Line #23 PlayingWith/TheElevatorFromIpanema


1	'''Basic Trope''': The soothing [[ElectronicMusic Muzak]] played in an elevator.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice gets in an elevator, which is playing soothing Muzak.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** The song is a Muzak version of a well-known song, rather than just generic Muzak.
5	** Everyone in the elevator begins [[CrowdSong a sing-along]].
6	** The Muzak can be heard everywhere in the building, not just in the elevators.
7	** Every elevator in the city plays the same Muzak.
8	* '''Downplayed''': The elevator music is intermittent, and leans slightly in the easy listening direction, but is still far from being Muzak.
9	* '''Justified''':
10	** Technically, it's illegal to play copyrighted music without paying royalties to record companies, even if it ''is'' to keep people calm and entertained on an elevator or while holding on phone lines; Muzak is a less expensive alternative.
11	** It also (if it doesn't feature any singer) prevents people from becoming upset by offensive lyrics, or the company looking "unprofessional" for playing such.
12	** For a time, this ''was'' TruthInTelevision, although it's [[DiscreditedTrope less common these days]]. (It's [[UndeadHorseTrope usually]] PlayedForLaughs.)
13	* '''Inverted''': Over the elevator's intercom, the radio is being played, nothing but well-known hits.
14	* '''Subverted''':
15	** The song is not electronic music
16	** Alice doesn't hear Muzak on the elevator
17	* '''Double Subverted''':
18	** But it's [[CoveredUp a cover of]] a popular song, in a completely different style or genre than the original
19	** Or it's a song or artist few people have ''ever'' heard of.
20	** But she does hear it when she calls customer service.
21	* '''Parodied''':
22	** [[{{Gasshole}} Bob]] [[ToiletHumor farts]] the elevator music.
23	** UncomfortableElevatorMoment
24	** The Muzak becomes HotterAndSexier, and AliceAndBob start the ElevatorGoingDown.
25	** It's the Muzak version of "Look What They've Done To My Song."
26	** The elevator is playing {{Vaporwave}}.
27	* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
28	* '''Averted''': The elevator plays no music of any kind over its intercom.
29	* '''Enforced''': There is an awkward tension between AliceAndBob and the music adds to the humor.
30	* '''Lampshaded''': "This elevator music is terrible."
31	* '''Invoked''': ???
32	* '''Exploited''': The mall is hoping the Muzak will make people in the elevator want to buy more stuff.
33	* '''Defied''':
34	** The elevator music is classical rather than Muzak.
35	** Operators decide not to play any music at all.
36	* '''Discussed''': "Bob, I know this song from somewhere." "Yeah, Girl from Ipanema. They play it all the time in elevators."
37	* '''Conversed''': ???
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39	''Tall and tan, and young and lovely, The Girl from Ipanema goes walking; and when she passes, each one she passes goes--[[TheElevatorFromIpanema ahhh]].''
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43	%%* '''Implied''': ???
44	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
45	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
46	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
47	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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