References in Popular Culture
-The line Anna speaks to Larry, "he tastes like you, only sweeter", is used in the Fall Out Boy song "Thnks fr th Mmrs". Also, the line spoken by Larry to Alice/Jane in the strip club, "I love everything about you that hurts", is used in the song "G.I.N.A.S.F.S.", also by Fall Out Boy.
-The band Panic! at the Disco split a line from the play into two song titles on their album A Fever You Can't Sweat Out: "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off" and "But It's Better If You Do".
-Larry's line to Dan, "Have you ever seen a human heart? It looks like a fist wrapped in blood," is used by Canadian post-hardcore band Silverstein as a title to the song "Fist Wrapped in Blood" on their 2005 album Discovering the Waterfront.
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