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I have edited the article to comply with WP:MT's Article Structure guidelines. Yes, it still need a fair amount of work. For the time being, I haven't found a way to incorporate certain elements (I will, though - don't worry!). Mainly for my own peace of mind, I've copied them here...

Historical credentials

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'Che as well as Evita symbolize certain naïve, but effective, beliefs: the hope for a better world; a life sacrificed on the altar of the disinherited, the humiliated, the poor of the earth. They are myths which somehow reproduce the image of Christ.'^[1]

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Mandy Patinkin in his role as 'Che' in the original Broadway version of Evita.

The everyman-styled narrator of the musical is identified simply as 'Che' and is based partially upon the historical figure of Che Guevara, a native Argentinian who opposed the Perón regime.

In the original productions of the musical, Che and Evita have a confrontation in the song "Waltz for Eva and Che". There is no evidence to suggest that Che Guevara and Eva Perón actually ever met. The only alleged contact that Guevara ever had with Perón was a letter he claimed to have sent to her charity, requesting a jeep; Guevara claimed that it was never received, and is also said to have joined a Peronist youth organisation in college, though only to gain access to their library.

After leaving Peronist Argentina in the mid-1950s, Guevara moved to Cuba. As Castro's collaborator, he came to occupy a position in Cuba's government arguably analogous to Evita's role in Peronist Argentina: that of spiritual leader. In the song "Waltz for Eva and Che", the character of Evita makes a reference to Guevara's future role in Castro's Cuba: 'So go, if you're able/To somewhere unstable/And stay there/Whip up your hate/In some tottering state/But not here, dear/Is that clear, dear?'^[2]

The lyrics and storyline of the musical are based on Mary Main's biography Evita: The Woman with the Whip, which drew heavily upon the accounts of anti-Peronist Argentines. Shortly after the musical appeared, Nicholas Fraser and Marysa Navarro published a more neutral account of Eva Perón's life, titled Evita: The Real Lives of Eva Perón, in which they claim that many of Main's assertions (which had influenced Rice's lyrics) were false, such as the suggestion that Eva had first gone to Buenos Aires as the mistress of a married musician, Agustín Magaldi. Instead, they wrote, Eva's mother Doña Juana had taken her there whenever she aspired to become a radio actress. Many people suggested that Rice's lyrics disparaged Evita's achievements unnecessarily, particularly her charity work.

Popular Culture

The episode of The Simpsons ("The President Wore Pearls") has a plot loosely based on the musical, including parodies of songs such as, "Don't cry for me, kids of Springfield," a parody of "Don't Cry for me Argentina." Also at the end they display a disclaimer saying "On the advice of our lawyers, we swear we have never heard of a musical based on the life of Eva Perón".

Deleted info

A lot of info was deleted from this article today. Can someone explain the deletions, please? -- Ssilvers 01:16, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, did you mean to put back in the stuff you copied out above? Sorry if I am jumping the gun. -- Ssilvers 01:22, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I did a copy edit on the section. Hope it helps. -- Ssilvers 14:25, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Synopsis

The synopsis should not be a bullet-pointed list; it should be a narrative plot summary, mentioning the songs where they occur in the story. See the article structure page at WP:MUSICALS -- Ssilvers 00:19, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category: Rock operas

I see that this has been removed. I am wondering what the difference is between a rock opera and a Broadway musical. Is it possible to be both? --Gelsomina 14:47, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

^ "Evita Or Madonna: Whom Will History Remember?" Interview with Tomas Eloy Martinez Retrieved June 13, 2006
^ "Waltz For Eva And Che", lyrics by Tim Rice, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Retrieved June 12, 2006

[1] "Evita Or Madonna: Whom Will History Remember?" Interview with Tomas Eloy Martinez Retrieved June 13, 2006

[2] "Waltz For Eva And Che", lyrics by Tim Rice, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Retrieved June 12, 2006

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