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Diagnosed By The Audience requires that a substantial portion of audiences headcanon a character as having a particular psychological condition.
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* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Rose is described as 'special' and appears to have some kind of intellectual disability.
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* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Rose is described as 'special' and appears to have some kind of intellectual disability.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The story is quite bleak, despite the moments of levity. It's set during the Great Depression, and Michael's narration notes that the events are the last time the family was ever truly the same. By the end of the play, you're told that pretty much all the characters are going to be heartbroken or suffer later in life.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: TooBleakStoppedCaring: The story is quite bleak, despite the moments of levity. It's set during the Great Depression, and Michael's narration notes that the events are the last time the family was ever truly the same. By the end of the play, you're told that pretty much all the characters are going to be heartbroken or suffer later in life.
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** If Rose lost her virginity to Danny Bradley, was that another motivator for [[spoiler: her and Agnes fleeing to England? Did Agnes fear that her sister could get taken to the Magdalene Laundries if word got out?]]
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The story is quite bleak, despite the moments of levity. It's set during the Great Depression, and Michael's narration notes that the events are the last time the family was ever truly the same. By the end of the play, you're told that pretty much all the characters are going to be heartbroken or suffer later in life.
** It is rather sweet to see Kate getting all {{Adorkable}} around her love interest when she visits his shop.
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* TearJerker: The fates of the other characters in the DistantFinale. [[spoiler: Jack dies only a year after his return, leaving Kate "inconsolable". Agnes and Rose flee to England in search of a better life, ending up on the streets and only getting work as washer women. By the time Michael tracks them down, Agnes has already died and Rose is dying in a hospice for the destitute - not recognising her grown-up nephew. Gerry is revealed to have a wife and son back home, explaining why he never stayed too long. Maggie tries to keep the house together but it's a shell of its former self, and Michael can only be glad to get out of there when he's old enough]].
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* TearJerker: The fates of the other characters in the DistantFinale. [[spoiler: Jack dies only a year after his return, leaving Kate "inconsolable". She's reduced to acting as a tutor for the children of Austin, the man she never ended up with. Agnes and Rose flee to England in search of a better life, ending up on the streets and only getting work as washer women. By the time Michael tracks them down, Agnes has already died and Rose is dying in a hospice for the destitute - not recognising her grown-up nephew. Gerry is revealed to have a wife and son back home, explaining why he never stayed too long. Chris ends up working in the knitting factory and is said to have hated it every day of her life. Maggie tries to keep the house together but it's a shell of its former self, and Michael can only be glad to get out of there when he's old enough]].
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** It's unknown if Rose had a genuine disability or was simply oppressed by Kate's domineering attitude and the strictness of the times.
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** Any time Kate shows a softer side, such as when she gets Michael a spinning top for his kite. The film version of this scene has just the two of them there, making it an even more tender moment.
** Early in the play there's talk of a Sweeney boy who got badly burnt jumping over the Lunasa bonfire, and the sisters are convinced he's going to die. In the final scene - just after Michael's sad revelation about Agnes, Rose and Gerry's fates - Chris informs us that the boy is going to be fine.
** Any time Kate shows a softer side, such as when she gets Michael a spinning top for his kite. The film version of this scene has just the two of them there, making it an even more tender moment.
** Early in the play there's talk of a Sweeney boy who got badly burnt jumping over the Lunasa bonfire, and the sisters are convinced he's going to die. In the final scene - just after Michael's sad revelation about Agnes, Rose and Gerry's fates - Chris informs us that the boy is going to be fine.
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* SignatureScene: The five women all getting up and dancing to the radio music.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:
** As he's an off-screen character, Danny Bradley is subject to this. The film goes with the interpretation that he's a drunken lout taking advantage of a simple-minded woman. But in the play, what happens between them in Lough Anna makes Rose excited rather than scared. And all we have to go on Danny is Kate's dismissive attitude - and she's hardly trustworthy.
** There are hints that Gerry has a thing for Agnes. Is it genuine or does he see her as dainty and easy to have his way with? What's more is that he [[spoiler: disappears from Michael's life ''after'' Agnes and Rose have fled to the UK]]. Could that have something to do with it?
