History Film / IncestTheMusical

It's available on [=YouTube=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LXH3U0QaZk here]] and Vimeo [[https://vimeo.com/24278425 here]].

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Jenny, although it's a DownplayedTrope. She's a slightly annoying MotorMouth, but there's nothing really ''wrong'' with her. It's just that she's not Katie, and so Alex is utterly uninterested.

* CatapultNightmare: Alex in the beginning. It's not a ''nightmare'', but it ''is'' a shocking dream--DreamingTheTruth about his feelings for Katie.

* DramaticSpotlight: In "Chemistry."

* LipLockSunBlock: InvertedTrope--when they kiss during "I Know It's Wrong," you can see their faces right up ''until'' they kiss, at which point a bright gym light obscures them.

* NecktieLeash: The boy who draws phallic compound diagrams by their chemistry teacher.

* PairTheSpares: SubvertedTrope. At the end, Mark tries to {{Invoke|dTrope}} the trope by going over, siting down next to Jenny and puting his arm around her… and she {{Defie|dTrope}}s the trope by telling him to get lost.

** Their school is called V.C. Andrews High School. Creator/VCAndrews was the author of ''Literature/FlowersInTheAttic'', as well as several other incestuous stories.

--->'''Alex:''' It looks like a gift from a skinhead's baby-shower.
--->'''Katie:''' I was thinking it was more like "Baby Gap presents the Creator/TimBurton line."
--->'''Alex:''' And now we come to the shirt from the late period of UsefulNotes/CharlesManson.

* ExcitedShowTitle: It's not just ''Incest: The Musical'', no--it's ''Incest'''!''' The Musical''.

''Incest! The Musical'' is a quirky 2011 RomanticComedy ShortFilm that was funded on {{Website/Indiegogo}}. It's pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: {{Twincest}} and SpontaneousChoreography.

It was created by Kai de Mello-Folsom and Grant Reed. It stars Barrett Crake, Katy Yoder, Robyn Mack, and Tyler Mann.

''Incest! The Musical'' is a 2011 RomanticComedy ShortFilm that was funded on {{Website/Indiegogo}}. It's pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: {{Twincest}} and SpontaneousChoreography.

%% * BrotherSisterIncest: The premise of the film. Partially parodied, but still played fairly earnestly.
* CatapultNightmare: Alex in the beginning. It's not a ''nightmare'', but it ''is'' a shocking dream.

* DarkReprise: "Chemistry" is an upbeat song about Alex and Katie getting excited about liking each other. Later at prom, Alex sings a few lines of it after Mark punches him. This time it's a sad a capella version--especially because the end of the line is left unfinished.

* BrotherSisterIncest[=/=]{{Twincest}}: The premise of the film. Partially parodied, but still played fairly earnestly.

* SpontaneousChoreography[=/=]CrowdSong: Not only is it a musical, it has ''The Musical'' right in the title! They're not going for subtlety with regard to the musical theatrics.

It's available on youtube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LXH3U0QaZk here]] and vimeo [[https://vimeo.com/24278425 here]].

* DarkReprise: "Chemistry" is an upbeat song about Alex and Katie getting excited about liking each other. Later at prom, Alex sings a few lines of it after Mark punches him. This time it's a sad acapella version--especially because the end of the line is left unfinished.

-->'''Alex''': Neutron walks into a bar, order a beer. The bartender smiles and says, "For you, no charge."

* ThirdTimesTheCharm: Probably unintentional, but [[spoiler:the ''first'' time Alex kisses his sister at school, Jenny sees, and she tells the school staff. The ''second'' time he kisses his sister at school, her boyfriend punches him in the face. The ''third'' time he kisses his sister at school… nobody minds and their classmates all willing become backup dancers for them.]]

It has 4 songs: "Wrong Kind of Love," which is Alex's song, "Ten Years," which is Katie's song, and "Chemistry," and "I Know It's Wrong," which are both [[LetsDuet duets]].

