The Prom, Meryl Streep's rap against prejudice

Almost 20 years after Mamma mia!

the indomitable Meryl Streep returns to the musical.

On December 11th the long-awaited The Prom arrives directly on Netflix, the film by Ryan Murphy, an adaptation of the Broadway musical around from 2018 with music by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin, the Tony Award-winning Elf and The Wedding Singer, from the book namesake of Bob Martin (Tony Award for the show).

Completed with anti-Covid protocols during the lockdown it could lead the three-time chameleon winner straight to the umpteenth Oscar nomination.

    A captivating vintage atmosphere that recalls the stories of the beloved series The Glee that launched Ryan Murphy and a musical like Hairspray and a theme that could not be more current: the emancipation and acceptance of homosexuality and more generally of tolerance .

    It is Streep who dominates with the role of the divine decayed Broadway, a drama queen all taken by herself and her own fame, self-referenced and sighing but basically devoid of empathy, all strings that the Oscar-winning actress has returned to warm as at the time of The Iron Lady or The Devil wears Prada.

And this time in addition to classic musical dances she also performs a rap (which proves that there is nothing Meryl Streep can't do).

    This is the story (which in turn became a novel published in Italy by De Agostini): before finishing high school, Emma and Alyssa just want one thing: to go to the prom, and go there together.

An almost impossible desire if the prom (the prom) is in a remote location, Edgewater of remote Indiana, to go there as a couple means to declare one's homosexuality.

Emma (Jo Ellen Pellman) has lived with her grandmother since her parents kicked her out of the house after her coming out.

And African American Alyssa (Ariana DeBose), who has not yet declared herself, is under the yoke of her mother who has high social expectations.

Emma then takes her time, buys two tickets to the prom, for herself and a mysterious girl.

But instead of helping Alyssa, this wreaks havoc;

and amid gossip, bullying and indignant parents, the long-awaited prom is in danger of skipping.

Until the news of this anonymous girl's riot from Indiana reaches the ears of a cast of Broadway stars whose latest Eleanor Roosewelt musical lasted a single day butchered by negative reviews.

The stars are Dee Dee Allen (Meryl Streep) and Barry Glickman (James Corden), joined by backing vocalist Angie (Nicole Kidman).

The idea is to opportunistically rush to Emma's aid and return to having the limelight.

"It's a film about hope. It won't be full of morality. The idea is that it can make even kids who feel lonely or rejected feel part of the community. Young people in countries like Russia or Ukraine, where you can be killed because you are gay, they can watch The Prom and find hope in it, "Ryan Murphy told Variety (ANSA).