A great movie doesn’t need to be serious as all get-out to prove how resolute it is about the subject matter it examines. Case in point: Ryan Murphy’s screen adaptation of the 2018 Broadway musical “The Prom,” which launches on Netflix today after its limited release in US theaters on Dec. 4
The film, featuring the music of Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin’s lyrics from a book by Beguelin and Bob Martin (who also wrote the screenplay), doesn’t leave much room for bah humbugs this Christmas as it plays out “The Prom’s” pressing issues like a glittery bauble of fun—and with tongue firmly in cheek.
So, ignore the naysayers who have been busily denigrating Murphy’s attem…
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