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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Twelve disciples (and a turncoat) listening to a charismatic "leader" preach the righteous path as he dispenses drinks, [[spoiler: shortly before being taken away by law enforcement.]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Twelve disciples (and a turncoat) listening to a charismatic "leader" leader preach the righteous path as he dispenses drinks, [[spoiler: shortly before being he's taken away by law enforcement.]]
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Both Harry Hope and Jimmy Tomorrow like to claim that their wife's respective deaths and infidelities made them take up drinking and give up on life. In reality, they were both deadbeat alcoholics well before that, and both of them admit they were happy to be rid of their nagging wives when their marriages were over through widowhood or divorce.
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* MilesGloriosus: Both Captain Lewis and General Wetjoen like to talk of their glory days as war heroes. In fact, they both disgraced their uniform and neither their families or former comrades want to have anything to do with them: Lewis by embezzling regiment money, Wetjoen through cowardice. It's safe to assume that neither man distinguished himself much on the battlefield.
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* MilesGloriosus: Both Captain Lewis and General Wetjoen like to talk of their glory days as war heroes. In fact, they both disgraced their uniform and neither their families or nor their former comrades want to have anything to do with them: Lewis by embezzling regiment money, Wetjoen through cowardice. It's safe to assume that neither man distinguished himself much on the battlefield.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Captain Lewis and General Wetjoen, who fought on opposing sides of the Boer war, "love to talk of the glory days in South Africa when they tried to murder each other."
** Drinking buddies Ed Mosher and Pat {{McGloin}} are also always making jabs at one another's foibles and disgraces.
** Drinking buddies Ed Mosher and Pat {{McGloin}} are also always making jabs at one another's foibles and disgraces.
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* AuthorAvatar: Larry Slade, the former anarchist disillusioned with political radicalism and life in general, is a stand-in for Creator/EugeneONeill, who disavowed his former political beliefs in favor of general skepticism later in life.
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One of Creator/EugeneONeill's most highly-regarded plays, ''The Iceman Cometh'' tells the story about the denizens of "Last Chance Saloon", a New York City dive bar, and their patron, the prosperous and gregarious salesman Theodore "Hickey" Hickman.
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One of Creator/EugeneONeill's most highly-regarded plays, ''The Iceman Cometh'' tells the story about the denizens of "Last the "No Chance Saloon", a New York City dive bar, and their patron, the prosperous and gregarious salesman Theodore "Hickey" Hickman.
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* BombThrowingAnarchist: Larry, Hugo and Don (thanks to his mother's influence) were part of the anarchist movement. Hugo spent many years in prison (most likely in the Austro-Hungarian Empire) locked in solitary confinement, Don's mother was incarcerated for anarchist activities in the US.
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* ConMan: Ed Mosher, though the best he could do was swap a few dimes here and there.
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Willie likes to speak with an obscure vocabulary to highlight his Ivy League education.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Willie likes to speak with an obscure vocabulary to highlight his Ivy League education.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Hickey jokes about his wife's infidelity with the iceman, when in fact he would cheat on her with hookers and "loose" women on all of his business trips.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Hickey jokes about his wife's infidelity with the iceman, when in fact he would cheat on her with hookers and "loose" other loose women on all of his business trips.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The characters in ''Iceman'' were loosely based on Creator/EugeneONeill's friends at the pub he frequented. Among them was Czech-American radical Hipolyte Havel, the inspiration for Hugo Kalmar.
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The bar's regulars are a ragtag group of severely alcoholic has-beens who spend most of their time inebriated and daydreaming about a mostly imaginary glorious past and an even more deluded great future: Larry Slade the one-time anarchist firebrand turned cynical "foolosopher", his fellow anarchist Hugo who lost his eyesight and perhaps his sanity while locked away in solitary confinement for his politics in his native country, Joe Mott the former owner of a casino for black patrons, Captain Cecil Lewis - a former officer in the British Army who fought in the Boer War, General Piet Wetjoen, a Boer commando who fought on the opposing side, Jimmy "Tomorrow" Cameron the former newspaper correspondent, Willy Oban the Harvard law school graduate, Lt. Pat {{McGloin}} the former police officer, and Ed Mosher the former circus ringmaster.
