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1955
In the Oklahoma Territory just before statehood, cheerful cowboy Curly wants to take Laurey to the box social, but she's too proud to say yes and ends up going with the brooding farmhand Jud. Around them, farmers and cowmen squabble, Ado Annie can't choose between two suitors, and a new state is about to be born.
For children old enough to talk it through: sustained intensity, or language or sexual content that Common Sense Media rates 7–9.
Why it’s here
A buoyant American musical about farmers and cowboys learning to be neighbors at the edge of statehood. It has some of Rodgers and Hammerstein's best songs and a courtship that ends in marriage.
Context notes
For parents, before you press play.
Frequent innuendo (Ado Annie's flirting, a peep-show "Little Wonder") is played for laughs, and Jud's obsession with Laurey is menacing and may unsettle little ones. Curly mocks Jud with a song about his death, and arson and a knife fight end with Jud's death, so be ready to talk about how the film treats Jud.
Oklahoma! (1955)
Discussion questions
When the credits end, go around the room. Each person gives the film a score out of ten and says why.
- Why did Laurey go to the social with Jud?
- What did you think of Curly's song "Pore Jud Is Daid"? Was it kind?
- Why did the farmer and the cowman need to be friends?
- Which song was the most beautiful?
Content advisory
Common Sense Media 8+: arson and a knife fight ending in death; fistfights and rifle shots; frequent sexual innuendo; Jud drinks from a jug.
Trailer
Best edition
The disc comes first.
Oklahoma! Blu-ray (Blu-ray + DVD)
Blu-ray · October 7, 2014
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