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The songs are an acquired taste ... just like the songs to most British musicals.
I went in expecting songs .... but frankly, it's an operetta -- and until I groked that, I was pretty disappointed. There's barely any dialogue and so the songs are not all toe-tapping ditties. Also, the main character is the Rex Harrison of puppets -- in that he talk-sings just about all his numbers. He breaks out into tuneful song only during his last number (which I think is done to great effect).
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