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The bar's regulars are a ragtag group of severely alcoholic has-beens who spend most of their time inebriated and daydreaming about a mostly imaginary glorious past and an even more deluded great future: Larry Slade the one-time anarchist firebrand turned cynical "foolosopher", his fellow anarchist Hugo Kalmar who lost his eyesight and perhaps his sanity while locked away in solitary confinement for his politics in his native country, Joe Mott the former owner of a casino for black patrons, Captain Cecil Lewis - a former officer in the British Army who fought in the Boer War, General Piet Wetjoen, a Boer commando who fought on the opposing side, Jimmy "Tomorrow" Cameron the former newspaper correspondent, Willy Oban the Harvard law school graduate, Lt. Pat {{McGloin}} the former police officer, and Ed Mosher the former circus ringmaster.
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* MilesGloriosus: Both Captain Lewis and General Wetjoen like to talk of their glory days as war heroes. In fact, they both disgraced their uniform and neither their families or former comrades want to have anything to do with them: Lewis by embezzling regiment money, Wetjoen through cowardice.
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* MilesGloriosus: Both Captain Lewis and General Wetjoen like to talk of their glory days as war heroes. In fact, they both disgraced their uniform and neither their families or former comrades want to have anything to do with them: Lewis by embezzling regiment money, Wetjoen through cowardice. It's safe to assume that neither man distinguished himself much on the battlefield.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Hickey and Parritt's visit forces Larry to admit that his cynical "grandstand" was just a front to hide behind. Behind the crustiness, he still pined for his lover (Don's mother), remained loyal to his former comrades in the anarchist movement, and felt deeply for all of the lost lives, first and foremost his own.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Hickey and Parritt's visit forces Larry to admit that his cynical "grandstand" was just a front to hide behind. and defense mechanism. Behind the crustiness, he still crusty cynicism, Larry is a sensitive, emotionally wounded man who pined for his lover (Don's mother), remained loyal to his former comrades in the anarchist movement, and felt deeply for all of the lost lives, first and foremost his own.
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Playing Hickey on stage was a career-making role for Creator/JasonRobards. Other actors to play Hickey and/or Larry in production of ''Iceman'' include Creator/BrianDennehy, Creator/DenzelWashington, Creator/KevinSpacey, and Creator/NathanLane.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Hickey jokes about his wife's infidelity with the iceman, when in fact he would cheat on her on all of his business trips with hookers.
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* CheatingWithTheMilkman: Hickey is constantly joking that his wife is cheating with the iceman.
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* DirtyCop: Lieutenant Pat {{McGloin}} was caught taking bribes and fired from the NY police department.
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* DirtyCop: Lieutenant Pat {{McGloin}} [=McGloin=] was caught taking bribes and fired from the NY police department.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Twelve disciples (and a turncoat) listening to a charismatic "leader" preach the righteous path as he dispenses drinks, [[shortly before being taken away by law enforcement.]]
* DownerEnding: [[Hickey confesses to murdering his wife and is taken away to police, Don reveals that it was he who betrayed his mother to the authorities before he commits suicide, and all of the bar regulars except a depressed, self-aware Larry go back to their drunken, deluded, and wasted lives.]]
* DownerEnding: [[Hickey confesses to murdering his wife and is taken away to police, Don reveals that it was he who betrayed his mother to the authorities before he commits suicide, and all of the bar regulars except a depressed, self-aware Larry go back to their drunken, deluded, and wasted lives.]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Twelve disciples (and a turncoat) listening to a charismatic "leader" preach the righteous path as he dispenses drinks, [[shortly [[spoiler: shortly before being taken away by law enforcement.]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Twelve disciples (and a turncoat) listening to a charismatic "leader" preach the righteous path as he dispenses drinks, [[shortly before being taken away by law enforcement.]]
* DownerEnding: [[Hickey confesses to murdering his wife and is taken away to police, Don reveals that it was he who betrayed his mother to the authorities before he commits suicide, and all of the bar regulars except a depressed, self-aware Larry go back to their drunken, deluded, and wasted lives.]]
* FiveTokenBand: A bar setting is the most natural way to bring together characters from different backgrounds and walks of life who would otherwise not know or interact with each other, and this play is no exception. The main characters include former soldiers, an ex-cop, a Harvard-educated would-be lawyer, a former circus ringmaster, and a one time owner of a gambling casino (who also serves as the TokenBlack).
* DownerEnding: [[Hickey confesses to murdering his wife and is taken away to police, Don reveals that it was he who betrayed his mother to the authorities before he commits suicide, and all of the bar regulars except a depressed, self-aware Larry go back to their drunken, deluded, and wasted lives.]]
* FiveTokenBand: A bar setting is the most natural way to bring together characters from different backgrounds and walks of life who would otherwise not know or interact with each other, and this play is no exception. The main characters include former soldiers, an ex-cop, a Harvard-educated would-be lawyer, a former circus ringmaster, and a one time owner of a gambling casino (who also serves as the TokenBlack).
