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3	[[TheFilmOfThePlay Adapted from]] the Broadway musical of the same name with lyrics by [[Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein Oscar Hammerstein]] and released in 1954, this modern-dress, [[MonochromeCasting all-black]] version of Bizet's classic opera ''Theatre/{{Carmen}}'' was directed by Creator/OttoPreminger and stars Pearl Bailey, Creator/HarryBelafonte, and Creator/DorothyDandridge as the sultry Carmen Jones.
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6	!!''Carmen Jones'' shows the following tropes:
7	* AbhorrentAdmirer: Carmen cannot stand to be chased by anyone.
8	* BettyAndVeronica: Cindy Lou and Carmen fit this to a tee.
9	* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Cindy Lou is clad in sweet looking white and pink, while Carmen wears fiery reds and black.
10	* CompensatedDating: This is how Carmen supports herself and Joe once he deserts.
11	* CrazyJealousGuy: Joe gets increasingly like this, finally murdering Carmen when he can't accept that she's left him.
12	* FemmeFatale: Carmen drives men to murder.
13	* TheHedonist: Carmen fully gives in to those tendencies when she learns that her days are counted.
14	* HotWitch: Carmen reads cards and believes in spirits.
15	* [[LadyKillerInLove Man Eater In Love]]: Carmen attracts many, but gives of herself only to those she loves.
16	* MadonnaWhoreComplex: Implied to be the reason Carmen cannot get married. "You Talk Jus' Like My Maw" discusses how men tend to settle down with women who remind them of their mothers. Carmen refuses many men on screen, she cooks for Joe and waxes his shoes, but her independence places her in the "whore" side of the dichotomy. Her refusal to assimilate makes her unmarriageable.
17	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Joe has this reaction after killing Carmen, outright begging to be hung for his crime so that they can be TogetherInDeath.
18	* NonSingingVoice: While Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte could sing, the operatic music was out of their range, so their singing was dubbed by opera singers. Marilyn Horne, who dubbed Carmen, went on to become a major opera star.
19	* OperationJealousy: Carmen attempts this on Joe with Sergeant Brown, with unfortunate consequences.
20	* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Carmen abandons Joe when the cards predict her death, which leads to him killing her.
21	* ToxicFriendInfluence: Although pursuing one she doesn't love is originally against Carmen's principles, Frankie and her friends pressure her to date Husky Miller for his money.
22	* ThroughHisStomach: Although Joe is already under Carmen's spell when she cooks him a meal.
23	* UndyingLoyalty: Cindy Lou returns to Joe regardless of his cheating and that he's a wanted deserter.
24	* WildCard: Carmen comes and goes as she wishes, and values freedom for everyone.

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