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1	!!The 1983 musical
2	* BreakawayPopHit: As covered by Gloria Gaynor, the song "I Am What I Am" became a disco hit that is still popular to this day.
3	* MagnumOpusDissonance: Harvey Fierstein told Jerry Herman that "Look Over There" was going to be the BreakawayPopHit, however, "I Am What I Am" became this while "Look Over There" is forgotten to the point that Herman used to tease Fierstein when it was played.
4	* RecursiveAdaptation: Played with. WordOfGod is the musical is based off Jean Poiret's 1973 stage play and not the movie (due to the creative team only having the rights to the play and not its adaptations), though Jerry Herman admitted he was excited and inspired to compose the musical after watching the 1978 film.
5	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: It originally was conceived by a completely different creative team -- aside from producer Allan Carr -- as ''The Queen of Basin Street'', which would have been set in New Orleans rather than St. Tropez. The executive producers fired that team and started from scratch! Originally hired director Creator/MikeNichols would go on to [[ForeignRemake Americanize the story]] as the 1996 film ''Film/TheBirdcage''.
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7	!! The Franco-Italian film trilogy (1978-1985).
8	* SameLanguageDub: Ugo Tognazzi had his role completely re-dubbed by Creator/PierreMondy (who had previously directed the first run of the stage play) because the producers feared his French wasn't good enough.[[note]]Although other sources claim that Tognazzi, fearing to be eclipsed by his more flamboyant co-star Michel Serrault, refused at the last moment to play in French as his contract provided for; which had the effect of destabilizing Serrault who didn't understand Italian.[[/note]] He's still dubbed in the sequels, but by different actors.[[note]]Michel Beaune in the second, and Serge Sauvion in the third.[[/note]]

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