WWTD 013 - Newsies: Cheese It, It's the Fuzz!

The year is 1992. A mere eight months away from releasing the smash hit Aladdin, Disney decides to put out a film that defies all logic or reason not only in its story or construction, but in its very essence. A film helmed by a choreographer with no previous directing experience. A film that, despite being a period piece about a two-week strike in 1899, is for some reason a musical composed by the great Alan Menken featuring none of his typically great work. A film starring a young, English, born-to-be-Batman actor as a New York paperboy, leading a cast of other young men most of whom cannot sing or dance – performing alongside the grossly miscast Bill Pullman, Robert Duvall, and Ann-Margret. A film that, despite all of this, still manages to move Vicky to tears of delight and happiness for some inexplicable reason. Join us on this week’s episode of We Want The D, as Nolan and Jill attempt to figure out just what the hell Vicky sees in the bizarre-o film, NEWSIES!