Category "the-music-man"

What was the relationship of "Marion the Librarian" to the writer of "The Music Man" in real life?

"The Music Man," written by Meredith Willson, featured a heroine named Marion Paroo, or "Marion the Librarian." Apparently, she was based on a real life medical

What made "manspreading" acceptable in American movies?

In the 1962 film The Music Man, after the librarian Marion Paroo turns down Harold Hill's advances, there is a scene in which the salesman engages in (fully clo