Gypsy
Movie • 1993 • Comedy
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Gypsy is a 1993 American made-for-television adaptation of the classic Broadway musical. The teleplay by Arthur Laurents is an adaptation of his book of the 1959 stage musical Gypsy, which was based on Gypsy: A Memoir by Gypsy Rose Lee.
Gypsy Rose Lee's son, Erik Lee Preminger, was instrumental in getting the film in production and was the main source for research. He had tried to get the musical filmed 10 years earlier with Bette Midler the principal role, but it required the approval of five entities to obtain the rights. One of the obstacles had been Arthur Laurents himself, who wrote the book for the musical based on Lee's memoirs. He had hated the 1962 film version and was initially opposed to a remake. "Not for all the money in the world will we let them make another film version of Gypsy," he had said.
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Sources claim that the real life Louise/Gypsy Rose began her striptease career at age 15 ,albeit some details are kind of fuzzy as Rose lied about the age of her daughters throughout their lives including forged documents (and also her movie actress was in her thirties at the time). Also there’s a song that in-universe is a children’s vaudeville song that gets reused later as a striptease number and it’s intentionally written with innuendos in mind, albeit any discomfort during rewatches is intentional
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It can be argued there is significant mental cruelty and manipulation.
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Much of the plot hinges on "I'm doing this for your own good," style of parenting, amplified by stage mother intensity.
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No but a character pretends to be sexually assaulted to accomplish a goal
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No, but if you think the idea of far too many kids all seeping in one room counts then there is that
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One guy finally snaps at the mom and yells at her a lot, resulting in a screaming match. At the end the mom sings a song in which she gets desperate and loud and borderling breaks down
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Side note: especially don’t watch the Broadway version, one particularly (in)famous moment from the movie where the strobe lights are used as an optical illusion to show characters aging is a carryover from that
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The name "Gypsy" is based on an outdated term, which now can frequently be used as a slur.
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Brief innuendo; the third act takes place in a burlesque house with strippers.
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