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An American in Paris (Theatre)

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An American in Paris (Theatre)	comment	An American in Paris is a 2015 Broadway musical based on the 1951 Gene Kelly film. It tells the same story of Jerry Mulligan, a former GI turned expatriate artist and Lise Dassin, a French ballerina. Set in the immediate aftermath of World War II, the musical follows its characters in a Paris still scarred and tentative following the Nazi occupation. As Jerry pursues Lise and encourages her ballet aspirations, he also develops a friendship with Adam Hochberg—a pianist, composer, and fellow American—and Henri Baurel, a French magnate's heir who dreams of showbiz success—and whose family is connected to Lise's wartime past.The show considerably expands upon the plot and score of the movie, most notably in expanding Lise's character, her past, and her aspirations. It also integrates several Gershwin standards, resulting in a score that includes "'S Wonderful", "I Got Rhythm", "They Can't Take That Away From Me", and the titular ballet, now staged as an actual ballet performance with some elements of imagination left.Opened April 12, 2015 at the Palace Theater. Garnered 12 Tony nominations and won four at the 2015 ceremony.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: Lise, to Adam, surprisingly.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_1ba34641	type	The Glomp
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_1ba34641	comment	The Glomp: A very delicate, balletic one from Lise to Jerry, during one of the story-ballet montages. She shows up at one of their meetings by the Seine after a particularly frustrating rehearsal, and leaps onto him, latching on without his arms even holding her up.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_23473ae7	type	Adaptation Expansion
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_23473ae7	comment	Adaptation Expansion: Considerably expands the thin plot of the film, adding in more nuance about the state of postwar Paris and expanding the plotlines of Lise, Henri, and Adam in particular.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_27c09b00	type	Camp Straight
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_27c09b00	comment	Camp Straight: Henri could be interpreted this way, but it's more likely that he's Ambiguously Gay (see above).
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_2c3ec06e	type	Better as Friends
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_2c3ec06e	comment	Better as Friends: The inevitable outcome of Milo and Jerry's relationship.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_2dc0d2bf	type	Hidden Depths
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_2dc0d2bf	comment	Hidden Depths: It turns out that Henri was a member of La Résistance during World War II, while his parents hid Lise from the Nazis and funneled much of their personal fortune into the Resistance. Moreover, Lise is also an example of this. Originally, it just seems like she's a mysterious girl, but it's revealed that she is so quiet and mysterious because she is a Jewish woman, who has lost her parents in the Holocaust.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_38072b53	type	Wrong Assumption
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_38072b53	comment	Wrong Assumption: Adam believes that Henri is only so optimistic because he hasn't seen the cruelty of the world. He did not know what Henri did to try to save Lise and many others during World War Two.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_44606d14	type	Becoming the Mask
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_44606d14	comment	Becoming the Mask: Henri's parents survived the occupation of France by hiding their intentions from the Germans. They became so good at it that they had all but buried their former selves. Mrs. Baurel came to realize this when Mr. Baurel reminded her how, despite their love of jazz music, they had agreed to say that they hated jazz during the Occupation.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_4523420b	type	Love Dodecahedron
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_4523420b	comment	Love Dodecahedron: Milo falls for Jerry, who's in love with Lise, who is engaged to Henri and shares mutual affection with him but falls in love with Jerry, whose friend Adam is also falling for Lise.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_46290b93	type	Manic Pixie Dream Girl
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_46290b93	comment	Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Refreshingly averted. At first, it seems like Lise is going to be this for all three of the main male characters: a mysterious, dreamy, slightly distant inspiration and object of desire. The story quickly dispels with that, however, giving her a story and character arc of her own that revolves around her own dreams, not just those of her "boys."
