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Turner Classic Movies, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2:30 a.m.
Alan Parker’s searing, gritty, and brilliant musical about New York’s School of the Arts is everything Glee is not: believable, moving and full of original songs.
Starring Irene Cara as the ambitious singing and dancing Coco; Debbie Allen as the school’s charismatic dance teacher and Paul McCrane as Montgomery, who is gay in the movie and turned straight for TV show. The musical numbers are stellar, especially “Hot Lunch” and, of course, “Fame.”
