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[edit] Digital controversy
I think the bit about the controversy over the dance routine's use in a commercial should be a section by itself? Thoughts? 23skidoo 14:23, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Possibly, but I think it's ok the way it is. After all, it was really just an argument between Ava Astaire on one side and Robyn Smith Astaire (the animosity between this pair goes back to Astaire's wedding in 1980) and the makers of Dirt Devil on the other. I don't think too much should be made of it in Wikipedia, and the issue of how the Astaire estate handles the use of Astaire's film clips is already covered in a section within Fred Astaire's solo and partnered dances. Of course a lot of Astaire fans feel very strongly indeed about it, but others could argue that it exposed him to a much wider audience. After all Volkswagen did something similar with Gene Kelly's Singin' in the Rain a couple of years ago and there wasn't much fuss. Dermot 17:37, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Dance number description deletion
Although it's been there for awhile, it struck me that the statement about Astaire "for the first time in his career" casting off aspersions of elegance in the "...Liar all My Life" number comes off as non-NPOV editorializing and possible OR. Also, unless there's a source somewhere that says Astaire had never performed such a number before the statement can't really be backed up. 23skidoo 13:45, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- The comment is based on the following section from Mueller p.327 "The number is something of a high point for Astaire, the only time in his film career that he was able to fully repress his innate propensity to be couth...only here...are delicacy, refinement, wry understatement and above all elegance finally given the wind". Dermot 20:35, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- That's all well and good but it isn't cited (please see WP:CITE so therefore it's an NPOV violation to have it in there as is. I'm removing it for now; feel free to put it back later provided it is properly cited. 23skidoo 21:17, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
