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* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: In Troy's famous lecture to his son about how he, and by extension other people, don't have to like him, just has to "do right by him", he tries to demonstrate to Cory how he is upholding his part of the social contract by keeping his son alive. This, however, is done in a very self-righteous way ("...you live in my house, fill your belly with my food, put your behind on my bed, because you're my son..."), suggesting that he feels like he's owed a huge debt of gratitude for bringing up the son he chose to bring into the world.
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* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: In Troy's famous lecture to his son about how he, and by extension other people, don't have to like him, but that he just has to "do right by him", he tries to demonstrate to Cory how he is upholding his part of the social contract by keeping his son alive. This, however, is done in a very self-righteous way ("...you live in my house, fill your belly with my food, put your behind on my bed, because you're my son..."), suggesting that he feels like he's owed a huge debt of gratitude for bringing up the son he chose to bring into the world.
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* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: In Troy's famous lecture to his son about how he, and by extension other people, don't have to like him, just has to "do right by him", he tries to demonstrate to Cory how he is upholding his part of the social contract by keeping his son alive. This, however, is done in a very self-righteous way ("...you live in my house, fill your belly with my food, put your behind on my bed, because you're my son..."), suggesting that he feels like he's owed a huge debt of gratitude for bringing up the son he chose to bring into the world.
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* HonorThyParent: When Cory tells his mother about his intent not to go to his father's funeral, she is outraged at this, despite knowing full well what a flawed man Troy was, and does not take her son's point of view into account at all. She slaps Cory's face and lashes out at him: "That's yo' daddy you talkin' about! I don't want to hear that kind of talk this mornin'!" When Cory remonstrates: "I got to say 'No!' to him one time in my life," Rose insists that, while she knows he and his father didn't see eye to eye, "Disrespecting your dad ain't going to make you a man, Cory!" Cory tries to explain to her how deeply his father's shadow pervaded his very being and how he needs to get out of that shadow, Rose completely skirts the issue of how it made Cory feel, claiming that that shadow ''is'' who Cory has become. She says of Troy: "Now, I don't know if he was right or wrong, [[ParentalBlamelessness but I do know he meant to do more good than he meant to do harm!]]"
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* HonorThyParent: When Cory tells his mother about his intent not to go to his father's funeral, she is outraged at this, despite knowing full well what a flawed man Troy was, and does not take her son's point of view into account at all. She slaps Cory's face and lashes out at him: "That's yo' daddy you talkin' about! I don't want to hear that kind of talk this mornin'!" When Cory remonstrates: "I got to say 'No!' to him one time in my life," Rose insists that, while she knows he and his father didn't see eye to eye, "Disrespecting your dad ain't going to make you a man, Cory!" Cory tries to explain to her how deeply his father's shadow pervaded his very being and how he needs to find a way to get out rid of that shadow, Rose completely skirts the issue of how it Troy's behavior made Cory feel, claiming that that shadow ''is'' who Cory has become. She says of Troy: "Now, I don't know if he was right or wrong, [[ParentalBlamelessness but I do know he meant to do more good than he meant to do harm!]]"
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* HonorThyParent: When Cory tells his mother about his intent not to go to his father's funeral, she is outraged at this, despite knowing full well what a flawed man Troy was, and does not take her son's point of view into account at all. She slaps Cory's face and lashes out at him: "That's you daddy you talking about! I don't want to hear that kind of talk this mornin'!" When Cory remonstrates: "I got to say 'No!' to him one time in my life," Rose insists that, while she knows he and his father didn't see eye to eye, "Disrespecting your dad ain't going to make you a man, Cory!" Cory tries to explain to her how deeply his father's shadow pervaded his very being and how he needs to get out of that shadow, Rose completely skirts the issue of how it made Cory feel, claiming that that shadow ''is'' who Cory has become. She says of Troy: "Now, I don't know if he was right or wrong, [[ParentalBlamelessness but I do know he meant to do more good than he meant to do harm!]]"
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* HonorThyParent: When Cory tells his mother about his intent not to go to his father's funeral, she is outraged at this, despite knowing full well what a flawed man Troy was, and does not take her son's point of view into account at all. She slaps Cory's face and lashes out at him: "That's you yo' daddy you talking talkin' about! I don't want to hear that kind of talk this mornin'!" When Cory remonstrates: "I got to say 'No!' to him one time in my life," Rose insists that, while she knows he and his father didn't see eye to eye, "Disrespecting your dad ain't going to make you a man, Cory!" Cory tries to explain to her how deeply his father's shadow pervaded his very being and how he needs to get out of that shadow, Rose completely skirts the issue of how it made Cory feel, claiming that that shadow ''is'' who Cory has become. She says of Troy: "Now, I don't know if he was right or wrong, [[ParentalBlamelessness but I do know he meant to do more good than he meant to do harm!]]"
