History GenreMotif / Showtunes

* The {{Retcon}}ned out Ninth Doctor played by Richard E. Grant loves showtunes and sings songs from "Cabaret" at the monsters to defeat them at the end of his only serial, ''WebAnimation/ScreamOfTheShalka''. This is probably just done to emphasise his weirdness, but since this incarnation ''is'' actually [[WordOfGay in a same-sex relationship]], it is probably to play up his {{Camp}}ness too. (It could also have been an attempt at writing material for TheCastShowoff, as singer Music/RobbieWilliams was [[WTHCastingAgency slated to play the Doctor until relatively late in development]].)

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* The {{Retcon}}ned out Ninth Doctor played by Richard E. Grant loves showtunes and sings songs from "Cabaret" at the monsters to defeat them [[TooGoodToLast at the end of his only serial]], ''WebAnimation/ScreamOfTheShalka''. This is probably just done to emphasise his weirdness, but since this incarnation ''is'' actually [[WordOfGay in a same-sex relationship]], it is probably to play up his {{Camp}}ness too. (It could also have been an attempt at writing material for TheCastShowoff, as singer Music/RobbieWilliams was [[WTHCastingAgency slated to play the Doctor until relatively late in development]].)

This term can encompass a ton of music crossing over with a lot of different genres, but what is usually thought of is the Rodgers and Hammerstein style of extremely earnest escapist pop made (in)famous through plays such as ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'', ''Oklahoma!'' (yes, that exclamation mark is part of the title), and ''SouthPacific''. It is the driving force of its own style of fiction and its use in other genres usually is meant to show somebody as either Camp Gay or otherwise very chintzy. As a DeadHorseGenre, it's almost never shown in a positive light outside of its own context.

This term can encompass a ton of music crossing over with a lot of different genres, but what is usually thought of is the Rodgers and Hammerstein style of extremely earnest escapist pop made (in)famous through plays such as ''TheSoundOfMusic'', ''Oklahoma!'' (yes, that exclamation mark is part of the title), and ''SouthPacific''. It is the driving force of its own style of fiction and its use in other genres usually is meant to show somebody as either Camp Gay or otherwise very chintzy. As a DeadHorseGenre, it's almost never shown in a positive light outside of its own context.

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* The {{Retcon}}ned out Ninth Doctor played by Richard E. Grant loves showtunes and sings songs from "Cabaret" at the monsters to defeat them [[TooGoodToLast at the end of his only serial]], ''WebAnimation/ScreamOfTheShalka''. This is probably just done to emphasise his weirdness, but since this incarnation ''is'' actually [[WordOfGay in a same-sex relationship]], it is probably to play up his {{Camp}}ness too. (It could also have been an attempt at writing CastShowoff material, as singer Music/RobbieWilliams was slated to play the Doctor until relatively late in development.)

* One episode of AmericanDad has a sequence showing how the military roots out homosexuals from their ranks. The interviewing officer starts a sentence with "Clang clang", which causes a random person in line to burst into "The Trolley Song" from ''Meet Me In St. Louis'' in a very CampGay manner.

* In the UK, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical output is usually ridiculed by the people who appear on topical humorous quiz shows. For a while ALW was also associated negatively with the Conservative Party, leading to this section of society to hate him and his works even more. In recent years, with the rise of programmes designed to find talented leading ladies for big West End shows, the negativity has abated somewhat.