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1	''Oh! Calcutta!'' is a play with music (but not a {{Musical}}). Famous mostly for the amount of nudity involved, the play has seen several long running revivals on both Broadway and the West End.
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3	!!''Oh! Calcutta!'' provides examples of:
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5	* BilingualBonus: The play was named after [[http://garydexter.blogspot.com/2009/12/163-oh-calcutta-by-kenneth-tynan-and.html a painting of the same name]]. It's a French pun meaning "Oh, what a lovely ass you have!"
6	%%* DancePartyEnding: At least in the 1970 filmed version.
7	* DreamBallet: Interspersed throughout the play are several trippy interpretive dance numbers, including the opening act where the actors disrobe in time to music.
8	* HeadTurningBeauty: The [[HospitalHottie nurse]] in the Doctor's Office sketch.
9	* LoadsAndLoadsOfWriters: Sketches were written by (among others) Music/JohnLennon, Music/SamShepard and Creator/SamuelBeckett.
10	* LongRunner: ''Oh! Calcutta!'' was the longest-running revue on Broadway, was the longest running revival and is currently the eighth longest-running play in Broadway history.
11	* MaleFrontalNudity: ''All'' the actors in the play, male and female alike, perform in the nude.
12	* MoodWhiplash: At the end of the "Jack and Jill" sketch, Jack rapes Jill, leaving her alone and comatose at the top of the hill.
13	* PopculturalOsmosis: You know of this play as "that naked show" even if you don't know anything else about it.
14	* RapeAsDrama: See MoodWhiplash.
15	* SketchComedy: The show is a series of short skits and musical numbers with not a lot to unify their themes except the idea of sexuality.
16	* SmallReferencePools: There have been other plays with lots of nudity, but with the possible exception of ''Theatre/{{Hair}}'', this is the most famous (and ''Hair'' doesn't have much nudity in it anyway, just a little bit at the end of Act I).

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