* BrokenBase: Casting an actor to play the young Michael. The original production just has the narrator saying his lines off-stage. Needless to say, productions can't agree on which is the right way to do things.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Maggie, the fun-loving sister, and CoolAunt is the favourite character of many fans.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Brid Brennan later stars in ''{{Film/Brooklyn}}'' as the crotchety spinster Ms Kelly who chews out the protagonist Eilis for emigrating and abandoning her family. [[spoiler: Exactly what Agnes does at the end of this]].
** Agnes also goes on a rant to Kate that she's basically her unpaid servant. Brid Brennan later played Meryl Streep's actual maid in ''Film/FlorenceFosterJenkins''.
* JerkassWoobie: Kate is a borderline EvilMatriarch but it's hard not to feel sorry for her - especially when she loses her job for something she didn't do. [[spoiler: In the film her reaction to Rose and Agnes gone]] is devastating.
* NarmCharm: The famous sequence of the sisters dancing around to the radio music. At first it's funny because it's five middle-aged women dancing along to ceili music. Then you realise that this is one of the last times they'll ever be this happy together and it becomes very bittersweet.
* TearJerker: The fates of the other characters in the DistantFinale. [[spoiler: Jack dies only a year after his return, leaving Kate "inconsolable". Agnes and Rose flee to England in search of a better life, ending up on the streets and only getting work as washer women. By the time Michael tracks them down, Agnes has already died and Rose is dying in a hospice for the destitute - not recognising her grown-up nephew. Gerry is revealed to have a wife and son back home, explaining why he never stayed too long. Maggie tries to keep the house together but it's a shell of its former self, and Michael can only be glad to get out of there when he's old enough]].
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks:
** Hardcore purists of the play were annoyed that the film leaves the house and employs AdaptationExpansion for events that happened off-stage.
** Others didn't like the change of Danny Bradley to a direct antagonist, since what happened between him and Rose is ambiguous in the play.
** As he's an off-screen character, Danny Bradley is subject to this. The film goes with the interpretation that he's a drunken lout taking advantage of a simple-minded woman. But in the play, what happens between them in Lough Anna makes Rose excited rather than scared. And all we have to go on Danny is Kate's dismissive attitude - and she's hardly trustworthy.
** There are hints that Gerry has a thing for Agnes. Is it genuine or does he see her as dainty and easy to have his way with? What's more is that he [[spoiler: disappears from Michael's life ''after'' Agnes and Rose have fled to the UK]]. Could that have something to do with it?
* BrokenBase: Casting an actor to play the young Michael. The original production just has the narrator saying his lines off-stage. Needless to say, productions can't agree on which is the right way to do things.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Maggie, the fun-loving sister, and CoolAunt is the favourite character of many fans.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Brid Brennan later stars in ''{{Film/Brooklyn}}'' as the crotchety spinster Ms Kelly who chews out the protagonist Eilis for emigrating and abandoning her family. [[spoiler: Exactly what Agnes does at the end of this]].
** Agnes also goes on a rant to Kate that she's basically her unpaid servant. Brid Brennan later played Meryl Streep's actual maid in ''Film/FlorenceFosterJenkins''.
* JerkassWoobie: Kate is a borderline EvilMatriarch but it's hard not to feel sorry for her - especially when she loses her job for something she didn't do. [[spoiler: In the film her reaction to Rose and Agnes gone]] is devastating.
* NarmCharm: The famous sequence of the sisters dancing around to the radio music. At first it's funny because it's five middle-aged women dancing along to ceili music. Then you realise that this is one of the last times they'll ever be this happy together and it becomes very bittersweet.
* TearJerker: The fates of the other characters in the DistantFinale. [[spoiler: Jack dies only a year after his return, leaving Kate "inconsolable". Agnes and Rose flee to England in search of a better life, ending up on the streets and only getting work as washer women. By the time Michael tracks them down, Agnes has already died and Rose is dying in a hospice for the destitute - not recognising her grown-up nephew. Gerry is revealed to have a wife and son back home, explaining why he never stayed too long. Maggie tries to keep the house together but it's a shell of its former self, and Michael can only be glad to get out of there when he's old enough]].
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks:
** Hardcore purists of the play were annoyed that the film leaves the house and employs AdaptationExpansion for events that happened off-stage.
** Others didn't like the change of Danny Bradley to a direct antagonist, since what happened between him and Rose is ambiguous in the play.
