Guys and Dolls

:For 1970s UK musical group see Guys n' Dolls.

Synopsis

Although there are detail differences between the stage and movie versions, the plot is essentially based around the activities of New York petty criminals and professional gamblers. Nathan Detroit makes a living by running an (illegal) "floating crap game", despite constant encouragement to "go straight" by Miss Adelaide, a nightclub singer to whom he has been engaged for fourteen years.

Related Topics:
Stage - Movie - New York - Gamblers

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Sky Masterson is also a gambler, who will lay a bet on almost anything. He is unwillingly drawn by Nathan into trying to win a bet by taking Sarah Brown, a sister at the Save a Soul Mission, to dinner in Havana, Cuba.

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Most of the characters are generally portrayed as preying on society's weakness for gambling, but are not prone to regular violence.

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There is a suggestion that Nathan Detroit may be Jewish, due to his frequent use of Yinglish idioms, especially in the song "Sue Me". The song includes words such as nu (an interjection roughly meaning well, as of expectation), and gonif, slang for a rascal.

Related Topics:
Jewish - Yinglish

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