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Being southern's not just being in the south''
-->-- '''Leo Frank''', "How Can I Call This Home"
-->-- '''Leo Frank''', "How Can I Call This Home"
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Being southern's Southern's not just being in the south''
South''
-->-- '''Leo Frank''', "How Can I Call ThisHome"
Home?"
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* ACappella: The last note in "The Old Red Hills of Home" is sung without accompaniment. In the revised version that played in London, the chorus of the reprise in the finale starts out this way also.
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* ACappella: The last note in "The Old Red Hills of Home" is sung without accompaniment. In the revised version that played in London, version, the chorus of the reprise in the finale starts out this way also.as well.
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** Governor John Slaton who reopens Frank's case after his prior inaction.l and ultimately [[spoiler: saves him from hanging (temporarily)]] even though such an action will ruin his career and reputation.
** Subverted by Jim Conley. When Slaton comes to review his testimony he admits to wanting to correct a falsity, but then reveals it's just a minor detail that still implicates Frank.
** Subverted by Jim Conley. When Slaton comes to review his testimony he admits to wanting to correct a falsity, but then reveals it's just a minor detail that still implicates Frank.
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** In the original version, the Judge, who, knowing his time on earth is nearly over, writes Governor Slaton a letter urging him to re-examine the case in Act II.
** Governor JohnSlaton Slaton, who reopens Frank's case after his prior inaction.l inaction and ultimately [[spoiler: saves him from hanging (temporarily)]] (temporarily),]] even though such an action will ruin his career and reputation.
** Subverted by Jim Conley. When Slaton comes to review histestimony testimony, he admits to wanting to correct a falsity, but then reveals it's just a minor detail that still implicates Frank.
** Governor John
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* TheBadGuyWins
* BigBadDuumvirate: Hugh Dorsey and Tom Watson. They’re a BigBadEnsemble at first before they team up during "Where Will You Stand When the Flood Comes".
* BigBadDuumvirate: Hugh Dorsey and Tom Watson. They’re a BigBadEnsemble at first before they team up during "Where Will You Stand When the Flood Comes".
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* TheBadGuyWins
TheBadGuyWins: By the end of the show, Hugh Dorsey is elected Governor, Jim Conley never faces justice for killing Mary, and the [[spoiler: lynch mob that killed Leo]] is never caught.
* BigBadDuumvirate: Hugh Dorsey and Tom Watson. They’re a BigBadEnsemble at first before they team up during "Where Will You Stand When the FloodComes".Comes."
* BigBadDuumvirate: Hugh Dorsey and Tom Watson. They’re a BigBadEnsemble at first before they team up during "Where Will You Stand When the Flood
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* CrowdSong: The second part of "The Old Red Hills of Home", "There is a Fountain", "Hammer of Justice," and "Where Will You Stand When the Flood Comes".
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* CrowdSong: The second part of "The Old Red Hills of Home", Home," "There is a Fountain", Fountain," "Hammer of Justice," and "Where Will You Stand When the Flood Comes".Comes."
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** The "Finale" number wraps up with a reprise of "The Old Red Hills of Home". Interestingly handled, in that the scoring does not change from the soaring, inspiring theme of the opening, but the meaning is completely different, as the people singing are no longer young Confederate soldiers but [[spoiler: members of TheKlan]]. The effect is quite chilling.
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** The "Finale" number wraps up with a reprise of "The Old Red Hills of Home". Home." Interestingly handled, in that the scoring does not change from the soaring, inspiring theme of the opening, but the meaning is completely different, as the people singing are no longer young Confederate soldiers but [[spoiler: members of TheKlan]]. The effect is quite chilling.
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* DeathSong: Leo sings the "Sh'ma", to the tune of "The Old Red Hills of Home", right before he is lynched.
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* DeathSong: [[spoiler: Leo sings the "Sh'ma", to the tune of "The Old Red Hills of Home", Home," right before he is lynched.]]
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* DepravedBisexual: Leo is accused of this, as well as [[PaedoHunt pedophilia,]] during "Real Big News" as Britt Craig's smear campaign on him begins.
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* DepravedBisexual: Leo is accused of this, as well as [[PaedoHunt pedophilia,]] during "Real Big News" as Britt Craig's smear campaign on him begins. Jim Conley also mentions it in his testimony during "That's What He Said."
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* TheElevenOClockNumber: "All the Wasted Time", a FinalLoveDuet between Leo and Lucille.
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* TheElevenOClockNumber: "All the Wasted Time", Time," a FinalLoveDuet between Leo and Lucille.
