1 | ''Oh! Calcutta!'' is a play with music (but not a {{Musical}}). Famous mostly for the amount of nudity involved, the play has seen several long running revivals on both Broadway and the West End. |
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3 | !!''Oh! Calcutta!'' provides examples of: |
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5 | * BilingualBonus: The play was named after [[http://garydexter.blogspot.com/2009/12/163-oh-calcutta-by-kenneth-tynan-and.html a painting of the same name]]. It's a French pun meaning "Oh, what a lovely ass you have!" |
6 | %%* DancePartyEnding: At least in the 1970 filmed version. |
7 | * DreamBallet: Interspersed throughout the play are several trippy interpretive dance numbers, including the opening act where the actors disrobe in time to music. |
8 | * HeadTurningBeauty: The [[HospitalHottie nurse]] in the Doctor's Office sketch. |
9 | * LoadsAndLoadsOfWriters: Sketches were written by (among others) Music/JohnLennon, Music/SamShepard and Creator/SamuelBeckett. |
10 | * LongRunner: ''Oh! Calcutta!'' was the longest-running revue on Broadway, was the longest running revival and is currently the eighth longest-running play in Broadway history. |
11 | * MaleFrontalNudity: ''All'' the actors in the play, male and female alike, perform in the nude. |
12 | * MoodWhiplash: At the end of the "Jack and Jill" sketch, Jack rapes Jill, leaving her alone and comatose at the top of the hill. |
13 | * PopculturalOsmosis: You know of this play as "that naked show" even if you don't know anything else about it. |
14 | * RapeAsDrama: See MoodWhiplash. |
15 | * SketchComedy: The show is a series of short skits and musical numbers with not a lot to unify their themes except the idea of sexuality. |
16 | * SmallReferencePools: There have been other plays with lots of nudity, but with the possible exception of ''Theatre/{{Hair}}'', this is the most famous (and ''Hair'' doesn't have much nudity in it anyway, just a little bit at the end of Act I). |
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