No Way to Stop It
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"No Way to Stop It" is a song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music," known for its cynical, conversational take on political inevitability.
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| instanceOf |
show tune
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song → |
| composer |
Richard Rodgers
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| dramaticFunction |
contrasts with Captain von Trapp's moral stance
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illustrates accommodation to Nazi takeover → |
| firstAppearance |
original stage version of The Sound of Music
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| genre |
musical theatre
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| hasSubject |
appeasement
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cynicism → political inevitability → |
| hasTheme |
moral compromise
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personal comfort versus political responsibility → resignation to historical forces → |
| language |
English
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| lyricist |
Oscar Hammerstein II
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| lyricStyle |
ironic
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witty → |
| mediumOfPerformance |
voice
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| narrativeRole |
character song
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| omittedFrom |
1965 film adaptation of The Sound of Music
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| orchestration |
theatre orchestra
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| partOf |
The Sound of Music
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The Sound of Music (stage musical) → |
| positionInWork |
Act II
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| setting |
Austria
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| settingPeriod |
late 1930s
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| sungByCharacter |
Baroness Elsa Schraeder
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Captain Georg von Trapp → Max Detweiler NERFINISHED → |
| tone |
conversational
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cynical → |
| workBy |
Rodgers and Hammerstein
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Richard Rodgers
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