Line #9 Film/BiloxiBlues


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3	A 1988 film directed by Creator/MikeNichols and adapted from the second play in Creator/NeilSimon's "Eugene trilogy", ''Biloxi Blues'' is set during the later half of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and follows the story of Eugene Jerome (Creator/MatthewBroderick) as he heads to the film's eponymous town for basic army training. There, he comes face-to-face with the kooky [[DrillSergeantNasty drill sergeant]] by the name of Merwin J. Toomey (Creator/ChristopherWalken), and tries to get along with other soldiers in his platoon.
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6	!!This film contains examples of:
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9	* FromACertainPointOfView: Hennessey tells Wykowski he's part black to expose Wykowski's bigotry. He later clarifies he meant he's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_people#Black_Irish Black Irish]].
10	* FutureBadass: In the film's WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, [[spoiler:Eugene narrates that Epstein became a lawyer whom The Mob called "The most feared man in Manhattan."]]
11	* GallowsHumor: Toomey talks about the steel plate in his head.
12	* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Rowena is very friendly and patient with Eugene.
13	* InformedAttribute: For all his supposed intelligence, Epstein intentionally mouths off to Sgt. Toomey when they first meet, for no reason other than pure rebelliousness. He continues to not really grasp his situation and fights battles with his superiors he can't possibly win.
14	* InformedJudaism: Jerome frequently mentions he's Jewish.
15	* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Toomey routinely punishes Wykowski whenever Eugene fucks up. {{Subverted\|Trope}} in that Wykowski is not Eugene's friend, but the biggest, most ill-tempered soldier in the platoon.
16	* JustJokingJustification: Selridge pulls this after he tries to take back his money and Wykowski threatens him.
17	* MistakenForGay: Epstein, when it turns out to be [[spoiler:Hennessy]] who's gay.
18	* PhysicalFitnessPunishment:
19	** The entire platoon is made to do two hundred push-ups for some soldier's impertinent comment.
20	** {{Inverted\|Trope}} in the end when [[spoiler:Toomey]] is forced by the other men to undergo the same punishment.
21	* PottyEmergency: Epstein is forced to do the two hundred push-ups while having to pee the entire time.
22	* SexAsRiteOfPassage: Eugene equates losing his virginity to growing up, and makes it one of his goals.
23	* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: In the film, at least. After all the training and the problems and tensions resulting from it, the war ends with not one of the main characters seeing active service, since the atomic bombs are dropped on Japan one week before they're due to be shipped out to the Pacific Theatre.]]
24	* SomethingBlues: The title.
25	* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Epstein. Maybe. The stage show reveals he went missing in action, and no one knows what happened to him, though Eugene holds out hope that he's still alive. The movie makes it clear that he survived the war and is now a lawyer.]]
26	* QuestForSex: Eugene makes losing his virginity one of the goals of his Army tenure.
27	* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: At the end of the film, Jerome gives a closing narration about what happened to him and the other members of his platoon.
28	* WorldOfSnark: It's a Neil Simon play, so pretty much everyone really.
29	* UsefulNotes/WorldWarII: The film is set during the latter half of the Second World War.

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