Musical film, an Uncommon card

Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing.
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Rarity: Uncommon
Domain: Nature
ATK: 81
DEF: 67
Power: 148
Wikipedia reads a year: 190,000

Power 148 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.

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Musical film quiz: 3 questions

Three questions on the Musical film card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.

Find the missing word
The musical film was a natural development of the stage musical after the ______ of sound film technology.
Answer
emergence. The musical film was a natural development of the stage musical after the emergence of sound film technology. From the Musical film article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Planck units. Planck units 330,000 · Bactrian camel 260,000 · Musical film 190,000 · Dichloromethane 140,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.

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The facts on the card

The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.

The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate "production numbers".
The musical film was a natural development of the stage musical after the emergence of sound film technology.
Typically, the biggest difference between film and stage musicals is the use of lavish background scenery and locations that would be impractical in a theater.

Why it is Uncommon

Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Musical film article was read about 190,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.

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