These are what we call the 'YMMV items.' Things that some people find in this work. We call them 'your mileage might vary' because not everyone sees these things in the same way. This starts discussions in the trope lists, a thing we don't want. Please use the discussion page if you'd like to discuss any of these items.
YMMV: Chicago
Musical
Adaptation Displacement: Unless you're a fan of TCM (Turner Classic Movies) you've most likely never even heard of the original non-musical movie.
Family Unfriendly Aesop: The legal system is a farce and a circus, and fame will let you get away with anything. Additionally, if you are falsely accused of murder, you're more likely to get executed than someone who did.
The saddest thing is that much too often this is absolutely true.
Hype Backlash: Soon after it won big at the Oscars (it beat The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Gangs of New York for Best Picture), this set in.
Magnificent Bastard: Billy Flynn, especially when we find out about his plan involving Roxie's diary.
Promoted Fanboy: Before getting the Amos role in the 1996 revival, Joel Grey used "Razzle Dazzle" in 1976 to teach Gonzo the Great how to do a show-stopping act.
Uncanny Valley: Roxie, as well as the reporters, in "We Both Reached For the Gun" in the 2002 film version. Oddly enough, the reason it's so eerie is because it's actual people made up, dressed up, and choreographed like marionettes (or a ventriloquist dummy in Roxie's case), making them inhuman enough that it's just plain creepy.
The Woobie: At live shows, Amos's Woobiedom can be measured empirically by listening to the audience's "Awwww"s after "Mister Cellophane".
Experience, if not mileage, will vary here. At the Broadway show this troper attended, the Jerkass Audience LAUGHED all throughout the heart-rending Mr. Cellophane. Not sure if sadists, or Completely Missing The Point. Troper felt like choking a few bitches.
Accidental Innuendo: Before they even became the Chicago Transit Authority, they went by the name "the Big Thing", which apparently caused some controversy in the Chicago club circuit.
Broken Base: Their stuff post-Kath era divides the fanbase.
Face of the Band: Averted for a while, then in The Eighties, it was Peter Cetera. Who then left halfway through the decade.
Replacement Scrappy: Kath replacement Donnie Dacus lasted for only two albums(Hot Streets and Chicago XIII), and was later acknowledged as "a mistake".
Too Dumb to Live: Terry Kath, who forgot the first rule of guns: Always assume it's loaded.
