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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Count Gregor's ancestor laid a powerful curse of eternal stupidity upon every inhabitant of Kulyenchikov. Unfortunately, he failed to consider that ''he'' lived in Kulyenchikov. As such, his entire line, including Count Gregor, is also hopelessly moronic.
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''Fools'' is a 1981 comedy play written by NeilSimon. The plot involves a schoolteacher named Leon Tolchinsky arriving in the village of Kulyenchikov (located somewhere in Ukraine) in order to educate the town doctor's daughter. Leon promptly falls in LoveAtFirstSight with the beautiful Sophia. However, it turns out that Kulyenchikov is under a curse. The town has been cursed with stupidity for centuries. The curse also makes it impossible for Sophia and the other villagers to leave the town or grasp the concept of love. The only way to break the curse is for Leon to either educate Sophia or for her to marry another man; Count Gregor Yousekevitch. Unfortunately, Leon only has 24 hours before he too falls victim to the curse.
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''Fools'' is a 1981 comedy play written by NeilSimon.Creator/NeilSimon. The plot involves a schoolteacher named Leon Tolchinsky arriving in the village of Kulyenchikov (located somewhere in Ukraine) in order to educate the town doctor's daughter. Leon promptly falls in LoveAtFirstSight with the beautiful Sophia. However, it turns out that Kulyenchikov is under a curse. The town has been cursed with stupidity for centuries. The curse also makes it impossible for Sophia and the other villagers to leave the town or grasp the concept of love. The only way to break the curse is for Leon to either educate Sophia or for her to marry another man; Count Gregor Yousekevitch. Unfortunately, Leon only has 24 hours before he too falls victim to the curse.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: What makes everyone fear Count Gregor? He wants to marry a pretty girl and break the curse that's been plaguing them!
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* ChekhovsGun: Subverted with Mishkin's urgent letter for Leon. Leon plays it off as the exact thing they need to answer their problems. [[spoiler:In actuality the letter has no importance at all; Leon's just lying.]]
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* StraightMan: Leon and, to a lesser extent, the Magistrate.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Leon, Gregor
* TeacherStudentRomance: Leon and Sophia
* UpperClassTwit: Count Gregor
* VillainousCrush: Count Gregor for Sophia
* StraightMan: Leon and, to a lesser extent, the Magistrate.
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* Lenya Zubritsky - Nikolai's wife and Sophia's mother. Much like her husband, she tends to belittle others but like her daughter she is smarter than the others give her credit for.
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''Fools'' is a 1981 comedy play written by NeilSimon. The plot involves a schoolteacher named Leon Tolchinsky arriving in the village of Kulyenchikov (located somewhere in Ukraine) in order to educate the town doctor's daughter. Leon promptly falls in LoveAtFirstSight with the beautiful Sophia. However However, it turns out that the Kulyenchikov is under a curse. The town has been cursed with stupidity for centuries. The curse also makes it impossible for Sophia and the other villagers to leave the town or grasp the concept of love. The only way to break the curse is for Leon to either educate Sophia or for her to marry a man in the village, another man; Count Gregor Yousekevitch. Unfortunately Unfortunately, Leon only has 24 hours before he too falls victim to the curse.
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* ChekhovsGun: Subverted with Mishkin's urgent letter for Leon. Leon plays it off as the exact thing they need to answer their problems. [[spoiler:In actuality the letter has no importance at all, Leon's just lying.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: Subverted with Mishkin's urgent letter for Leon. Leon plays it off as the exact thing they need to answer their problems. [[spoiler:In actuality the letter has no importance at all, all; Leon's just lying.]]
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* Sophia Zubritsky - The beautiful and kind daughter of the town's doctor. Leon falls in love with her. She is the one who can break the curse as she is the descendant of the original Sophia who caused the curse. The curse can only be broken if she is educated or if she marries a Yousekevitch. Sophia is a simple soul but is also much smarter than everyone gives her credit for. She craves knowledge and love and is often just as stubborn as Leon.
* Count Gregor Yousekevitch - The descendant of the family that put the curse of stupidity on Kulyenchikov. He attempts to break the curse by marrying Sophia. He believes himself to be much smarter than the others (and how he actually is). He strikes fear in the hearts of the other villagers, making them tremble.
