YMMV / Gianni Schicchi

• Magnificent Bastard: Gianni Schicchi himself is a crafty and knowledgeable lowborn man, scorned by Blue Blood Florentines. When the snobbish Donatis ask him for help in altering the will of their recently-deceased patriarch Buoso, Schicchi at first only agrees because his daughter is in love with Rinuccio Donati. However, he quickly devises a plan of posing as Buoso, since no one yet knows of the latter's death, and dictates a new will to a notary. He hands out minor parts of the fortune to members of the family, but leaves the best part to "devoted friend Gianni Schicchi". The Donatis are outraged, but he reminds them that they will be convicted as accomplices if they expose the fraud. He throws the Donati family, sans Rinuccio, out of the house that now belongs to him, and his daughter now has a dowry and can marry Rinuccio. Gianni cheerfully addresses the audience, saying that if they enjoyed the performance, they might feel more lenient towards him than Dante did, and gives them the signal to applaud by starting the applause himself.