Review of State Fair

the novel on which several Hollywood movies are set tells the story of a farm family headed for the state fair. Dad is a dreamer and mom an overenergetic worrier. Sis is anxious to escape her home town and does so the minute a city boy offers her the spontaneous, unplanned opportunity. Bro looks eagerly forward to soon taking his over dad's farm but is temporarily distracted by an honest, brazen showgirl who shows him a good time but in the end advises him to stick to his chickens and hometown girl. The six leads are this time crooner Tom Ewell married to crooner Alice Faye. Sis is crooner Pamela Tiffen enticed by city boy crooner Bobby Darren. Bro is crooner Pat Boone enticed by brash showgirl Ann Margret. The familiar songs work but the new songs don't the upgated setting to a different American era shows the same principle works for every generation. I like it because grandma had this adventure around the time the original black and white movie was filmed and mom had this adventure around the time this musical was filmed. As generic nostalgic Americana it works. As a cinema extravaganza it pleases but not wows.