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* HonorThyParent: When Cory tells his mother about his intent not to go to his father's funeral, she is outraged at this, despite knowing full well what a flawed man Troy was, and does not take her son's point of view into account at all. She slaps Cory's face and lashes out at him: "That's you daddy you talking about! I don't want to hear that kind of talk this mornin'!" When Cory remonstrates: "I got to say 'No!' to him one time in my life," Rose insists that, while she knows he and his father didn't see eye to eye, "Disrespecting your dad ain't going to make you a man, Cory!" Cory tries to explain to her how deeply his father's shadow pervaded his very being and how he needs to get out of that shadow, Rose completely skirts the issue of how it made Cory feel, claiming that that shadow ''is'' who Cory has become. She says of Troy: "Now, I don't know if he was right or wrong, [[ParentalBlamelessness but I do know he meant to do more good than he meant to do harm!]]"
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Troy dies of at a relatively young age from a heart attack never having reconciled with his son Cory (his relationship with Rose being ambiguous, though the last scene that he is alive makes it clear she wants little to do with him). Cory never gets to go to college or play football, but he still makes a life for himself through the military. He also begins to gain closure for his broken relationship with his dad. And though Raynell came from Troy's affair, Rose makes sure to raise her with love as Rose feels a child should not suffer for the mistakes of their parents.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Troy dies a premature death from an unknown cause, Cory never gets to play collegiate football, Alberta dies by childbirth and Rose gets stuck raising her daughter, and Gabe is implied to still be stuck in an insane asylum.]]
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* DesignatedHero: We're meant to believe Troy is the hero here, but he abuses his son, cheats on his wife, is a murderer, and [[spoiler:took most of the money from his brother's injury and used it to buy the house that his broken family lives in.]]
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* DesignatedHero: We're meant to believe Troy is the hero here, but he abuses his son cheats on his wife, is a murderer, and [[spoiler:took most of the money from his brother's injury and used it to buy the house that his broken family lives in.]]
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* DesignatedHero: We're meant to believe Troy is the hero here, but he abuses his son son, cheats on his wife, is a murderer, and [[spoiler:took most of the money from his brother's injury and used it to buy the house that his broken family lives in.]]
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''Fences'' is a play by August Wilson written in 1984, the sixth in Wilson's ten-part ''Pittsburgh Cycle'' (although the third to be written) documenting the history of Black America through the lens of Wilson's native UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}, PA. Officially, it's never gotten a TV movie, but it's been performed in various theaters throughout the country.
It's the 1950s, and main character Troy Maxson used to play baseball, but now he's a garbageman along with his good friend Jim Bono. Troy has two sons, one from one mother and the other from another mother, his current wife Rose. However, what Rose doesn't know is that Troy's off having an affair with another woman named Alberta.
Over the course of the play, tensions rise within the Maxson family as the physical fence around the house is slowly built up and metaphorical fences are quickly established between each of the family members and Troy himself.
The play premiered on Broadway in 1987, with Creator/JamesEarlJones in the role of Troy. The play earned a ton of Tonys, including Jones' second for Best Leading Actor in a Play. Creator/DenzelWashington starred in a revival of the play in 2010, winning Tonys for Best Revival, Best Actor, and Best Actress (Creator/ViolaDavis). Washington and his cast reunited for a film adaption of the play released in 2016, which won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Supporting Actress for Davis.
It's the 1950s, and main character Troy Maxson used to play baseball, but now he's a garbageman along with his good friend Jim Bono. Troy has two sons, one from one mother and the other from another mother, his current wife Rose. However, what Rose doesn't know is that Troy's off having an affair with another woman named Alberta.
Over the course of the play, tensions rise within the Maxson family as the physical fence around the house is slowly built up and metaphorical fences are quickly established between each of the family members and Troy himself.
The play premiered on Broadway in 1987, with Creator/JamesEarlJones in the role of Troy. The play earned a ton of Tonys, including Jones' second for Best Leading Actor in a Play. Creator/DenzelWashington starred in a revival of the play in 2010, winning Tonys for Best Revival, Best Actor, and Best Actress (Creator/ViolaDavis). Washington and his cast reunited for a film adaption of the play released in 2016, which won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Supporting Actress for Davis.
