History YMMV / Evita

* AwardSnub: {{Music/Madonna}} not receiving an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination for Best Actress, despite the almost unanimous opinion that she did a pretty good job and even won a UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobe for her work (the Globes tending to be a preview of the Oscars).

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "And the Money Kept Rolling In (and Out)"; "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" and the [[OminousLatinChanting Ominous Spanish Chanting]] that follows.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment:
** "Another Suitcase In Another Hall"
*** It's a PerspectiveFlip sung by Juan Peron's just-ejected mistress, showing the effects of Evita's triumphant progress for whom it resulted in defeat rather than triumph. Plot-wise, it serves no purpose in the play as the mistress, her existence, or this victory are not brought up again. From a technical perspective, though, it does serve a purpose by allowing the actress playing Eva to rest before one of the show's most demanding numbers, "A New Argentina."
*** This is averted in the movie where it's sung by Eva.

** ''Evita'' began as a 1976 concept album.
*** Also happens in reverse with said album. The CD was marketed as the West End cast recording, even though none of the main players were in the original West End production. It ignores Elaine Paige's performance, even though this was her starmaking role.
** The song "The Lady's Got Potential" was cut from the original stage version. It reappeared, with very different lyrics, in the movie.
** One of the lines in the song "Rainbow Tour" had to be changed for the movie, for reasons that will become obvious. It originally went:
--->'''Che:''' "She can do what she likes, it doesn't matter much / She's the new world Madonna with the golden touch."

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: "Another Suitcase In Another Hall", a song sung by Juan Peron's just-ejected mistress, which serves seemingly no purpose in the play plot-wise.
** It's averted in the movie, as the song is given to Eva.
** From a technical perspective, though, it does serve a purpose by allowing the actress playing Eva to rest before one of the show's most demanding numbers, "A New Argentina."
** It also serves as a PerspectiveFlip in which we suddenly see the effects of Evita's triumphant progress on someone else, for whom it resulted in defeat not triumph.
** The aforementioned original version of "The Lady's Got Potential" had chemistry student Che randomly singing about his new insecticide.
*** Arguable, as it was meant to be symbolic of the frequency with which members Argentina's revolving door government were dispatched. Alluded to in the movie version's lyrics:
---->'''Che:''' Just one shot and governments fall like flies!

* AwardSnub: {{Music/Madonna}} not receiving a Best Actress Oscar nomination, despite the almost unanimous opinion that [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct she did a pretty good job]] and even won a Golden Globe for her work (the Globes tending to be a preview of the Oscars).

-->'''Che:''' "She can do what she likes, it doesn't matter much / She's the new world Madonna with the golden touch."

-->'''Che:''' Just one shot and governments fall like flies!

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The stage show is very popular in Germany, of all places, and has been staged and revived there numerous times. There are at least four different German cast albums.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Averted (and notoriously). The movie was expected to be very popular in Argentina, but it was received with protest and indignation about [[RonTheDeathEater the heroine's portrayal]].
** Some think that the movie portrayed Evita in a more positive light than the original play--Madonna made Eva look more like a vulnerable, noble-hearted, altruistic woman who believed she was doing good (albeit simultaneously manipulative, hypocritical and enjoying her fame, money and power a little ''too'' much), instead of some social-climbing, power-hungry witch.
** Oddly enough, the stage show ''IS'' very popular in Germany, of all places, and has been staged and revived there numerous times. There are at least four different German cast albums.

** The song "The Lady's Got Potential" was cut from the Broadway version. It reappeared, with very different lyrics, in the movie.

* HarsherInHindsight: “You Must Love Me” can be viewed this way now, as a neurosurgeon discovered in 2011 that Evita had been lobotomized before her death. Acquaintances of her doctor confirmed Juan ordered this without Eva’s consent to curb her erratic behavior after her cancer diagnosis.

* AmericansHateTingle: The "Evita" musical usually finds a lot of rejection in Argentina, where the history of the real Eva Perón and Juan Perón is well known, the Peronist party still exists, and the historical inaccuracies are more easily noticed by the public.

* NarmCharm: "I want to [[PainfulRhyme be a]] part of [[PainfulRhyme B.A.]] Buenos Aires -- Big Apple!"

** Doubly so for the actress who plays her in the movie and gets only one line of the song to herself.

* MisaimedFandom: Strangely enough, on Youtube you can find Argentine commentators on videos of "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" talking about their love for Eva Peron, either not knowing or not caring that the musical takes a very negative view of her life.

* MisaimedFandom: Strangely enough, on Youtube you can find Argentine commentators on "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" talking about their love for Eva Peron, either not knowing or not caring that the musical takes a very negative view of her life.

* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: According to many Argentinians. The musical is believed to have been based on a tell-all biography of Eva by Mary Main, an Argentine-born Briton - a group that had very little love for the Peronists. The author of the book in question made little effort to document her sources, and much of it has been disproven since its publication.

* AwardSnub: Several people felt Madonna should've been nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars, given her performance was well-received. Still, she did win a Golden Globe for her role.

BigLippedAlligatorMoment: "Another Suitcase In Another Hall", a song sung by Juan Peron's just-ejected mistress, which serves seemingly no purpose in the play plot-wise.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: "Another Suitcase In Another Hall", a song sung by Juan Peron's just-ejected mistress, which serves seemingly no purpose in the play plot-wise.

* AwardSnub: {{Music/Madonna}} not receiving a Best Actress Oscar nomination, despite the almost unanimous opinion that [[HeReallyCanAct she did a pretty good job]] and even won a Golden Globe for her work (the Globes tending to be a preview of the Oscars).

* EnsembleDarkhorse: That girl that sings "Another Suitcase in Another Hall," by virtue of being a {{woobie}} and having a beautiful song in her one scene.

* AmericansHateTingle: The "Evita" musical usually finds a lot of rejection in Argentina, where the history of the real Eva Perón and Juan Perón is well known, the peronist party still exists, and the historical inaccuracies are more easily noticed by the public.

** The aforementioned original version of "The Lady's Got Potential" had Che randomly singing about his new insecticide.