Anything you can do, I can do better
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"Anything you can do, I can do better" is a famous, playful duet from the 1946 Broadway musical *Annie Get Your Gun*, in which two characters humorously compete over who is more capable.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)" | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
duet
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show tune ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Annie Oakley (fictional character)
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Frank Butler (fictional character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Irving Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalImpact | became a widely recognized catchphrase ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1946 ⓘ |
| frequentlyPerformedIn | revivals of Annie Get Your Gun ⓘ |
| frequentlyRecordedBy | various popular singers ⓘ |
| genre |
musical theatre
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show tune ⓘ |
| hasForm | verse-chorus ⓘ |
| intendedMood |
humorous
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light-hearted ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalDevice |
dialogue
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one-upmanship ⓘ repetition ⓘ |
| lyricalStyle |
comic
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playful ⓘ |
| lyricist | Irving Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalTheatreProduction | Annie Get Your Gun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Anything You Can Do NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableLyric |
Anything you can do, I can do better
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No you can't ⓘ Yes I can ⓘ |
| originalCastPerformer |
Ethel Merman
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Ray Middleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalMedium | Broadway musical ⓘ |
| originalProductionLocation | Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfMusical | Annie Get Your Gun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performanceContext | onstage competition between leads ⓘ |
| performedByCharacters |
Annie Oakley
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Frank Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Golden Age of Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Irving Berlin Music Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | call and response duet ⓘ |
| theme |
boasting
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friendly rivalry ⓘ gender competition ⓘ |
| typicalInstrumentation | orchestra ⓘ |
| typicalVocalForces | male-female duet GENERATED ⓘ |
| usedAs | comic showdown number ⓘ |
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