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* DevotedToYou: Frank. Mary is immovably in love with Frank for their entire friendship, even when he shows no romantic interest in her and treats her increasingly worse the more successful he gets. Beth sings an entire song about how she’ll always love him even after they’re divorced and hate each other.
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* DevotedToYou: Frank. Mary is immovably in love with Frank him for their entire friendship, even when he shows no romantic interest in her and treats her increasingly worse the more successful he gets. Beth sings an entire song about how she’ll always love him even after they’re divorced and hate each other.
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* DevotedToYou: Mary is immovably in love with Frank for their entire friendship, even when he shows no romantic interest in her and treats her increasingly worse the more successful he gets. Beth also sings an entire song about how she’ll always love him even after they’re divorced and hate each other.
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* DevotedToYou: Frank. Mary is immovably in love with Frank for their entire friendship, even when he shows no romantic interest in her and treats her increasingly worse the more successful he gets. Beth also sings an entire song about how she’ll always love him even after they’re divorced and hate each other.
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** Some productions play Charley up as being in love with Frank also, despite him getting just as much reason to give up on him as Mary.
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** Some productions play Charley up as being in love with Frank also, despite him getting having just as much reason to give up on him as Mary.
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**Some productions play Charley up as being in love with Frank also, despite him getting just as much reason to give up on him as Mary.
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*DevotedToYou: Mary is immovably in love with Frank for their entire friendship, even when he shows no romantic interest in her and treats her increasingly worse the more successful he gets. Beth also sings an entire song about how she’ll always love him even after they’re divorced and hate each other.
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In 2019, Creator/RichardLinklater announced that he would be making a film adaptation, reviving the same method he'd used to make ''Film/{{Boyhood}}'': the twenty years covered in the story will be filmed in real time. Production is scheduled to wrap up in 2039 at the earliest. Creator/PaulMescal plays Franklin, Creator/BenPlatt plays Charley, and Creator/BeanieFeldstein plays Mary.
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In 2019, Creator/RichardLinklater announced that he would be making a film adaptation, reviving and will film the same method he'd used to make ''Film/{{Boyhood}}'': the twenty 20 years covered in the story will be filmed in real time.time, much like how he made ''Film/{{Boyhood}}''. Production is scheduled to wrap up in 2039 at the earliest. The cast is headlined by Creator/PaulMescal plays as Franklin, Creator/BenPlatt plays as Charley, and Creator/BeanieFeldstein plays as Mary.
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** Played with, "Opening Doors" shows Frank, Charley and Mary working on trying to get their start in the business, but given that the show runs in reverse, it would actually be one of the first songs chronologically.
** On the same level while its one of the first songs featured in the score, chronologically "Old Friend" in which Mary tries to smooth out the conflict between Frank and Charley, pining for how it used to be between the three, would be this.
** Played with, "Opening Doors" shows Frank, Charley and Mary working on trying to get their start in the business, but given that the show runs in reverse, it would actually be one of the first songs chronologically.
** On the same level while its one of the first songs featured in the score, chronologically "Old Friend" in which Mary tries to smooth out the conflict between Frank and Charley, pining for how it used to be between the three, would be this.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: In the first scene, Gussy and Frank are still married but can't stand each other and he's cheating on her with Meg.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: In the first scene, Gussy Gussie and Frank are still married but can't stand each other and he's cheating on her with Meg.
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* BeneathTheMask: Both Frank and Gussy eventually admit that for all their fame, they're not actually happy.
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* BeneathTheMask: Both Frank and Gussy Gussie eventually admit that for all their fame, they're not actually happy.
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* BreakTheCutie: A lot of it is their own choices, and we see the broken versions first, but Frank starts out EndearinglyDorky and ends up a rich, self-loathing asshole, Gussy's LargeHam becomes violently bitter, Mary goes from an idealistic teetotaller to spending her life drinking, and Beth is a trusting GenkiGirl at first then wanting to kill Frank after he cheats. Charley is the only one who keeps his ethics, but even he has a breakdown on air.
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* BreakTheCutie: A lot of it is their own choices, and we see the broken versions first, but Frank starts out EndearinglyDorky and ends up a rich, self-loathing asshole, Gussy's Gussie's LargeHam becomes violently bitter, Mary goes from an idealistic teetotaller to spending her life drinking, and Beth is a trusting GenkiGirl at first then wanting to kill Frank after he cheats. Charley is the only one who keeps his ethics, but even he has a breakdown on air.
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* TheChewToy: Poor Meg is innocent and sweet, but she gets strung along by Frank, insulted by Mary, and gets a full splash of iodine in her eyes by Gussy.
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* TheChewToy: Poor Meg is innocent and sweet, but she gets strung along by Frank, insulted by Mary, and gets a full splash of iodine in her eyes by Gussy.Gussie.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Mary, especially early on. Gussy is a bitter version when she and Frank have an AwfulWeddedLife, and Charley snarks throughout.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Mary, especially early on. Gussy Gussie is a bitter version when she and Frank have an AwfulWeddedLife, and Charley snarks throughout.
