What was the first scene in film or vision to feature whimsical or upbeat music played over horrific violence? My best guess is the Singing in the Rain scene from A Clockwork Orange, but my knowledge of media gets shaky before the 70s that if there’s something earlier I probably wouldn’t know it.
So let’s just say Singi…
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