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Article: Oh, My Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Follows in the Footsteps of Jesus.(Arts&Entertainment)
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- May 30, 2005
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Byline: John Heilpern
The popular appeal of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the cavernous Hilton Theatre is a combo platter of the following:
Lots and lots of children and lots and lots of dogs. One adorably jolly song reprised five million adorable times: "Oh! You! Pretty Chitty Bang Bang / Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, we love you .... " Plus American actors who speak like Julie Andrews. Lots and lots of hugs. American actresses who look like Julie Andrews (Erin Dilly as feisty, adorable Truly Scrumptious). James Bond-like names (Ian Fleming--criminally uncredited in the Playbill--wrote Chitty Chitty as a children's story for his young son).
Hence the ...