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* HarsherInHindsight: Robert La Tourneaux's film career was destroyed by this film, and really did turn to hustling -- which led to his death from AIDS.

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Robert La Tourneaux's film career was destroyed by this film, and really did turn to hustling -- which led to his death from AIDS.AIDS in 1986.
** Leonard Frey, who earned an Oscar nomination for the next year's ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'', died of AIDS as well in 1988.
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Renamed trope.


** "Who do you have to fuck to get a drink around here?" (This one's widely subject to the WeirdAlEffect.)

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** "Who do you have to fuck to get a drink around here?" (This one's widely subject to the WeirdAlEffect.ParodyDisplacement.)



* VindicatedByHistory: Far better regarded now; Google Users give it an 88% approval, for instance. The general public's vastly improved attitude toward the gay community almost certainly played a role in this.

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* VindicatedByHistory: Far better regarded now; Google Users users give it an 88% approval, for instance. The general public's vastly improved attitude toward the gay community almost certainly played a role in this.
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** Mart Crowley, the play's author, instructed Peter White, the actor playing Alan in the original production (and Creator/WilliamFriedkin's 1970 film) to do so in such a way as to leave half the audience thinking he's a closeted homosexual and the other half to think he's just a fish out of water straight man at a gay party. That's a pretty explicit statement that Alan's backstory was meant to be ambiguous and unresolved.

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** Mart Crowley, the play's author, instructed Peter White, the actor playing Alan in the original production (and Creator/WilliamFriedkin's 1970 film) to do so in such a way as to leave half the audience thinking he's a closeted homosexual and the other half to think he's just a fish out of water straight man who inadvertently finds himself out of place at a gay party. That's a pretty explicit statement that Alan's backstory was meant to be ambiguous and unresolved.
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** Mart Crowley, the play's author, instructed Peter White, the actor playing Alan in the original production (and Creator/WilliamFriedkin's 1970 film) to do so in such a way as to leave half the audience thinking he's a closeted homosexual and the other half to think he's just a fish out of water straight man at a gay party. That's a pretty explicit statement that Alan's backstory was meant to be ambiguous and unresolved.
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* {{Mondegreen}}: Some people hear Emory say, "I may be nelly, Michael, but I'm Creator/NoelCoward."

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Just what exactly was going on with Alan? Is he straight? Gay? Bisexual? And what exactly did he want to tell Michael? Was he considering coming out? Was it about his marriage? Does he secretly have feelings for Michael? Did his homosexual affair in college really happen, or was it false gossip? If it did happen, is it proof that he's gay? Could he have just ExperimentedinCollege? How aware of everyone else's sexualities at the party is he? Does he actually love his wife or is she just TheBeard? And even if he has no sexual attraction to her, could he still love her romantically anyway? The audience and the other characters never get a solid answer to any of these questions.
** It's worth noting, in the recent revival and remake, it was widely publicized that the entire cast was gay, which can definitely lead credence towards Alan being gay or bi in that version, though it's still far from explicit proof.



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%%* CultClassic* CultClassic: Not the most famous piece around, but it's still regarded as a groundbreaking and excellent play.



* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Hank and Larry's relationship in the revival and remake thanks to their actors Tuc Watkins and Andrew Rannells becoming a real life couple.



* VindicatedByHistory: Far better regarded now; Google Users give it an 88% approval, for instance.

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* VindicatedByHistory: Far better regarded now; Google Users give it an 88% approval, for instance.
instance. The general public's vastly improved attitude toward the gay community almost certainly played a role in this.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Much of the problems in the film would have been solved had cell phones existed.

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Much of the problems RetroactiveRecognition: The model in the film would have been solved had cell phones existed.opening montage is Creator/MaudAdams.
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* FairForItsDay: Many people see this film as a hopelessly outdated relic of a time when gay characters were only camp, snarky queens. Few are aware that this was one of the first films to show gay characters as not only protagonists, but real three-dimensional individuals who were every bit as human as their straight counterparts. This is from a time when gay characters rarely even made it to the end credits of films.