* Count Gregor Yousekevitch - The descendant of the family that put the curse of stupidity on Kulyenchikov. He attempts to break the curse by marrying Sophia. He believes himself to be much smarter than the others (and how he actually is). He strikes fear in the hearts of the other villagers, making them tremble.
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* Sophia Zubritsky - The beautiful and kind daughter of the town's doctor. Leon falls in love with her. She is the one who can break the curse as she is the descendant of the original Sophia who caused the curse. The curse can only be broken if she is educated or if she marries a Yousekevitch. Sophia is a simple soul but is also much smarter than everyone gives her credit for. She craves knowledge and love and is often just as stubborn as Leon.
* Count Gregor Yousekevitch - The descendant of the family that put the curse of stupidity on Kulyenchikov. He attempts to break the curse by marrying Sophia. He believes himself to be much smarter than the others(and how and believes himself to be smarter than he actually is). is. He strikes fear in the hearts of the other villagers, making them tremble.[[PhraseCatcher tremble tremble]].
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Count Yousekevitch and Yenchna, though it depends on their portrayer more than anything.
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* FridgeLogic: A lot, mainly since the curse is very inconsistent. But it could also double as FridgeBrilliance since the curse [[spoiler:isn't real, just a placebo effect on the villagers, so why should the curse make sense?]]
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* DesignatedVillain: A strange DoubleSubversion happens with Count Gregor. He is initially presented as this with a ridiculous 'bad guy' outfit and causes all of the villagers to tremble with fear when the only "bad" thing he wants to do is marry a pretty girl and break the curse. Later he even {{Lampshades}} this and expresses his wish to just be liked. He then seemingly has a PetTheDog moment when he [[spoiler:adopts Leon so that he can marry Sophia and break the curse as a Yousekevitch...only for him to interrupt the ceremony, point out that Leon isn't actually adopted and try to force Sophia to marry him, all while revealing that he actually is as bad as everyone said.]]
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* CrossCastRole: In many productions Snetsky, Mishkin, Slovitch and the magistrate are played by women.
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Fools is a 1981 comedy play written by NeilSimon. The plot involves a schoolteacher named Leon Tolchinsky arriving in the village of Kulyenchikov (located somewhere in Ukraine) in order to educate the town doctor's daughter. Leon promptly falls in LoveAtFirstSight with the beautiful Sophia. However it turns out that the town has been cursed with stupidity for centuries. The curse makes it impossible for Sophia and the other villagers to leave the town or grasp the concept of love. The only way to break the curse is for Leon to either educate Sophia or for her to marry a man in the village, Count Gregor Yousekevitch. Unfortunately Leon only has 24 hours before he too falls victim to the curse.
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Fools is a 1981 comedy play written by NeilSimon. The plot involves a schoolteacher named Leon Tolchinsky arriving in the village of Kulyenchikov (located somewhere in Ukraine) in order to educate the town doctor's daughter. Leon promptly falls in LoveAtFirstSight with the beautiful Sophia. However it turns out that the town has been cursed with stupidity for centuries. The curse makes it impossible for Sophia and the other villagers to leave the town or grasp the concept of love. The only way to break the curse is for Leon to either educate Sophia or for her to marry a man in the village, Count Gregor Yousekevitch. Unfortunately Leon only has 24 hours before he too falls victim to the curse.
Fools allegedly was written as the result of an agreement Simon made with his wife during their divorce proceedings. She was promised the profits of his next play, so he set out to write something that never would last on Broadway. Given it closed after forty performances, he succeeded.
A [[http://www.ted.to/fivelines/kul.htm musical version]] was written by Ted Kopulos.
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The main characters include:
* Leon Tolchinsky - A schoolteacher who is brought to Kulyenchikov to educate Sophia. He falls in love with Sophia and vows to break the curse so that she will not have to marry Count Gregor. Leon is very intelligent but also stubborn and short sighted, making it hard for him to adjust to the wacky Kulyenchikov.
* Sophia Zubritsky - The beautiful and kind daughter of the town's doctor. Leon falls in love with her. She is the one who can break the curse as she is the descendant of the original Sophia who caused the curse. The curse can only be broken if she is educated or if she marries a Yousekevitch. Sophia is a simple soul but is also much smarter than everyone gives her credit for. She craves knowledge and love and is often just as stubborn as Leon.
