Tales of the City: Difference between revisions

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* [[Executive Meddling]]: The publishers kept a close eye on the number of queer and straight characters to avoid [[Cast Full of Gay]].

* [[Expy]]: in the miniseries version of "Further," Cage Tyler is this for Rock Hudson. In the book, he was a [[Spell My Name With a Blank]]

* [[Hawaiian Shirted Tourist]]: Arnold and Melva on the cruise to Acapulco

* [[Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist]]: Arnold and Melva on the cruise to Acapulco

* [[Historical Domain Character]]: {{spoiler|Jim Jones}}

* [[Historical In-Joke]]: "I don't even know where Jonestown is!"

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* [[The Reveal]]: lots and lots and lots.

* [[Serial Novel]]: originally published as a serial in the San Francisco Chronicle.

* [[Shout Out]]: The first novel has numerous references to Alfred Hitchcock and especially [[Vertigo]], but the miniseries takes it to a whole new level, including a pastiche score.

* [[Shout-Out]]: The first novel has numerous references to Alfred Hitchcock and especially [[Vertigo]], but the miniseries takes it to a whole new level, including a pastiche score.

* [[Significant Anagram]]: Anna Madrigal aka {{spoiler|"A Man and a Girl}}

* [[Straw Feminist]]: Mona can come across this way on occasion

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* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: Dede. By {{spoiler|the end of the second book, Dede is able to stand above the gossip and controversy that the people in the upper class live for. She also makes the conscious decision to keep her kids, despite Beauchamp's protests.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Transsexual]]}}: {{spoiler|Anna Madrigal's real name is Andy Ramsey}}

* [[Wham Line]]: Given the amount of reveals and plot twists, there are a ton of these.

* [[Wham! Line]]: Given the amount of reveals and plot twists, there are a ton of these.

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