitchweissman5045]

You are doing soooo well, my friend! Our episode is one of your lowest views! Lol! I miss Gene. He was such a fun guy to hang with!

[@CARATMom]

As someone who was born in the 70s and raised in the 80’s I cannot express the strangle hold that Fame and leg warmers had on us.

[@kaileykrantz]

First; by the way I love your videos man. How about a suggestion: What Went Wrong with The Little Mermaid (Broadway version)

[@dommitchell4319]

I'd love to see a video on the Amelie musical. It's baffling that a musical based on a highly acclaimed movie, and starring Philippa Soo fresh off her run in Hamilton at the peak of her popularity would run for only 50 odd performances.

[@Changeling9au]

With the recent sad passing of Irene Cara, it's nice to see that her legacy, and the legacy she was part of, lives on.

[@elliot2331]

Being in Fame (the musical) was one of the most fun and physically challenging experiences of my life. But I am ashamed to admit I've never seen the original movie. Learning its history is really cool.

[@realmccoy18]

Fame changed my life...i grew up in a very conservative French Canadian city and this movie showed me that there were other freaks like me out there...i just had to move and find them.

[@Retrotude]

Can't wait for the WWW episode on Carrie!

[@blackamerican40]

RIP Irene and Gene Anthony 😢🙏

[@zeroneoz1944]

A episode on in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory:The Musical" would be interesting

[@alyzu4755]

I was 11 when this film was released, and my friends and I were OBSESSED! I'm just hoping none of the polaroids of us in our leg warmers are still floating around. ☺️

[@marvinmoser4679]

HELL YES. I am so ready for this. I'm currently going to school for theater and am kinda uneducated when it comes to shows, so I've been bingeing your videos nonstop. Keep being dope as hell.

[@class3times]

I attended a magnet performing arts high school in Portland, Oregon, moved to New York City where I lived for 30 years and enjoyed an 18 year professional dance career because of this movie (and subsequent TV show). I don't know what kind of life I would have had without it. It pretty much consumed my life for much of the 1980's. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. One of my dreams was to dance on top of taxi cabs down 46th street to the song Fame. Haven't done it yet, but I will do it one day!

[@yomamabaker99]

As a graduate of the Orange County High School of the Arts, I can honesty say you nailed it about auditioning for the chance to go to school at a place where it was OK to be weird and different and feel like you belong. Thank you for mentioning that.

[@fastbowler]

I love this movie, and "I Sing The Body Electric" is a must-watch several times a year.

[@elizabethenrique6924]

Does anyone else get excited when we see someone from a former video come up?

[@HaydenofEverything]

I like how this series ties everything together in a way

[@aestroai8012]

R.I.P Gene, and Irene Cara. I stumbled upon this wonderful doc. Thank you so much for filling me in on the little details I could never find before. I love the dark realism of Fame. It's one of my favourite films.

[@battlegirldeb]

Thanks for this. Fame is one of my all time favorite movies. I was an 11 year old waiting to the Fall for my 12 birthday. I begged my mother to let me go to this movie as it would be the first rated R film for me. I saw something in the movie that made me want more. In 83 I got in to my city's school of the arts. Debbie Allen had also been a teacher at the school when it first open in the 70's when one of my teacher was in school.

[@adriennepender673]

I can't tell you how much FAME means to me. It came out just as I was graduating high school in 1980, and encompassed everything I wanted -- to be on stage, in environments with others like me, creating art. If ever a movie defined my life, it's this one. I still play "I Sing the Body Electric" before every opening night. ❤