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* ValuesDissonance: Even within the context of the story, Luisa's father is especially put off at El Gallo's insistence of using the word "rape" in place of the less vulgar "abduction." More recent productions side with the father and, at the very least, limit El Gallo's used of the word in favor of "abduction."
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* ValuesDissonance: Even within the context of the story, Luisa's father is especially put off at El Gallo's insistence of using the word "rape" in place of the less vulgar "abduction." More recent productions side with the father and, at the very least, limit El Gallo's used use of the word in favor of "abduction."
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* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
** When Henry is trying to prove his credentials as an actor to El Gallo, he asks him to throw a Creator/WilliamShakespeare quote at him as a prompt. El Gallo gives him "Friends, Romans, countrymen" from ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''... and Henry stalls for a moment while consulting Mortimer, then the speech he gives throws several Shakespeare tragedies into a blender and hits "Puree". He even adds extra words to make the quote fit his (incorrect) idea of iambic pentameter.
--->'''Henry:''' [[Theatre/JuliusCaesar Friends, Romans, countrymen]]... [[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} screw your courage to the sticking place!]] And be not [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet sick and pale with grief... that thou... her... handmaiden... should be far more fair...]] ''[pause]'' than she... ''[very long pause]'' is.
** After the staged "abduction", the actors are about to leave, and El Gallo gives Henry another prompt. He gets the quote right this time, but there's still a technical problem:
--->'''El Gallo:''' [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} "Good night, sweet prince..."]]\\
'''Henry:''' "And flights of angels..." ''[a spotlight shines on El Gallo, leaving Henry in the dark]'' THAT'S MY LIGHT! ''[the spotlight shifts to Henry]''
** When Henry is trying to prove his credentials as an actor to El Gallo, he asks him to throw a Creator/WilliamShakespeare quote at him as a prompt. El Gallo gives him "Friends, Romans, countrymen" from ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''... and Henry stalls for a moment while consulting Mortimer, then the speech he gives throws several Shakespeare tragedies into a blender and hits "Puree". He even adds extra words to make the quote fit his (incorrect) idea of iambic pentameter.
--->'''Henry:''' [[Theatre/JuliusCaesar Friends, Romans, countrymen]]... [[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} screw your courage to the sticking place!]] And be not [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet sick and pale with grief... that thou... her... handmaiden... should be far more fair...]] ''[pause]'' than she... ''[very long pause]'' is.
** After the staged "abduction", the actors are about to leave, and El Gallo gives Henry another prompt. He gets the quote right this time, but there's still a technical problem:
--->'''El Gallo:''' [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} "Good night, sweet prince..."]]\\
'''Henry:''' "And flights of angels..." ''[a spotlight shines on El Gallo, leaving Henry in the dark]'' THAT'S MY LIGHT! ''[the spotlight shifts to Henry]''
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The song "Try to Remember" after 9/11. It was actually sung at many memorial events, including at Ground Zero in December of 2001, just three months after the attacks.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: HarsherInHindsight: The song "Try to Remember" after 9/11. It was actually sung at many memorial events, including at Ground Zero in December of 2001, just three months after the attacks.
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%%* MagnificentBastard: El Gallo, but as stated under HardTruthAesop, for a good reason.
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* NoBudget:
** About eight actors needed, a piano, and one harp. Gallo describes some of the scenes to us in poetry instead of using props or settings, and their moon is made of cardboard. The cardboard moon became such an iconic feature that it's now a traditional prop for the play. Subverted, though, in that royalties are far more expensive than many comparable musicals due to the relatively high prices of the outfit which happens to license it for production.
** InUniverse, the budget for a first class rape is reduced to near zero - hence the jobs for Henry and Mortimer, as opposed to ''good'' actors.
** About eight actors needed, a piano, and one harp. Gallo describes some of the scenes to us in poetry instead of using props or settings, and their moon is made of cardboard. The cardboard moon became such an iconic feature that it's now a traditional prop for the play. Subverted, though, in that royalties are far more expensive than many comparable musicals due to the relatively high prices of the outfit which happens to license it for production.
** InUniverse, the budget for a first class rape is reduced to near zero - hence the jobs for Henry and Mortimer, as opposed to ''good'' actors.
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* MagnificentBastard: El Gallo, but as stated under FamilyUnfriendlyAesop, for a good reason.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: The play delivers the hard but true moral that sometimes you can never appreciate what you have until you lost it ("Without a hurt, the heart is hollow"). Matt realized living on the edge in excitement and adventure is only fun until you fall off that edge. Luisa can't understand what it feels like to have someone mend her heart until someone breaks it first.
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* NoBudget:
** About eight actors needed, a piano, and one harp. Gallo describes some of the scenes to us in poetry instead of using props or settings, and their moon is made of cardboard. The cardboard moon became such an iconic feature that it's now a traditional prop for the play. Subverted, though, in that royalties are far more expensive than many comparable musicals due to the relatively high prices of the outfit which happens to license it for production.
