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Line 6: It's the Crying Gaaaaame! ''I didn't order that!'' \|'''[[Billy Crystal]]''' ([[Filk Song\|to the tune of "The Tender Trap"]]), during his famous song-and-dance bit at the 1992 [[Academy ~~Awards~~Award\|Oscars]]; the best, most succinct summary of the movie ever}} So you [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"\|want to know about]] ''[[The Crying Game]]''? The movie is best remembered for its [[It Was His Sled\|now infamous]] plot twist, but there's more to it than that. Line 17: Having no other course of action, Fergus makes his way to London to honor Jody's last request. He reinvents himself as Jimmy and finds Dil working as a hairdresser and sometime lounge singer. Though he means to tell her the truth about himself, he finds himself falling for her first. But, he's not the only one with a secret. {{tropenamer}} * [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"]] {{tropelist}} * [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: David for Dil. * [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"]]: [[Trope Namer]]. This film is mostly remembered for the fact that one of the characters is ~~transsexual~~transgender. The reason it codified ''this'' trope is because {{spoiler\|said ~~transsexual~~transgender is graphically shown to be ~~PRE~~pre-OPop}}. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may have spoiled this for future audiences by nominating Davidson as best supporting '''actor''' before it opened in Australia. * ~~The~~It's too bad that's not really the important part. There's a whole massive mess of political intrigue going on as the movie continues, and the movie is also psychologically interesting in how Stephen Rhea's character, who is basically a decent person, tries to deal with bad situations and people. But all this was arguably ruined by the way the director handled the reveal of Dil's gender identity.▼ The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may have spoiled this for future audiences by nominating Davidson as best supporting '''actor''' before it opened in Australia. It's too bad that's not really the important part. There's a whole massive mess of political intrigue going on as the movie continues. ▲* The movie is also psychologically interesting in how Stephen Rhea's character, who is basically a decent person, tries to deal with bad situations and people. But all this was arguably ruined by the way the director handled the reveal of Dil's gender identity. Movie posters and DVD boxes featured Miranda Richardson to try to confuse the issue. ** "Hot Shots! Part Deux" includes a spoiler for ''The Crying Game'' in the [[Credits Gag\|closing credits]]. Line 34 ⟶ 35: * [[Bad Dreams]]: Fergus has them about Jody. * [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler\|Fergus is out of the IRA, but in jail. He and Dil seem to be together, though}}. * [[Bound and Gagged]]: Jody. And again, with the film's usual irony, {{spoiler\|Fergus}}. ** And again, with the film's usual irony, {{spoiler\|Fergus}}. * [[Captain Obvious]]: Fergus is pretty slow on the uptake regarding Dil and who knew about this and that and so on. * [[Conspicuously Public Assassination]]: The IRA wants Fergus to perform one of these. Line 46: * [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Peter. * [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{quote\|''' {{spoiler\|Dil}}''': You're doing time for me. No greater love, as the man says. Wish you'd tell me why. ''' {{spoiler\|Fergus}}''': [[Frog and The Scorpion\|As the man said, it's in my nature]].}} * [[Honey Trap]]: The IRA gets Jody by sending one of these (played by Miranda Richardson) after him. * [[If It's You It's Okay]]: Implied to be the resolution for {{spoiler\|Dil and Fergus}}. Line 60: '''Jude:''' ''(practically rolling her eyes)'' You're ''never'' out.}} * [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: {{spoiler\|Dil on Jude}}. * [[Shower of Angst]]: This famous post-revelation scene has been ~~harkened~~hearkened back to many times, most-famously spoofed in ''[[Ace Ventura]]''. * [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Eddie. * [[Suspiciously Apropos Music]]: The film opens "When a Man Loves a Woman", and ends with "Stand By Your Man". Line 74: * [[We Do Not Know Each Other]]: When {{spoiler\|the IRA comes after Fergus again}}, he tries to get Dil to play along with this. He puts her up in a hotel and cuts her hair, but his plan doesn't quite work out. * [[What You Are in the Dark]]: Fergus gets one of these when it's time to kill Jody. He can't bring himself to do it. ** Given an [[Ironic Echo]] when {{spoiler\|Dil}} wants to kill Fergus, but can't bring herself to do it, either. {{reflist}} [[Category:~~The Crying Game~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Academy Award]] [[Category:Films of the 1990s]] ▲[[Category:The Crying Game]] [[Category:British Films]] [[Category:BAFTA Award (Film)]]