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* FairForItsDay: Many people see this film as a hopelessly outdated relic of a time when gay characters were only camp, snarky queens. Few are aware that this was one of the first films to show gay characters as not only protagonists, but real three-dimensional individuals who were every bit as human as their straight counterparts. This is from a time when gay characters [[BuryYourGays rarely even made it to the end credits of films.films]].
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* HarsherInHindsight: Robert Latorneaux's film career was destroyed by this film, and really did turn to hustling -- which led to his death from AIDS.

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* HarsherInHindsight: Robert Latorneaux's La Tourneaux's film career was destroyed by this film, and really did turn to hustling -- which led to his death from AIDS.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Robert Laorneaux's film career was destroyed by this film, and really did turn to hustling -- which led to his death from AIDS.

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* HarsherInHindsight: Robert Laorneaux's Latorneaux's film career was destroyed by this film, and really did turn to hustling -- which led to his death from AIDS.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Robert Laorneaux's film career was destroyed by this film, and really did turn to hustling -- which led to his death from AIDS.

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* MemeticMutation: "Who do you have to fuck to get a drink around here?" (This one's widely subject to the WeirdAlEffect.)

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"Who do you have to fuck to get a drink around here?" (This one's widely subject to the WeirdAlEffect.))
** "Who is she? Who was she? Who does she hope to be?"
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* VindicatedByHistory: Far better regarded now; Google Users give it an 88% approval, for instance.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Much of the problems in the film would have been solved had cell phones existed.
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* {{Mondegreen}}: Some people hear Emory say, "I may be nelly, Michael, but I'm NoelCoward."

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* {{Mondegreen}}: Some people hear Emory say, "I may be nelly, Michael, but I'm NoelCoward.Creator/NoelCoward."
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* RetroactiveRecognition: The model in the opening montage is future BondGirl Maud Adams.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: The model in the opening montage is future BondGirl Maud Adams.
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* FairForItsDay: Many people see this film as a hopelessly outdated relic of a time when gays were only camp, snarky queens. Few are aware that this was one of the first films to show homosexuals as not only protagonists, but real three dimensional individuals who were every bit as human as their straight counterparts. This is from a time when Gays rarely even made it to the end credits of films.

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* FairForItsDay: Many people see this film as a hopelessly outdated relic of a time when gays gay characters were only camp, snarky queens. Few are aware that this was one of the first films to show homosexuals gay characters as not only protagonists, but real three dimensional three-dimensional individuals who were every bit as human as their straight counterparts. This is from a time when Gays gay characters rarely even made it to the end credits of films.
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Also, pronouns only begin with capital letters if they\'re either the first word in the sentence or a reference to a deity.


* FairForItsDay: Many people see this film as a hopelessly outdated relic of a time when gays were only camp, snarky queens. Few are aware that this was one of the first films to show homosexuals as not only protagonists, but real three dimensional individuals who were every bit as human as Their straight counterparts. This is from a time when Gays rarely even made it to the end credits of films.

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* FairForItsDay: Many people see this film as a hopelessly outdated relic of a time when gays were only camp, snarky queens. Few are aware that this was one of the first films to show homosexuals as not only protagonists, but real three dimensional individuals who were every bit as human as Their their straight counterparts. This is from a time when Gays rarely even made it to the end credits of films.
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* AwardSnub: Leonard Frey, who played Harold. He'd be nominated for Best Supporting Actor the next year for ''Film/FiddlerOnTheRoof''.

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* AwardSnub: Leonard Frey, who played Harold. He'd be nominated for Best Supporting Actor the next year for ''Film/FiddlerOnTheRoof''.''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof''.

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While I\'m at it, the moments aren\'t called \"crowning\" anymore, these examples are incorrectly indented, and \"each other\" is two words. (I already don\'t understand why so many people think \"more so\" is one word. Thinking \"each other\" is one word makes even less sense.)


