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“WHAT’S WRONG WITH THAT?” 221
“What Makes the Red Man Red?” is the politically incorrect song that
Sammy Fain (music) and Sammy Cahn (lyric) wrote for the animated
fantasy film Peter Pan (1953). When the Indians in Never Land celebrate
Peter’s rescue of Tiger Lily, they sing this pounding number, answering
questions such as why they say “ugh” and “how” and why they are so red.
The answers are silly (the redness comes from blushing over pretty Indian
maidens) and the tribal dance that follows is stylized nonsense. Although
the intention is escapist fun, the number proves offensive to some audiences
today. A recording of the rhythmic number was made by David Anderson,
Anne Lloyd, Mitch Miller, Dan Ocko, and the Sandpipers.
“What Time Is It?” is the hip-hop opening number written by Matthew
Gerrard and Robbie Nevil for the television movie sequel High School Musical
2 (2007). On the last day of high school classes, the students anxiously
watch the clock, waiting for the bell to ring as they sing about their anticipation
of summer. Once the bell does ring, the teenagers dash into the halls
and break into a vivacious celebratory production number that includes
various kinds of contemporary dance.
“What’s This?” is the fast and excited song of discovery Danny Elfman
wrote for the stop-motion film The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).
The discontented Pumpkin King Jack Skellington (singing voice of Elfman)
lands in Christmas Town and eagerly asks himself the meaning of all the
snow, colored lights, making of toys, and warmth of human spirit. The song
is reprised toward the end of the film when Santa Claus brings Christmas
to Halloween Town and the citizens rejoice in their first experience with
falling snow.
“What’s Wrong with That?” is the conversational number by Richard
M. and Robert B. Sherman that is used throughout the movie The Happiest
Millionaire (1967) whenever the eccentric millionaire Anthony J.
Drexel Biddle (Fred MacMurray) questions the circumstances around
him. He first sings it after his finger has been bitten by his pet alligator
and he complains that there is no one at home to give him sympathy. His
daughter Cordelia (Lesley Ann Warren) reprises it with him, taking pity on
him. Later Biddle sings it at a party when he questions whether America
is prepared to fight if the nation gets involved in World War I. A group of
Marines joins him in the song. Finally, Biddle sings a quieter version of the