Kiss Me, Kate: Difference between revisions

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* [[All Musicals Are Adaptations]]: Slightly under half the show is a musical adaptation of ''The Taming of the Shrew''.

* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Fred and Lilli.

{{quote| '''Lilli''': Whose fault was it?<br />

* [[Fair for Its Day]]: The roles of Fred's and Lilli's personal assistants seem almost blatantly racist in hindsight, though they are still sympathetic--if underdeveloped--characters. On the other hand, back in the '40s you had people complaining that they got too much face-time, along with those ''scandalous'' act-opening numbers ([[Moral Guardians]] actually tried to ban "Too Darn Hot", and did at least succeed in transferring it to the white characters and toning down the lyrics for [[The Movie]])...

* [[The Gambler]]: Bill.

{{quote| '''Lilli''': "I'm marrying an important man! Do the words "World War 2" mean anything to you?"<br />

'''Fred''': "[[Deadpan Snarker|You're marrying]] ''[[Deadpan Snarker|Adolf Hitler?]]''" }}

* [[The Ingenue]]: Subverted with Lois. She plays one on stage as Bianca but is far less virginal off stage.

* [[Intercourse With You]]: "Too Darn Hot".

* [[Irrelevant Act Opener]]: "Too Darn Hot".

* [[Large Ham]]: The Two Men, with Fred and General Howell trying to out-ham them.

* [[Literary Allusion Title]]

* [[No Name Given]]: The Two Men, called 'Man 1' and 'Man 2' in the script.]

* [[The Plan]]: Fred attempt this to keep Lilli in the show, it works for a while, but not long enough.

* [[Proscenium Reveal]]: Just before the overture reaches its final chords, the conductor cuts it off and asks, "Is that all right, Mr. Graham?" Fred enters and says, "Yes, the cut's good, leave it in."

* [[Pushed in Front of The Audience]]: The Two Men.