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* MamaWolf: When Maria finds Sportin' Life trying to hook young boys around her shop on cocaine, he asks her if they can't be friends. She responds by singing an entire song ("I hates yo' struttin' style") threatening to gut him with her paring knife if he ever comes near the boys again.

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* MamaWolf: MamaBear: When Maria finds Sportin' Life trying to hook young boys around her shop on cocaine, he asks her if they can't be friends. She responds by singing an entire song ("I hates yo' struttin' style") threatening to gut him with her paring knife if he ever comes near the boys again.

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* EvilSoundsDeep: Averted. Both Porgy and Crown have deep voices, while the arguably worst villain, Sportin' Life, is a tenor.

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* EvilSoundsDeep: Averted. Both Porgy and Crown have deep voices, while the arguably worst villain, Sportin' Life, was written for a light-voiced vaudeville singer and is usually played by a tenor.tenor.
* TheFinalTemptation: Sportin' Life gives this to Bess [[spoiler: after Porgy is arrested]] with "There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon From New York." [[spoiler: He succeeds.]]



* TheFinalTemptation: Sportin' Life gives this to Bess [[spoiler: after Porgy is arrested]] with "There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon From New York." [[spoiler: He succeeds.]]
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* FunetikAksent: Most of the text is written like this (though much toned down from the original novel), but as Ira Gershwin admitted in a note on one of his lyrics, there was no attempt to keep it consistent and the singers were free to use any pronunciatin they wanted:

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* FunetikAksent: Most of the text is written like this (though much toned down from the original novel), but as Ira Gershwin admitted in a note on one of his lyrics, there was no attempt to keep it consistent and the singers were free to use any pronunciatin pronunciation they wanted:wanted.

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