** InUniverse, the budget for a first class rape is reduced to near zero - hence the jobs for Henry and Mortimer, as opposed to ''good'' actors.
** About eight actors needed, a piano, and one harp. Gallo describes some of the scenes to us in poetry instead of using props or settings, and their moon is made of cardboard. The cardboard moon became such an iconic feature that it's now a traditional prop for the play. Subverted, though, in that royalties are far more expensive than many comparable musicals due to the relatively high prices of the outfit which happens to license it for production.
** InUniverse, the budget for a first class rape is reduced to near zero - hence the jobs for Henry and Mortimer, as opposed to ''good'' actors.
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* MemeticMutation: For a time, it was common for audiences to call for Mortimer to "Die again!" at some performances.
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** Also "They Were You."
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** Also "They Were You."
* ValuesDissonance: Even within the context of the story, Luisa's father is especially put off at El Gallo's insistence of using the word "rape" in place of the less vulgar "abduction." More recent productions side with the father and, at the very least, limit El Gallo's used of the word in favor of "abduction."
* ValuesDissonance: Even within the context of the story, Luisa's father is especially put off at El Gallo's insistence of using the word "rape" in place of the less vulgar "abduction." More recent productions side with the father and, at the very least, limit El Gallo's used of the word in favor of "abduction."
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: The play delivers the hard but true moral that sometimes you can never appreciate what you have until you lost it. Matt realized living on the edge in excitement and adventure is only fun until you fall off that edge. Luisa can't understand what it feels like to have someone mend her heart until someone breaks it first.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: The play delivers the hard but true moral that sometimes you can never appreciate what you have until you lost it.it ("Without a hurt, the heart is hollow"). Matt realized living on the edge in excitement and adventure is only fun until you fall off that edge. Luisa can't understand what it feels like to have someone mend her heart until someone breaks it first.
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** The same article draws parallels between the opening scene where the Mute swings from a pole and throws paper squares into the air to the bits of paper that filled the sky around Ground Zero all day after the Twin Towers fell.
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* {{Funny Aneurysm Moment}}: The song "Try to Remember" after 9/11. It was actually sung at many memorial events, including at Ground Zero in December of 2001, just three months after the attacks.
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* {{Funny Aneurysm Moment}}: FunnyAneurysmMoment: The song "Try to Remember" after 9/11. It was actually sung at many memorial events, including at Ground Zero in December of 2001, just three months after the attacks.attacks.
** ''Wall Street Journal'' columnist Amy Gamermann [[http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100086742441207000 recalled attending a performance]] a mere three days after the attacks. By the end of the song, she was in tears. [[BreakingTheFourthWall So was one of the actors.]]
** ''Wall Street Journal'' columnist Amy Gamermann [[http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100086742441207000 recalled attending a performance]] a mere three days after the attacks. By the end of the song, she was in tears. [[BreakingTheFourthWall So was one of the actors.]]
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* TearJerker: "Try to Remember". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYiorhIIsXI Listen for yourself,]] set to several images of Orbach throughout his career.
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* TearJerker: "Try to Remember". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYiorhIIsXI Listen for yourself,]] set to several images of Orbach throughout his career.career.
** Also "They Were You."
** Also "They Were You."
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* TearJerker: "Try to Remember". [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycPoxZ1NPBY Listen for yourself,]] set to several images of Orbach throughout his career.
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* TearJerker: "Try to Remember". [[http://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycPoxZ1NPBY com/watch?v=GYiorhIIsXI Listen for yourself,]] set to several images of Orbach throughout his career.
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* {{Funny Aneurysm Moment}}: The song "Try to Remember" after 9/11. It was actually sung at many memorial events, including at Ground Zero in December of 2001, just three months after the attacks.
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The mask El Gallo gives to Luisa in "Round and Round" makes her see Matt's pain as entertainment. By the end of the song, El Gallo is forcing the mask to her face.
* MagnificentBastard: El Gallo, but as stated above, for a good reason.
* MagnificentBastard: El Gallo, but as stated above, for a good reason.
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: MagnificentBastard: El Gallo, but as stated under FamilyUnfriendlyAesop, for a good reason.
* NightmareFuel: The mask El Gallo gives to Luisa in "Round and Round" makes her see Matt's pain as entertainment. By the end of the song, El Gallo is forcing the mask to herface.
* MagnificentBastard: El Gallo, but as stated above, for a good reason.face.
* NightmareFuel: The mask El Gallo gives to Luisa in "Round and Round" makes her see Matt's pain as entertainment. By the end of the song, El Gallo is forcing the mask to her
* MagnificentBastard: El Gallo, but as stated above, for a good reason.
