YMMV / 42nd Street

• Adaptation Displacement: Barely anybody remembers the original book the film was based on (or that there even was a book in the first place).
• Hilarious in Hindsight: These lyrics from the title song work surprisingly well when you think of decades rather than Manhattan streets/neighborhoods — and the film pre-dates either, being from The '30s.
  Little nifties

  from The '50s

  innocent and sweet
  Sexy ladies

  from The '80s

  who are indiscreet
  • The line about people paying $0.35 for a ticket was funny back when the show first debuted (said ticket would be worth under $7.00 today), but it keeps getting funnier as ticket prices for even off-Broadway shows soar.
• Memetic Mutation: "Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!"

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