YMMV / Annie Get Your Gun

• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: "An Old-Fashioned Wedding". It features a verse from Frank about his ideal wedding, followed by a verse from Annie about her ideal wedding, and then a Counterpoint Duet of the two verses together. The problem is that Annie's ideal wedding, with photographers, reporters, champagne, and caviar, is completely out of character for Annie. The song is then followed immediately by this dialogue and never mentioned again.
  Frank: What do you say we compromise?
  Annie: What kind of compromise?
  Frank: We'll do it my way.
  • This song wasn't part of the original production, but added for the 1966 revival – its tacked-on status shows.
• Common Knowledge: "There's No Business Like Show Business" isn't a solo for Annie. Ethel Merman turned it into her Signature Song in concerts, movies, and on record, but she didn't sing it as a full solo in the show. The song first sung to Annie by Frank, Charlie and Buffalo Bill, with Annie only joining in on a few lines, and Annie later sings a brief reprise of it.
• Memetic Mutation: At this point, "Anything You Can Do" has been set to every fictional rivalry in existence.
• Signature Song:
  • Say it with us now: "Anything you can do, I can do better!"
  • "There's No Business Like Show Business" is a close second.
• Tough Act to Follow: Ethel Merman was so iconic as Annie that when the first Broadway Revival happened in 1958 closed in less than 20 performances and the 1966 Revival starred Merman reprising the role, it wouldn't be until the 1999 Revised Broadway Revival that the show could finally rid itself of Merman's ghost.
• Values Dissonance:
  • Annie finally wins Frank by giving up her career as a sharpshooter; it's most egregious when, in real-life Frank gave up his career for her.
  • In the 1999 updated ending, after Annie misses five shots with the damaged gun and announces that Frank wins, Frank deliberately misses five shots so that they tie. Much better.
  • There's also the clichéd portrayal of Native Americans. The 1999 revival cut out the worst of it, in particular the notorious song "I'm An Indian Too."

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