The Producers movie - Keep It Gay lyrics
rate me<br>
MAX:<br>
Listen, Roger: did you get a chance yet to read Springtime for Hitler? <br>
ROGER:<br>
Read it? I devoured it! I for one, for instance, never realized that the Third Reich meant Germany. <br>
MAX:<br>
Yeah, how 'bout that? Then you'll do it? <br>
ROGER:<br>
Do it? Of course not.<br>
The theatre's so obsessed<br>
With dramas so depressed<br>
It's hard to sell a ticket on Broadway<br>
Shows should be more pretty<br>
Shows should be more witty<br>
Shows should be more...<br>
What's the word? <br>
LEO:<br>
Gay? <br>
ROGER:<br>
Exactly!<br>
No matter what you do on the stage<br>
Keep it light, keep it bright, keep it gay!<br>
Whether it's murder, mayhem or rage<br>
Don't complain, it's a pain<br>
Keep it gay! <br>
CARMEN:<br>
People want laughter when they see a show<br>
The last thing they're after's a litany of woe <br>
ROGER & CARMEN:<br>
A happy ending will pep up your play... <br>
ROGER:<br>
Oedipus won't bomb... <br>
CARMEN:<br>
If he winds up with Mom!<br>
Keep it gay! <br>
ROGER:<br>
Keep it gay... <br>
ROGER & CARMEN:<br>
Keep it gay! <br>
MAX:<br>
Couldn't agree with you more. And you have our blessings, Roger,<br>
to make Springtime for Hitler just as gay as anyone could possibly want.<br>
So, c'mon, do it for us, please. <br>
ROGER:<br>
No, sorry, Max, but it's simply not my cup of tea.<br>
Still, fair is fair, perhaps I should ask my production team what they think.<br>
This is my set designer, Bryan. <br>
BRYAN:<br>
Keep it glad, keep it mad, keep it gay! <br>
ROGER:<br>
And here's my costume designer, Kevin. <br>
KEVIN:<br>
Hello...<br>
Keep it happy, keep it snappy, keep it gay! <br>
BRYAN & KEVIN:<br>
We're clever, creative<br>
It's our job to see<br>
That ev'rything's perfect for Mr. De Bris! <br>
ROGER:<br>
Next, Scott, my choreographer... <br>
SCOTT:<br>
Hi there... <br>
ROGER:<br>
And, ah, finally, last and least, my lighting designer, Shirley Markowitz. <br>
SHIRLEY:<br>
Keep it gay, keep it gay, keep it gay <br>
LEO:<br>
I don't think we're getting to them, Max. What do we do now? <br>
MAX:<br>
Watch this. Roger, listen. I think that Springtime for Hitler<br>
would be a marvelous opportunity for you. I mean, up to now,<br>
you've always been associated with frivolous musicals. <br>
ROGER:<br>
You're right. I've often felt as though I've been throwing my life away <br>
on silly little entertainments. Deopy showgirls in gooey gowns.<br>
Two-three-kick-turn! Turn-turn-kick-turn! <br>
CARMEN:<br>
Oh, Roger. <br>
ROGER:<br>
It's enough to make you heave. Nonetheless, sorry, Max.<br>
I just couldn't do Springtime for Hitler <br>
MAX:<br>
Why not? Think of the prestige. <br>
ROGER:<br>
No. <br>
MAX:<br>
Think of the respect. <br>
ROGER:<br>
No, no, no. <br>
MAX:<br>
Think of ... the Tony! <br>
CARMEN & THE TEAM:<br>
Tony...Tony...Tony...Tony...Tony! <br>
ROGER:<br>
Ngaaaaaahhhhh! <br>
MAX:<br>
What's the matter? <br>
LEO:<br>
Is he all right? <br>
CARMEN:<br>
He's having a stroke... <br>
MAX & LEO:<br>
What? <br>
CARMEN:<br>
...of genius! <br>
ROGER:<br>
I see it! I see it! At last. The chance to do something important! <br>
CARMEN:<br>
Roger de Bris presents History! <br>
ROGER:<br>
Of course that whole second act has to be rewritten. They're losing the war? Excuse me. It's too downbeat. <br>
CARMEN:<br>
Roger de Bris presents History! <br>
ROGER:<br>
But maybe...it's a wile idea, but it just might work...<br>
I see a line of beautiful girls<br>
Dressed as storm troopers, each one a gem<br>
With leather boots and whips on their hips<br>
It's risque, dare I say, S & M! <br>
CARMEN & THE TEAM:<br>
Love it! <br>
ROGER:<br>
I see German soldiers dancing through France<br>
Played by chorus boys in very tight pants<br>
And wait, there's more - they win the war!<br>
And the dances they do will be daring and new<br>
Turn-turn-kick-turn, turn-turn-kick-turn<br>
One-two-three-kick-turn!<br>
Keep it sassy, keep it classy, keep it... <br>
MAX:<br>
That is brilliant. Brilliant! Roger, I speak for Mr. Bloom and myself<br>
when I sawy that you are the only man in the world who can do justice<br>
to Springtime for Hitler. Will you do it, please? <br>
LEO:<br>
Please. <br>
ROGER:<br>
Wait a minute. This is a very big decision. It might effect the course of my entire life.<br>
I shall have to think about it...I'll do it. I'll do it!<br>
Sabu, champagne! <br>
ROGER, CARMEN & THE TEAM:<br>
If at the end you want them to cheer<br>
Keep it gay, keep it gay, keep it gay<br>
Whether it's Hamlet, Othello or Lear<br>
Keep it gay, keep it gay, keep it gay <br>
CARMEN:<br>
Comedy's joyous, a constant delight<br>
Dramas annoy us... <br>
ROGER & CARMEN:<br>
...and ruin our night. <br>
ROGER, CARMEN & THE TEAM:<br>
So keep your Strindbergs and Ibsens at bay... <br>
ROGER:<br>
I'll sign... <br>
KEVIN:<br>
Sign... <br>
BRYAN:<br>
Sign... <br>
SCOTT:<br>
Sign... <br>
CARMEN:<br>
Sign... <br>
SHIRLEY:<br>
Sign... <br>
MAX & LEO:<br>
Sign... <br>
ROGER:<br>
Roger Elizabeth De Bris! <br>
ALL:<br>
Keep it gay!! <br>
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