History Theatre / TheDesertSong

--->''Clementina:'' Give him the key, the key to your heart,\\

--->Help him to find the door\\
--->Tell him of Loveland's lore."

* --->'''Clementina: ''Give him the key, the key to your heart,\\

* ''''Clementina: ''Give him the key, the key to your heart,\\
Help him to find the door\\
Tell him of Loveland's lore."

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Hoo boy. The Riffs are not desert people, the area of the Rif Mountains, which has a Mediterranean climate, was under ''Spanish, not French control at the time of the Rif Rebellion'', and Riffs tended to be devout Muslims who do not drink alcohol. Muslims also don't pray to the prophet Muhammad. Then again, they did get the "shoes must be covered during prayer" right. Azuri also does not mean "Tiger Claws." There are no tigers in Morocco.

* MeaningfulName: "Azuri" supposedly means "Tiger Claws". Azuri is very vicious and compared to a tiger several times, especially in her VillianSucksSong.

* OpeningChorus: "High On A Hill"

* TwoPersonLoveTriangle

* CampFollower: How [[HighClassCallGirl Clementina]] and her friends ended up at Ali Ben Ali's.

* RedIsHeroic: The Desert Shadow.

* ''''Clementina: ''Give him the key, the key to your heart,

Help him to find the door

''The Desert Song'' is an operetta with music by SigmundRomberg and libretto by OscarHammersteinII, Otto Harbach, and Frank Mandel. It premiered in 1926 in Illinois under the title ''Lady Fair''. Its first performance under the title ''The Desert Song" was at the Casino Theatre on Broadway, starring Vivienne Segal and Robert Halliday. It was adapted into a 1929 movie starring John Boles and Carlotta King. It was also made into a movie in 1943, modernised and starring Dennis Morgan and Irene Manning, which is now lost, and in 1953 with Gordon [=MacRae=] and Kathryn [=Grayson=].

* [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench Everyone LooksSexier If Moroccan]]: This is part of why Margot is attracted to the Red Shadow and why Azuri's role exists.

* [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench EveryoneLooksSexierIfMoroccan]]: More like "Everyone looks sexier if Moroccan". This is part of why Margot is attracted to the Red Shadow and why Azuri is a vamp.

* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: More like "Everyone looks sexier if Moroccan". This is part of why Margot is attracted to the Red Shadow and why Azuri is a vamp.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Hoo boy. The Riffs are not desert people, the area of the Rif Mountains, which has a Mediterranean climate, was under ''Spanish, not French control at the time of the Rif Rebellion'', and Riffs tended to be devout Muslims who do not drink alcohol. Muslims also don't pray to the prophet Muhammad. Then again, they did get the "shoes must be covered during prayer" right.

* ''Give him the key, the key to your heart,

* FreudWasRight: ''The Sabre Song.'' The fact that the sword even symbolises[[TheHero the Red Shadow]] ''is even mentioned in the stage directions.''

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: Margot during the "Sabre Song" sequence. "Wishes that are thronging"

* DoesThisRemindYouofAnything: Margot during the "Sabre Song" sequence.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Hoo boy. The Riffs are not desert people, the area of the Rif Mountains was under ''Spanish, not French control at the time of the Rif Rebellion'', and Riffs tended to be devout Muslims who do not drink alcohol. Muslims also don't pray to the prophet Muhammad. Then again, they did get the "shoes must be covered during prayer" right.