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** Leo's lawyer; Luther Z. Rosser. He initially seems like a smart enough man and acts confident that he'll win the day, but he's absolutely terrible at his job. He do nothing to fight back against all of the prosecution's ruthless tricks, even though we later see it would be quite easy to disprove their claims. His whole defense relies on getting an un-coached Leo to get an emotional response through his surprise statement. Appealing to solely to emotion rather than using simple logic to prove innocence is already a bad idea in court, but it's especially foolish since he knows that the town is already overcome with emotion and hate for his client. The revised version of the show makes him come off even worse as he doesn't even have that plan going for him, the point where you might think he wants Leo to lose based on such inaction.
** Frankie Epps clearly sees himself as the heroic avenger of his friend and crush Mary Phagan. Except in his attempts to take justice against Leo Frank, he's nothing more than a pawn targeting a man who had no involvement in Mary's death. And in his attempts at revenge, he lies on the stand about Leo's guilt while falsely portraying himself in a valiant hero who's desired by Mary, with his next act against Leo being [[spoiler: to lynch him, which then jumpstarts a new group of the KKK.]]
** Frankie Epps clearly sees himself as the heroic avenger of his friend and crush Mary Phagan. Except in his attempts to take justice against Leo Frank, he's nothing more than a pawn targeting a man who had no involvement in Mary's death. And in his attempts at revenge, he lies on the stand about Leo's guilt while falsely portraying himself in a valiant hero who's desired by Mary, with his next act against Leo being [[spoiler: to lynch him, which then jumpstarts a new group of the KKK.]]
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** Leo's lawyer; Luther Z. Rosser. He initially seems like a smart enough man and acts confident that he'll win the day, but he's absolutely terrible at his job. He do nothing to fight back against all of the prosecution's ruthless tricks, even though we later see it would be quite easy to disprove their claims. His whole defense relies on getting an un-coached Leo to get an emotional response through his surprise statement. Appealing to solely to emotion rather than using simple logic to prove innocence is already a bad idea in court, but it's especially foolish since he knows that the town is already overcome with emotion and hate for his client. The revised version of the show makes him come off even worse worse, as he doesn't even have that ''that'' plan going for him, to the point where you might think he wants Leo to lose based on such inaction.
** Frankie Epps clearly sees himself as the heroic avenger of his friend and crush Mary Phagan. Except in his attempts to take justice against Leo Frank, he's nothing more than a pawn targeting a man who had no involvement in Mary's death. And in his attempts at revenge, he lies on the stand about Leo's guilt while falsely portraying himself in a valiant hero who's desired by Mary, with his next act against Leo being [[spoiler: to lynch him, which then jumpstarts a new group ofthe KKK.TheKlan.]]
** Frankie Epps clearly sees himself as the heroic avenger of his friend and crush Mary Phagan. Except in his attempts to take justice against Leo Frank, he's nothing more than a pawn targeting a man who had no involvement in Mary's death. And in his attempts at revenge, he lies on the stand about Leo's guilt while falsely portraying himself in a valiant hero who's desired by Mary, with his next act against Leo being [[spoiler: to lynch him, which then jumpstarts a new group of
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* GriefSong: "It Don't Make Sense", the number played during Mary's funeral.
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* GriefSong: "It Don't Make Sense", Sense," the number played during Mary's funeral.
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* HopeSpot: "This Is Not Over Yet". Lucille successfully convinces Governor Slaton to re-open Leo's case, and Leo and Lucille sing an exuberant duet about their fortunes finally changing. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, even though Slaton commutes Leo's sentence to life imprisonment, a mob takes it upon themselves to abduct Leo and carry out the original death sentence.]]
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* HopeSpot: "This Is Not Over Yet". Yet." Lucille successfully convinces Governor Slaton to re-open Leo's case, and Leo and Lucille sing an exuberant duet about their fortunes finally changing. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, even though Slaton commutes Leo's sentence to life imprisonment, a mob takes it upon themselves to abduct Leo and carry out the original death sentence.]]
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* ImagineSpot: "Come Up To My Office," which displays Leo as a lecherous, predatory monster based on the (false) testimonies of the factory girls he employed.
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* ImagineSpot: "Come Up To My Office," which displays Leo as a lecherous, predatory monster based on the (false) false testimonies of the factory girls he employed.
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** Jim Conley who is blackmailed into framing Leo and takes the stand with a fiery, chaotic performance.
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** Jim Conley Conley, who is blackmailed into framing Leo and takes the stand with a fiery, chaotic performance.
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* MalevolentMaskedMen: [[spoiler: The armed lynch mob that kidnapped Leo from prison.]]
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* MalevolentMaskedMen: [[spoiler: The armed lynch mob that kidnapped kidnaps Leo from prison.]]
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* MassiveMultiplayerEnsembleNumber: "Real Big News", "Where Will You Stand When the Flood Comes?"
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* MassiveMultiplayerEnsembleNumber: "Real Big News", News," "Where Will You Stand When the Flood Comes?"
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* OneWordTitle: ''Parade''. Initially it was named ''"I Love a Parade"'' but the writers changed it for fear of being misleading, given the subject matter.
