Cell Block Tango

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"Cell Block Tango" is a darkly comedic musical number from the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Chicago, in which female prisoners theatrically recount the murders of their lovers.

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Cell Block Tango canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
adaptedAs film musical number in Chicago (2002 film) ⓘ
associatedWith Bob Fosse ⓘ
basedOn Chicago (play) by Maurine Dallas Watkins ⓘ
linked to: Chicago (1926 play)
composer John Kander ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
directorOfFilmSequence Rob Marshall ⓘ
featuresCharacters Merry Murderesses ⓘ
female prisoners ⓘ
filmReleaseYear 2002 ⓘ
firstPerformanceIn Chicago (stage musical) ⓘ
linked to: Chicago (musical)
genre musical theatre ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
hasCharacterMonologue Cicero ⓘ
Lipschitz ⓘ
Pop ⓘ
Six ⓘ
Squish ⓘ
Uh-uh ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Fred Ebb ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
stage ⓘ
narrativeTheme crime and punishment ⓘ
female empowerment ⓘ
murder ⓘ
narrativeTone dark comedy ⓘ
notableFor choreographed prison setting ⓘ
intercut storytelling in the 2002 film ⓘ
stylized depiction of homicide confessions ⓘ
originalBroadwayProductionYear 1975 ⓘ
partOf Chicago ⓘ
Chicago (2002 film) ⓘ
Chicago (musical) ⓘ
performedByInFilm Catherine Zeta-Jones ⓘ
Deidre Goodwin ⓘ
Denise Faye ⓘ
Ekaterina Chtchelkanova ⓘ
Mýa ⓘ
Susan Misner ⓘ
refrain He had it comin' ⓘ
Pop! Six! Squish! Uh-uh! Cicero! Lipschitz! ⓘ
setting Cook County Jail ⓘ
women's cell block ⓘ
structure ensemble chorus ⓘ
series of monologues ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chicago (film) → notableSong → Cell Block Tango ⓘ
subject linked to: Chicago (film musical)
Chicago (2002 film) → notableSong → Cell Block Tango ⓘ
Chicago (musical) → notableSong → Cell Block Tango ⓘ
subject linked to: Chicago
Chicago (West End revival) → musicalNumber → Cell Block Tango ⓘ
Chicago (musical) → featuresSong → Cell Block Tango ⓘ