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* ShowWithinAShow: Multiple famous film and theatre productions are portrayed in the show, including ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'', ''Theatre/DamnYankees'' and ''Film/SweetCharity''.

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* ShowWithinAShow: Multiple famous film and theatre productions are portrayed in the show, including ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'', ''Film/{{Cabaret}}'', ''Theatre/DamnYankees'' and ''Film/SweetCharity''.
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** Bob's reaction to hearing the premise of ''Theatre/{{Company}}'' in "Life is a Cabaret".
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It recounts the story of the rocky relationship between dancer, choregrapher and director Creator/BobFosse (played by Creator/SamRockwell) and his long-time creative partner and wife, Gwen Verdon (played by Creator/MichelleWilliams).

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It recounts the story of the rocky relationship between dancer, choregrapher and director Creator/BobFosse (played by Creator/SamRockwell) and his long-time creative partner and wife, Gwen Verdon (played by Creator/MichelleWilliams).Creator/MichelleWilliams, who also serves as one of the series producer).

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* DanceOfDespair: [[spoiler:Bob tries to perform a soft-shoe routine for Paddy's funeral, but he's too heartbroken.]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Bob dies suddenly on the way to the opening for the ''Sweet Charity'' revival, leaving Gwen and Nicole to deal with their grief. Nicole spends years mired in drug and alcohol addiction.]]



* DueToTheDead: "Where Am I Going?" sees the Fosses and their friends reuniting to remember Joan Simon, who died earlier that year.

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"Where Am I Going?" sees the Fosses and their friends reuniting to remember Joan Simon, who died earlier that year.year.
** [[spoiler:In "Providence", Bobby tries to perform a soft-shoe routine at Paddy's funeral, but gives up halfway through and kisses Paddy's coffin.]]



* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: As a preteen, Nicole Fosse pilfers her dad's drugs and cigarettes, hoping to get her parents' attention.

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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: As a preteen, Nicole Fosse pilfers her dad's drugs and cigarettes, hoping to get her parents' attention. As a teenager, she graduates to openly drinking and drugging. The epilogue reveals that she would go on to spend years mired in drug and alcohol addiction before getting sober in 1995.
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* RomanceAndSexualitySeparation: Bob Fosse was raped by a pair of older women when he was 13 years old. The trauma badly screwed up his sex drive, causing him to have difficulty being intimate with anyone he actually loves, which in turn leads him to constantly cheat on each of his wives.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall:
** In "All I Care About Is Love", Bob explains his problems to the audience by way of a Creator/LennyBruce-style stand-up routine.
** In "Nowadays", Gwen performs "Razzle Dazzle" directly for the audience.


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* CareerEndingInjury:
** Joan [=McCracken=]'s acting career came to a sudden end because of complications from diabetes.
** In "Nowadays", Gwen is already facing the prospect of retirement from stage acting because she can't keep up with Bob's exacting choreography, but her stage career ends even sooner after she damages her vocal chords, forcing her to undergo surgery and then take six weeks off, during which Bob replaces her with Creator/LizaMinnelli.


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* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: [[spoiler:"Nowadays" strongly implies that Nicole Fosse's father was someone other than Bob Fosse.]]


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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gwen delivers a blistering one to Bob in "Nowadays" when he moves to turn her closing number in ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}'' into a duet, pissed off that after years of carrying his ungrateful ass, he refuses to give her this one moment in the spotlight for what everyone realizes will be her last stage role.
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''[=Fosse/Verdon=]'' is a {{biopic}} miniseries recounting the story of the rocky relationship between dancer, choregrapher and director Creator/BobFosse (Creator/SamRockwell) and his long-time creative partner and wife, Gwen Verdon (Creator/MichelleWilliams).

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''[=Fosse/Verdon=]'' is a {{biopic}} miniseries recounting that premiered on Creator/{{FX}} in April 2019.

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the story of the rocky relationship between dancer, choregrapher and director Creator/BobFosse (Creator/SamRockwell) (played by Creator/SamRockwell) and his long-time creative partner and wife, Gwen Verdon (Creator/MichelleWilliams).