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: Initially, Leo's scene with Mary before her death ends just after he gives Mary her payment for the day. In the "Finale," [[spoiler:after Leo's lynching]], we see the scene play out again, this time in full and proving beyond any doubt that Leo didn't harm her.
* OneWordTitle: ''Parade''.Initially Initially, it was named ''"I ''I Love a Parade"'' Parade'', but the writers changed it for fear of being misleading, given the subject matter.
* OneWordTitle: ''Parade''.
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%%* SmugSnake: Britt Craig.
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* TenorBoy: Frankie Epps is a subversion. He's certainly idealistic, devoted to the memory of her, and wants to see (who he thinks is) the murderer face justice. However, his commitment to avenging Mary causes him to target an innocent man and commit crimes such as lying on the stand and [[spoiler: murdering Leo.]]
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* TenorBoy: Frankie Epps is a subversion. He's certainly idealistic, devoted to the memory of her, Mary, and wants to see (who he thinks is) the murderer face justice. However, his commitment to avenging Mary causes him to target an innocent man and commit crimes such as lying on the stand and [[spoiler: murdering Leo.]]
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* AntiVillain: Frankie, who only [[spoiler: takes part in Leo's lynching because he honestly believes Leo is guilty.]] Though his willingness to lie on the stand can put this title into doubt.
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** Frankie Epps clearly sees himself as the heroic avenger of his friend and crush Mary Phagan. Except in his attempts to take justice against Leo Frank, he's nothing more than a pawn targeting a man who had no involvement in Mary's death. And in his attempts at revenge, he lies on the stand about Leo's guilt while falsely portraying himself in a valiant hero whose desired by Mary, with his next act against Leo being [[spoiler: to lynch him, which then jumpstarts a new group of the KKK.]]
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** Frankie Epps clearly sees himself as the heroic avenger of his friend and crush Mary Phagan. Except in his attempts to take justice against Leo Frank, he's nothing more than a pawn targeting a man who had no involvement in Mary's death. And in his attempts at revenge, he lies on the stand about Leo's guilt while falsely portraying himself in a valiant hero whose who's desired by Mary, with his next act against Leo being [[spoiler: to lynch him, which then jumpstarts a new group of the KKK.]]
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* FakeUltimateHero: Leo's lawyer; Luther Z. Rosser. He initially seems like a smart enough man and acts confident that he'll win the day, but he's absolutely terrible at his job. He do nothing to fight back against all of the prosecution's ruthless tricks, even though we later see it would be quite easy to disprove their claims. His whole defense relies on getting an un-coached Leo to get an emotional response through his surprise statement. Appealing to solely to emotion rather than using simple logic to prove innocence is already a bad idea in court, but it's especially foolish since he knows that the town is already overcome with emotion and hate for his client. The revised version of the show makes him come off even worse as he doesn't even have that plan going for him, the point where you might think he wants Leo to lose based on such inaction.
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* FakeUltimateHero: FakeUltimateHero:
** Leo's lawyer; Luther Z. Rosser. He initially seems like a smart enough man and acts confident that he'll win the day, but he's absolutely terrible at his job. He do nothing to fight back against all of the prosecution's ruthless tricks, even though we later see it would be quite easy to disprove their claims. His whole defense relies on getting an un-coached Leo to get an emotional response through his surprise statement. Appealing to solely to emotion rather than using simple logic to prove innocence is already a bad idea in court, but it's especially foolish since he knows that the town is already overcome with emotion and hate for his client. The revised version of the show makes him come off even worse as he doesn't even have that plan going for him, the point where you might think he wants Leo to lose based on suchinaction.inaction.
** Frankie Epps clearly sees himself as the heroic avenger of his friend and crush Mary Phagan. Except in his attempts to take justice against Leo Frank, he's nothing more than a pawn targeting a man who had no involvement in Mary's death. And in his attempts at revenge, he lies on the stand about Leo's guilt while falsely portraying himself in a valiant hero whose desired by Mary, with his next act against Leo being [[spoiler: to lynch him, which then jumpstarts a new group of the KKK.]]
** Leo's lawyer; Luther Z. Rosser. He initially seems like a smart enough man and acts confident that he'll win the day, but he's absolutely terrible at his job. He do nothing to fight back against all of the prosecution's ruthless tricks, even though we later see it would be quite easy to disprove their claims. His whole defense relies on getting an un-coached Leo to get an emotional response through his surprise statement. Appealing to solely to emotion rather than using simple logic to prove innocence is already a bad idea in court, but it's especially foolish since he knows that the town is already overcome with emotion and hate for his client. The revised version of the show makes him come off even worse as he doesn't even have that plan going for him, the point where you might think he wants Leo to lose based on such
** Frankie Epps clearly sees himself as the heroic avenger of his friend and crush Mary Phagan. Except in his attempts to take justice against Leo Frank, he's nothing more than a pawn targeting a man who had no involvement in Mary's death. And in his attempts at revenge, he lies on the stand about Leo's guilt while falsely portraying himself in a valiant hero whose desired by Mary, with his next act against Leo being [[spoiler: to lynch him, which then jumpstarts a new group of the KKK.]]
