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[[File:dorianbeforeafter.jpg|frame|Dorian Gray's portrait Before & After]]▼
| title = The Picture of Dorian Gray
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| image = dorianbeforeafter.jpg
| author = Oscar Wilde
| central theme = Moral corruption
| elevator pitch = A beautiful man wishes that his portrait would age instead of him; horror ensues when he realizes that the portrait not only catches his age, but the consequences of his increasingly corrupt and immoral lifestyle.
| genre =
| publication date = 1890
| source page exists = yes
| wiki URL =
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{{quote|'''Dorian''': ''(looking at the portrait Basil Hallward has just painted of him)'' How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrible, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young. It will never be older than this particular day of June.... If it were only the other way! If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! For that--for that--I would give everything! Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give! I would give my soul for that!}}
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A tale of corruption and obsession that is surprisingly dark for the author of ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]], et alia.'' This story was used as evidence against Wilde and resulted in him being prosecuted for homosexuality and sentenced to two years hard labor. A very good Halloween read. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/apr/27/dorian-gray-oscar-wilde-uncensored The original uncensored edition was published by Harvard University Press in 2011.]
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* [[All Gays Are Promiscuous]]: Averted with Basil, the most moral character of the story.
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: Dorian finds Henry fascinating.
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* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: In the original novel, Dorian was blond. In pretty much every modern adaptation (the 1970 one with Helmut Berger is a notable exception), he's portrayed with black hair. It has a lot to do with the way beauty standards have changed over time.
* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Ben Chaplin almost enjoyed kissing Ben Barnes.
* ''[[Funday Pawpet Show]]'': On the 1/22/12 episode KP mentioned having ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'' among his movie collection. Poink quipped "Don't forget the update: ''The JPEG of Dorian Gray''.▼
* [[Gender Flip]]: A 1983 TV movie called ''The Sins of Dorian Gray'' made the lead a woman (and yet, still not blonde).
* [[The Movie]]: There have been several film adaptations of the book. However, probably the most well known version is the 1945 movie directed by Albert Lewin.
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* [[Setting Update]]: The 1970 film version updates the setting to then-contemporary times. The more open attitudes about homosexuality and premarital sex shift the plot around a little, but it still works.
* [[Shadow Discretion Shot]]: During Dorian's murder of {{spoiler|Basil Hallward}} in the 1945 film.
* [[Shout-Out]]:
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▲** ''[[Funday Pawpet Show]]'': On the 1/22/12 episode KP mentioned having ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'' among his movie collection. Poink quipped "Don't forget the update: ''The JPEG of Dorian Gray''.
* [["Shut Up" Kiss]]: To Basil, in the 2009 movie.
* [[Splash of Color]]: The portrait, and only the portrait, in the 1945 film.
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