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''Fences'' is a play by August Wilson written in 1984, the sixth in Wilson's ten-part ''Pittsburgh Cycle'' (although the third to be written) documenting the history of Black America through the lens of Wilson's native UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}, PA. Officially, it's never gotten a TV movie, but it's been performed in various theaters throughout the country.\n\n
It's the 1950s, and main character Troy Maxson used to play baseball, but now he's a garbageman along with his good friend Jim Bono. Troy has two sons, one from one mother and the other from another mother, his current wife Rose. However, what Rose doesn't know is that Troy's off having an affair with another woman namedAlberta.
Alberta. Over the course of the play, tensions rise within the Maxson family as the physical fence around the house is slowly built up and metaphorical fences are quickly established between each of the family members and Troy himself.
The play premiered on Broadway in 1987, with Creator/JamesEarlJones in the role of Troy. The play earned a ton of Tonys, including Jones' second for Best Leading Actor in a Play. Creator/DenzelWashington starred in a revival of the play in 2010, winning Tonys for Best Revival, Best Actor, and Best Actress (Creator/ViolaDavis).
Washington and his cast reunited for a film adaption of the play released in 2016, which won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Supporting Actress for Davis.
It's the 1950s, and main character Troy Maxson used to play baseball, but now he's a garbageman along with his good friend Jim Bono. Troy has two sons, one from one mother and the other from another mother, his current wife Rose. However, what Rose doesn't know is that Troy's off having an affair with another woman named
The play premiered on Broadway in 1987, with Creator/JamesEarlJones in the role of Troy. The play earned a ton of Tonys, including Jones' second for Best Leading Actor in a Play. Creator/DenzelWashington starred in a revival of the play in 2010, winning Tonys for Best Revival, Best Actor, and Best Actress (Creator/ViolaDavis).
Washington and his cast reunited for a film adaption of the play released in 2016, which won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Supporting Actress for Davis.
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* DistantFinale: The final scene takes place seven years after the rest of the play.
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* DesignatedHero: We're meant to believe Troy is the hero here, but he abuses his son cheats on his wife, is a murderer, and [[spoiler:took most of the money from his brother's injury and used it to buy the house that his broken family lives in.]]
* DistantFinale: The final scene takes place seven years after the rest of theplay. play.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Troy dies a premature death from an unknown cause, Cory never gets to play collegiate football, Alberta dies by childbirth and Rose gets stuck raising her daughter, and Gabe is implied to still be stuck in an insane asylum.]]
* DistantFinale: The final scene takes place seven years after the rest of the
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Troy dies a premature death from an unknown cause, Cory never gets to play collegiate football, Alberta dies by childbirth and Rose gets stuck raising her daughter, and Gabe is implied to still be stuck in an insane asylum.]]
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[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Has no relation]] to ''ComicBook/{{Fence}}'', a Creator/BoomStudios comic book about a fencing academy.
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* ICouldaBeenAContender: Troy would have been a professional baseball player, but he wasn't allowed due to his race.
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* ICouldaBeenAContender: Troy would have been a professional baseball player, but he wasn't allowed due to his race. Though some characters do bring up that he was also already getting too old to play around that time anyway.
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* ExactWords: When Cory asks Troy why Troy doesn't seem to like him, Troy gives a big speech about how he doesn't ''have'' to like Cory, he simply has to take care of him because it's his duty. [[spoiler:He never actually says he ''doesn't'' like Cory, he just can't bring himself to show that kind of affection. It contributes to Cory's resentment of Troy and their eventual estrangement.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Troy is a pretty unpleasant person towards his son, but it is implied that deep down he really does care for Cory. He just doesn't seem to know how to express it at all to the point of telling Cory that he doesn't have to like him to take care of him, making Cory think he really doesn't. [[spoiler:Tragically, his inability to show any affection to Cory leads to a breaking point where Cory attempts to attack Troy with a bat and Troy kicks him out of the house, with the two never meeting again before Troy's death.]]
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See also ''Theatre/ThePianoLesson'', the fourth play in the ''Pittsburgh Cycle'' series.
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* ImpairmentShot: In the movie when Troy [[spoiler: faces down death after his fight with Cory]], the camera shows a close-up of hi with a blurry boarder showing how removed from reality he is at the moment.
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* ImpairmentShot: In the movie when Troy [[spoiler: faces down death after his fight with Cory]], the camera shows a close-up of hi him with a blurry boarder showing how removed from reality he is at the moment.
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* ImpairmentShot: In the movie when Troy [[spoiler: faces down death after his fight with Cory]], the camera shows a close-up of hi with a blurry boarder showing how removed from reality he is at the moment.
