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A Broadway musical that started in 1959, later adapted into a film starring [[Rosalind Russel]] and [[Natalie Wood]] in 1962 and [[Made for TV]] movie with [[Bette Midler]], [[Very Loosely Based
[[Stage Mom]] Rose is determined to make her daughters Louise and June stars, but while June is extroverted and talented, Louise is shy and quiet. Rose's act for the two is based on childish, innocent stage personae that they become unable to keep up as they grow older.
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The film is also notable for inspiring The Faith Dane Clause, to prevent the legal problems that Faith Dane created when she claimed that her acting style "created" the role of Miss Mazeppa. All actors must sign a waiver now relinquishing claims on the characters they play.
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* [[Beautiful All Along]]: In the film, when Louise first gets beautiful clothes and has her hair done, she looks in the mirror, and incredulously says: "I'm pretty. I'm a pretty girl, Mama."
** [[Shout Out|Referenced]] in, of all things, the stage version of ''[[Hairspray]]'', which can be explained by the fact that [[Hairspray]] premiered on Broadway in the same season as a revival of ''Gypsy''.
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* [[Ironic Echo]]: "Hello everybody, my name's Gypsy, what's ''yours''?"
* [[It Will Never Catch On]]: Jack Benny was going [[The Jack Benny Program|nowhere]], according to Rose.
* [["I Want" Song]]: "I Had a Dream", "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and "Rose's Turn".
* [[Les Yay]]: Some of the strippers were ''very nice'' to Louise.
** In [[Real Life]], the list of men and women Rose was with stretches on for days. Rose also owned her own lesbian boarding house.
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* [[Stripperiffic]]: Most of the stripper's outfits, of course, but Gypsy wore just a couple, while most of her outfits were evening dresses, that she took off as little of as possible.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Louise and June.
* [[Very Loosely Based
** June was not very pleased with how she was portrayed in the musical, but was paid to keep her mouth shut for her sister's sake. The musical caused a the tension in their relationship to grow until Gypsy became ill later in life and died. Gypsy Rose Lee herself often embellished elements of her life when she told stories from her past.
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Just how bad she seems can vary depending on the production, but if there's any villain in ''Gypsy'', it's Momma Rose.
* [[Westminster Chimes]]: The final cadence of "Everything's Coming Up Roses" is a modified version.
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: June is never seen and barely mentioned after she runs away. It's never discussed what becomes of her.
** In real life, she became a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Havoc successful film, stage and television actor].
** Also, the lamb and other various pets.
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