# I saw 'Chicago' with someone who didn't know it was a musical

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 12, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-chicago-with-someone-who-didnt-know-it-was-a-musical/168198 "2003-04-12T03:51:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-chicago-with-someone-who-didnt-know-it-was-a-musical/168198/21 "2003-04-20T14:17:04Z")

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The marionette scene was my favourite.

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**Author:** ![summerbreeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@summerbreeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/summerbreeze)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-chicago-with-someone-who-didnt-know-it-was-a-musical/168198/22 "2003-04-23T01:32:19Z")

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Yeah, **Twickster** , that was cool.

I’d seen the musical onstage 3 times, sometimes the audience laughed in the right places. Hate to say it, I love live theater, but the movie is better.

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