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* EyeScream: A lot of productions will add a sizzling effect when Gussy throws iodine in Meg's eyes.
* FriendVersusLover: Gussy doesn't like Charley or Mary, and the feeling is more than mutual. To a lesser extent, they get on with Beth during the "happy years" but Charley/Mary don't trust her at first, and they coddle Frank after ''he'' cheated on ''her''.
* FriendVersusLover: Gussy doesn't like Charley or Mary, and the feeling is more than mutual. To a lesser extent, they get on with Beth during the "happy years" but Charley/Mary don't trust her at first, and they coddle Frank after ''he'' cheated on ''her''.
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* EyeScream: A lot of productions will add a sizzling effect when Gussy Gussie throws iodine in Meg's eyes.
* FriendVersusLover:Gussy Gussie doesn't like Charley or Mary, and the feeling is more than mutual. To a lesser extent, they get on with Beth during the "happy years" but Charley/Mary don't trust her at first, and they coddle Frank after ''he'' cheated on ''her''.
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* WomanScorned: Despite the fact that she and Frank got together by cheating, Gussy is flamingly angry about being cheated on.
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* WomanScorned: Despite the fact that she and Frank got together by cheating, Gussy Gussie is flamingly angry about being cheated on.
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* TheatreIsTrueActing: "Theatre is true composing" variation. Franklin Shepard gives up his career as a successful Broadway composer to produce formulaic films, losing the respect of his friends and colleagues along the way.
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In 2019, Creator/RichardLinklater announced that he would be making a film version, adaptation, reviving the same method he'd used to make ''Film/{{Boyhood}}'': the 20 twenty years covered in the story will be filmed in real time. It will be finished Production is scheduled to wrap up in 2039 at the earliest. Creator/PaulMescal plays Franklin, Creator/BenPlatt plays Charley, and Creator/BeanieFeldstein plays Mary.
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In 2019, Creator/RichardLinklater announced that he's making a film version, reviving the same method he'd used to make ''Film/{{Boyhood}}'': the 20 years covered in the story will be filmed in real time, with production finishing in 2039. Creator/BlakeJenner plays Franklin, Creator/BenPlatt plays Charley, and Creator/BeanieFeldstein plays Mary.
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In 2019, Creator/RichardLinklater announced that he's he would be making a film version, reviving the same method he'd used to make ''Film/{{Boyhood}}'': the 20 years covered in the story will be filmed in real time, with production finishing time. It will be finished in 2039. Creator/BlakeJenner 2039 at the earliest. Creator/PaulMescal plays Franklin, Creator/BenPlatt plays Charley, and Creator/BeanieFeldstein plays Mary.
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** Frank himself mentions having to get coaching after getting caught in a raid on the nighclub he plays at. Given that he lived in Greenwich village at that point, it's all but explicitly stating that he frequented gay-friendly nightclubs.
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** "Franklin Shepherd Inc", Charley's evisceration of Frank for only caring about making money rather than making genuinely good art, is used throughout the background of the first section to "Opening Doors" as a younger Frank and Charley are happily working together to create their musical passion project.
** Chronologically, "Good Thing Going" starts out life as a jaunty tune about falling in love in Frank and Charley's (unproduced) musical heard in "Opening Doors". The tune ultimately winds up becoming a slow ballad about falling ''out'' of love.
** Chronologically, "Good Thing Going" starts out life as a jaunty tune about falling in love in Frank and Charley's (unproduced) musical heard in "Opening Doors". The tune ultimately winds up becoming a slow ballad about falling ''out'' of love.
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* BeneathTheMask: Both Frank and Gussy eventually admit that for all their fame, they're not actually happy.
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* FriendVersusLover: Gussy doesn't like Charley or Mary, and the feeling is more than mutual. To a lesser extent, they get on with Beth during the "happy years" but Charley/Mary don't trust her at first, and they coddle Frank after ''he'' cheated on ''her''.
* FriendVersusLover: Gussy doesn't like Charley or Mary, and the feeling is more than mutual. To a lesser extent, they get on with Beth during the "happy years" but Charley/Mary don't trust her at first, and they coddle Frank after ''he'' cheated on ''her''.
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* OneBookAuthor: Mary in-universe. Charley attributes her not writing anything else (and becoming a drama critic) to depression.
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* WomanScorned: Despite the fact that she and Frank got together by cheating, Gussy is flamingly angry about being cheated on.
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* {{Unperson}}: Charley after the interview. Someone at the party says to not miss his new play, everyone gets quiet and Mary explains that the rule is to never mention his name. Before saying it very loudly in Frank's direction.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: A lot of actors will play Charley like Mary isn't the only one in love with Frank.
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** A lot of actors will play Charley like Mary isn't the only one in love withFrank.Frank.
** A frequent joke will have some characters looking unsure when "That Frank" sings "a son who's straight".
* AwfulWeddedLife: In the first scene, Gussy and Frank are still married but can't stand each other and he's cheating on her with Meg.