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_4712bc4f	type	Exact Eavesdropping
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_4712bc4f	comment	Exact Eavesdropping: At the party celebrating the upcoming ballet, Jerry and Lise have an angst-filled conversation just outside about the impossibility of their love for each other. In the windows behind them, Adam, Milo, and Henri each have a moment of overhearing just at the right/wrong moments.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_4814d132	type	Big Fancy House
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_4814d132	comment	Big Fancy House: Milo's apartment is glamorous and modern and the Baurels have a fashionable mansion, in stark contrast with the simpler settings of the less wealthy characters.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_49f6a9e4	type	Most Writers Are Writers
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_49f6a9e4	comment	Most Writers Are Writers: The narrator, Adam, is a songwriter.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_60547993	type	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_60547993	comment	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Milo, Adam, and Henri all walk away from their would-be love interests to allow them to be happy together.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_615fdb1f	type	Dream Sequence
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_615fdb1f	comment	Dream Sequence: In a fashion. The titular climatic ballet is no longer in Jerry's psyche, but instead is a real performance given by the dancer characters. However, the pas de deux between Jerry and Lise is partially imagined: she is really dancing, but she is imagining Jerry as her partner. Similarly, Henri really does sing "A Stairway to Paradise" in the nightclub, but the number turning into a huge Follies-esque production number is all in his imagination.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_62b65869	type	And I'm the Queen of Sheba
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_62b65869	comment	And I'm the Queen of Sheba: Adam sarcastically identifies himself as George Gershwin at a fancy party.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_707bb8ce	type	Pair the Spares
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_707bb8ce	comment	Pair the Spares: Implied with Milo and Henri; they certainly seem to get along quite well.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_7febc23b	type	Establishing Character Moment
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_7febc23b	comment	Establishing Character Moment: When the audience first meets Henri, he is rushing into Adam's cafe, uninvited, and begging him, in French, not to tell his parents that he's there. This establishes that Henri is French, and also that he is anxious, it establishes his closeness with Adam, and (If you know French) the secrets he keeps from his family.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_857744e7	type	Chew-Out Fake-Out
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_857744e7	comment	Chew-Out Fake-Out: Henri kept his desires to be a singer from his parents whom he believed would not approve. When they show up unexpectedly at his performance of "Stairway to Paradise", his mother is initially upset. Then his father approaches him with a stern expression.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_863c780a	type	Hopeless Suitor
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_863c780a	comment	Hopeless Suitor: As in the film, Milo to Jerry. Their relationship starts out with all the outward appearance of her wanting to be his patron and get "favors" in return, but in fact she falls in love with him. Although her feelings are unrequited, they do end up genuinely fond of one another, if not deeply in love.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_8e4a0f15	type	Dumb Blonde
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_8e4a0f15	comment	Dumb Blonde: Inverted. Milo is very much not dumb. She knows what she wants, and she knows how to get it, even if it doesn't work out in the long run. Misguided, sure, but definitely not dumb.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_9438e550	type	The Big Damn Kiss
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_9438e550	comment	The Big Damn Kiss: Two, both between Jerry and Lise. The first, during their imagined pas de deux, and the second in the final moments of the play.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_9ecb2ba8	type	Reimagining the Artifact
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_9ecb2ba8	comment	Reimagining the Artifact: The original An American in Paris, while a great movie, is very much of its time with the lack of character for Lise and Milo, and the movie that only briefly touches on the stability of Paris after WW 2. The musical fixes this by giving Lise more development and dreams of her own, particularly involving the ballet and living for those that lost their lives, and having Milo learn that money cannot buy love, and show her having genuine feelings for Jerry. Along with that, the musical also makes all of the main characters, as well as the ensemble, feel the lingering effects of World War Two on Paris.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_a2492aff	type	Dogged Nice Guy
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_a2492aff	comment	Dogged Nice Guy: Jerry is drawn to Lise the moment he meets her, and pursues her without giving up.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_a82ff02f	type	Meet Cute
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_a82ff02f	comment	Meet Cute: Jerry and Lise, in the very beginning. They do not meet again until a few days later.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: In a Golden-Age-screwball fashion, Milo and Adam especially.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_bf9163d9	type	Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_bf9163d9	comment	Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Milo, Lise, and Madame Baurel, respectively.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_d500b978	type	Adaptational Wimp
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_d500b978	comment	Adaptational Wimp: While Henri was an established cabaret singer in the film, here he's a meek and mild mother's boy who keeps his dreams of performing from his parents.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_e34400ab	type	Ambiguously Gay
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_e34400ab	comment	Ambiguously Gay: Henri. He's an energetic, well-dressed young man who loves being on stage. His mother delicately questions his sexuality, and Adam and Jerry seem fairly unsurprised by the possibility. He does genuinely love Lise, but the exact nature of that love is left up in the air, possibly making this a case of Ambiguously Bi. For what it's worth, the actor originating the role definitively states Henri to be something other than heterosexual.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_f2fe3a61	type	Romantic Runner-Up
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_f2fe3a61	comment	Romantic Runner-Up: Milo loses Jerry to Lise, and Henri and Adam both step away from Lise so she can be happy with Jerry.
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An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_f8b3d078	type	True Art Is Angsty
An American in Paris (Theatre) / int_f8b3d078	comment	True Art Is Angsty: In-Universe example: Adam, an Army veteran who fought in the war, believes in this trope through most of the play, while Henri holds the opposite view that art can and should be uplifting and joyous. Later Adam learns that Henri had witnessed the Occupation first hand and fought alongside La Résistance, and decides that if Henri could still hold to this belief, then maybe he has the right idea. Adam lampshades this by saying, "I hate it when the French guy's right!"
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