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* {{Corpsing}}: During the graduation scene near the end [[spoiler:when everyone "comes out" in support of Howard]], his pupil Meredith (Alexandra Holden) announces that [[spoiler: she's "discovered" she's gay]] by rubbing her hands all over her body and screaming "Oh my God! Oh my God!" in [[LargeHam an overexaggerated manner]]. While she's doing this, further down the row, you can see Lauren Ambrose (Vicky) just laughing her ''ass'' off and trying to hide her face. She even laughs as she stands up to say [[spoiler:"Me too!"]]
* DawsonCasting: 17 year old high schooler Mike is played by a 27 year old actor who isn't fooling anyone.
* DawsonCasting: 17 year old high schooler Mike is played by a 27 year old actor who isn't fooling anyone.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Creator/BarbraStreisand [[http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/90s/mirabella_streisand.html said]] she laughed at the movie having a RunningGag regarding her.
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* ActorAllusion: When Glenn Close ([[AsHimself playing herself]]) rattles off the list of Best Actor nominees, she pauses after mentioning "Michael Douglas in ''Primary Urges''" to blow him a kiss. One wonders if this was an ad lib on her part, acknowledging her [[Film/FatalAttraction former co-star]]. Also, ''Primary Urges'' is clearly a shout-out to ''Film/BasicInstinct'', which Douglas starred in.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** It may seem strange to some latter-day viewers when the entire town freaks out over the possibility that the high school English teacher is gay. Even if one assumes such a thing could still happen in a small town, [[spoiler: it's odd to see the principal be so blunt about firing Howard on the basis of his sexual orientation.]]
** Also, the idea of gay marriage is never brought up (understandably, since it was made in 1997). However, marriage equality has become more and more widespread as SocietyMarchesOn, so the idea that Howard could still get married someday is not out of the question.
*** Considering the [[WeddingBellsForSomeoneElse brief fakeout]] in the ending with the 'unusual couple', it's not exactly ''never'' brought up. Ceremonies that were effectively gay marriages without the more straightforwardly-applied legal bond were becoming fairly common by the mid-late nineties.
** It may seem strange to some latter-day viewers when the entire town freaks out over the possibility that the high school English teacher is gay. Even if one assumes such a thing could still happen in a small town, [[spoiler: it's odd to see the principal be so blunt about firing Howard on the basis of his sexual orientation.]]
** Also, the idea of gay marriage is never brought up (understandably, since it was made in 1997). However, marriage equality has become more and more widespread as SocietyMarchesOn, so the idea that Howard could still get married someday is not out of the question.
*** Considering the [[WeddingBellsForSomeoneElse brief fakeout]] in the ending with the 'unusual couple', it's not exactly ''never'' brought up. Ceremonies that were effectively gay marriages without the more straightforwardly-applied legal bond were becoming fairly common by the mid-late nineties.
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* InspirationForTheWork: The film was inspired by Creator/TomHanks' tearful speech when he won the Best Actor Oscar for ''Film/{{Philadelphia}}'' in 1994 in which he credited his high school drama teacher Rawley Farnsworth and a former classmate John Gilkerson as "two of the finest gay Americans, two wonderful men that I had the good fortune to be associated with." Farnsworth was closeted about his sexuality throughout his life right up until that point.
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* InspirationForTheWork: The film was inspired by Creator/TomHanks' tearful speech when he won the Best Actor Oscar for ''Film/{{Philadelphia}}'' in 1994 in which he credited his high school drama teacher Rawley Farnsworth and a former classmate John Gilkerson as "two of the finest gay Americans, two wonderful men that I had the good fortune to be associated with." Farnsworth was closeted about his sexuality throughout his life right up until that point.point, although unlike in the film, Hanks did ask for and receive his permission to single him out in the speech.
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* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/TomSelleck shaved off his iconic moustache for the film.
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*** Considering the [[WeddingBellsForSomeoneElse brief fakeout fakeout]] in the ending with the 'unusual couple', it's not exactly ''never'' brought up. Ceremonies that were effectively gay marriages without the more straightforwardly-applied legal bond were becoming fairly common by the mid-late nineties.
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* InspirationForTheWork: The film was inspired by Creator/TomHanks' tearful speech when he won the Best Actor Oscar for ''Film/{{Philadelphia}}'' in 1994 in which he credited his high school drama teacher Rawley Farnsworth and a former classmate John Gilkerson as "two of the finest gay Americans, two wonderful men that I had the good fortune to be associated with." Farnsworth was closeted about his sexuality throughout his life right up until that point.
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*** Considering the brief fakeout in the ending with the 'unusual couple', it's not exactly ''never'' brought up.
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*** Considering the brief fakeout in the ending with the 'unusual couple', it's not exactly ''never'' brought up. Ceremonies that were effectively gay marriages without the more straightforwardly-applied legal bond were becoming fairly common by the mid-late nineties.
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* ActorAllusion: When Glenn Close ([[AsHimself playing herself]]) rattles off the list of Best Actor nominees, she pauses after mentioning "Michael Douglas in ''Primary Urges''" to blow him a kiss. One wonders if this was an ad lib on her part, acknowledging her [[Film/FatalAttraction former co-star]]. Also, ''Primary Urges'' is clearly a shout-out to [[Film/Basic Instinct]], which Douglas starred in.
