The Movie in My Mind

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"The Movie in My Mind" is a poignant ballad from the musical Miss Saigon that expresses a bar girl's dreams of escape and a better life.

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instanceOf song
appearsOnCastRecording Miss Saigon Original Broadway Cast Recording NERFINISHED
Miss Saigon Original London Cast Recording NERFINISHED
associatedWithCharacterOccupation bar girl
basedOn Madame Butterfly (indirectly, via Miss Saigon) NERFINISHED
composer Claude-Michel Schönberg NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
dramaticFunction character development
establishes emotional stakes for Kim
emotionalTone hopeful
melancholic
poignant
firstPerformedInCity London NERFINISHED
firstPerformedInTheatre Theatre Royal, Drury Lane NERFINISHED
genre ballad
musical theatre
hasInstrumentation orchestra accompaniment
hasMusicalStyle contemporary musical theatre ballad
language English
lyricalMotif imagined movie as escape from reality
lyricist Alain Boublil NERFINISHED
Richard Maltby Jr. NERFINISHED
musical Miss Saigon NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective bar girl dreaming of escape
notableProduction 1991 Broadway production of Miss Saigon
originalProduction Miss Saigon (1989 West End production) NERFINISHED
partOf Miss Saigon NERFINISHED
performedByCharacter Gigi NERFINISHED
Kim NERFINISHED
publisher Music Theatre International (licensing for Miss Saigon) NERFINISHED
setting Saigon NERFINISHED
Vietnam War era
theme disillusionment
dreams of escape
hope for a better life
war and exploitation
vocalType female vocal duet
yearOfPremiere 1989

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Claude-Michel Schönberg notableSong The Movie in My Mind