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* TheAtoner:
** Governor John Slaton who reopens Frank's case after his prior inaction.l and ultimately [[spoiler: saves him from hanging (temporarily)]] even though such an action will ruin his career and reputation.
** Subverted by Jim Conley. When Slaton comes to review his testimony he admits to wanting to correct a falsity, but then reveals it's just a minor detail that still implicates Frank.
** Governor John Slaton who reopens Frank's case after his prior inaction.l and ultimately [[spoiler: saves him from hanging (temporarily)]] even though such an action will ruin his career and reputation.
** Subverted by Jim Conley. When Slaton comes to review his testimony he admits to wanting to correct a falsity, but then reveals it's just a minor detail that still implicates Frank.
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* LargeHam: Herndon Lackey as prosecutor Hugh Dorsey:
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** Herndon Lackey as prosecutor Hugh Dorsey:
** Jim Conley who is blackmailed into framing Leo and takes the stand with a fiery, chaotic performance.
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* TenorBoy: Though most of the cast are tenors, this is definitely Mary's friend Frankie Epps. He's certainly idealistic, devoted to the memory of her, and wants to see (who he thinks is) the murderer face justice.
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* TenorBoy: Though most of the cast are tenors, this is definitely Mary's friend Frankie Epps.Epps is a subversion. He's certainly idealistic, devoted to the memory of her, and wants to see (who he thinks is) the murderer face justice. However, his commitment to avenging Mary causes him to target an innocent man and commit crimes such as lying on the stand and [[spoiler: murdering Leo.]]
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* FakeUltimateHero: Leo's lawyer; Luther Z. Rosser. He initially seems like a smart enough man and acts confident that he'll win the day, but he's absolutely terrible at his job. He do nothing to fight back against all of the prosecution's ruthless tricks, even though we later see it would be quite easy to disprove their claims. His whole defense relies on getting an un-coached Leo to get an emotional response through his surprise statement. Appealing to solely to emotion rather than using simple logic to prove innocence is already a bad idea in court, but it's especially foolish since he knows that the town is already overcome with emotion and hate for his client. The revised version of the show makes him come off even worse as he doesn't even have that plan going for him, the point where you might think he wants Leo to lose based on such inaction.
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* DownerEnding: Coupled with ForegoneConclusion. [[spoiler:Leo gets [[VigilanteExecution lynched]] for a crime he didn't commit. Mary's rapist and murderer, implied to be Jim, gets off scot-free. Britt is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone remorseful]] for his part in the smear campaign against Leo.]]
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* DownerEnding: Coupled with ForegoneConclusion. [[spoiler:Leo gets [[VigilanteExecution lynched]] for a crime he didn't commit. Mary's rapist and murderer, implied to be Jim, gets off scot-free. Britt is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone remorseful]] for his part in the smear campaign against Leo. Tom and Hugh get exactly what they want.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: Jim Conley. [[spoiler: He rapes and murders a girl, but Leo Frank takes the fall for it and is eventually lynched. Also, Conley testifies against Frank in court. None of the Klan members who lynch Frank are ever punished either. And Hugh Dorsey, despite actions that should gotten him disbarred or at least suspended/censured, is eventually elected Governor of Georgia, while Tom Watson presumably continues to write for his newspaper without his actions being discovered.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: Jim Conley. [[spoiler: He rapes and murders a girl, but Leo Frank takes the fall for it and is eventually lynched. Also, Conley testifies against Frank in court. None of the Klan members who lynch Frank are ever punished either. And Hugh Dorsey, despite actions that should gotten him disbarred or at least suspended/censured, is eventually elected Governor of Georgia, while Tom Watson presumably continues to write for his newspaper without his actions being discovered. Britt Craig goes back to covering "the police beat", and his remorse over his part in Frank's death is not mentioned as having any effect on his tactics.]]
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* IntrepidReporter: Britt Craig.
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* IntrepidReporter: Britt Craig.Craig thinks he's this, but he's actually an ImmoralJournalist whose smear campaign against Leo Frank contributed towards the prosecution's efforts in [[spoiler:ensuring the death of an innocent man.]]
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* DepravedBisexual: Leo is accused of this, as well as [[PaedoHunt pedophilia,]] during "Real Big News" as Britt Craig's smear campaign on him begins.
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* TemptingFate:
** Leo's entire first verses in "This Is Not Over Yet" exults over how he's definitely not going to die and will win the day.
