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* ImagineSpot: Arthur regularly imagines his life with musical sequences as a form of escape.
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* ForeignRemake: The film version changes the setting from London to Chicago.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of Depression-era musicals.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of Depression-era musicals.musicals, showing the brutal reality of life in such a time and treating the musicals moments as a way of escaping such a terrible existence.
* CrapsackWorld: Life during the Depression is every bit as awful as you imagine from the start and it only gets worse for everyone as it goes along.
* CrapsackWorld: Life during the Depression is every bit as awful as you imagine from the start and it only gets worse for everyone as it goes along.
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* ArtImitatesArt: Four paintings are recreated as ''tableaux vivants'' in the film: ''Hudson Bay Fur Company'' and ''20 Cent Movie'' by Reginald Marsh, and ''New York Movie'' and ''Nighthawks'' by Edward Hopper. Three of the four were painted after 1934, when the movie takes place, and all depict scenes in New York City rather than the Chicago setting of the movie.
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* ArtImitatesArt: Four paintings are recreated as ''tableaux vivants'' in the film: ''Hudson Bay Fur Company'' and ''20 Cent Movie'' by Reginald Marsh, and ''New York Movie'' and ''Nighthawks'' by Edward Hopper.Creator/EdwardHopper. Three of the four were painted after 1934, when the movie takes place, and all depict scenes in New York City rather than the Chicago setting of the movie.
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* ArtImitatesArt: Four paintings are recreated as ''tableaux vivants'' in the film: ''Hudson Bay Fur Company'' and ''20 Cent Movie'' by Reginald Marsh, and ''New York Movie'' and ''Nighthawks'' by Edward Hopper. Three of the four were painted after 1934, when the movie takes place, and all depict scenes in New York City rather than the Chicago setting of the movie.
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Originally a 1978 Creator/{{BBC}} {{miniseries}} created by Dennis Potter and starring Creator/BobHoskins, Gemma Craven, and Cheryl Campbell, it was remade in 1981 as a feature film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/JessicaHarper, Creator/BernadettePeters and Creator/ChristopherWalken.
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Originally a 1978 Creator/{{BBC}} {{miniseries}} created by Dennis Potter Creator/DennisPotter and starring Creator/BobHoskins, Gemma Craven, and Cheryl Campbell, it was remade in 1981 as a feature film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/JessicaHarper, Creator/BernadettePeters and Creator/ChristopherWalken.
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Originally a 1978 Creator/{{BBC}} {{miniseries}} created by Dennis Potter and starring BobHoskins, Creator/BobHoskins, Gemma Craven, and Cheryl Campbell, it was remade in 1981 as a feature film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/JessicaHarper, Creator/BernadettePeters and Creator/ChristopherWalken.
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Originally a 1978 Creator/{{BBC}} {{miniseries}} created by Dennis Potter and starring BobHoskins, Gemma Craven, and Cheryl Campbell, it was remade in 1981 as a feature film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Creator/SteveMartin, Jessica Harper, Creator/JessicaHarper, Creator/BernadettePeters and Creator/ChristopherWalken.
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Originally a 1978 {{BBC}} Creator/{{BBC}} {{miniseries}} created by Dennis Potter and starring BobHoskins, Gemma Craven, and Cheryl Campbell, it was remade in 1981 as a feature film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Creator/SteveMartin, Jessica Harper, Creator/BernadettePeters and Creator/ChristopherWalken.
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* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide]]: [[spoiler:The Accordian Man]], in the original miniseries.
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* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide]]: DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:The Accordian Man]], in the original miniseries.
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* GroinAttack: When Arthur's wife Joan receives the evidence confirming her suspicions that Arthur's been cheating on her (as the police tell her [[spoiler:he's suspected of murdering a blind girl - which he's actually innocent of]]), she angrily demands that they "cut his thing off and bury it!"
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* GroinAttack: When Arthur's wife Joan receives the evidence confirming her suspicions that Arthur's been cheating on her (as from the police (as they tell her [[spoiler:he's suspected of murdering a blind girl - which he's actually innocent of]]), she angrily demands that they "cut his thing off and bury it!"
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* GroinAttack: When Arthur's wife Joan receives the evidence confirming her suspicions that Arthur's been cheating on her (as the cops tell her [[spoiler:he's suspected of murdering a blind girl - which he's actually innocent of]]), she angrily demands that the police "cut his thing off and bury it!"
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* GroinAttack: When Arthur's wife Joan receives the evidence confirming her suspicions that Arthur's been cheating on her (as the cops police tell her [[spoiler:he's suspected of murdering a blind girl - which he's actually innocent of]]), she angrily demands that the police they "cut his thing off and bury it!"