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* NWordPrivileges: Mostly just Troy.
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** Troy, multiple times. First, by Cory for [[spoiler:telling the football recruiter that Cory doesn't want to play college football, when it's very obvious that he does]], then by Rose for [[spoiler:cheating on her with Alberta]], and finally a quiet one from Rose again for [[spoiler:signing the papers to send his brother Gabe to the asylum, despite saying multiple times that Gabe should be free]].
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** Troy, multiple times. First, by Cory for [[spoiler:telling the football recruiter that Cory doesn't want to play college football, when it's very obvious that he does]], then by Rose for [[spoiler:cheating on her with Alberta]], and finally a quiet one from Rose again for [[spoiler:signing the papers to send his brother Gabe to the asylum, despite saying multiple times that Gabe should be free]]. This last part is made even worse when Cory reveals that [[spoiler:Troy technically stole the house from Gabe]].
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** [[spoiler:Bono's father left his family when Bono was only a child.]]
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** [[spoiler:Bono's father left his family when Bono was only a child. Likewise, Troy's mother abandoned Troy to get away from his abusive father.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Troy, named after a [[Literature/TheIliad city known]] for its walls.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Cory assumes his father is scared of his son being better at sports than he is. Troy's dickish move is preventing his son from ever playing sports in the leagues because he doesn't w ant his son to have to deal with the stigma of racism like he did.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Cory assumes his father is scared of his son being better at sports than he is. Troy's dickish move is preventing his son from ever playing sports in the leagues because he doesn't w ant want his son to have to deal with the stigma of racism like he did.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: [[spoiler:While he doesn't really call him out, call him out, Cory does come to physical confrontation with Troy. Twice. Once to help Rose and another when he's trying to pass him on the porch.]]
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* CallingTheOldManOut: [[spoiler:While he doesn't really call him out, call him out, Cory does come to physical confrontation with Troy. Twice. Once to help Rose and another when he's trying to pass him on the porch.]]
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* DaddysGirl: Judging by Troy's first scene with [[spoiler: an infant Raynell, he's an even more doting parent then he ever was to Cory and Lyons. The time skip and Raynell's nostalgic recollection of his song suggests he was at least a decent father to her.]]
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* DaddysGirl: Judging by Troy's first scene with [[spoiler: an [[spoiler:an infant Raynell, he's an even more doting parent then he ever was to Cory and Lyons. The time skip and Raynell's nostalgic recollection of his song suggests he was at least a decent father to her.]]
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* FreakOut: At the end of the play [[spoiler:Gabriel has one when he realizes that his trumpet doesn't work. It is noted in the play directions that a sane man would not be able to withstand the trauma.]]
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* FreakOut: At the end of the play play, [[spoiler:Gabriel has one when he realizes that his trumpet doesn't work. It is noted in the play directions that a sane man would not be able to withstand the trauma.]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: During Troy and Cory's first confrontation, when Cory asks Troy why he never liked him, even though they are father and son. Troy responds that he doesn't have to like him but he still has to provide for Cory, being his father. Troy didn't say that he didn't love Cory and there's much evidence in the story that he does love his son deep down, but Cory understandably interprets Troy's comment otherwise.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: During Troy and Cory's first confrontation, when Cory asks Troy why he never liked him, even though they are father and son. Troy responds that he doesn't have to like him him, but he still has to provide for Cory, being his father. Troy didn't say that he didn't love Cory and there's much evidence in the story that he does love his son deep down, but Cory understandably interprets Troy's comment otherwise.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Cory, to Troy. He eventually stops trying to impress Troy but [[spoiler:his explanation to why he doesn't want to attend Troy's funeral]] shows that he's still hasn't gotten rid of some of those feelings.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Cory, to Troy. He eventually stops trying to impress Troy Troy, but [[spoiler:his explanation to for why he doesn't want to attend Troy's funeral]] shows that he's still hasn't gotten rid of some of those feelings.
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** Troy, multiple times. First, by Cory for[[spoiler:telling the football recruiter that Cory doesn't want to play college football, when it's very obvious that he does]], then by Rose for [[spoiler:cheating on her with Alberta]] and finally a quiet one from Rose again for [[spoiler:signing the papers to send his brother Gabe to the asylum, despite saying multiple times that Gabe should be free]]
** Cory also gets one from Rose when [[spoiler:he says he doesn't want to attend Troy's funeral.]]
** Cory also gets one from Rose when [[spoiler:he says he doesn't want to attend Troy's funeral.]]
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** Troy, multiple times. First, by Cory for[[spoiler:telling for [[spoiler:telling the football recruiter that Cory doesn't want to play college football, when it's very obvious that he does]], then by Rose for [[spoiler:cheating on her with Alberta]] Alberta]], and finally a quiet one from Rose again for [[spoiler:signing the papers to send his brother Gabe to the asylum, despite saying multiple times that Gabe should be free]]
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** Cory also gets one from Rose when [[spoiler:he says he doesn't want to attend Troy'sfuneral.]]funeral]].
