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** ''[[Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'' has the bright, cheerful opener 'Any Dream Will Do' repeat rather mournfully when Joseph is reunited with his sick, elderly father. |
** ''[[Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'' has the bright, cheerful opener 'Any Dream Will Do' repeat rather mournfully when Joseph is reunited with his sick, elderly father. |
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*** Doesn't really count because the earlier version of that musical only had "Any Dream" at the end, the song also being at the beginning was a later addition. A better example is Joseph singing his prophetic dreams early in the musical and then reprising the rhymes when he meets his brothers again - this leads into the dark "Grovel, Grovel". |
*** Doesn't really count because the earlier version of that musical only had "Any Dream" at the end, the song also being at the beginning was a later addition. A better example is Joseph singing his prophetic dreams early in the musical and then reprising the rhymes when he meets his brothers again - this leads into the dark "Grovel, Grovel". |
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** The Likes of Us, the first ever Webber/Rice musical, has an upbeat love song called "Love is Here", which admittedly [[ |
** The Likes of Us, the first ever Webber/Rice musical, has an upbeat love song called "Love is Here", which admittedly [[Non Sequitur Scene|doesn't actually have any reason for being there]]. It is reprised in a slower tempo later, as the two lovers are breaking up. |
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* "The Beauty Is" from ''The Light in the Piazza'': first sung by Clara, expressing hope and excitement at the possibility of finding love and happiness. The song is reprised by her mother, Margaret, who fears that Clara may ''never'' find love and happiness {{spoiler|(due to her mental disability)}} and Margaret's guilt over her own culpability. |
* "The Beauty Is" from ''The Light in the Piazza'': first sung by Clara, expressing hope and excitement at the possibility of finding love and happiness. The song is reprised by her mother, Margaret, who fears that Clara may ''never'' find love and happiness {{spoiler|(due to her mental disability)}} and Margaret's guilt over her own culpability. |
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* ''[[Reefer Madness]]'' (the musical adaptation, of course) uses this straight with "Romeo and Juliet", where Jimmy and Mary compare their love to that of Romeo and Juliet, but neither knows the ending. It is reprised later {{spoiler|as Mary dies, fulfilling the Romeo and Juliet parallels}}. |
* ''[[Reefer Madness]]'' (the musical adaptation, of course) uses this straight with "Romeo and Juliet", where Jimmy and Mary compare their love to that of Romeo and Juliet, but neither knows the ending. It is reprised later {{spoiler|as Mary dies, fulfilling the Romeo and Juliet parallels}}. |
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== Animated Film Musicals == |
== Animated Film Musicals == |
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* "I won't say I'm in love" from ''[[Hercules (1997 film) |
* "I won't say I'm in love" from ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'' is one of the lighter forms of the sarcastic echo, with the Muses commenting on Meg saying she's not in love |
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* Similar to the above is the song "On the Open Road" from ''[[A Goofy Movie]]''. Goofy is excited and happy about his road trip with his son, who is inversely angry and depressed about leaving his new girlfriend behind. |
* Similar to the above is the song "On the Open Road" from ''[[A Goofy Movie]]''. Goofy is excited and happy about his road trip with his son, who is inversely angry and depressed about leaving his new girlfriend behind. |
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[[Category:Musical Number Index]] |
[[Category:Musical Number Index]] |
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