Does the dog die?
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Falsettos: Live from Lincoln Center
Movie • 2017 • Comedy
ReportNominated for five 2017 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical, Falsettos is a hilarious and poignant look at a modern family revolving around the life of a gay man Marvin, his wife, his lover, his soon-to-be-bar-mitzvahed son, their psychiatrist, and the lesbians next door. Originally Episode 2 from Season 43 of Live From Lincoln Center on PBS.
This movie contains 24 potentially triggering events.
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spookysplat
While a dog doesn't die, there is a brief joke about one running away.
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Are there demons or Hell?
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RamenDestroyer
Trina mentions exorcising the devil from her son to a psychiatrist, but it is highly unlikely that this is an actual concern of hers.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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spookysplat
Not really, but there is a divorce and a father becomes somewhat absent for a short time. There's also a lyric in Love Is Blind that goes "I divorced my wife, I left my child / and I ran off with a friend"
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spookysplat
See my previous comment for "Is a child abused"
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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Mochii_Says_Hi
Spoilers:
Marvin and Trina have a very strained relationship throughout, Marvin even hit Trina. But by the end, they get along better, both for Jason’s sake, and because Marvin grows and becomes a better person. Not a direct “I forgive you,” but actions implying that.
Marvin and Trina have a very strained relationship throughout, Marvin even hit Trina. But by the end, they get along better, both for Jason’s sake, and because Marvin grows and becomes a better person. Not a direct “I forgive you,” but actions implying that.
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averyanderson2018
Marvin slaps Trina in the song called, appropriately, Marvin Slaps Trina.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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LexIsDum
There's a scene where a belt is thrown, but not to hit someone, it's thrown off-stage
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spookysplat
A child lives though pretty toxic family situation, and his mother briefly berates him for traits that he can't control, debatably neurodivergent traits.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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In "I'm Breaking Down," Trina mentions the possibility of turning to alcohol to cope with her problems. It is not mentioned again, and nothing ever shows up on-stage.
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Are animals abused?
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Trina, Mendel, and Jason all sing about wishing their dog would run away. Said dog is never seen and it is played as a joke
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Anonymous
Marvin slaps Trina in “Marvin Hits Trina,” however, there is no physical contact with the slap. He slaps her from a far and Whizzer makes a clap for the sound effect.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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RamenDestroyer
Shaving legs is mentioned but I don't think it's ever mentioned or shown elsewhere.
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Is someone choked?
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There's a very small joke where a character pretends to choke someone else, but they don't even touch at all
I would say yes anyway, just in case
I would say yes anyway, just in case
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Does someone become unconscious?
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At the end of Something Bad Is Happening/More Racquetball, Whizzer faints
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Jason begins exploring his feelings about girls in his grade, but it isn’t graphic and is somewhat played for laughs.
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Death
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Does someone die?
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SEW23
Spoilers: A main character, it is a focal plot point of the show
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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averyanderson2018
More of a step-father, but still a parent.
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Does someone cheat?
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GeorgeSmith
Directly before the events of the show, Marvin had been cheating on his wife, Trina, with Whizzer. During the show, Marvin and Trina have separated, but Trina recalls finding out about Marvin's affair a few times.
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Does a family member die?
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spookysplat
A step-father dies
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Fear
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Are there ghosts?
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GeorgeSmith
(SPOILERS)
After Whizzer's death, he and Marvin sing a duet reflecting on their relationship. However, Whizzer isn't portrayed as an actual ghost, more like a memory.
After Whizzer's death, he and Marvin sing a duet reflecting on their relationship. However, Whizzer isn't portrayed as an actual ghost, more like a memory.
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spookysplat
A lyric in "Love is Blind" mentions one, but nothing is shown on screen
"There's a razor up my sleeve"
"There's a razor up my sleeve"
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Does someone vomit?
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Anonymous
"im nauseous" is said in a song but nobody does anything close to being sick, youre safe!
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Does someone spit?
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greenish
during the song "march of the falsettos" Marvin, Jason, Mendel and Whizzer all four make a farting noise and say "oops"
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Is there farting?
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spookysplat
In "March of the Falsettos," an overly-dramatic, childlike fart sound is made.
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Law Enforcement
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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spookysplat
Debatably. I would say not, but a man who is married to a woman cheats with a man. More accurately, though, he was repressing being gay, so not bisexual.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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A character is in a hospital with an IV bag nearby, implying there is a needle in their arm.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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averyanderson2018
Whizzer is in the hospital for the last half of the second act.
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Does someone have cancer?
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A character is heavily implied to be dying of HIV/AIDS, which is not cancer but can be triggering
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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spookysplat
No, but several characters are pretty traumatized from the events in Falsettos/In Trousers
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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RamenDestroyer
No specific mental illnesses, but there is a lot of talk of being crazy or neurotic.
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flyingkoi
Marvin, the psychiatrist, warns Trina not to self harm but not self harm is shown and also not implied that it happens
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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zophronia
while it is not in this version, Trina makes multiple threats of suicide in the original recordings from the 90s
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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spookysplat
In a song fittingly called "I'm breaking down," along with other scenes
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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spookysplat
No, but Jason displays (arguably) autistic traits that get him berated by his mother
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Is there screaming?
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LexIsDum
It's never actual screaming since they're singing all the time, but there are times where the characters raise their voice to each other
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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spookysplat
There are several curse words and innuendos, but it all fits the specifications for live TV. Still, there is a lot of cursing and very clear sexual references.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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not explicitly, however its performed to an audience and so... sometimes actors are gesturing towards the audience etc
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Anonymous
trina calls marvin a queen in im breaking down
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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RainM
Also, a lesbian character refers to herself as “dykish”
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flyingkoi
The main characters are Jewish. Jason, the child, expresses some concern about his classmates laughing at his Hebrew if he invites them to his bar mitzvah, but that is all
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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castielswxrld
There is a man in a dress joke, though it isn't rooted in transphobia and is used rather to undermine a character's masculinity as a gay man
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Is there hate speech?
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spookysplat
There's slight homophobia and internalized homophobia, but I don't know if it's enough to be hate speech
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Does an LGBT person die?
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averyanderson2018
SPOILERS- Whizzer dies of AIDS at the end of the musical.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Jason arguably shows autistic traits that his mother complains about.
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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LexIsDum
6 out of 7 characters are Jewish
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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averyanderson2018
Implied sexual content in Thrill of First Love, sex discussed by Trina in I’m Breaking Down, and a bed scene during What More Can I Say. No nudity.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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spookysplat
Throughout act 1, Marvin tells Whizzer to be something of a traditional housewife, and a lyric in "This Has Better Come To A Stop," plainly says "Whizzer's supposed to always be here / making dinner, set to screw / that's what pretty boys should do." It is implied that he did the same to Trina.
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Are there nude scenes?
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The protagonists are in bed during one of the songs (with blankets covering from the waist down) and one character acknowledges that the other is naked.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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A character is heavily implied to have HIV and have passed it to their partner.
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Is someone terminally ill?
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spookysplat
A major character dies of AIDS in "You've Gotta Die Sometimes" and is in a hospital bed for most of Act 2
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Does it have a sad ending?
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spookysplat
A major character dies and everyone mourns. It is implied that another might die, too.
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Does a car crash?
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There’s one joke about Mendel hitting a hydrant in the song Days Like This.
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