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Nightmare Fuel / Love in Hate Nation

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  • Miss Asp received electroshock "therapy" during her time in Nation, but it is unknown as to for what duration of the stay, the length of time of each time, and the strength of each time. Why does this matter? Despite being nightmarish already, this becomes even more so under the reminder that Miss Asp was pregnant for some of that time, and this "therapy" could have killed or permanently damaged the yet-to-be-born Harriet.
  • The "Doc Shock" number, despite its somewhat hammy performance, is very chilling to watch, as the theater darkens and the doctor gleefully threatens to electrocute any misbehaving inmate, with Ya-Ya simulating convulsions in the background to illustrate the torture (implying this has already happened to her).
  • The electrotherapy themes get more gruesome later on when we learn what happened to Harriet. Miss Asp had the doctor electrocute her as punishment for kissing another girl, then kept insisting he turn up the juice when it didn't work. This results in Harriet being killed - more specifically, burnt from the inside out. The audience gets to see the flashback, and while we don't see her death, we do hear her bloody screams while she's shocked over and over. And Miss Asp chose to do this to her own daughter.

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