Latin in Cry Baby

In Cry Baby, the musical being put on by the upper school, there are lines in Latin in the song A Little Upset. At this point, the main character is in jail and sings about escaping with his friends. Near the end, the lyrics are "Carpe diem, non incarceratum, let's escapum, et tu Dupree? Sempre internam in Alcatrasum." While these lines aren't entirely real Latin, they do give some extra context to the song and its meaning. "Carpe diem", meaning seize the day, is followed by non "incarceratum" and "let's escapum". This shows Cry Baby's wish to escape and do what he wants, not wasting time in prison. "Et tu Dupree" is obviously a reference to "Et tu Brute", Caesar's last words before his death by his friend Brutus. In this case, however, Cry Baby is asking his friend Dupree if he feels the same way about escaping, or if he wants "sempre internam in Alcatrasum", always serving jail time in an allusion to Alcatraz. Not all of the Latin in the song is accurate, but knowing the idea of what they want to say gives a good layer of meaning to the song.