It premiered on Creator/{{FX}} in April 2019.
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* DrivenToSuicide: At the end of "Glory", Bob attempts suicide because of the stress of trying to "fix" ''Pippin''.



** Early in the first episode, Bob imagines himself jumping off a balcony after seeing the reviews for ''Film/SweetCharity'', his directorial debut.

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** Early in the first episode, Bob imagines himself jumping off a balcony after seeing the reviews for ''Film/SweetCharity'', his cinematic directorial debut.



* MissingMom: Gwen abandoned her eldest child in order to pursue her acting career.

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* MissingMom: Gwen abandoned her eldest first child in order to pursue her acting career.



** Bob was raped by a bunch of showgirls.

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** Bob was raped by a bunch pair of showgirls. showgirls when he was 13. It screwed up his sex life for the rest of his life.


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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: As a preteen, Nicole Fosse pilfers her dad's drugs and cigarettes, hoping to get her parents' attention.

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* DueToTheDead: "Where Am I Going?" sees the Fosses and their friends reuniting to remember Joan Simon, who died earlier that year.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Throughout "Where Am I Going?" Gwen tries to convince Bob to join her in working on ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}'', eventually resorting to the nasty trick of invoking their daughter Nicole and their mutual fears that they won't be able to provide for her. This finally convinces Bob to do ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}''... while he's also working on ''Lenny''.



* NoMedicationForMe: Following his suicide attempt, Bob is prescribed lithium, but he refuses to take it because it kills his sex drive.



* RapeAsBackstory: Gwen was raped when she was a teenager.

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Gwen was raped when she was a teenager.teenager, which makes her paranoid about leaving her daughter Nicole alone with men.
** Bob was raped by a bunch of showgirls.
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* ItllNeverCatchOn:

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* ItllNeverCatchOn:
** Throughout "Glory", Bob almost literally drives himself crazy trying to come up with a better ending for ''Pippin'', convinced that the play's MindScrew ending would cause it to fail.
** In "Where Am I Going?", Bob and Gwen argue about whether they should collaborate on ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}'' or whether Bob should focus on making ''Film/{{Lenny}}'', with Gwen convinced that ''Lenny'' will fail, and Bob convinced that nobody wants to see ''Chicago''.


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* OddFriendship: Gwen Verdon and Ann Reinking become close friends in spite of the fact that Ann is Bob's mistress.
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** In "Who's Got the Pain", we see flashbacks to Bobby's second marriage, where his second wife, Heather [=MacCracken=] is already deep in the severe diabetes that would ultimately end her career and her life.

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** In "Who's Got the Pain", we see flashbacks to Bobby's second marriage, where his second wife, Heather Joan [=MacCracken=] is already deep in the severe diabetes that would ultimately end her career and her life.

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* ImagineSpot: Early in the first episode, Bob imagines himself jumping off a balcony after seeing the reviews for ''Film/SweetCharity'', his directorial debut.

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* ImagineSpot: IllGirl:
** In "Who's Got the Pain", we see flashbacks to Bobby's second marriage, where his second wife, Heather [=MacCracken=] is already deep in the severe diabetes that would ultimately end her career and her life.
** Poor Joan Baim, wife of Creator/NeilSimon and one of Gwen's close friends, dies of bone cancer in "Glory".
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Early in the first episode, Bob imagines himself jumping off a balcony after seeing the reviews for ''Film/SweetCharity'', his directorial debut.debut.
** In the opening of "Me and My Baby", Fosse imagines his interns all performing "Wilkommen".
** In the climax of "Glory", Fosse experiences a hallucination in which Gwen, Paddy, and the ''Theatre/{{Pippin}}'' cast are urging him to jump out his window.
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The series portrays Gwen Verdon's first husband, James Henaghan, as a rapist.


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* MissingMom: Gwen abandoned her eldest child in order to pursue her acting career.


