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An Israeli Hip Hop musical originally written by Amit Ulman (who plays the lead role), Jimbo J (Omer Habron, who plays Jack) and Omer Mor for the Jerusalem-based Incubator Theater. It ran as a stage show from 2012 to 2022, becoming a cult sensation in local terms. It was made into a feature film in 2023.
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An Israeli Hip Hop musical originally written by The Victor Jackson Show - Amit Ulman (who plays the lead role), Jimbo J (Omer Habron, who plays Jack) and Omer Mor - for the Jerusalem-based Incubator Theater. It ran as a stage show from 2012 to 2022, becoming a cult sensation in local terms. It was made into a feature film in 2023.
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An Israeli Hip Hop musical originally written by Amit Ulman (who plays the lead role), Jimbo J (who (Omer Habron, who plays Jack) and Omer Mor for the Jerusalem-based Incubator Theater. It ran as a stage show from 2012 to 2022, becoming a cult sensation in local terms. It was made into a feature film in 2023.
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An Israeli Hip Hop musical originally written by Amit Ulman (who plays the lead role), Jimbo J (who plays Jack) and Omer Mor for the Jerusalem-based Incubator Theater. It ran as a stage show from 2012 to 2022, and was considered becoming a cult sensation in local terms. It was made into a feature film in 2023.
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An Israeli Hip Hop musical originally written by Amit Ulman (who plays the lead role) role), Jimbo J (who plays Jack) and Omer Mor for the Jerusalem-based Incubator Theater. It ran as a stage show from 2012 to 2022, and was considered a cult sensation in local terms. It was made into a feature film in 2023.
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An Israeli Hip Hop musical by originally written by Amit Ulman (who plays the lead role) for the Jerusalem-based Incubator Theater. It ran as a stage show from 2012 to 2022, and was considered a cult sensation in local terms. It was made into a feature film in 2023.
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* SoiledCityOnAHill: According to the title song, This City apparently used to be awesome, but is now hopelessly seedy and corrupt.
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* TheScottishTrope: Played with. The singers in Menashe's expository song warn the audience not to say his name to avoid drawing his attention (the same name that was said in approximately every line of the song so far), but then repeat it a few more time "to clarify what you're not supposed to be saying".
* SoiledCityOnAHill: According to the title song, This Cityapparently used to be awesome, but is now hopelessly seedy and corrupt.corrupt.
-->This city had known better days, brighter days/days when every criminal desisted or was seized
-->days when the average GPA was really high/and people always said "bless you" when you sneezed.
* SoiledCityOnAHill: According to the title song, This City
-->This city had known better days, brighter days/days when every criminal desisted or was seized
-->days when the average GPA was really high/and people always said "bless you" when you sneezed.
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* AerithAndBob: The characters display a bizarre mix of Israeli and American names, often for the same character (e.g. Joe Halfon). The most egregious example may be Barnaby Jarbon, who works for the arch-criminal… Menashe. [[note]] which is a sort of very prosaic, down-to-earth name, something like a crime lord called Timothy or something.[[/note]]
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* AerithAndBob: The characters display a bizarre mix of Israeli and American names, often for the same character (e.g. Joe Halfon). The most egregious example may be Barnaby Jarbon, who works for the arch-criminal… Menashe. [[note]] which is a sort of very prosaic, down-to-earth Hebrew name, something like a crime lord called Timothy or something.Timothy.[[/note]]
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An Israeli Hip Hop musical by originally written by Amit Ulman (who plays the lead role) for the Jerusalem-based Incubator Theater. It ran as a stage show from 2012 to 2022, and was considered a cult sensation in local terms. It was made into a feature film in 2023.
Joe is a jaded PI working in a nameless seedy metropolis, along with his best friend and partner Jack. One evening, a mysterious woman from his past walks into his office and asks for help finding her missing sister. Joe acquiesces and inevitably gets sucked into a conspiracy of murder, corruption and out-of-control puns.
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!! ''This City'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AerithAndBob: The characters display a bizarre mix of Israeli and American names, often for the same character (e.g. Joe Halfon). The most egregious example may be Barnaby Jarbon, who works for the arch-criminal… Menashe. [[note]] which is a sort of very prosaic, down-to-earth name, something like a crime lord called Timothy or something.[[/note]]
* ArcWords:
** "I guessed. Sometimes it works."
** "I knew nothing good will come out of this."
* ABirthdayNotABreak: Sarah first walks into Joe’s office on the night of his birthday, after a surprise party he apparently didn’t enjoy much.
