Polly Summary
Director: Debbie Allen
Genres: Musical, Children's/Family
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There were those in 1989 who bellyached that Disney Television's Polly was a far from faithful adaptation of Eleanor Porter's classic novel -Pollyanna. What they meant was that Polly did not resemble the 1960 Hayley_Mills movie version of Pollyanna, which itself played fast and loose with the source material. In Polly, The_Cosby_Show's Keshia_Knight_Pulliam portrays the "Glad Girl" who brings along a satchelful of happiness and optimism when she visits her wealthy aunt one summer. Tranposing Porter's all-white story to a middle-class black community in the Alabama of the 1950s (Celeste_Holm is the only white costar) isn't nearly as self-conscious or gimmicky as it seems on paper. Nor is any damage done to the original by adding musical numbers, especially when taking into consideration that the film was directed by renowned choreographer Debbie_Allen (the sister of Phylicia_Rashad, who plays Polly's aunt--and who in 1989 was costarring with Keshia_Knight_Pulliam on a weekly basis on The_Cosby_Show). Polly scored a boffo ratings hit, prompting Disney TV to assemble a 1990 sequel, Polly:_Comin'_Home! Hal Erickson, Rovi
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