The gramophone, otherwise known as the phonograph, in the 1920s served the same way as the piano did in parlors in 1900. It helped serve in spreading awareness of new music and singing for the public. Recordings of the voices of Enrico Caruso and Amelita Galli-Curci were commonly heard throughout neighborhoods and towns. People who also did not go to opera houses can now enjoy the musical pieces at home.
Hollywood had taken up the new genre of what was changing in musicals. It had helped raised public standards of the theatrical visual expectation. Soon the television helped with carry this influence on. From this, not only did standards for acting risen, but physical appearance became important as well. In Hollywood and opera, more "attractive" singers were preferred over those who may have been perceived as "obese" or "unattractive". Later it was seen that physical appearance did not matter when gaining entry into opera if one possessed a unique voice ability or outstanding talent.
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