** Leo and Lucille's final conversation.
---> '''Leo:''' So how do we bribe the warden to let us do this again?
---> '''Lucille:''' We won’t have to, Silly. You’ll be home.
---> '''Leo:''' I love you.
---> '''Lucille:''' I love you, too. See you Sunday.
---> '''Lucille:''' See you Sunday.
** Leo's entire first verses in "This Is Not Over Yet" exults over how he's definitely not going to die and will win the day.
** Leo and Lucille's final conversation.
---> '''Leo:''' So how do we bribe the warden to let us do this again?
---> '''Lucille:''' We won’t have to, Silly. You’ll be home.
---> '''Leo:''' I love you.
---> '''Lucille:''' I love you, too. See you Sunday.
---> '''Lucille:''' See you Sunday.
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* TheElevenOClockNumber: "All the Wasted Time", a LoveDuet between Leo and Lucille.
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* TheElevenOClockNumber: "All the Wasted Time", a LoveDuet FinalLoveDuet between Leo and Lucille.
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* DownerEnding: Coupled with ForegoneConclusion. [[spoiler:Leo gets [[VigilanteExecution lynched]] for a crime he didn't commit. Mary's rapist and murderer, implied to be Jim, gets off scot-free. Britt is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone remorseful]] for his part in the smear campaign against Leo.
* TheElevenOClockNumber: "All the Wasted Time".
* TheElevenOClockNumber: "All the Wasted Time".
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* DownerEnding: Coupled with ForegoneConclusion. [[spoiler:Leo gets [[VigilanteExecution lynched]] for a crime he didn't commit. Mary's rapist and murderer, implied to be Jim, gets off scot-free. Britt is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone remorseful]] for his part in the smear campaign against Leo. \n]]
* TheElevenOClockNumber: "All the WastedTime".Time", a LoveDuet between Leo and Lucille.
* TheElevenOClockNumber: "All the Wasted
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* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:Officer Ivy, a member of the lynch mob that kidnaps Leo Frank and hangs him after he's spared from the death penalty, is the one who suggests sparing Leo's life if he simply "confesses", and upon seeing Leo refuse to, in tears, declaring that [[FaceDeathWithDignity whatever God's plan for him is, he knows for certain it isn't for him to stand up and tell a bald-faced lie]], realizes with horror that Leo Frank is in fact innocent. S/he fails to convince the others of this, refuses to take further part in the lynching, and has to stand aside in horror as the others hang Leo.]]
* DistantDuet: "Leo at Work / What Am I Waiting For?" Leo is at his office; Lucille is at her vanity. Also notable in that Leo and Lucille are singing completely different songs that keep stepping on each other's heels, conveying how disconnected and unsatisfied they are at the beginning of the play.
* DistantPrologue: The first scene in the play and the first half of the opening number take place in 1862, fifty-one years before the plot begins.
* DownerEnding
* DistantDuet: "Leo at Work / What Am I Waiting For?" Leo is at his office; Lucille is at her vanity. Also notable in that Leo and Lucille are singing completely different songs that keep stepping on each other's heels, conveying how disconnected and unsatisfied they are at the beginning of the play.
* DistantPrologue: The first scene in the play and the first half of the opening number take place in 1862, fifty-one years before the plot begins.
* DownerEnding
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* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:Officer Ivy, Ivey, a member of the lynch mob that kidnaps Leo Frank and hangs him after he's spared from the death penalty, is the one who suggests sparing Leo's life if he simply "confesses", and upon confesses. Upon seeing a tearful Leo refuse to, in tears, declaring that [[FaceDeathWithDignity whatever God's plan for him is, he knows for certain it isn't for him refuse to stand "stand up and tell a bald-faced lie]], lie",]] Ivey realizes with horror that Leo Frank is in fact innocent. S/he He fails to convince the others of this, refuses to take further part in the lynching, and has to stand aside in horror as the others hang Leo.]]
* DistantDuet: "Leo at Work / What Am I Waiting For?" Leo is at his office; Lucille is at her vanity. Also notable in that Leo and Lucille are singing completely different songs that keep stepping on each other's heels, conveying how disconnected and unsatisfied they are at the beginning of theplay.
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* DistantPrologue: The first scene in theplay show and the first half of the opening number take place in 1862, fifty-one years before the plot begins.
*DownerEndingDownerEnding: Coupled with ForegoneConclusion. [[spoiler:Leo gets [[VigilanteExecution lynched]] for a crime he didn't commit. Mary's rapist and murderer, implied to be Jim, gets off scot-free. Britt is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone remorseful]] for his part in the smear campaign against Leo.
* DistantDuet: "Leo at Work / What Am I Waiting For?" Leo is at his office; Lucille is at her vanity. Also notable in that Leo and Lucille are singing completely different songs that keep stepping on each other's heels, conveying how disconnected and unsatisfied they are at the beginning of the
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* ForegoneConclusion: Since it's based on history...
