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1	Former ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' writer and stand-up comedian Creator/ColinQuinn decides to tackle world history and he's doing it in 75 minutes. Directed by Jerry Seinfeld, ''Colin Quinn Long Story Short'' is a one-man show that runs in Broadway for a few months before it was finally shown on television as an HBO program. The show can basically be described as History TheAbridgedSeries hence the title ''Long Story Short''. Or ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' as told by an American and with the good dose of BlackComedy.
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3	The story starts at long before the Ancient Greeks. Colin Quinn satirically evaluates various civilizations from the Greeks, the Romans, the Arabs, Britain, India, Africa, China, and finally America.
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5	!!Tropes:
6	* AnachronismStew: The show runs on this trope.
7	* BlackComedy: Used heavily.
8	* DrugsAreBad: And the reason why the Native American societies fell.
9	* {{Eagleland}}: America is portrayed as Type 2. Though to be fair, [[CrapsackWorld every country portrayed are basically assholes]], except Canada.
10	* TheEeyore: Russians, so much that when they tried to be idealistic, the result is the [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]].
11	* EvilBrit: The portrayal of England.
12	* HollywoodHistory: PlayedForLaughs of course.
13	* HumansAreFlawed: A central theme. Quinn argues that not only that there are no such thing as a perfect system but also that humanity keeps doing the same thing and makes the same mistakes over and over again throughout history.
14	* [[JustaStupidAccent Just a Stupid Accent]]: [[{{Playedforlaughs}} Played for laughs]] by Quinn whenever he portrays one of the many cultures mentioned in his routine. See HollywoodHistory.
15	* MadLove: England's feelings towards France.
16	* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: France.
17	* {{Mayincatec}}: The Mayans, Aztecs, and the Incas are grouped together in one segment. The shows also seems to mixed up some aspects of the Aztecs and the Incas.
18	* SheIsAllGrownUp: Used as a metaphor regarding how Europe views Africa.

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