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* EvilIsSexy: Fastrada, obviously. But to a lesser extent, Leading Player. Whether played by a man or woman his/her choreography is usually quite sexual, not surprising since this show was originally directed and choreographed by Creator/BobFosse.
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* SurpriseCreepy: Depending on what you think of the earlier parts of the show, [[spoiler:the Lead Player's behavior towards Catherine when she first appears and the entire Finale]] may be shocking and unsettling.
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* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: The overarching message of the show is that grand ambition and attention-seeking are ultimately self-defeating and self-destructive, and that the theatre in particular is a factory for producing dysfunction and disappointment. However, the show also has to function as an entertaining piece of theatre, and of course everyone involved in putting on the show is a real-world piece of the very thing it is attacking.
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** Lewis’s sexuality: In the PlayWithinAPlay, his character seems to have been written as gay. But the IncestSubtext could be [[CastIncest unintentional]] for the InUniverse play. There could be a RomanceOnTheSet between the players portraying Lewis and Fastrada, not helped by the fact that Fastrada is PlayingGertrude.
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** Lewis’s sexuality: In the PlayWithinAPlay, his character seems to have been written as gay. But the IncestSubtext could be [[CastIncest unintentional]] for the InUniverse play. There could be a RomanceOnTheSet between the players portraying Lewis and Fastrada, not helped by the fact that Fastrada is PlayingGertrude.Fastrada.
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** The whole show is this, really, when you realize that everyone Pippin meets (bar Catherine), everyone he thinks is his friend or ally, wants him to die. Worse yet, this wish for Pippin to die is not personal, but rather a need for him to fulfill the [[HumanSacrifice "one perfect act"]].
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** The whole show is this, really, when you realize that everyone Pippin meets (bar Catherine), everyone he thinks is his friend or ally, wants him to die. Worse yet, this wish for Pippin to die is not personal, but rather a need for him to fulfill the [[HumanSacrifice "one perfect act"]].act"]], as the Pippins before him did.
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** The whole show is this, really, when you realize that everyone Pippin meets (bar Catherine), everyone he thinks is his friend or ally, wants him to die. Worse yet, this wish for Pippin to die is not personal, but rather a need for him to fulfill the [[HumanSacrifice "one perfect act"]].
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Funny Aneurysm Line: "'When you're as old as I, my dear, ''and I hope you never are...''"
** "We've got parts to perform, ''hearts to '''warm'''...''
** "We've got parts to perform, ''hearts to '''warm'''...''
