Being a crowdpleaser has little to do with understanding the intent of the number in context, and I don't think Ashford did. He's not using the song to tell a story. Which should be the reason for it. There's no sense of tension in terms of whether Finch will get away with this or not. It's not a surprise, as it should be, when chair man of the board Womper all of a sudden changes his mind, yells "no kiddin'" and joins in. Etc.
The dancing may have been fun to watch, but it was essentially just a dance, not a pivotal number in a story. |
