| Does your leading lady: | Sing about a non-relationship goal | Achieve that goal (spoilers) |
| Hairspray (2002) | Yes. Good Morning Baltimore. | Yes. She gets to dance on TV, then teams with Maybelle to integrate the show. |
| Wicked (2003) | Yes. The Wizard and I. Defying Gravity. |
Almost. She liberates the imprisoned animals but fails to overthrow the Wizard. |
| Legally Blonde (2007) | Yes. So Much Better. | Yes. Though Emmett and Vivienne get her to the trial she wins the big court case herself. |
| If/Then (2014) | Sort of. She shares the song A Map of New York. | Sort of. Elizabeth is split between alternating marriage and career timelines. |
| Honeymoon in Vegas (2015) | No. Betsy's Getting Married. | She's passed between two men and marries one of them. |
Monday, March 30, 2015
Modern Musical Tropes : Running the test
Last week my friends and I drafted a short quiz to see which modern musicals had "progressive gender politics." This week I put a few modern shows to the test.
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