When Does the Stage-Musical "The Full Monty" (2000) Take Place?
"The Full Monty" is a comedy stage-musical written by Terrence McNally with David Yazbek [adapting "The Full Monty" (1997) by Simon Beaufoy] first performed June 1st, 2000. So when is "The Full Monty" set?
It takes place in the year:
We know this because "The Goods", the eleventh song, features a "Victoria’s Secret" catalog that inspires the main characters to introspection about their own bodies under the female gaze. The real-world lingerie store Victoria’s Secret was founded on June 12th, 1977 AD and sent out their first catalogs later in the same year. So it must be after 1977 AD.
1993 AD
We know this because "The Goods", the eleventh song, features a "Victoria’s Secret" catalog that inspires the main characters to introspection about their own bodies under the female gaze. The real-world lingerie store Victoria’s Secret was founded on June 12th, 1977 AD and sent out their first catalogs later in the same year. So it must be after 1977 AD.
Furthermore, Vicki Nichols suggests she and her husband Harold "a few weeks in Maui. / And we'll feel the breeze and sample the poi / and go see Don Ho and"... in "Life With Harold", the fifth song in the show. The real-world Hawaiian-Chinese-Portuguese-Dutch-German singer Don Ho died on April 14th, 2007 AD. So it must be before April of 2007 AD.
More specifically, during the eighth song, "Michael Jordan's Ball", the main characters sing, "He's slick as soap, / he's king, he's pope! / He's Michael freakin' Jordan!" The real-world basketball player Michael Jordan debuted with the Chicago Bulls in the 1984 AD season but became most renowned for taking part in the winning of three back-to-back National Basketball Association championships in 1991 AD, 1992 AD, and 1993 AD. So it is most likely after June of 1993 AD.
The lack of mentions of the moment Michael Jordan announced at a press conference that he was quitting basketball and turning to baseball strongly encourages a cutoff there. This happened on October 6th, 1993 AD in the real world. So it is probably before October of 1993 AD.
