Pore Jud Is Daid

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musical theatre song show tune song

"Pore Jud Is Daid" is a darkly comic song from the musical *Oklahoma!* in which Curly McLain sardonically imagines the community’s exaggerated mourning of the farmhand Jud Fry after his hypothetical death.

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	musical theatre song → show tune → song →
characterAddressed	Jud Fry →
characterSinging	Curly McLain →
composer	Richard Rodgers →
fictionalContext	sardonic fantasy of Jud Fry’s funeral →
firstAppearance	Oklahoma! (1943 Broadway musical) →
genre	musical theatre → show tune →
includedIn	Oklahoma! 1955 film adaptation → Oklahoma! original Broadway production →
language	English →
lyricist	Oscar Hammerstein II →
medium	film musical → stage musical →
musicalBy	Rodgers and Hammerstein →
narrativeFunction	explores Curly McLain’s antagonistic relationship with Jud Fry → foreshadows Jud Fry’s death →
notableFeature	contrasts mournful musical style with comic, morbid lyrics →
partOf	Oklahoma! → Oklahoma! (musical) →
performedByCharacter	Curly McLain →
relationshipToCharacter	expresses Curly’s hostility toward Jud Fry →
setting	rural Oklahoma territory →
sungInAct	Act I of Oklahoma! →
thematicElement	death → jealousy → mock eulogy → social hypocrisy → violence →
tone	black comedy → dark comedy →
workBasedOn	Green Grow the Lilacs →
yearIntroduced	1943 →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Curly McLain →	singsSong