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* DoingItForTheArt: InUniverse, David and eventually Cheech as they write the play.
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* BodyguardBetrayal: [[spoiler:Cheech is hired as a bodyguard for talentless aspiring actress Olive, but kills her out of frustration about how she is ruining the play]].


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* HonestAdvisor: Helen's agent Sid is very blunt and pragmatic when telling her about actions that will be both beneficial and achievable for her career.
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* GargleBlaster: Helen at one point drinks what she calls "paint remover" from a flask. From David's reaction, it's unclear whether it really ''is'' paint thinner or not.[[note]]Paint remover contains some alcohol content, but can be ''poisonous''.[[/note]]

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* GargleBlaster: Helen at one point drinks what she calls "paint remover" from a flask. From David's reaction, it's unclear whether it really ''is'' paint thinner or not.[[note]]Paint remover contains some alcohol content, but can be ''poisonous''.[[/note]]incredibly alcoholic.
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Clearing out wicks to Author Existence Failure


* AuthorExistenceFailure: InUniverse, ItMakesSenseInContext
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* WhiteDwarfStarlet: Helen, though [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct She Really Can Act]].

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* WhiteDwarfStarlet: Helen, though [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct She Really Can Act]].Helen.
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* DamnedByFaintPraise: When David asks Helen if there was ANYTHING good about the "first draft" script (the one he actually wrote, before it was rewritten by Cheech in secret), Helen says that the stage directions were good and the color of the folder was appropriate.[[note]]It's entirely unintentional on her part, since she doesn't realize the much-improved second version wasn't also written by him.[[/note]]

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* DamnedByFaintPraise: When David asks Helen if there was ANYTHING good about the "first draft" script (the one he actually wrote, before it was rewritten by Cheech in secret), Helen says that the stage directions were good and the color of the folder was appropriate.[[note]]It's entirely largely unintentional on her part, since she doesn't realize the much-improved second version that she's praised generously wasn't also written by him.[[/note]]
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* DamnedByFaintPraise: When David asks Helen if there was ANYTHING good about the script he wrote (before it was rewritten by Cheech in secret), Helen says that the stage directions were good and the color of the folder was appropriate.

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* DamnedByFaintPraise: When David asks Helen if there was ANYTHING good about the "first draft" script (the one he wrote (before actually wrote, before it was rewritten by Cheech in secret), Helen says that the stage directions were good and the color of the folder was appropriate.[[note]]It's entirely unintentional on her part, since she doesn't realize the much-improved second version wasn't also written by him.[[/note]]

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* BerserkButton: Olive's bad acting [[spoiler: finally pushes Cheech over the edge.]]

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Olive's bad acting [[spoiler: finally pushes Cheech over the edge.]]]]
** Helen ''despises'' dogs. When hearing Eden's Chihuahua barking, she snarls, "Is that a ''mutt'' I hear?!"
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-->'''David:''' ''(deadpan)'' Oh, good. I always had a flair for stage directions.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: Cheech's assassinations are accompanied by the 1930 standard "Up a Lazy River". [[spoiler: It's signals a BrickJoke when Cheeck is driving Olive to his "favorite spot".]]

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* SoundtrackDissonance: Cheech's assassinations are accompanied by the 1930 standard "Up a Lazy River". [[spoiler: It's signals a BrickJoke when Cheeck Cheech is driving Olive to his "favorite spot".]]
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* GargleBlaster: Helen at one point drinks what she calls "paint thinner" from a flask. From David's reaction, it's unclear whether it really ''is'' paint thinner or not.[[note]]Paint thinner contains some alcohol content, but can be ''poisonous''.[[/note]]

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* GargleBlaster: Helen at one point drinks what she calls "paint thinner" remover" from a flask. From David's reaction, it's unclear whether it really ''is'' paint thinner or not.[[note]]Paint thinner remover contains some alcohol content, but can be ''poisonous''.[[/note]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Flender asks early in the film if you could choose a great play over someone's life. [[spoiler: Cheech murders someone over making sure a play is great.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
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Flender asks early in the film if you could choose a great play over someone's life. [[spoiler: Cheech murders someone over making sure a play is great.]]
** Cheech uncharacteristically spares Warner's life for dallying around with his boss' girlfriend, because Warner is a great actor and the play would suffer. [[spoiler:He kills his boss' girlfriend for being a bad actress wrecking the play.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite being a ContractHitman, Cheech flatly stated he never killed anyone who didn't deserve it.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite being a ContractHitman, ProfessionalKiller, Cheech flatly stated he never killed anyone who didn't deserve it.

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