** A lot of actors will play Charley like Mary isn't the only one in love with
** A frequent joke will have some characters looking unsure when "That Frank" sings "a son who's straight".
* AwfulWeddedLife: In the first scene, Gussy and Frank are still married but can't stand each other and he's cheating on her with Meg.
* TheChewToy: Poor Meg is innocent and sweet, but she gets strung along by Frank, insulted by Mary, and gets a full splash of iodine in her eyes by Gussy.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: Frank tells Mary that his new friends are the "most brilliant minds on the coast", while at the same time they're singing "moving back to Mexico" on a loop.
* TheSnarkKnight: What Mary turns into after she's StoppedCaring, loud, drunk, angry and insulting everyone.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: What the relationship between the three friends eventually degrades into. His new rich friends are portrayed as shallow, enabling morons who will never criticise him ever.
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** "That Frank" uses a lot of "Our Time" (mixed in with "The Blob"), showing just how much Frank is lying to himself and fallen from those idealistic days of thinking he could do anything.
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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Beth when she's happy has her hair down, but after she feels betrayed and is draining Frank for all he has, has her hair in a bun.
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* {{Tragedy}}: The play starts with everything ruined, and then travels back in time to see everyone optimistic about their futures.
-->"How does it start to go? Does it slip away slow? So you never even notice it's happening."
-->"How does it start to go? Does it slip away slow? So you never even notice it's happening."
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* WhatTheHellHero: In the first scene, Mary calls out all the vapid idiots gathered in the party, tells Frank he deserves them, and walks out of his life.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Beth's parents are against her marriage to Frank, though they eventually give their blessings for the wedding. They turn out to be right when he cheats on her.
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* NeverMyFault: While Mary ''is'' enabling and Charley ''is'' self-righteous, and both those have responsibility in how things turned out, Frank in later (read: earlier) scenes continually plays the victim card, acting like he's completely justified in selling out and they're just bitter.
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* BreakTheCutie: A lot of it is their own choices, and we see the broken versions first, but Frank starts out EndearinglyDorky and ends up a rich, self-loathing asshole, Gussy's LargeHam becomes violently bitter, Mary goes from an idealistic teetotaller to spending her life drinking, and Beth is a trusting GenkiGirl at first then wanting to kill Frank after he cheats. Charley is the only one who keeps his ethics, but even he has a breakdown on air.
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* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: "That Frank" takes from both the optimistic "Our Time" and the cynical "The Blob" to show how Frank has gone against all his ideals.
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* OnlyFriend: By the end/beginning, Frank has lost his only two real friends. Mary exits after publicly calling him out at a party, and Charley gets {{unperson}}ed after the interview.
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* StoppedCaring: Before the interview, Mary admits that she's starting not to care, and is also drinking too much. By the time of the party, she's in full-on loathing for everyone including herself.
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: There's a lot of JerkassHasAPoint in "Franklin Shepherd Inc", but Charley also knows this is a horrible idea and he can't seem to stop himself. Sure enough it ends the friendship.
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* RayOfHopeEnding: Many productions of the show end Our Time with Franklin picking up his compositions as if he had just rediscovered them, suggesting that Franklin himself experienced his memories with the audience and reconnected with what was important to him when he started. His life is likely still a complete mess, but having rediscovered his passion offers hope that it isn't too late to correct his course.
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* CapitalismIsBad: Charley admits he likes making money, but when it's the main priority and the artistry has turned into a corporation, that's when it's bad.
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* NoveauRiche: Gussie's first chronological appearance is as a shy, modestly-dressed receptionist working for Joe; in many productions she has a strong working class accent. By the time she introduces herself properly to Frank at a party, she's changed her look significantly, adopted a refined mid-atlantic accent, a high fashion sense, and a larger-than-life demeanor.
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* NoveauRiche: NouveauRiche: Gussie's first chronological appearance is as a shy, modestly-dressed receptionist working for Joe; in many productions she has a strong working class accent. By the time she introduces herself properly to Frank at a party, she's changed her look significantly, adopted a refined mid-atlantic accent, a high fashion sense, and a larger-than-life demeanor.
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* PowerTrio:
** Frank: Id
** Mary: Ego
** Charley: Superego
** Frank: Id
** Mary: Ego
** Charley: Superego
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* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: Mary loves Frank from the first moment she meets him, and then for the next twenty years.
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* MirrorCharacter: Frank and Gussie. Both are brought up from nothing by people with more clout and influence than them (Joe in Gussie's case and Gussie in Frank's), both completely change their demeanor, style, and careers to pursue a glamorous life of showbusiness, both are serial monogamists who can't seem to stay faithful or happy in their relationships, and both end up unhappy and alienated even though they're married and successful.
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* NotQuiteTheRightThing: Charlie, Mary, and Frank's legal and professional team advise him to leave New York for greener pastures after his divorce with Beth, wanting to keep him from wallowing in his grief and regret. Unfortunately, the audience has already seen how severely he's grown apart from his friends after following their advice.