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* EnsembleCast: While Hickey and Larry are the most important characters with the most lines, all of the other characters have side stories with lengthy monologues or dialogues.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Hickey and Parritt's visit forces Larry to admit that his cynical "grandstand" was just a front to hide behind. Behind the crustiness, he still pined for his lover (Don's mother), remained loyal to his former comrades in the anarchist movement, and felt deeply for all of the lost lives, first and foremost his own.
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Willie likes to speak with an obscure vocabulary to highlight his Ivy League education.
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* TheShutIn: Bar owner Harry Hope hasn't set foot outside of his bar and boarding house in 20 years.
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* FutureLoser: The life trajectories of many of the characters, most notably Willie, who came from an affluent family, attended Harvard Law School, and went on to be a pitiful drunken bum.
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* FutureLoser: The life trajectories of many of the characters, most notably Willie, who came from an affluent family, attended Willie Oban in Harvard Law School, and went on to be a pitiful drunken bum.School.
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* JustJokingJustification: Hugo often makes offensive ethnic and personal remarks, but because he's drunk out of his mind and thinks he's being funny nobody (except Don) ever gets angry with him.
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* JustJokingJustification: Hickey reveals uncomfortable truths about the bar's regulars, often in a crass and insulting way, but always with a smile and a humorous tone.
** Hugo often makes offensive ethnic and personal remarks, but because he's drunk out of his mind and thinks he's being funny nobody (except Don) ever gets angry with him.
** Hugo often makes offensive ethnic and personal remarks, but because he's drunk out of his mind and thinks he's being funny nobody (except Don) ever gets angry with him.
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* StepforSmiler: Hickey. He's clearly unhinged and racked with guilt over something in his past, but he goes on smiling, telling jokes, and pretending to be happy and chummy.
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* StepforSmiler: StepfordSmiler: Hickey. He's clearly unhinged and racked with guilt over something in his past, but he goes on smiling, telling jokes, and pretending to be happy and chummy.
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* StepforSmiler: Hickey. He's clearly unhinged and racked with guilt over something in his past, but he goes on smiling, telling jokes, and pretending to be happy and chummy.
* TitleDrop: Hickey's joke about his wife cheating with the iceman.
* TitleDrop: Hickey's joke about his wife cheating with the iceman.
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The bar's regulars are a ragtag group of severely alcoholic has-beens who spend most of their time inebriated and daydreaming about a mostly imaginary glorious past and an even more deluded great future: Larry Slade the one-time anarchist firebrand turned cynical "foolosopher", his fellow anarchist Hugo who lost his eyesight and perhaps his sanity while locked away in solitary confinement for his politics in his native country, Joe Mott the former owner of a casino for black patrons, Captain Cecil Lewis - a former officer in the British Army who fought in the Boer War, General Piet Wetjoen, a Boer commando who fought on the opposing side, Jimmy "Tomorrow" Cameron the former newspaper correspondent, Willy Oban the Harvard law school graduate, Lt. Pat McGloin {{McGloin}} the former police officer, and Ed Mosher the former circus ringmaster.
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* JustJokingJustification: Hugo often makes offensive ethnic and personal remarks, but because he's drunk out of his mind and thinks he's being funny nobody (except Don) ever gets angry with him.
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* CloudCuckooLander: Hugo awakens from his drunken stupor to shout anarchist slogans and other strange non-sequiturs.
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Creator/SidneyLumet directed a 1960 television production starring Creator/JasonRobards as Hickey, and a very young Creator/RobertRedford as Don. Creator/JohnFrankenheimer directed the 1973 film version starring Creator/LeeMarvin as Hickey, Creator/RobertRyan as Larry, Creator/FredericMarch as Harry Hope and Creator/JeffBridges as Don. Creator/SorrellBooke and Creator/TomPedi appeared in both adaptations as Hugo and Rocky, respectively.
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One of Creator/EugeneONeill's most highly-regarded plays, ''The Iceman Cometh'' tells the story about the denizens of "Last Chance Saloon", a New York City dive bar, and their patron, the prosperous and gregarious salesman Theodore "Hickey" Hickman.
The bar's regulars are a ragtag group of severely alcoholic has-beens who spend most of their time inebriated and daydreaming about a mostly imaginary glorious past and an even more deluded great future: Larry Slade the one-time anarchist firebrand turned cynical "foolosopher", his fellow anarchist Hugo who lost his eyesight and perhaps his sanity while locked away in solitary confinement for his politics in his native country, Joe Mott the former owner of a casino for black patrons, Captain Cecil Lewis - a former officer in the British Army who fought in the Boer War, General Piet Wetjoen, a Boer commando who fought on the opposing side, Jimmy "Tomorrow" Cameron the former newspaper correspondent, Willy Oban the Harvard law school graduate, Pat McGloin the former police officer, and Ed Mosher the former circus ringmaster.
