Sportin’ Life

E270202
antagonist fictional character opera character

Sportin’ Life is the slick, cynical drug dealer and gambler who serves as a charismatic antagonist in George Gershwin’s opera *Porgy and Bess*.

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Label Occurrences
Sportin' Life 3
Sportin’ Life canonical 2
tempted by Sportin' Life 1

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf antagonist ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
opera character ⓘ
alignment villain ⓘ
appearsIn Porgy and Bess ⓘ
associatedTheme skepticism about religion ⓘ
temptation ⓘ
associatedWithSetting Catfish Row ⓘ
basedOnWork novel Porgy by DuBose Heyward ⓘ
characterTrait charismatic ⓘ
cynical ⓘ
slick ⓘ
composerOfWorkAppearsIn George Gershwin ⓘ
creator DuBose Heyward ⓘ
George Gershwin ⓘ
Ira Gershwin ⓘ
firstAppearance Porgy and Bess ⓘ
surface form: opera Porgy and Bess
firstPerformanceInWork 1935 ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearsIn opera ⓘ
influencesCharacter Bess ⓘ
Porgy ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
librettistOfWorkAppearsIn DuBose Heyward ⓘ
lyricistOfWorkAppearsIn Ira Gershwin ⓘ
medium stage ⓘ
nationalityInFiction American ⓘ
occupation drug dealer ⓘ
gambler ⓘ
offersDrug Happy Dust ⓘ
roleInWork antagonist in Porgy and Bess ⓘ
singsAria It Ain’t Necessarily So ⓘ
singsNumber Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat ⓘ
surface form: There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York
temptsCharacter Bess ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Porgy and Bess → mainCharacter → Sportin’ Life ⓘ
Porgy (novel) → mainCharacter → Sportin’ Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sportin' Life
Catfish Row → associatedWithCharacter → Sportin’ Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sportin' Life
It Ain’t Necessarily So → sungByCharacter → Sportin’ Life ⓘ
Bess → associatedWith → Sportin’ Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sportin' Life
Bess → relationshipDynamic → Sportin’ Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: tempted by Sportin' Life