* Count Gregor Yousekevitch - The descendant of the family that put the curse of stupidity on Kulyenchikov. He attempts to break the curse by marrying Sophia. He believes himself to be much smarter than the others (and how he actually is). He strikes fear in the hearts of the other villagers, making them tremble.
* Dr. Nikolai Zubritsky - The town doctor, husband of Lenya and father of Sophia. A true fool through and through who acts as an unofficial leader of the town. He has a tendency to belittle his wife and daughter.
* Lenya Zubritsky - Nikolai's wife and Sophia's mother. Much like her husband she tends to belittle others but like her daughter she is smarter than the others give her credit for.
* Magistrate - The very old town official. He performs the important town duties like running the bell and being the minister at the wedding.
* Something Something Snetsky - The local shepherd who can't remember his own name.
* Mishkin - The postman who knows facts about the curse.
* Slovitch - The butcher who even for Kulyenchikov standards is very, very stupid.
* Yenchna - The local female vendor who is often made fun of for her age and appearance.
* Alexei - Leon's con artist uncle. A character added to the musical, he becomes Yenchna's love interest.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Dr. Zubritsky and Lenya [[spoiler: after the curse is broken.]]
* TheBrainlessBeauty: Sophia.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Leon and Gregor. Leon narrates the whole show and both he and Gregor give asides and openly talk to the audience.
* CloudCuckooland: Kulyenchikov.
* ChekhovsGun: Subverted with Mishkin's urgent letter for Leon. Leon plays it off as the exact thing they need to answer their problems. [[spoiler:In actuality the letter has no importance at all, Leon's just lying.]]
* DesignatedVillain: A strange DoubleSubversion happens with Count Gregor. He is initially presented as this with a ridiculous 'bad guy' outfit and causes all of the villagers to tremble with fear when the only "bad" thing he wants to do is marry a pretty girl and break the curse. Later he even {{Lampshades}} this and expresses his wish to just be liked. He then seemingly has a PetTheDog moment when he [[spoiler:adopts Leon so that he can marry Sophia and break the curse as a Yousekevitch...only for him to interrupt the ceremony, point out that Leon isn't actually adopted and try to force Sophia to marry him, all while revealing that he actually is as bad as everyone said.]]
* TheDitz: The '' entire cast''.
* TheFool: It's in the title, after all.
* FridgeLogic: A lot, mainly since the curse is very inconsistent. But it could also double as FridgeBrilliance since the curse [[spoiler:isn't real, just a placebo effect on the villagers, so why should the curse make sense?]]
* GenderBender: In many productions Snetsky, Mishkin, Slovitch and the magistrate are played by women.
* TheHecateSisters: The three women in the cast ([[GenderBender Well, usually]]). Sophia is the Maiden, Lenya the Mother and Yenchna the crone.
* IdenticalGrandson: Sophia is the key to breaking the curse due to her being the direct descendent of the original Sophia Zubritsky who caused the curse.
* InfoDump: Several scenes, most notably Act 1, Scene 3. Leon's narration often delves into this too.
* TheIngenue: Sophia.
* IncrediblyLamePun
* ItsPronouncedTropay: "Cool-yen-che-kov", "You-sa-kev-itch"
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[spoiler:Count Gregor]].
* LargeHam: The actor playing Count Gregor is miscast if he doesn't act like this. Basically everyone though, it ''is'' a WorldOfHam.
* LittleKnownFacts: The villagers are full of them.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Leon and Sophia.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll
--> Leon: There are twenty-four hours in a day.
--> Gregor: I believe you are thinking of February, sir.
* TheMusical: Kulyenchikov: A Musical Fable
* NoFourthWall: Both Leon and Gregor talk to the audience and at one point Leon warns the audience that they too are susceptible to the curse since they are technically sitting in Kulyenchikov.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: Leon]]
* OnlySaneMan: Leon is the only character not victim to the curse, so he would be the obvious choice for this. However, Count Gregor seems to think he is the OnlySaneMan, as well.
* OriginalCastPrecedent: Sophia is the only one who does not have an accent. Similarly sets tend to have a sign carrying a town motto that isn't mentioned anywhere in the script: "If Ignorance is Bliss, then this place must truly be Paradise".
* OverlyLongName: Leon Steponovitch Tolchinsky, Sophia Irena Elynya Zubritsky and Count Gregor Mikhailovitch Breznofsky Fyodor Yousekevitch.
