The Wedding Party
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"The Wedding Party" is a classic episode of the British sitcom *Fawlty Towers* in which Basil Fawlty’s prudishness and paranoia about supposed illicit goings-on among his guests lead to escalating misunderstandings and farcical chaos.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Wedding Party canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Fawlty Towers episode
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television episode ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | Fawlty Towers characters created by John Cleese and Connie Booth ⓘ |
| characterTraitExplored |
Basil Fawlty’s hypocrisy
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Basil Fawlty’s paranoia ⓘ Basil Fawlty’s social conservatism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| episodeNumberInSeason | 3 ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Alan
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Basil Fawlty NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean ⓘ Manuel ⓘ Mr. Lloyd ⓘ Mrs. Lloyd ⓘ Mrs. Peignoir ⓘ Polly Sherman ⓘ Sybil Fawlty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
sitcom
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television comedy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
farce
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misunderstandings ⓘ prudishness ⓘ sexual jealousy ⓘ |
| mainLocation |
Fawlty Towers Hotel
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surface form:
Fawlty Towers hotel
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| narrativeDevice |
double entendres
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mistaken identity ⓘ situational irony ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Fawlty Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary |
Bedroom Farce
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surface form:
Basil Fawlty misinterprets the relationships and actions of several guests as evidence of illicit sexual activity, leading to escalating confusion and chaos in the hotel.
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| seriesNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
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