History YMMV / BrokenBlossoms

** Lucy in all her life was a servant to her abusive father. When she does her [[TheUnSmile un-smile]], the narration notes that she never had a cause to smile genuinely. When she finally meets a man who's nice to her, [[spoiler:she's murdered by her father because of it.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: [[Film/TheShining "HERE'S BATLLING BURROWS!"]]

* TheWoobie:

* ValuesDissonance: Though he is an unambiguous hero, Chen is mostly referred to, even in narration, as a "Chink", or a "Yellow Man".

* FairForItsDay - Despite the YellowFace and the racial slurs, Chen Huan (and the Chinese community in London generally) is depicted positively. And of course Chen is the hero of the story.
* ValuesDissonance - Though he is an unambiguous hero, Chen is mostly referred to, even in narration, as a "Chink", or a "Yellow Man".

* UnfortunateImplications - Chen is played by a white man in YellowFace, as was routine for films of the time (The practice remained common at least until the 1970's, and has not entirely been abandoned to this day.)

** Lucy in all her life was a servant to her abusive father. When she does her [[TheUnSmile un-smile]], the narration notes that she never had a cause to smile genuinely. When she finally meets a man who's nice to her, she's murdered by her father because of it.
** Chen, who has to see his ideals destroyed, and the girl he loved killed - partially because of him.

* FairForItsDay - Despite the YellowFace, and racial slurs, Chen Huan (and the Chinese community in London generally) is depicted positively. And of course Chen is the hero of the story.

** Lucy in all her life was a servant to her abusive father. When she does her [[TheUnSmile un-smile]], the narration notes that she never had a cause to smile. When she finally meets a man who's nice to her, she's murdered by her father because of it.

** Chen, who has to see his ideals destroyed, and the girl she loved killed - partially because of him.

** Lucy in all her life was a servant to her abusive father. When she does her UnSmile, the narration notes that she never had a cause to smile. When she finally meets a man who's nice to her, she's murdered by her father because of it.

* TheWoobie: Lucy and Chen.

* UnfortunateImplications - Chen is played by a white man in yellowface, as was routine for films of the time (The practice remained common at least until the 1970's, and has not entirely been abandoned to this day.)
* ValuesDissonance - Chen is mostly referred to, even in narration, as a "Chink", or a "Yellow Man".

* TearJerker - At the end, Lucy dies at her father's hands. Chen kills him and then himself.

* {{Narm}} - Lucy asking Chen, "Why are you so good to me, Chinky?" was probably not originally intended to be funny.

* TheWoobie: Lucy.

* UnfortunateImplications - Chen is played by a white man in yellowface, as was routine for films of the time (The practice remained common at least until the 1970's, and has not entirely been abandoned to this day.)