** Cory also gets one from Rose when [[spoiler:he says he doesn't want to attend Troy's
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The play premiered on Broadway in 1987, with Creator/JamesEarlJones in the role of Troy. The play earned a ton of Tonys, including Jones' second for Best Leading Actor in a Play. Creator/DenzelWashington starred in a revival of the play in 2010, winning Tonys for Best Revival, Best Actor, and Best Actress (Creator/ViolaDavis). Washington and his cast will reunite for a film adaption of the play set for release in 2016.
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The play premiered on Broadway in 1987, with Creator/JamesEarlJones in the role of Troy. The play earned a ton of Tonys, including Jones' second for Best Leading Actor in a Play. Creator/DenzelWashington starred in a revival of the play in 2010, winning Tonys for Best Revival, Best Actor, and Best Actress (Creator/ViolaDavis). Washington and his cast will reunite reunited for a film adaption of the play set for release released in 2016.
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It was Kenny Leon who directed the revival.
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The play premiered on Broadway in 1987, with Creator/JamesEarlJones in the role of Troy. The play earned a ton of Tonys, including Jones' second for Best Leading Actor in a Play. Creator/DenzelWashington directed and starred in a revival of the play in 2010, winning Tonys for Best Revival, Best Actor, and Best Actress (Creator/ViolaDavis). Washington and his cast will reunite for a film adaption of the play set for release in 2016.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Rose, Troy's wife of 18 years is the Betty, and his never-seen mistress Alberta is the Veronica. [[spoiler:He ends up losing out on them both: Alberta dies giving birth to Troy's daughter Raynell, and Rose loses her trust in and respect for Troy after learning about the affair, though she's compassionate enough to take Raynell in and raise her as one of her own. Rose even tells Troy that he's now "a womanless man."]]
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* BettyAndVeronica: Rose, Troy's wife of 18 years is the Betty, and his never-seen mistress Alberta is the Veronica. [[spoiler:He ends up losing out on them both: Alberta dies giving birth to Troy's daughter Raynell, and Rose loses her trust in and respect for Troy after learning about the affair, though she's compassionate enough to take Raynell in and raise her as one of her own.own and her language suggests that she's trying hard not to judge the unseen Alberta. Rose even tells Troy that he's now "a womanless man."]]
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* CloudCuckooLander: Gabriel. [[NamesTheSame The guy thinks he's the similarly named archangel.]] If YOU had part of your head blown off by a bomb in World War II, you'd be a little loopy too.
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** Gabriel. [[NamesTheSame The guy thinks he's the similarly named archangel.]] If YOU had part of your head blown off by a bomb in World War II, you'd be a little loopy too.
** Gabriel. [[NamesTheSame The guy thinks he's the similarly named archangel.]] If YOU had part of your head blown off by a bomb in World War II, you'd be a little loopy too.
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* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:Bono's father left his family when Bono was only a child.]]
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** [[spoiler:Bono's father left his family when Bono was only a child.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: Troy, multiple times. First, by Cory for[[spoiler:telling the football recruiter that Cory doesn't want to play college football, when it's very obvious that he does]], then by Rose for [[spoiler:cheating on her with Alberta]] and finally a quiet one from Rose again for [[spoiler:signing the papers to send his brother Gabe to the asylum, despite saying multiple times that Gabe should be free]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: WhatTheHellHero:
** Troy, multiple times. First, by Cory for[[spoiler:telling the football recruiter that Cory doesn't want to play college football, when it's very obvious that he does]], then by Rose for [[spoiler:cheating on her with Alberta]] and finally a quiet one from Rose again for [[spoiler:signing the papers to send his brother Gabe to the asylum, despite saying multiple times that Gabe should be free]]
** Troy, multiple times. First, by Cory for[[spoiler:telling the football recruiter that Cory doesn't want to play college football, when it's very obvious that he does]], then by Rose for [[spoiler:cheating on her with Alberta]] and finally a quiet one from Rose again for [[spoiler:signing the papers to send his brother Gabe to the asylum, despite saying multiple times that Gabe should be free]]
