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* SocietyMarchesOn: In 2007, when the play was written, a President who supported gay marriage was considered to be committing electoral suicide, as gay marriage was outlawed both federally and in a large number of states. Less than a decade later, the federal Defense of Marriage Act was found to be unconstitutional.
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* RelievedFailure: President Smith decides to commit career suicide by officiating a wedding between his head speechwriter and her girlfriend (the play was written back in 2007, before the national Defense of Marriage Act was repealed.) He knows that by breaking a federal law and officiating a same-sex marriage, he will alienate voters and lose re-election, but decides that being President is too stressful and offers too few opportunities for graft.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Reading the play, it's natural to expect Smith to be played as a parody of UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, but Nathan Lane [[AvertedTrope did no such thing]].
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Reading the play, it's natural to expect Smith to be played as a parody of UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, as he was still the President when the play came out, but Nathan Lane [[AvertedTrope did no such thing]].
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* SocietyMarchesOn: In 2007, when the play was written, a President who supported gay marriage was considered to be committing electoral suicide, as gay marriage was outlawed both federally and in a large number of states. Less than a decade later, the federal Defense of Marriage Act was found to be unconstitutional.
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''November'' is a 2008 comedic play by Creator/DavidMamet. It premiered on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on January 17, 2008, and ran until July of that year. The production was directed by Joe Mantello, and starred Nathan Lane as Charles Smith, incumbent President of the United States in need of serious help to win the upcoming election. Laurie Metcalf was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Smith's lesbian speechwriter Clarice Bernstein, who tries to persuade Smith to support gay marriage.
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''November'' is a 2008 comedic play by Creator/DavidMamet. It premiered on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on January 17, 2008, and ran until July of that year. The production was directed by Joe Mantello, and starred Nathan Lane Creator/NathanLane as Charles Smith, incumbent President of the United States in need of serious help to win the upcoming election. Laurie Metcalf was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Smith's lesbian speechwriter Clarice Bernstein, who tries to persuade Smith to support gay marriage.
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* MagicalNativeAmerican (Played with in the form of Dwight Grackle)
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* MagicalNativeAmerican (Played MagicalNativeAmerican: Played with in the form of Dwight Grackle)Grackle, who fits several aspects of the trope, being a Native American with a spiritual bent, but he's not especially magical, and much of his posturing is a cynical ploy.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed (Reading the play, its natural to expect Smith to be played as a Bush parody--Nathan Lane [[AvertedTrope did no such thing]])
* NoNameGiven (The representative for the National Association of Turkey Manufacturers)
* NoNameGiven (The representative for the National Association of Turkey Manufacturers)
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed (Reading NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Reading the play, its it's natural to expect Smith to be played as a Bush parody--Nathan parody of UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, but Nathan Lane [[AvertedTrope did no such thing]])
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* OurActsAreDifferent
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''November'' is a 2008 comedic play by DavidMamet. It premiered on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on January 17, 2008, and ran until July of that year. The production was directed by Joe Mantello, and starred Nathan Lane as Charles Smith, incumbent President of the United States in need of serious help to win the upcoming election. Laurie Metcalf was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Smith's lesbian speechwriter Clarice Bernstein, who tries to persuade Smith to support gay marriage.
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''November'' is a 2008 comedic play by DavidMamet.Creator/DavidMamet. It premiered on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on January 17, 2008, and ran until July of that year. The production was directed by Joe Mantello, and starred Nathan Lane as Charles Smith, incumbent President of the United States in need of serious help to win the upcoming election. Laurie Metcalf was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Smith's lesbian speechwriter Clarice Bernstein, who tries to persuade Smith to support gay marriage.
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* OneSceneWonder (Dwight Grackle; of course, the fact that he appears on in the ''final'' scene helps)
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''November'' is a 2008 comedic play by DavidMamet. It premiered on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on January 17, 2008, and ran until July of that year. The production was directed by Joe Mantello, and starred Nathan Lane as Charles Smith, incumbent President of the United States in need of serious help to win the upcoming election. Laurie Metcalf was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Smith's lesbian speechwriter Clarice Bernstein, who tries to persuade Smith to support gay marriage.
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!!This play contains examples of:
* MagicalNativeAmerican (Played with in the form of Dwight Grackle)
* MametSpeak
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed (Reading the play, its natural to expect Smith to be played as a Bush parody--Nathan Lane [[AvertedTrope did no such thing]])
* NoNameGiven (The representative for the National Association of Turkey Manufacturers)
* OneSceneWonder (Dwight Grackle; of course, the fact that he appears on in the ''final'' scene helps)
* OurActsAreDifferent
* SleazyPolitician (Smith)
* YesMan (Archer)
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!!This play contains examples of:
* MagicalNativeAmerican (Played with in the form of Dwight Grackle)
* MametSpeak
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed (Reading the play, its natural to expect Smith to be played as a Bush parody--Nathan Lane [[AvertedTrope did no such thing]])
* NoNameGiven (The representative for the National Association of Turkey Manufacturers)
* OneSceneWonder (Dwight Grackle; of course, the fact that he appears on in the ''final'' scene helps)
* OurActsAreDifferent
* SleazyPolitician (Smith)
* YesMan (Archer)
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