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* ForegoneConclusion: Since it's the show is based on history...historical events, a DownerEnding is guaranteed.
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-->'''Dorsey''': "There will be but one verdict in this trial: Guilty! ... Guilty ... GUILTY!!" [[spoiler: Taken directly from court transcripts.]]
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-->'''Dorsey''': "There will be but one verdict in this trial: Guilty! ... Guilty ... GUILTY!!" [[spoiler: Taken (Taken directly from court transcripts.]])]]
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* MalevolentMaskedMen: [[spoiler: The lynch mob.]]
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* MalevolentMaskedMen: [[spoiler: The armed lynch mob.mob that kidnapped Leo from prison.]]
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* OneWordTitle
* PersecutedIntellectuals: The violently anti-Semitic people of rural Georgia are already suspicious of Leo Frank because he is Jewish, but the fact that he is one of the few men in town with a college degree doesn't help matters, something Britt points out in "Real Big News." Prosecutor Hugh Dorsey, milking the SimpleCountryLawyer persona for all it's worth, even cites Leo's "big fancy talk" as evidence that he can't be trusted.
* PersecutedIntellectuals: The violently anti-Semitic people of rural Georgia are already suspicious of Leo Frank because he is Jewish, but the fact that he is one of the few men in town with a college degree doesn't help matters, something Britt points out in "Real Big News." Prosecutor Hugh Dorsey, milking the SimpleCountryLawyer persona for all it's worth, even cites Leo's "big fancy talk" as evidence that he can't be trusted.
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* OneWordTitle
OneWordTitle: ''Parade''. Initially it was named ''"I Love a Parade"'' but the writers changed it for fear of being misleading, given the subject matter.
* PersecutedIntellectuals:The As Britt points out in "Real Big News", the violently anti-Semitic people of rural Georgia are already suspicious of Leo Frank because he is Jewish, but the fact that he is one of the few men in town with a college degree doesn't help matters, something Britt points out in "Real Big News." matters. Prosecutor Hugh Dorsey, milking the SimpleCountryLawyer persona for all it's worth, even cites Leo's "big fancy talk" as evidence that he can't be trusted.
* PersecutedIntellectuals:
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* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: {{Lampshaded}}.
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* SmugSnake: Britt Craig.
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* TenorBoy: Though most of the cast are tenors, this is definitely Mary's friend Frankie Epps.
* VigilanteExecution: [[spoiler:When Leo's conviction is changed death to life imprisonment, a mob decides to take matters into their own hands, abduct Leo from prison and lynch him]].
* VillainSong: Tons, but collectively "Where Will You Stand When the Flood Comes?"
** "That's What He Said" for Jim Conley is also important.
* VigilanteExecution: [[spoiler:When Leo's conviction is changed death to life imprisonment, a mob decides to take matters into their own hands, abduct Leo from prison and lynch him]].
* VillainSong: Tons, but collectively "Where Will You Stand When the Flood Comes?"
** "That's What He Said" for Jim Conley is also important.
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* TenorBoy: Though most of the cast are tenors, this is definitely Mary's friend Frankie Epps.
Epps. He's certainly idealistic, devoted to the memory of her, and wants to see (who he thinks is) the murderer face justice.
* VigilanteExecution: [[spoiler:When Leo's conviction is changed death to life imprisonment, a mob decides to take matters into their own hands, abduct Leo from prison and lynchhim]].
him.]]
* VillainSong: Tons, butcollectively collectively, "Where Will You Stand When the Flood Comes?"
** "That's What He Said" for JimConley is also important.Conley.
* VigilanteExecution: [[spoiler:When Leo's conviction is changed death to life imprisonment, a mob decides to take matters into their own hands, abduct Leo from prison and lynch
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* VigilanteExecution: [[spoiler:When Leo's conviction is changed death to life imprisonment, a mob decides to take matters into their own hands, abduct Leo from prison and lynch him]].
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* AntiVillain: Frankie, who only [[spoiler: takes part in Leo's lynching because he honestly believes Leo is guilty.]]
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* AntiVillain: Frankie, who only [[spoiler: takes part in Leo's lynching because he honestly believes Leo is guilty.]]]] Though his willingness to lie on the stand can put this title into doubt.
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* GoodIsDumb: Leo's lawyer Rosser is pretty damn awful at his job, but he genuinely thought his client was innocent and was doing his best to get him proven innocent.
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* BigBadDuumvirate: Hugh Dorsey and Tom Watson.
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* BigBadDuumvirate: Hugh Dorsey and Tom Watson. They’re a BigBadEnsemble at first before they team up during "Where Will You Stand When the Flood Comes".
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** "That's What He Said" for [[MagnificentBastard Jim Conley]] is also important.
