{"id":30177,"date":"2021-07-20T16:32:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T16:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=30177"},"modified":"2021-07-21T16:36:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T16:36:49","slug":"dove-cameron-schmigadoon","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/dove-cameron-schmigadoon\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Schmigadoon!\u2019 Star Dove Cameron Sells Us On Musicals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dove Cameron in Schmigadoon!<\/i> (Photo: courtesy of AppleTV+)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On AppleTV+<\/a>\u2019s delightfully bonkers musical spoof Schmigadoon!<\/em>, Dove Cameron<\/a> plays cartoonishly over-the-top farmer\u2019s daughter Betsy. She\u2019s all blond pigtails, cherry red lips and coquettish flirtation. \u201cI view her not really as a person as much as she is an idea of the projected male fantasy,\u201d Cameron tells GRAZIA.<\/p>\n

The series, created by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio and executive produced by Lorne Michaels, spoofs classic musicals of the 1940s by transporting a contemporary couple (Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong<\/a>) to an idyllic village where time seems to have stopped in the early 20th Century. Even if you\u2019re not a fan of musical theater, Schmigadoon!<\/em> has the joke density, knowing humor and gonzo energy of shows like 30 Rock<\/em> and Girls5Eva<\/em>, and the cast\u2014Alan Cumming, Kristin Chenoweth, Fred Armisen, Jane Krakowski\u2014has charm coming out the wazoo.<\/p>\n

A devotee of both Broadway and high camp, Cameron is right at home in the kitschy world of Schmigadoon!<\/em> Who better to try to convert musical skeptics?<\/p>\n

Schmigadoon!<\/em> is just so delightful and the cast is so <\/em>funny. It must have been such a blast on set.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was such a fun show to shoot. It\u2019s so fun when you are a fan of what you\u2019re doing\u2014but in a real way. I think, obviously, you wanna like what you\u2019re doing all the time. But when it\u2019s something that you<\/em> would watch, that\u2019s not a prerequisite! That\u2019s not always the experience. So, it was such a joy to be a part of it while it was going on. And then to watch it back.<\/p>\n

Like Keegan-Michael Key\u2019s character, I am a bit of a skeptic of musicals. Maybe more of a Broadway agnostic. But I would like to give you the opportunity to sell me on musical theater: what\u2019s so great about it?
\n<\/strong>
\nOh, wow! I think that the musical was such a lynchpin of American entertainment for so long. And then it kind of went away\u2014in what I would refer to as a dark<\/em> time in American culture. It was sort of like the musical represented something that became no longer relevant to American culture because it painted a picture of a world we didn\u2019t live in. And we went from really needing it in a darker time to not needing it so much. And now it\u2019s back. We need the hope that they represent and we need the uplifting spirit that I think something like an American musical can only really represent. That\u2019s why I think Schmigadoon!<\/em>, in general, is so fresh right now\u2014other than the fact that it is a fresh take on all these big titans of musical theater, bringing them into the modern era. But it\u2019s also making fun of it, and so Schmigadoon! <\/em>allows somebody like yourself, a self-identifying musical theater agnostic, through Keegan-Michael Key\u2019s character, to be in on the joke as well. We\u2019re making fun of and honoring something. That allows everybody to be a part of it, whether you\u2019re a fan of musicals or not.<\/p>\n

\"Keegan-Michael
Keegan-Michael Key and Dove Cameron in Schmigadoon!<\/i> (Photo: courtesy of AppleTV+)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What musical should I watch immediately<\/em>? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Ugh, that\u2019s difficult, because I do have people in my life who are like you, that don\u2019t really like a musical. So, what I would recommend to you <\/em>is not going to be the same thing that\u2019s, like, my<\/em> favorite show. I mean, I feel like everybody in the world loves Hamilton<\/em><\/a>. I feel like that was something that really allowed everybody in, even if you don\u2019t like musicals. But also, I think Heathers: The Musical<\/em> is quite pop culture-y and very fun. Like, a lot of movie adaptations, I think people really like, even if you don\u2019t like musicals. But if you\u2019re going to watch the best musical of all time, I would say The Light in the Piazza<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Betsy is such a high camp character. What was your approach to playing a character like that?<\/strong> What\u2019s your relationship to camp? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen, I live, eat, sleep, breath, die for camp! Camp is my number one most important ingredient. I think that most things should be done [with a camp sensibility]. And I think that all my favorite things have huge elements of camp. And I also think that camp is like\u2014I\u2019ve said it so many times it\u2019s going to stop sounding like a word! I don\u2019t know, people have such a narrow definition and negative connotations of camp, but I think that a lot of camp is in self-awareness and self-deprecation. There\u2019s a certain tongue-in-cheek element to camp that is present in things that a lot of people wouldn\u2019t normally refer to as camp.<\/p>\n

Are there any characters in classic musicals that you\u2019re spoofing as Betsy?<\/strong><\/p>\n

She\u2019s not a full person, she\u2019s like a concept. And that\u2019s why there aren\u2019t exact references as much as she\u2019s an amalgamation and a patchwork of so many different references. I think that\u2019s part of what makes the show in general so brilliant. It\u2019s these two very real, grounded characters walking into a world of tropes and broad strokes people. I guess if I were to point to anything referential, she\u2019s a combination of a bunch of the girls from Oklahoma!<\/em> Like, a Laurey meets Marilyn Monroe<\/a>. But also a sort of, [sings<\/em>] I am 16 going on 17\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29097,"featured_media":30179,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,16],"yoast_head":"\n\u2018Schmigadoon!\u2019 Star Dove Cameron Sells Us On Musicals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A devotee of both Broadway and high camp, Dove Cameron is right at home in the kitschy world of AppleTV+'s Schmigadoon! 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