* AwardSnub: Leonard Frey, who played Harold. He'd be nominated for Best Supporting Actor the next year for ''FiddlerOnTheRoof''.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Hank and Larry's [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther phone calls to eachother]].
** Michael's gift to Harold - a silver framed photo of Michael, with an inscription that's never revealed.
--->'''Harold''': ''(choked up)'' Thank you, Michael.

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* AwardSnub: Leonard Frey, who played Harold. He'd be nominated for Best Supporting Actor the next year for ''FiddlerOnTheRoof''.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Hank and Larry's [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther phone calls to eachother]].
** Michael's gift to Harold - a silver framed photo of Michael, with an inscription that's never revealed.
--->'''Harold''': ''(choked up)'' Thank you, Michael.
''Film/FiddlerOnTheRoof''.


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** Hank and Larry's [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther phone calls to each other]].
** Michael's gift to Harold - a silver framed photo of Michael, with an inscription that's never revealed.
--->'''Harold''': ''(choked up)'' Thank you, Michael.
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YMMV is not a trope. It does not get linked to for any reason. Ever.


* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Hank and Larry's [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachother phone calls to eachother]].

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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Hank and Larry's [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachother [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther phone calls to eachother]].



* FairForItsDay: Many people see this film as a hopelessly outdated relic of a time when gays were only camp, snarky queens.[[note]]{{YMMV}} on if that ever changed.[[/note]] Few are aware that this was one of the first films to show homosexuals as not only protagonists, but real three dimensional individuals who were every bit as human as Their straight counterparts. This is from a time when Gays rarely even made it to the end credits of films.

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* FairForItsDay: Many people see this film as a hopelessly outdated relic of a time when gays were only camp, snarky queens.[[note]]{{YMMV}} on if that ever changed.[[/note]] Few are aware that this was one of the first films to show homosexuals as not only protagonists, but real three dimensional individuals who were every bit as human as Their straight counterparts. This is from a time when Gays rarely even made it to the end credits of films.
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* FairForItsDay: Many people see this film as a hopelessly outdated relic of a time when gays were only camp, snarky queens. Few are aware that this was one of the first films to show homosexuals as not only protagonists, but real three dimensional individuals who were every bit as human as Their straight counterparts. This is from a time when Gays rarely even made it to the end credits of films.

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* FairForItsDay: Many people see this film as a hopelessly outdated relic of a time when gays were only camp, snarky queens. [[note]]{{YMMV}} on if that ever changed.[[/note]] Few are aware that this was one of the first films to show homosexuals as not only protagonists, but real three dimensional individuals who were every bit as human as Their straight counterparts. This is from a time when Gays rarely even made it to the end credits of films.
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This isn\'t YMMV. Moving.


* TheMasochismTango: Emory and Bernard, Michael and Donald. Michael and Harold? Is there a Sadism Tango?
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* RetroactiveRecognition: The model in the opening montage is future BondGirl Maud Adams.
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* FairForItsDay: Many people see this film as a hopelessly outdated relic of a time when gays were only camp, snarky queens. Few are aware that this was one of the first films to show homosexuals as not only protagonists, but real three dimensional individuals who were every bit as human as Their straight counterparts. This is from a time when Gays rarely even made it to the end credits of films.
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In-Universe only.


* LoveItOrHateIt: Despite being VindicatedByHistory, it's still pretty polarizing.
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* AwardSnub: Leonard Frey, who played Harold. He'd be nominated for Best Supporting Actor the next year for ''FiddlerOnTheRoof''.



* MemeticMutation: "Who do you have to fuck to get a drink around here?" (This one's widely subject to the WeirdAlEffect.)

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* MemeticMutation: "Who do you have to fuck to get a drink around here?" (This one's widely subject to the WeirdAlEffect.))
* {{Mondegreen}}: Some people hear Emory say, "I may be nelly, Michael, but I'm NoelCoward."
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