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* ActorAllusion: When Glenn Close ([[AsHimself playing herself]]) rattles off the list of Best Actor nominees, she pauses after mentioning "Michael Douglas in ''Primary Urges''" to blow him a kiss. One wonders if this was an ad lib on her part, acknowledging her [[Film/FatalAttraction former co-star]]. Also, ''Primary Urges'' is clearly a shout-out to [[Film/Basic Instinct]], ''Film/BasicInstinct'', which Douglas starred in.in.
* StarringAStarAsAStar: Big star Matt Dillon plays actor Cameron Drake, who kicks off the story by winning an Oscar for his role as a homosexual soldier, and declaring his inspiration to be his regular-guy drama teacher (played by Creator/KevinKline), who Drake announces is gay; Dillon himself has never won an Oscar, but got his first nom a few years later
* StarringAStarAsAStar: Big star Matt Dillon plays actor Cameron Drake, who kicks off the story by winning an Oscar for his role as a homosexual soldier, and declaring his inspiration to be his regular-guy drama teacher (played by Creator/KevinKline), who Drake announces is gay; Dillon himself has never won an Oscar, but got his first nom a few years later
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* ActorAllusion: When Glenn Close ([[AsHimself playing herself]]) rattles off the list of Best Actor nominees, she pauses after mentioning "Michael Douglas in ''Primary Urges''" to blow him a kiss. One wonders if this was an ad lib on her part, acknowledging her [[Film/FatalAttraction former co-star]].
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* ActorAllusion: When Glenn Close ([[AsHimself playing herself]]) rattles off the list of Best Actor nominees, she pauses after mentioning "Michael Douglas in ''Primary Urges''" to blow him a kiss. One wonders if this was an ad lib on her part, acknowledging her [[Film/FatalAttraction former co-star]]. Also, ''Primary Urges'' is clearly a shout-out to [[Film/Basic Instinct]], which Douglas starred in.
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*** Considering the brief fakeout in the ending with the 'unusual couple', it's not exactly ''never'' brought up.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: A scene has Cameron's supermodel girlfriend befuddled by a rotary-dial telephone in her motel room.
** Real Life example: At Howards bachelor party they stick a UsefulNotes/LaserDisc of ''Theatre/FunnyGirl'' in Howard's hands. Modern viewers are forgiven if they mistook it for a LP of the soundtrack.
** Real Life example: At Howards bachelor party they stick a UsefulNotes/LaserDisc of ''Theatre/FunnyGirl'' in Howard's hands. Modern viewers are forgiven if they mistook it for a LP of the soundtrack.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: TechnologyMarchesOn:
** InUniverse example: A scene has Cameron's supermodel girlfriend befuddled by a rotary-dial telephone in her motel room.
**Real Life example: At Howards bachelor party they stick a UsefulNotes/LaserDisc of ''Theatre/FunnyGirl'' in Howard's hands. Modern viewers are forgiven if they mistook it for a LP of the soundtrack.soundtrack.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** It may seem strange to some latter-day viewers when the entire town freaks out over the possibility that the high school English teacher is gay. Even if one assumes such a thing could still happen in a small town, [[spoiler: it's odd to see the principal be so blunt about firing Howard on the basis of his sexual orientation.]]
** Also, the idea of gay marriage is never brought up (understandably, since it was made in 1997). However, marriage equality has become more and more widespread as SocietyMarchesOn, so the idea that Howard could still get married someday is not out of the question.
** InUniverse example: A scene has Cameron's supermodel girlfriend befuddled by a rotary-dial telephone in her motel room.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** It may seem strange to some latter-day viewers when the entire town freaks out over the possibility that the high school English teacher is gay. Even if one assumes such a thing could still happen in a small town, [[spoiler: it's odd to see the principal be so blunt about firing Howard on the basis of his sexual orientation.]]
** Also, the idea of gay marriage is never brought up (understandably, since it was made in 1997). However, marriage equality has become more and more widespread as SocietyMarchesOn, so the idea that Howard could still get married someday is not out of the question.
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* ActorAllusion: When Glenn Close ([[AsHimself playing herself]]) rattles off the list of Best Actor nominees, she pauses after mentioning "Michael Douglas in ''Primary Urges''" to blow him a kiss. One wonders if this was an ad lib on her part, acknowledging her [[Film/FatalAttraction former co-star]].
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: A scene has Cameron's supermodel girlfriend befuddled by a rotary-dial telephone in her motel room.
** Real Life example: At Howards bachelor party they stick a UsefulNotes/LaserDisc of ''Theatre/FunnyGirl'' in Howard's hands. Modern viewers are forgiven if they mistook it for a LP of the soundtrack.
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** Real Life example: At Howards bachelor party they stick a UsefulNotes/LaserDisc of ''Theatre/FunnyGirl'' in Howard's hands. Modern viewers are forgiven if they mistook it for a LP of the soundtrack.
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