‘Operation Mincemeat’ review: Hyperactive WWII musical comedy got on my nerves

nypost.com:

Hamilton”-like rap, “Six”-style dance pop and “Billy Elliot”-evoking anthems with broad physical comedy and throws it all onto a hamster wheel.I found the story absorbing; the yuks, abusive.The little-known, weird-but-true tale, which was recently made into a serious film of the same name starring Colin Firth, is itself appealingly warped.

Set in 1943, it’s about a real intelligence operation during the Second World War in which the British tricked the Nazis into abandoning Sicily by planting false plans on a corpse disguised as an officer.

Such a premise wouldn’t immediately scream “musical!”, but here’s a techno dance number called “Das Übermensch” performed by dancing Nazis.

And this chapter of history is anything but humorous, yet now it’s best-known for being a comedy that ends with a mega-mix and confetti cannon.Perhaps that’s why “Mincemeat” has developed such a rabid fandom in the UK: It’s a scrappy work put on by a scrappy company with humble origins.