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* RapeAsBackstory: Gwen was raped when she was a teenager.
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''[=Fosse/Verdon=]'' is a miniseries recounting the story of the rocky relationship between dancer, choregrapher and director Creator/BobFosse (Creator/SamRockwell) and his long-time creative partner and wife, Gwen Verdon (Creator/MichelleWilliams).

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''[=Fosse/Verdon=]'' is a {{biopic}} miniseries recounting the story of the rocky relationship between dancer, choregrapher and director Creator/BobFosse (Creator/SamRockwell) and his long-time creative partner and wife, Gwen Verdon (Creator/MichelleWilliams).
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* CloudCuckoolandersMinder: Cy regard Gwen as being this for Bob; left to his own devices, Fosse does things like replacing trained actors with prostitutes or deliberately keeping the set under-lit.

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* CloudCuckoolandersMinder: CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Cy regard Gwen as being this for Bob; left to his own devices, Fosse does things like replacing trained actors with prostitutes or deliberately keeping the set under-lit.
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* YoungFutureFamousPeople: The miniseries, being historical in nature, shows several actors who would go on to be famous, including Creator/LizaMinnelli, Creator/JerryOrbach, Creator/ChitaRivera, and Creator/NeilSimon.

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* YoungFutureFamousPeople: The miniseries, being historical in nature, shows several actors who would go on to be famous, including Creator/LizaMinnelli, Creator/JerryOrbach, Creator/ChitaRivera, Chita Rivera and Creator/NeilSimon.

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''[=Fosse/Verdon=]'' is a miniseries airing on Creator/{{FX}}, starring Creator/SamRockwell and Creator/MichelleWilliams. It recounts the story of the rocky relationship between Creator/BobFosse and his long-time creative partner and wife, Gwen Verdon.

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''[=Fosse/Verdon=]'' is a miniseries airing on Creator/{{FX}}, starring Creator/SamRockwell and Creator/MichelleWilliams. It recounts recounting the story of the rocky relationship between dancer, choregrapher and director Creator/BobFosse (Creator/SamRockwell) and his long-time creative partner and wife, Gwen Verdon.
Verdon (Creator/MichelleWilliams).

It premiered on Creator/{{FX}} in April 2019.



->'''Gwen:''' We've done this scene too many times, Bob. It's lost its entertainment value.

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* MoodDissonance: The re-enactment of "Who's Got the Pain" is intercut with a scene of Gwen being confronted by Heather [=MacCracken=], Bob's wife, who knows that Gwen slept with him.

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* MoodDissonance: The re-enactment of "Who's Got the Pain" is intercut with a scene of Gwen being confronted by Heather Joan [=MacCracken=], Bob's wife, who knows that Gwen slept with him.



* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Both played straight and inverted with Gwen and Heather. On the one hand, Gwen owes a significant debt to Bob Fosse for helping her become famous. On the other hand, Bob himself might never have never gotten anywhere without his famous second wife, Heather [=MacCracken=], and once he divorces her, he soon finds himself dependent upon Gwen to help him as he moves into directing.

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* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Both played straight and inverted with Gwen and Heather.Joan. On the one hand, Gwen owes a significant debt to Bob Fosse for helping her become famous. On the other hand, Bob himself might never have never gotten anywhere without his famous second wife, Heather Joan [=MacCracken=], and once he divorces her, he soon finds himself dependent upon Gwen to help him as he moves into directing.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Gwen is horrified when she finds out that Bob's wife is disabled.
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Both played straight and inverted with Gwen and Heather. On the one hand, Gwen owes a significant debt to Bob Fosse for helping her become famous. On the other hand, Bob himself might never have never gotten anywhere without his famous second wife, Heather [=MacCracken=], and once he divorces her, he soon finds himself dependent upon Gwen to help him as he moves into directing.

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* ShowWithinAShow: Multiple famous film and theatre productions are portrayed in the show, including ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'', ''Theatre/DamnYankees'' and ''Film/SweetCharity''.
* ThePerfectionist: Both Fosse and Verdon are perfectionists when it comes to their crafts.

