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When two characters who meet in this city have sex, inserts show them respectively imagining each other as a fancy aristocrat and a stereotyped tribal chief. A Black soldier is demoted for spending a romantic weekend with a resident of this city in Melvin Van Peebles’ The Story of a Three-Day Pass. In this city, a pianist has a dream in which he performs a concerto with an orchestra of duplicates. A film set in this city includes a series of colorful vignettes in which a woman uses different (*) dance styles that match her boyfriend’s glowing descriptions. Stylized paintings of this city form the backdrops for a long dream ballet that includes parts for taxi horns. For 10 points, Gershwin tunes soundtrack a Vincente Minnelli musical about An American in [what city]? ■END■
ANSWER: Paris
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