* PhraseCatcher: '''"Tremble! Tremble!"'''
* TheDitz: Slovitch. The other villagers think this of Sophia but, all things considered, she isn't that bad.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Sophia and the original Sophia, whose beauty literally caused a curse.
* StealthParody: Of [[AntonChekhov Chekhov]]
* StraightMan: Leon and, to a lesser extent, the Magistrate.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Leon, Gregor
* TeacherStudentRomance: Leon and Sophia
* TedBaxter: Count Yousekevitch and Yenchna, though it depends on their portrayer more than anything.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: What makes everyone fear Count Gregor? He wants to marry a pretty girl and break the curse that's been plaguing them!
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: [[spoiler: After the curse was broken The Magistrate became a great judge, but fell into corruption and eventually was convicted for fraud. Mishkin gave up the postal service and wrote a six-hundred page novel on the Curse of Kulyenchikov, only to have it lost in the mail. Slovitch confirmed his greatest fears of being hopelessly stupid, when he bought four butcher shops in a town that only needed one and went bankrupt within a month. Snetsky found his sheep, and eventually in time became a great philanthropist. Yenchna went into real estate and now owns seventeen houses in Kulyenchikov, including Count Gregor's mansion. Lenya became the first female mayor of Kulyenchikov. Dr. Zubritsky got accepted into a school of medicine and interior design became an esteemed doctor and now works for the Royal Family. Count Gregor renounced his bad ways and became the town monk. Leon continues to teach, and Sophia happily bore their child.]]
* WorldOfHam
* YouNeedToGetLaid: Count Gregor wonders if this is why he is so unhappy.
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Fools allegedly was written as the result of an agreement Simon made with his wife during their divorce proceedings. She was promised the profits of his next play, so he set out to write something that never would last on Broadway. Given it closed after forty performances, he succeeded.
A [[http://www.ted.to/fivelines/kul.htm musical version]] was written by Ted Kopulos.
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The main characters include:
* Leon Tolchinsky - A schoolteacher who is brought to Kulyenchikov to educate Sophia. He falls in love with Sophia and vows to break the curse so that she will not have to marry Count Gregor. Leon is very intelligent but also stubborn and short sighted, making it hard for him to adjust to the wacky Kulyenchikov.
* Sophia Zubritsky - The beautiful and kind daughter of the town's doctor. Leon falls in love with her. She is the one who can break the curse as she is the descendant of the original Sophia who caused the curse. The curse can only be broken if she is educated or if she marries a Yousekevitch. Sophia is a simple soul but is also much smarter than everyone gives her credit for. She craves knowledge and love and is often just as stubborn as Leon.
* Count Gregor Yousekevitch - The descendant of the family that put the curse of stupidity on Kulyenchikov. He attempts to break the curse by marrying Sophia. He believes himself to be much smarter than the others (and how he actually is). He strikes fear in the hearts of the other villagers, making them tremble.
* Dr. Nikolai Zubritsky - The town doctor, husband of Lenya and father of Sophia. A true fool through and through who acts as an unofficial leader of the town. He has a tendency to belittle his wife and daughter.
* Lenya Zubritsky - Nikolai's wife and Sophia's mother. Much like her husband she tends to belittle others but like her daughter she is smarter than the others give her credit for.
* Magistrate - The very old town official. He performs the important town duties like running the bell and being the minister at the wedding.
* Something Something Snetsky - The local shepherd who can't remember his own name.
* Mishkin - The postman who knows facts about the curse.
* Slovitch - The butcher who even for Kulyenchikov standards is very, very stupid.
* Yenchna - The local female vendor who is often made fun of for her age and appearance.
* Alexei - Leon's con artist uncle. A character added to the musical, he becomes Yenchna's love interest.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Dr. Zubritsky and Lenya [[spoiler: after the curse is broken.]]
* TheBrainlessBeauty: Sophia.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Leon and Gregor. Leon narrates the whole show and both he and Gregor give asides and openly talk to the audience.
* CloudCuckooland: Kulyenchikov.
* ChekhovsGun: Subverted with Mishkin's urgent letter for Leon. Leon plays it off as the exact thing they need to answer their problems. [[spoiler:In actuality the letter has no importance at all, Leon's just lying.]]
