☝️ Key Points
- Judy Garland expresses her love and admiration for actor Clark Gable.
- She describes how he made her love him, even though she didn't really want to.
- She holds him responsible for her love and says he made her happy and sad.
- The song showcases Judy Garland's excitement and admiration for Clark Gable and is a love letter to the actor she admires.
Interpretation
In the song 'Dear Mr. Gable, You Made Me Love You' by
Judy Garland, it is about a girl named Judy Garland expressing her love and admiration for the actor Clark Gable. She writes him a letter telling him how much she loves him and how he made her love him.
Judy describes how her heart beats faster and she stutters whenever she sees him in the movies. She admits that she is just one of his many fans, but she still wanted to tell him. She sings: 'You made me love you, I didn't wanna do it'. This means that she has fallen in love with him even though she didn't really want to.
She describes how he has sometimes made her happy, but also sad. She says that his name makes her heart race and that he made her love him. She says: 'You know you made me love you!'. This means that she holds him responsible for her love.
In the dialogue part of the song, Judy tells of different experiences where she has seen Clark Gable. She tells how she cried when he loved another woman in a movie. She also tells how he once smiled at her and that's why she cried all the way home, because she was so happy about it.
The song expresses Judy Garland's excitement and admiration for Clark Gable and shows how much he has influenced her. It is a love letter to an actor she admires and worships.