* BittersweetEnding: Menashe and Jack's killer are exposed and Joe’s name is cleared. However, Joe is left all alone [[spoiler:with his partner and only friend dead and his lover standing trial for his murder]], while Menashe is possibly still at large.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Joe's detecting methods are… unorthodox, to say the least, employing puns, free associations or "following the money" (literally throwing banknotes in the air and searching where they landed). Somehow, he still usually gets to the solution faster than anyone else, much to the bafflement and annoyance of Jack, who prefers a more traditional route.
* TheCameo: The movie features cameos from about half the rappers in the country, notably Ravid Plotnik in what is described as "the role of a lifetime" (i.e. exactly two seconds of screentime with no dialog).
* TheChanteuse: Subverted. Sarah appears to be working as one, but was actually just performing in an open mic night.
* ConspiracyTheorist: One of the people Joe interrogates about Sarah’s whereabouts launches into a rant which begins with a murder and ends with an elaborate conspiracy involving the Church of Scientology and the Pope. When eventually asked what any of this has to do with Sarah Bennett, he reacts with “Sarah who?”
* CorruptTheCutie: Sarah’s song implies this is what happened to her when she came to This City, after being abandoned by her lover and forced to do anything it takes to survive. She may be a somewhat unreliable narrator, though.
* DirtyCop: Every single cop in This City, except [=McMurphy=]. [[spoiler:Only he is really the dirtiest of them all.]]
* DumbMuscle: [=McMurphy=]'s assistant Chuckie.
* TheDreaded: Stories about Menashe, a sort of local [[Film/TheUsualSuspects Keyser Söze]], start with outlandishly terrifying and go downhill from there. Slightly parodied when the singers describing his over-the-top murderous exploits keep mentioning his [[FreudianExcuse difficult childhood]] and apparent [[AffablyEvil softer side]].
* FemmeFatale: Sarah Bennett is the classic, LadyInRed type.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In his first scene in the film, the book on Jack's bedside table is "100 Things to Do Before You Die".
* {{Gaslighting}}: [[spoiler: [=McMurphy=] almost manages to convince Joe that Sarah is just a figment of his guilt-ridden imagination, having killed the girl that is supposed to be her sister and Jack himself and suppressed it. Joe snaps out of it after realizing who [=McMurphy=] really is.]]
* GoodCopBadCop: [=McMurphy=] and Chuckie use the technique on Joe.
* GracefulLoser: When [[spoiler:[=McMurphy=]]] realizes Joe bested him, he just smiles, tips his hat and lets the cops take him away. [[spoiler: He probably knew he could break out of prison in a few days, though.]]
* HardboiledDetective: Joe.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Most of the characters (including Jack himself) view Jack as this, being the grounded StraightMan in contrast to Joe’s antics. However, Joe may actually be the better detective after all, just a weird one.
* PerpetualFrowner: Joe admittedly doesn't get a lot of reasons to smile during the play, but his permanently sour disposition didn't make him very popular even before that.
* PoliceBrutality: Joe is at the receiving end of some, courtesy of Chuckie.
* PosthumousCharacter: Sarah's younger sister is never seen at all in the stage musical, and only as a corpse in the movie.
* PrivateEyeMonologue: Inevitably. And it rhymes!
* SoiledCityOnAHill: According to the title song, This City apparently used to be awesome, but is now hopelessly seedy and corrupt.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: In Joe's final confrontation with the BigBad.
-->[[spoiler:'''[=McMurphy=]''']]: But how did you know? Was it the salt shaker? The wallet? the key in the switch?
-->'''Joe''': Actually, I guessed. Sometimes it works… bitch.
* {{Troperiffic}}: Almost every trope and cliché of the hardboiled/noir genre comes into use, and they’re all in verse too.
[[caption-width-right:641:The film poster]]
An Israeli Hip Hop musical by originally written by Amit Ulman (who plays the lead role) for the Jerusalem-based Incubator Theater. It ran as a stage show from 2012 to 2022, and was considered a cult sensation in local terms. It was made into a feature film in 2023.
Joe is a jaded PI working in a nameless seedy metropolis, along with his best friend and partner Jack. One evening, a mysterious woman from his past walks into his office and asks for help finding her missing sister. Joe acquiesces and inevitably gets sucked into a conspiracy of murder, corruption and out-of-control puns.
