Theme of the day for Tuesday, July 31st: Americans to Brits. I must admit that King Ralph is a guilty pleasure of mine. I adore his wacky American ways including his "musical stylings". My husband is not a fan of the movie. I think it is such a FUN movie. I enjoyed seeing John Goodman as a romantic lead. His girlfriend helps him learn British facts like the royal line.
What a Girl Wants is a remake of The Reluctant Debutante. When I first watched What a Girl Wants I had not seen The Reluctant Debutante since I was young and did not make the connection between the two movies. But once I knew it was pretty obvious. There are some glaring differences apparently made to modernize the story. Similarities include American teenage girl visiting British father and being "presented" to society. A difference is father being married to second wife in older version and in the newer version just engaged with woman who has her own teenage daughter.
A secondary theme of all three movies is American music overwhelming the Brits. There is a great scene in What a Girl Wants which is very reminiscent of King Ralph. The scene includes loud music causing a lot of trouble! It was really great that John Goodman did his own singing in King Ralph. Ralph James was a lounge singer in Las Vegas before they tracked him down. In The Reluctant Debutante the daughter is attracted to a musician in the band playing at the debutante balls which is similar in the remake.
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