Zip

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"Zip" is a witty, patter-style show tune from the Rodgers and Hart musical *Pal Joey*, known for its satirical take on intellectual pretension.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf show tune
song
associatedWithCharacter Melba Snyder
basedOnWork Pal Joey (short stories, 1938)
surface form: Pal Joey (stories) by John O'Hara
broadwayDebutCity New York City
broadwayDebutPlace Ethel Barrymore Theatre
composer Richard Rodgers
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPerformanceIn Pal Joey
surface form: Pal Joey (stage musical)
form solo number
genre patter song
show tune
hasHumorStyle parody
satire
hasSubject celebrity criticism
highbrow culture
intellectualism
includedIn Pal Joey
surface form: Pal Joey original cast recordings
language English
lyricalTheme satire of intellectual pretension
lyricist Lorenz Hart
musicalStyle satirical
witty
notableFor comic monologue style
rapid-fire patter lyrics
originalProductionYear 1940
partOfBroadwayProduction Pal Joey
surface form: Pal Joey (1940 Broadway production)
partOfMusical Pal Joey
performedBy Vivienne Segal
tempo up-tempo
theatricalContext nightclub performance within the musical Pal Joey
writtenFor female vocalist

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Pal Joey notableSong Zip