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!! ''This City'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AerithAndBob: The characters display a bizarre mix of Israeli and American names, often for the same character (e.g. Joe Halfon). The most egregious example may be Barnaby Jarbon, who works for the arch-criminal… Menashe. [[note]] which is a sort of very prosaic, down-to-earth name, something like a crime lord called Timothy or something.[[/note]]
* ArcWords:
** "I guessed. Sometimes it works."
** "I knew nothing good will come out of this."
* ABirthdayNotABreak: Sarah first walks into Joe’s office on the night of his birthday, after a surprise party he apparently didn’t enjoy much.
* BittersweetEnding: Menashe and Jack's killer are exposed and Joe’s name is cleared. However, Joe is left all alone [[spoiler:with his partner and only friend dead and his lover standing trial for his murder]], while Menashe is possibly still at large.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Joe's detecting methods are… unorthodox, to say the least, employing puns, free associations or "following the money" (literally throwing banknotes in the air and searching where they landed). Somehow, he still usually gets to the solution faster than anyone else, much to the bafflement and annoyance of Jack, who prefers a more traditional route.
* TheCameo: The movie features cameos from about half the rappers in the country, notably Ravid Plotnik in what is described as "the role of a lifetime" (i.e. exactly two seconds of screentime with no dialog).
* TheChanteuse: Subverted. Sarah appears to be working as one, but was actually just performing in an open mic night.
* ConspiracyTheorist: One of the people Joe interrogates about Sarah’s whereabouts launches into a rant which begins with a murder and ends with an elaborate conspiracy involving the Church of Scientology and the Pope. When eventually asked what any of this has to do with Sarah Bennett, he reacts with “Sarah who?”
* CorruptTheCutie: Sarah’s song implies this is what happened to her when she came to This City, after being abandoned by her lover and forced to do anything it takes to survive. She may be a somewhat unreliable narrator, though.
* DirtyCop: Every single cop in This City, except [=McMurphy=]. [[spoiler:Only he is really the dirtiest of them all.]]
* DumbMuscle: [=McMurphy=]'s assistant Chuckie.
* TheDreaded: Stories about Menashe, a sort of local [[Film/TheUsualSuspects Keyser Söze]], start with outlandishly terrifying and go downhill from there. Slightly parodied when the singers describing his over-the-top murderous exploits keep mentioning his [[FreudianExcuse difficult childhood]] and apparent [[AffablyEvil softer side]].
* FemmeFatale: Sarah Bennett is the classic, LadyInRed type.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In his first scene in the film, the book on Jack's bedside table is "100 Things to Do Before You Die".
* {{Gaslighting}}: [[spoiler: [=McMurphy=] almost manages to convince Joe that Sarah is just a figment of his guilt-ridden imagination, having killed the girl that is supposed to be her sister and Jack himself and suppressed it. Joe snaps out of it after realizing who [=McMurphy=] really is.]]
* GoodCopBadCop: [=McMurphy=] and Chuckie use the technique on Joe.
* GracefulLoser: When [[spoiler:[=McMurphy=]]] realizes Joe bested him, he just smiles, tips his hat and lets the cops take him away. [[spoiler: He probably knew he could break out of prison in a few days, though.]]
* HardboiledDetective: Joe.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Most of the characters (including Jack himself) view Jack as this, being the grounded StraightMan in contrast to Joe’s antics. However, Joe may actually be the better detective after all, just a weird one.
* PerpetualFrowner: Joe admittedly doesn't get a lot of reasons to smile during the play, but his permanently sour disposition didn't make him very popular even before that.
* PoliceBrutality: Joe is at the receiving end of some, courtesy of Chuckie.
* PosthumousCharacter: Sarah's younger sister is never seen at all in the stage musical, and only as a corpse in the movie.
* PrivateEyeMonologue: Inevitably. And it rhymes!
* SoiledCityOnAHill: According to the title song, This City apparently used to be awesome, but is now hopelessly seedy and corrupt.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: In Joe's final confrontation with the BigBad.
-->[[spoiler:'''[=McMurphy=]''']]: But how did you know? Was it the salt shaker? The wallet? the key in the switch?
-->'''Joe''': Actually, I guessed. Sometimes it works… bitch.
* {{Troperiffic}}: Almost every trope and cliché of the hardboiled/noir genre comes into use, and they’re all in verse too.
