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It was adapted into a [[Film/TheLovedOne film]] in 1965, directed by Tony Richardson, written by Terry Southern and Christopher Isherwood, and starring Robert Morse alongside an AllStarCast. Parts of the classic-era Series/DoctorWho serial Revelation of the Daleks also drew inspiration from the novel.
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It was adapted into a [[Film/TheLovedOne adapted into a film]] in 1965, directed by Tony Richardson, written by Terry Southern and Christopher Isherwood, and starring Robert Morse alongside an AllStarCast. Parts of the classic-era Series/DoctorWho ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks Revelation of the Daleks Daleks]]" also drew inspiration from the novel.
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It was adapted into a [[Film/TheLovedOne film]] in 1965, directed by Tony Richardson, written by Terry Southern and Christopher Isherwood, and starring Robert Morse alongside an AllStarCast. Parts of the classic-era DoctorWho Series/DoctorWho serial Revelation of the Daleks also drew inspiration from the novel.
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It was adapted into a [[Film/TheLovedOne film]] in 1965, directed by Tony Richardson, written by Terry Southern and Christopher Isherwood, and starring Robert Morse alongside an AllStarCast.
AllStarCast. Parts of the classic-era DoctorWho serial Revelation of the Daleks also drew inspiration from the novel.
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* InTheStyleOf: Waugh must have been familiar with the work of Nathanael West, because the plot often resembles [[JustForFun/XMeetsY a cross between]] West's novels ''Literature/TheDayOfTheLocust'' (exploring the seedy side of HorribleHollywood) and ''Miss Lonelyhearts'' (which is about a SeenItAll newspaper advice columnist who's not unlike The Guru Brahmin).
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After losing his job at the studio, Sir Francis [[DrivenToSuicide kills himself]]. To make funeral arrangements, Dennis visits Whispering Glades, a huge memorial park. He immediately falls in love with Aimée Thanatogenos, an alluring, naïve cosmetician at Whispering Glades. But Dennis soon finds himself drawn not only into the odd Southern California funeral home community, but into an equally odd love triangle with Aimée and Mr. Joyboy, the haughty Senior Mortician at Whispering Glades.
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After losing his job at the studio, Sir Francis [[DrivenToSuicide kills himself]]. To make funeral arrangements, Dennis visits Whispering Glades, a huge memorial park. He immediately falls in love with Aimée Thanatogenos, an alluring, naïve cosmetician at Whispering Glades. But Dennis soon finds himself drawn not only into the odd Southern California funeral home community, but into an equally odd love triangle LoveTriangle with Aimée and Mr. Joyboy, the haughty Senior Mortician at Whispering Glades.
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* PlagiarismInFiction: Dennis impresses Aimée by presenting her with famous poems then claiming that he actually wrote them, which she gullibly believes.
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* PlagiarismInFiction: Dennis impresses Aimée by presenting her with famous poems then claiming that he actually wrote them, which she gullibly believes.believes.
* SuicideAsComedy: While the suicide of [[spoiler:Aimée]] isn't PlayedForLaughs, the chosen method is amusingly novel: [[spoiler:she injects herself with embalming fluid]].
* SuicideAsComedy: While the suicide of [[spoiler:Aimée]] isn't PlayedForLaughs, the chosen method is amusingly novel: [[spoiler:she injects herself with embalming fluid]].
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After losing his job at the studio, Sir Francis [[DrivenToSuicide kills himself.himself]]. To make funeral arrangements, Dennis visits Whispering Glades, a huge memorial park. He immediately falls in love with Aimée Thanatogenos, an alluring, naïve cosmetician at Whispering Glades. But Dennis soon finds himself drawn not only into the odd Southern California funeral home community, but into an equally odd love triangle with Aimée and Mr. Joyboy, the haughty Senior Mortician at Whispering Glades.
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* MommasBoy: Mr. Joyboy has a severe case of this, as Aimée is horrified to learn.
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* MommasBoy: Mr. Joyboy has a severe case of this, as Aimée is horrified to learn.learn.
* PlagiarismInFiction: Dennis impresses Aimée by presenting her with famous poems then claiming that he actually wrote them, which she gullibly believes.
* PlagiarismInFiction: Dennis impresses Aimée by presenting her with famous poems then claiming that he actually wrote them, which she gullibly believes.
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* GeniusDitz: Aimée and Mr. Joyboy are extremely good at preparing dead bodies for funerals, but are quite feckless and don't have much in the way of a life outside of their jobs.
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* IWishedYouWereDead: The Guru Brahmin and [[spoiler:his advice to Aimée to commit suicide]].
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* IWishedYouWereDead: The Guru Brahmin and [[spoiler:his advice to [[spoiler: annoyed with Aimée and her constant pestering, and frustrated that she doesn't seem to know how to think for herself, drunkenly tells her to commit suicide]].suicide, unaware that she'll actually do it]].