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** "That's What He Said" for [[MagnificentBastard Jim Conley]] Conley is also important.
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-->-- '''Leo''', "How Can I Call This Home"
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-->-- '''Leo''', '''Leo Frank''', "How Can I Call This Home"
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* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins]]TheBadGuyWins
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* [[spoiler:DeathSong: Leo sings the "Sh'ma", to the tune of "The Old Red Hills of Home", right before he is lynched.]]
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* [[spoiler:DeathSong: DeathSong: Leo sings the "Sh'ma", to the tune of "The Old Red Hills of Home", right before he is lynched.]]
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* [[spoiler:IDieFree:]] [[spoiler:At the end, Lucille sings that Leo is "finally free".]]
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* IDieFree: [[spoiler:At the end, Lucille sings that Leo is "finally free".]]
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: [[https://infogalactic.com/info/Leo_Frank#Murder_of_Mary_Phagan Leo Frank was the murderer in real life]].
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Dorsey, Frankie, and anyone else involved with the prosecution.
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: [[https://infogalactic.com/info/Leo_Frank#Murder_of_Mary_Phagan Leo Frank was the murderer in real life]].
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Dorsey, Frankie, and anyone else involved with the prosecution.
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: [[https://infogalactic.com/info/Leo_Frank#Murder_of_Mary_Phagan Leo Frank was the murderer in real life]].
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Leo.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: [[spoiler:Dorsey and Frankie in regards to Leo's lynching]]
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Leo.
[[https://infogalactic.com/info/Leo_Frank#Murder_of_Mary_Phagan Leo Frank was the murderer in real life]].
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade:[[spoiler:Dorsey Dorsey, Frankie, and Frankie in regards to Leo's lynching]]anyone else involved with the prosecution.
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* DarkReprise: The "Finale" number wraps up with a reprise of "The Old Red Hills of Home". Interestingly handled, in that the scoring does not change from the soaring, inspiring theme of the opening, but the meaning is completely different, as the people singing are no longer young Confederate soldiers but [[spoiler: members of TheKlan]]. The effect is quite chilling.
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* DarkReprise: DarkReprise:
** The "Finale" number wraps up with a reprise of "The Old Red Hills of Home". Interestingly handled, in that the scoring does not change from the soaring, inspiring theme of the opening, but the meaning is completely different, as the people singing are no longer young Confederate soldiers but [[spoiler: members of TheKlan]]. The effect is quite chilling.
** The "Finale" number wraps up with a reprise of "The Old Red Hills of Home". Interestingly handled, in that the scoring does not change from the soaring, inspiring theme of the opening, but the meaning is completely different, as the people singing are no longer young Confederate soldiers but [[spoiler: members of TheKlan]]. The effect is quite chilling.
** More overtly, "Real Big News" reprises the melody of "The Picture Show" when Britt and the other journalists are getting dirt on Leo.
* ImagineSpot: "Come Up To My Office," which displays Leo as a lecherous, predatory monster based on the (false) testimonies of the factory girls he employed.
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* IWantSong: "How Can I Call This Home?" for Leo, "What Am I Waiting For" for Lucille, and more subtly "Big News" for Craig.
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* IWantSong: "How Can I Call This Home?" for Leo, "What Am I Waiting For" For?" for Lucille, and more subtly "Big News" News!" for Craig.
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* KarmaHoudini: Jim Conley. [[spoiler:He rapes and murders a girl, but Leo Frank takes the fall for it and is eventually lynched. Also, Conley testifies against Frank in court. None of the Klan members who lynch Frank are ever punished either. And Hugh Dorsey, despite actions that should gotten him disbarred or at least suspended/censured, is eventually elected Governor of Georgia, while Tom Watson presumably continues to write for his newspaper without his actions being discovered.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: Jim Conley. [[spoiler:He [[spoiler: He rapes and murders a girl, but Leo Frank takes the fall for it and is eventually lynched. Also, Conley testifies against Frank in court. None of the Klan members who lynch Frank are ever punished either. And Hugh Dorsey, despite actions that should gotten him disbarred or at least suspended/censured, is eventually elected Governor of Georgia, while Tom Watson presumably continues to write for his newspaper without his actions being discovered.]]
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* LastRequest: [[spoiler: Leo makes two of the lynch mob: that he has a sack wrapped around his waist so he isn't exposed when his body is found, and that his wedding ring is delivered to Lucille.]]
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* LastRequest: [[spoiler: Leo makes two of the lynch mob: that he has a sack wrapped around his waist so he isn't exposed when his body is found, and that his wedding ring is delivered to Lucille. Both are honored.]]
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* PersecutedIntellectuals: The violently antisemitic people of rural Georgia are already suspicious of Leo Frank because he is Jewish, but the fact that he is one of the few men in town with a college degree doesn't help matters. Prosecutor Hugh Dorsey, milking the SimpleCountryLawyer persona for all it's worth, even cites Leo's "big fancy talk" as evidence that he can't be trusted.