* DesignatedVillain: A strange DoubleSubversion happens with Count Gregor. He is initially presented as this with a ridiculous 'bad guy' outfit and causes all of the villagers to tremble with fear when the only "bad" thing he wants to do is marry a pretty girl and break the curse. Later he even {{Lampshades}} this and expresses his wish to just be liked. He then seemingly has a PetTheDog moment when he [[spoiler:adopts Leon so that he can marry Sophia and break the curse as a Yousekevitch...only for him to interrupt the ceremony, point out that Leon isn't actually adopted and try to force Sophia to marry him, all while revealing that he actually is as bad as everyone said.]]
* TheDitz: The '' entire cast''.
* TheFool: It's in the title, after all.
* FridgeLogic: A lot, mainly since the curse is very inconsistent. But it could also double as FridgeBrilliance since the curse [[spoiler:isn't real, just a placebo effect on the villagers, so why should the curse make sense?]]
* GenderBender: In many productions Snetsky, Mishkin, Slovitch and the magistrate are played by women.
* TheHecateSisters: The three women in the cast ([[GenderBender Well, usually]]). Sophia is the Maiden, Lenya the Mother and Yenchna the crone.
* IdenticalGrandson: Sophia is the key to breaking the curse due to her being the direct descendent of the original Sophia Zubritsky who caused the curse.
* InfoDump: Several scenes, most notably Act 1, Scene 3. Leon's narration often delves into this too.
* TheIngenue: Sophia.
* IncrediblyLamePun
* ItsPronouncedTropay: "Cool-yen-che-kov", "You-sa-kev-itch"
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[spoiler:Count Gregor]].
* LargeHam: The actor playing Count Gregor is miscast if he doesn't act like this. Basically everyone though, it ''is'' a WorldOfHam.
* LittleKnownFacts: The villagers are full of them.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Leon and Sophia.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll
--> Leon: There are twenty-four hours in a day.
--> Gregor: I believe you are thinking of February, sir.
* TheMusical: Kulyenchikov: A Musical Fable
* NoFourthWall: Both Leon and Gregor talk to the audience and at one point Leon warns the audience that they too are susceptible to the curse since they are technically sitting in Kulyenchikov.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: Leon]]
* OnlySaneMan: Leon is the only character not victim to the curse, so he would be the obvious choice for this. However, Count Gregor seems to think he is the OnlySaneMan, as well.
* OriginalCastPrecedent: Sophia is the only one who does not have an accent. Similarly sets tend to have a sign carrying a town motto that isn't mentioned anywhere in the script: "If Ignorance is Bliss, then this place must truly be Paradise".
* OverlyLongName: Leon Steponovitch Tolchinsky, Sophia Irena Elynya Zubritsky and Count Gregor Mikhailovitch Breznofsky Fyodor Yousekevitch.
* PhraseCatcher: '''"Tremble! Tremble!"'''
* TheDitz: Slovitch. The other villagers think this of Sophia but, all things considered, she isn't that bad.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Sophia and the original Sophia, whose beauty literally caused a curse.
* StealthParody: Of [[AntonChekhov Chekhov]]
* StraightMan: Leon and, to a lesser extent, the Magistrate.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Leon, Gregor
* TeacherStudentRomance: Leon and Sophia
* TedBaxter: Count Yousekevitch and Yenchna, though it depends on their portrayer more than anything.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: What makes everyone fear Count Gregor? He wants to marry a pretty girl and break the curse that's been plaguing them!
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: [[spoiler: After the curse was broken The Magistrate became a great judge, but fell into corruption and eventually was convicted for fraud. Mishkin gave up the postal service and wrote a six-hundred page novel on the Curse of Kulyenchikov, only to have it lost in the mail. Slovitch confirmed his greatest fears of being hopelessly stupid, when he bought four butcher shops in a town that only needed one and went bankrupt within a month. Snetsky found his sheep, and eventually in time became a great philanthropist. Yenchna went into real estate and now owns seventeen houses in Kulyenchikov, including Count Gregor's mansion. Lenya became the first female mayor of Kulyenchikov. Dr. Zubritsky got accepted into a school of medicine and interior design became an esteemed doctor and now works for the Royal Family. Count Gregor renounced his bad ways and became the town monk. Leon continues to teach, and Sophia happily bore their child.]]
* WorldOfHam
* YouNeedToGetLaid: Count Gregor wonders if this is why he is so unhappy.
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