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* InsistentTerminology: Responsible for the TitleDrop. At Whispering Glades, a deceased person is called a Loved One and their family members are called Waiting Ones.
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* LessEmbarrassingTerm: Responsible for the TitleDrop. At Whispering Glades, a corpse is called a Loved One and their family members are called Waiting Ones.
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* MommasBoy: Mr. Joyboy has a horrible case of this, as Aimée is horrified to learn.
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* MommasBoy: Mr. Joyboy has a horrible severe case of this, as Aimée is horrified to learn.
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* BasementDweller: Mr. Joyboy lives with his mother.
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* MeaningfulName: Several times over with Aimée Thanatogenos. As she explains, she's named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimee_Semple_McPherson Aimee Semple [=McPherson=]]], but "Aimée" also means [[TitleDrop "the loved one"]] in French. There's disagreement on what exactly the BilingualBonus was that Waugh was intending with "Thanatogenos", but it obviously includes "Thanatos", the Greek term for death.
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* MeaningfulName: Several times over with Aimée Thanatogenos. As she explains, she's named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimee_Semple_McPherson Aimee Semple [=McPherson=]]], but "Aimée" also means [[TitleDrop "the loved one"]] in French. There's disagreement on what exactly the BilingualBonus was that Waugh was intending with "Thanatogenos", but it obviously includes "Thanatos", the Greek term for death.death.
* MommasBoy: Mr. Joyboy has a horrible case of this, as Aimée is horrified to learn.
* MommasBoy: Mr. Joyboy has a horrible case of this, as Aimée is horrified to learn.
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* FictionalCounterpart: Whispering Glades is obviously a stand-in for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_(Hollywood_Hills) Forest Lawn]].
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''The Loved One'' is a 1948 satirical short novel by English author Creator/EvelynWaugh.
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''The Loved One'' One: An Anglo-American Tragedy'' is a 1948 satirical short novel by English author Creator/EvelynWaugh.
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Young aspiring poet Dennis Barlow leaves England and goes to Los Angeles, hoping to get a job as a screenwriter. He stays with his uncle, Sir Francis Hinsley, a respected artist who now works at Megalopolitan Studios. To make ends meet he gets a job at The Happier Hunting Ground, a mortuary and cemetery for pets. This horrifies the image-conscious members of Hollywood's tight-knit British expatriate community, led by pompous character actor Sir Ambrose Abercrombie. They urge Dennis to get a more respectable job, but fail.
After losing his job at the studio, Sir Francis kills himself. To make funeral arrangements, Dennis visits Whispering Glades, a huge cemetery and funeral service. He immediately falls in love with Aimée Thanatogenos, an alluring, naïve cosmetician at Whispering Glades. But Dennis soon finds himself drawn not only into the odd Southern California funeral home community, but into an equally odd love triangle with Aimée and Mr. Joyboy, the haughty head embalmer at Whispering Glades.
After losing his job at the studio, Sir Francis kills himself. To make funeral arrangements, Dennis visits Whispering Glades, a huge cemetery and funeral service. He immediately falls in love with Aimée Thanatogenos, an alluring, naïve cosmetician at Whispering Glades. But Dennis soon finds himself drawn not only into the odd Southern California funeral home community, but into an equally odd love triangle with Aimée and Mr. Joyboy, the haughty head embalmer at Whispering Glades.
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Young aspiring poet Dennis Barlow leaves England and goes to Los Angeles, hoping to get a job as a screenwriter. He stays with his uncle, Sir Francis Hinsley, a respected artist who now works at Megalopolitan Studios. To make ends meet he gets a job at The Happier Hunting Ground, a mortuary and cemetery for pets. This horrifies the image-conscious members of Hollywood's tight-knit British expatriate community, led by pompous character actor Sir Ambrose Abercrombie. They urge Dennis to get a more respectable job, but fail.
After losing his job at the studio, Sir Francis kills himself. To make funeral arrangements, Dennis visits Whispering Glades, a hugecemetery and funeral service.memorial park. He immediately falls in love with Aimée Thanatogenos, an alluring, naïve cosmetician at Whispering Glades. But Dennis soon finds himself drawn not only into the odd Southern California funeral home community, but into an equally odd love triangle with Aimée and Mr. Joyboy, the haughty head embalmer Senior Mortician at Whispering Glades.
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* InsistentTerminology: Responsible for the TitleDrop. At Whispering Glades, a deceased person is called a Loved One and their family members are called Waiting Ones.
* InsistentTerminology: Responsible for the TitleDrop. At Whispering Glades, a deceased person is called a Loved One and their family members are called Waiting Ones.
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* LastNameBasis: Mr. Joyboy.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Most obviously Aimée, but all the main characters have some trouble dealing with reality.
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* BreakTheCutie: Aimée's character arc is one big example.