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* PersecutedIntellectuals: The violently antisemitic anti-Semitic people of rural Georgia are already suspicious of Leo Frank because he is Jewish, but the fact that he is one of the few men in town with a college degree doesn't help matters. matters, something Britt points out in "Real Big News." Prosecutor Hugh Dorsey, milking the SimpleCountryLawyer persona for all it's worth, even cites Leo's "big fancy talk" as evidence that he can't be trusted. trusted.
* PetTheDog: A ''very'' minor example, but [[spoiler: the person who delivers Leo's wedding ring to Lucille after his lynching is a remorseful ''Britt Craig'', who, while not one of the main antagonists, undeniably played a part in getting Leo killed.]]
* PetTheDog: A ''very'' minor example, but [[spoiler: the person who delivers Leo's wedding ring to Lucille after his lynching is a remorseful ''Britt Craig'', who, while not one of the main antagonists, undeniably played a part in getting Leo killed.]]
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* SmallNameBigEgo: "Big News!" shows that Craig is not the humblest guy in town by any stretch.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: "Big News!" shows that Craig Britt is not the humblest guy in town by any stretch.
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* ACappella: The last note in "The Old Red Hills of Home" is sung without accompaniment. In the revised version that played in London, the chorus of the reprise in the finale starts out this way also.
* TheAlcoholic: We first meet Britt Craig as he's stumbling out of a local bar. Given his banter with the owner, they seem to know each other quite well.
* TheAlcoholic: We first meet Britt Craig as he's stumbling out of a local bar. Given his banter with the owner, they seem to know each other quite well.
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* DistantPrologue: The first scene in the play and the first half of the opening number take place in 1862, fifty-one years before the plot begins.
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* LastRequest: [[spoiler: Leo makes two of the lynch mob: that he has a sack wrapped around his waist so he isn't exposed when his body is found, and that his wedding ring is delivered to Lucille.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: Jim Conley. [[spoiler:He rapes and murders a girl, but Leo Frank takes the fall for it and is eventually lynched. Also, Conley testifies against Frank in court. None of the Klan members who lynch Frank are ever punished either. And Hugh Dorsey, despite actions that should gotten him disbarred or at least suspended/censured, is eventually elected Governor of Georgia.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: Jim Conley. [[spoiler:He rapes and murders a girl, but Leo Frank takes the fall for it and is eventually lynched. Also, Conley testifies against Frank in court. None of the Klan members who lynch Frank are ever punished either. And Hugh Dorsey, despite actions that should gotten him disbarred or at least suspended/censured, is eventually elected Governor of Georgia.Georgia, while Tom Watson presumably continues to write for his newspaper without his actions being discovered.]]
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* AmoralAttorney: Subverted. While Leo's lawyer turns out to be ''incredibly'' incompetent, and while this incompetence arguably loses Leo the trial when it's later revealed how easily some of the prosecution's deception could have been exposed, he's not doing it on purpose, and he genuinely believes his client is innocent. After all, if he didn't believe this, then his ultimate strategy, to let Leo speak for himself without any coaching or rehearsing and hope that his genuine emotion moves the court, would make no sense at all.
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The show, BasedOnATrueStory and staying mostly true to history, opens on Confederate Memorial Day and proceeds to follow Leo Frank, a Jewish businessman from Brooklyn, living in [[DeepSouth Atlanta, Georgia]] with his wife Lucille in 1913. When a young girl named Mary Phagan is found murdered in the basement of the factory Leo manages, Leo finds himself fighting to prove he is not a murderer, grudgingly accepting his wife's help. Proving Leo innocent is made difficult by the relentless work of prosecutor Hugh Dorsey, determined to convict Leo on flimsy evidence with the testimony of Jim Conley. Furthermore, public opinion against Leo is stirred up by newspapermen Britt Craig and Tom Watson. And meanwhile, Mary's friend Frankie Epps vows revenge on her murderer.
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The show, BasedOnATrueStory and staying mostly true to history, opens on Confederate Memorial Day and proceeds to follow [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Frank Leo Frank, Frank]], a Jewish businessman from Brooklyn, living in [[DeepSouth Atlanta, Georgia]] with his wife Lucille in 1913. When a young girl named Mary Phagan is found murdered in the basement of the factory Leo manages, Leo finds himself fighting to prove he is not a murderer, grudgingly accepting his wife's help. Proving Leo innocent is made difficult by the relentless work of prosecutor Hugh Dorsey, determined to convict Leo on flimsy evidence with the testimony of Jim Conley. Furthermore, public opinion against Leo is stirred up by newspapermen Britt Craig and Tom Watson. And meanwhile, Mary's friend Frankie Epps vows revenge on her murderer.