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* MoodDissonance: The re-enactment of "Who's Got the Pain" is intercut with a scene of Gwen being confronted by Heather [=MacCracken=], Bob's wife, who knows that Gwen slept with him.
* ThePerfectionist: Both Fosse and Verdon are perfectionists when it comes to their crafts.
* ShowWithinAShow: Multiple famous film and theatre productions are portrayed in the show, including ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'', ''Theatre/DamnYankees'' and ''Film/SweetCharity''.
* ThePerfectionist: Both Fosse and Verdon are perfectionists when it comes to their crafts.
''Film/SweetCharity''.



* YoungFutureFamousPeople: The miniseries, being historical in nature, shows several actors who would go on to be famous, including Creator/LizaMinelli, Creator/JerryOrbach, Creator/ChitaRivera, and Creator/NeilSimon.
* YourCheatingHeart: In the first episode, Bob cheats on Gwen with the translator in Germany.

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* YoungFutureFamousPeople: The miniseries, being historical in nature, shows several actors who would go on to be famous, including Creator/LizaMinelli, Creator/LizaMinnelli, Creator/JerryOrbach, Creator/ChitaRivera, and Creator/NeilSimon.
* YourCheatingHeart: In Bob is a serial adulterer, to the first episode, Bob cheats on point that when Gwen catches him in bed with yet another woman, he actually tries to convince her that it would be better to let the translator in Germany.affair continue rather than risk him just going through another string of covert affairs.
->'''Gwen:''' We've done this scene too many times, Bob. It's lost its entertainment value.
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* BrokenAce: In this series, Bob Fosse is portrayed as a brilliant choreographer who is constantly haunted by his failure as a professional dancer and as a movie director.
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* ThePerfectionist: Both Fosse and Verdon are perfectionists when it comes to their crafts.
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''[=Fosse/Verdon=]'' is a miniseries airing on Creator/{{FX}}, starring Creator/SamRockwell and Creator/MichelleWilliams. It recounts the story of the rocky relationship between Creator/BobFosse and his wife, Gwen Verdon.

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''[=Fosse/Verdon=]'' is a miniseries airing on Creator/{{FX}}, starring Creator/SamRockwell and Creator/MichelleWilliams. It recounts the story of the rocky relationship between Creator/BobFosse and his long-time creative partner and wife, Gwen Verdon.
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* WorkingWithTheEx: The show jumps back and forth in time, including to periods where Fosse and Verdon had broken up but still continued their professional relationship.
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* ShowWithinAShow: Multiple famous film and theatre productions are portrayed in the show, including ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'', ''Theatre/DamnYankees'' and ''Film/SweetCharity''.
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* TeethGrittedTeamwork: In the first episode, Bob Fosse and Cy Feur have a strained relationship after Fosse convinced Feur's boss to hire him to direct ''Film/{{Cabaret}}''.

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* TeethGrittedTeamwork: TeethClenchedTeamwork: In the first episode, Bob Fosse and Cy Feur have a strained relationship after Fosse convinced Feur's boss to hire him to direct ''Film/{{Cabaret}}''.
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* CloudCuckoolandersMinder: Cy regard Gwen as being this for Bob; left to his own devices, Fosse does things like replacing trained actors with prostitutes or deliberately keeping the set under-lit.
* ImagineSpot: Early in the first episode, Bob imagines himself jumping off a balcony after seeing the reviews for ''Film/SweetCharity'', his directorial debut.
* TeethGrittedTeamwork: In the first episode, Bob Fosse and Cy Feur have a strained relationship after Fosse convinced Feur's boss to hire him to direct ''Film/{{Cabaret}}''.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: The miniseries, being historical in nature, shows several actors who would go on to be famous, including Creator/LizaMinelli, Creator/JerryOrbach, Creator/ChitaRivera, and Creator/NeilSimon.
* YourCheatingHeart: In the first episode, Bob cheats on Gwen with the translator in Germany.

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