Precious Baby

The King and I ,  the 1951 musical masterpiece from Rodgers & Hammerstein told the story of King Mongkut of Siam (present day Thailand) who sought to modernize his country and he sought the expertise of Englishwoman Anna Leonowens to be the governess of his children. Of course, the most famous adaptation we all love and remember is the 1956 film of the same name starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr. Throughout the film, the relationship between the King and Anna is complicated but always tinged with respect and love.

America in the 1960's was a time of change. Gone were the conservatism of the previous decades; the people wanted change from what they wore to the arts renaissance and onto more serious matters of civil liberty and human rights. The space race was gaining momentum and new technology was making the world closer and faster.