* FreezeFrameBonus:
** During "Ten Years", the airline company is called [[{{Pun}} Receding Airlines]].
** When Katie gets the letter announcing she's valedictorian, the address reads "240 Winslet Ave / Kensington, IN 46299" in an allusion to Creator/KateWinslet--yet another ShoutOut to ''Film/Titanic1997''.

** Alex claims that "{{Series/Donny and Marie}} got away with it," "it" being incest.

Ethnics say hello to your saviorrrr!

* PlotParallel: The main plot is about {{twincest}} couple Alex and Katie getting together. There's a TeacherStudentRomance subplot wherein the boy who draws phallic compound diagrams and their chemistry teacher get together. In the DancePartyEnding, there are several same-sex couples dancing. There's the line about how the [=PTA=] is boycotting the theater department's production of ''{{Theatre/Rent}}'' because of its "depiction of non-normative sexual relationships." There are several references to ''Film/Titanic1997''--the story of an InterClassRomance. This all builds toward the message that no consensual relationships should be categorically banned.

** When Katie gets the letter annoying she's valedictorian, the address reads "240 Winslet Ave / Kensington, IN 46299" in an allusion to Creator/KateWinslet--yet another ShoutOut to ''Film/Titanic1997''.

* MusicalWorldHypotheses: This story pretty clearly adheres to the the Adaptation Hypothesis, meaning the songs are non-diegetic (part of the storytelling rather than part of the story). This is made apparent during "Chemistry." It starts out with just Alex and Katie singing in the hallway, but then escalates. At it's height, there are {{dramatic spotlight}}s and [[SummonBackupDancers backup dancers]]. But at the very end of the number, all that cuts away and we're left with Katie and Mark kissing, alone and in a different room than the dance scene took place in. However, this is not a ''new screen''--their kiss is the culmination of the whole song. This shows pretty clearly that--in ''this'' movie--song and dance numbers are symbolic, rather than literal in-universe events that actually happened.

-->'''Principle''': And I thought I'd seen everything, and that includes an unfortunate incident last year involving one of the frogs used for dissection...

** Their school is called V. C. Andrews High School. Creator/VCAndrews was the author of ''Literature/FlowersInTheAttic'', as well as several other incestuous stories.
** During the song "Ten Years" there's a scene where Mark is working at a Greek coffee shop called Oedi's, an allusion to ''Theatre/OedipusTheKing''. (The chalkboard says, "Try our new familial frappe!")

-->'''Katie''': The minute you're born they tell you,\\
To grow up in a certain way.\\

To toughen up and follow it.\\
I know it's wrong,\\
But I just don't give a shit.
* SoUnfunnyItsFunny: Katie acknowledges that the neutron joke is terrible. But she appreciates it anyways, and when Mark ''doesn't'', that's a sign that they're ill-suited to each other.

* ThirdTimesTheCharm: Probably unintentional, but [[spoiler:the ''first'' time Alex kisses his sister at school, Jenny sees, and her tells the school staff. The ''second'' time he kisses his sister at school, her boyfriend punches him in the face. The ''third'' time he kisses his sister at school… nobody minds and their classmates all willing become backup dancers for them.]]

It has 4 songs: "Wrong Kind of Love," "Ten Years," "Chemistry," and "I Know It's Wrong."

* MusicalWorldHypotheses: This story pretty clearly adheres to the the Adaptation Hypothesis, meaning the songs are non-diegetic (part of the storytelling rather than part of the story). This is made apparent during "Chemistry." It starts out with just Alex and Katie singing in the hallway, but then escalates. At it's height, there are {{dramatic spotlight}}s and backup dancers. But at the very end of the number, all that cuts away and we're left with Katie and Mark kissing, alone and in a different room than the dance scene took place in. However, this is not a ''new screen''--their kiss is the culmination of the whole song. This shows pretty clearly that--in ''this'' movie--song and dance numbers are symbolic, rather than literal in-universe events that actually happened.

** When Katie gets the letter annoying she's valedictorian, the address reads "240 Winslet Ave / Kensington, IN 46299" in an allusion to Creator/KateWinslet.