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* GroinAttack: When Arthur's wife Joan receives the evidence confirming her suspicions that Arthur's been cheating on her (as the cops tell her he's suspected of murdering a blind girl - which he's actually innocent of) she demands that the police castrate him. More than that, she angrily demands that they "cut his thing off and bury it!"
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* GroinAttack: When Arthur's wife Joan receives the evidence confirming her suspicions that Arthur's been cheating on her (as the cops tell her he's [[spoiler:he's suspected of murdering a blind girl - which he's actually innocent of) she demands that the police castrate him. More than that, of]]), she angrily demands that they the police "cut his thing off and bury it!"
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* MiscarriageOfJustice: [[spoiler:Arthur ends up hanging for the murder of the blind girl who was actually killed by the Accordian Man.]]
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Originally a 1978 {{BBC}} MiniSeries {{miniseries}} created by Dennis Potter and starring BobHoskins, Gemma Craven, and Cheryl Campbell, it was remade in 1981 as a feature film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Creator/SteveMartin, Jessica Harper, Creator/BernadettePeters and Creator/ChristopherWalken.
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* TheGreatDepression: The film never holds back from showing just how wretchedly awful the character's lives are and why They are so eager to escape into a fantasy world.
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* ForeignRemake: The film version changes the setting from London to Chicago.
* TheGreatDepression: The film never holds back from showing just how wretchedly awful thecharacter's characters' lives are and why They they are so eager to escape into a fantasy world.
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Philandering 1930s sheet music salesman Arthur Parker escapes from his dull life by fantasizing elaborately choreographed musical numbers in which he and the other characters lip-sync to original recording of popular 1930s music.
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Originally a 1978 BBC mini-series created by Dennis Potter starring BobHoskins,Gemma Craven,and BobHoskins, Gemma Craven, and Cheryl Campbell, it was remade in 1981 as a feature film starring Creator/SteveMartin, Jessica Harper, Creator/BernadettePeters and Creator/ChristopherWalken.
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Philandering 1930s sheet music salesman Arthur Parker escapes from his dull life by fantasizing elaborately choreographed musical numbers in which he and the other characters lip-sync to original recording of popular 1930s music.
Originally a 1978 BBC mini-series created by Dennis Potter starring BobHoskins,Gemma Craven,and Cheryl Campbell, it was remade in 1981 as a feature film starring Creator/SteveMartin, Jessica Harper, Creator/BernadettePeters and Creator/ChristopherWalken.
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* CorruptTheCutie: From meek schoolteacher to hooker in a few months.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of Depression-era musicals.
* TheGreatDepression: The film never holds back from showing just how wretchedly awful the character's lives are and why They are so eager to escape into a fantasy world.
* GroinAttack: When Arthur's wife Joan receives the evidence confirming her suspicions that Arthur's been cheating on her (as the cops tell her he's suspected of murdering a blind girl - which he's actually innocent of) she demands that the police castrate him. More than that, she angrily demands that they "cut his thing off and bury it!"
* NothingButHits: Averted - many of the songs are rather obscure.
* SoundtrackDissonance: Basically the central concept of both the mini-series and the film version.
* ThisIsReality: The film plays quite fast and loose with the idea of fantasy interrupting reality.
* TranquilFury: Joan when she leans that he's been cheating on her - she demands his castration with quietly repressed rage.
* WomanScorned: Joan will settle for nothing less than having his family jewels physically removed (see GroinAttack above) when she learns that Arthur has in fact been unfaithful to her.
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Originally a 1978 BBC mini-series created by Dennis Potter starring BobHoskins,Gemma Craven,and Cheryl Campbell, it was remade in 1981 as a feature film starring Creator/SteveMartin, Jessica Harper, Creator/BernadettePeters and Creator/ChristopherWalken.
!!Includes examples of the following tropes:
* CorruptTheCutie: From meek schoolteacher to hooker in a few months.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Of Depression-era musicals.
* TheGreatDepression: The film never holds back from showing just how wretchedly awful the character's lives are and why They are so eager to escape into a fantasy world.
* GroinAttack: When Arthur's wife Joan receives the evidence confirming her suspicions that Arthur's been cheating on her (as the cops tell her he's suspected of murdering a blind girl - which he's actually innocent of) she demands that the police castrate him. More than that, she angrily demands that they "cut his thing off and bury it!"
* NothingButHits: Averted - many of the songs are rather obscure.
* SoundtrackDissonance: Basically the central concept of both the mini-series and the film version.
* ThisIsReality: The film plays quite fast and loose with the idea of fantasy interrupting reality.
* TranquilFury: Joan when she leans that he's been cheating on her - she demands his castration with quietly repressed rage.
* WomanScorned: Joan will settle for nothing less than having his family jewels physically removed (see GroinAttack above) when she learns that Arthur has in fact been unfaithful to her.
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