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* BlackComedy: Obviously a satire about the funeral business includes a lot of this. Notably, though, the [[spoiler:suicides of Francis and Aimée]] are PlayedForDrama.
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* HorribleHollywood: A notable early example. Practically everyone Dennis encounters in LA is either a snob, an airhead, or a boor.
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* AdviceBackfire: Aimée writes letters to a newspaper advice columnist called The Guru Brahmin whenever she has an issue in her life, and follows his advice to a T. When she finally contacts him in person about a crisis, he jokingly tells her [[spoiler:to kill herself. She does]].
* HorribleHollywood: A notable early example. Practically everyone Dennis encounters in LA is either a snob, an airhead, or aboor.boor.
* IronicName: Mr. Joyboy is a dour, serious, self-important person.
* MeaningfulName: Several times over with Aimée Thanatogenos. As she explains, she's named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimee_Semple_McPherson Aimee Semple [=McPherson=]]], but "Aimée" also means [[TitleDrop "the loved one"]] in French. There's disagreement on what exactly the BilingualBonus was that Waugh was intending with "Thanatogenos", but it obviously includes "Thanatos", the Greek term for death.
* HorribleHollywood: A notable early example. Practically everyone Dennis encounters in LA is either a snob, an airhead, or a
* IronicName: Mr. Joyboy is a dour, serious, self-important person.
* MeaningfulName: Several times over with Aimée Thanatogenos. As she explains, she's named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimee_Semple_McPherson Aimee Semple [=McPherson=]]], but "Aimée" also means [[TitleDrop "the loved one"]] in French. There's disagreement on what exactly the BilingualBonus was that Waugh was intending with "Thanatogenos", but it obviously includes "Thanatos", the Greek term for death.
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''The Loved One'' is a 1948 satirical short novel by English author Creator/EvelynWaugh.
Young aspiring poet Dennis Barlow leaves England and goes to Los Angeles, hoping to get a job as a screenwriter. He stays with his uncle, Sir Francis Hinsley, a respected artist who now works at Megalopolitan Studios. To make ends meet he gets a job at The Happier Hunting Ground, a mortuary and cemetery for pets. This horrifies the image-conscious members of Hollywood's tight-knit British expatriate community, led by pompous character actor Sir Ambrose Abercrombie. They urge Dennis to get a more respectable job, but fail.
After losing his job at the studio, Sir Francis kills himself. To make funeral arrangements, Dennis visits Whispering Glades, a huge cemetery and funeral service. He immediately falls in love with Aimée Thanatogenos, an alluring, naïve cosmetician at Whispering Glades. But Dennis soon finds himself drawn not only into the odd Southern California funeral home community, but into an equally odd love triangle with Aimée and Mr. Joyboy, the haughty head embalmer at Whispering Glades.
Inspired by Waugh's experiences in Hollywood working on an abortive attempt at a film adaptation of ''Literature/BridesheadRevisited'', he aimed his satirical arrow at both the pretensions of British expatriates and the vapid materialism of Southern California.
It was adapted into a film in 1965, directed by Tony Richardson, written by Terry Southern and Christopher Isherwood, and starring Robert Morse alongside an AllStarCast.
!!This work contains examples of:
* HorribleHollywood: A notable early example. Practically everyone Dennis encounters in LA is either a snob, an airhead, or a boor.
Young aspiring poet Dennis Barlow leaves England and goes to Los Angeles, hoping to get a job as a screenwriter. He stays with his uncle, Sir Francis Hinsley, a respected artist who now works at Megalopolitan Studios. To make ends meet he gets a job at The Happier Hunting Ground, a mortuary and cemetery for pets. This horrifies the image-conscious members of Hollywood's tight-knit British expatriate community, led by pompous character actor Sir Ambrose Abercrombie. They urge Dennis to get a more respectable job, but fail.
After losing his job at the studio, Sir Francis kills himself. To make funeral arrangements, Dennis visits Whispering Glades, a huge cemetery and funeral service. He immediately falls in love with Aimée Thanatogenos, an alluring, naïve cosmetician at Whispering Glades. But Dennis soon finds himself drawn not only into the odd Southern California funeral home community, but into an equally odd love triangle with Aimée and Mr. Joyboy, the haughty head embalmer at Whispering Glades.
Inspired by Waugh's experiences in Hollywood working on an abortive attempt at a film adaptation of ''Literature/BridesheadRevisited'', he aimed his satirical arrow at both the pretensions of British expatriates and the vapid materialism of Southern California.
It was adapted into a film in 1965, directed by Tony Richardson, written by Terry Southern and Christopher Isherwood, and starring Robert Morse alongside an AllStarCast.
!!This work contains examples of:
* HorribleHollywood: A notable early example. Practically everyone Dennis encounters in LA is either a snob, an airhead, or a boor.
