First of all, the focus of this entire musical is on how older men can manipulate a young girl for their own pleasures. We have these upper crust characters, living off the fat of the lamb, doing nothing productive. And we are to somehow admire them. I have to admit my prejudice. First of all it starts two of the most overrated and tiresome actors ever to appear on screen: Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jourdan. They are smug and full of themselves. They have everything in life, so they focus on a young girl, trying to get her to be a courtesan, so they can play some more. The end for me was the "first suicide" thing. That a man could take delight in the death of a woman he has left made me sick. Oh, well. Most would disagree with me. I'm not prude, but I could never get over the lifestyles of these people.
