Disneyfication: The one who suffers most from this is Amneris.Hotter and Sexier too-the sight of a clearly post-coital Aida and Radames can be quite shocking. Darker and Edgier: Than most Disney musicals.Dark Reprise: "My Strongest Suit", "How I Know You", "Elaborate Lives", and "Enchantment Passing Through" all get these to some degree, but the last two are particularly blatant.Crowd Song: "Dance of the Robe", "The Gods Love Nubia".Cosmic Plaything: Aida and Radames suspect they may be this in "Written in the Stars".Concept Album: The show was born as this, with contributions from Tina Turner, Lulu and Sting, amongst others.Childhood Friend Romance: Radames tells Amneris, "I've loved you since we were children" and they've apparently been betrothed since then.Canon Foreigner: Zoser and Mereb don't appear in Verdi's opera.Buried Alive: Radames and Aida's fate is to be entombed alive together.Centuries later the reincarnations of Aida and Radames meet in a museum, as the spirit of Amneris looks on. The two die but Amneris learns from them and becomes a great and peaceful Pharaoh. A heartbroken Amneris, realizing she will soon lose everyone she has ever loved, allows Aida and Radames to be buried in the same tomb. Zoser is captured as a traitor, but so are Aida and Radames. Bittersweet Ending: The Nubian King escapes, at the cost of Mereb's life. Arranged Marriage: Amneris and Radames are betrothed, and from her perspective it's a Perfectly Arranged Marriage, but he doesn't return her feelings.Anachronism Stew: During a war planning scene, the city Khartoum is mentioned.Adaptational Nationality: In Verdi's opera, Aida and Amonasro are Ethiopian.
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