Joining them in their self-deluded daydreams is the bar's owner, the equally alcoholic Harry Hope (who hasn't set foot outside the premise of his own bar and boarding house in years), his bartenders Chuck Morello and Rocky Pioggi (who doubles as a pimp), and three prostitutes Cora, Margie, and Pearl.
The patron's alcoholic contentment is disrupted one day when Hickey comes one day not to drink and party with them, but to "reform" them so that they can find "true peace" as he has. As the evening progresses, an increasingly unhinged Hickey starts to hint at a very dark and disturbing secret behind his newfound crusade. Meanwhile, Larry is equally disturbed when a desperate Don Parritt, the son of a former lover who suspects that Larry may be his real father, comes to him for guidance.
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!!This play provides examples of:
* TheAlcoholic: All of the main characters are alcoholics, the most severe being Willie and Hugo.
* FutureLoser: The life trajectories of many of the characters, most notably Willie, who came from an affluent family, attended Harvard Law School, and went on to be a pitiful drunken bum.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Cora, Margie, and Pearl are catty with each other, but they're kind and friendly towards the bar's regulars, mainly because the resident drunks are too far gone to be interested in their "services" and just want to socialize.
* MilesGloriosus: Both Captain Lewis and General Wetjoen like to talk of their glory days as war heroes. In fact, they both disgraced their uniform and neither their families or former comrades want to have anything to do with them: Lewis by embezzling regiment money, Wetjoen through cowardice.
* MyBelovedSmother: Don Parritt's childhood was plagued by his overbearing, political zealot mother.
* YourCheatingHeart: Hickey jokes about his wife's infidelity with the iceman, when in fact he would cheat on her on all of his business trips with hookers.
** Jimmy Tomorrow caught his wife in bed with a military officer.
The bar's regulars are a ragtag group of severely alcoholic has-beens who spend most of their time inebriated and daydreaming about a mostly imaginary glorious past and an even more deluded great future: Larry Slade the one-time anarchist firebrand turned cynical "foolosopher", his fellow anarchist Hugo who lost his eyesight and perhaps his sanity while locked away in solitary confinement for his politics in his native country, Joe Mott the former owner of a casino for black patrons, Captain Cecil Lewis - a former officer in the British Army who fought in the Boer War, General Piet Wetjoen, a Boer commando who fought on the opposing side, Jimmy "Tomorrow" Cameron the former newspaper correspondent, Willy Oban the Harvard law school graduate, Pat McGloin the former police officer, and Ed Mosher the former circus ringmaster.
Joining them in their self-deluded daydreams is the bar's owner, the equally alcoholic Harry Hope (who hasn't set foot outside the premise of his own bar and boarding house in years), his bartenders Chuck Morello and Rocky Pioggi (who doubles as a pimp), and three prostitutes Cora, Margie, and Pearl.
The patron's alcoholic contentment is disrupted one day when Hickey comes one day not to drink and party with them, but to "reform" them so that they can find "true peace" as he has. As the evening progresses, an increasingly unhinged Hickey starts to hint at a very dark and disturbing secret behind his newfound crusade. Meanwhile, Larry is equally disturbed when a desperate Don Parritt, the son of a former lover who suspects that Larry may be his real father, comes to him for guidance.
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!!This play provides examples of:
* TheAlcoholic: All of the main characters are alcoholics, the most severe being Willie and Hugo.
* FutureLoser: The life trajectories of many of the characters, most notably Willie, who came from an affluent family, attended Harvard Law School, and went on to be a pitiful drunken bum.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Cora, Margie, and Pearl are catty with each other, but they're kind and friendly towards the bar's regulars, mainly because the resident drunks are too far gone to be interested in their "services" and just want to socialize.
* MilesGloriosus: Both Captain Lewis and General Wetjoen like to talk of their glory days as war heroes. In fact, they both disgraced their uniform and neither their families or former comrades want to have anything to do with them: Lewis by embezzling regiment money, Wetjoen through cowardice.
* MyBelovedSmother: Don Parritt's childhood was plagued by his overbearing, political zealot mother.
* YourCheatingHeart: Hickey jokes about his wife's infidelity with the iceman, when in fact he would cheat on her on all of his business trips with hookers.
** Jimmy Tomorrow caught his wife in bed with a military officer.
