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* At the end of ''{{Oklahoma}}'', Curly and Laurey get married and the characters literally sing the praises of their soon-to-be state, declaring it to be a place of natural beauty, agricultural plenty, and boundless promise. Which becomes very ironic when you realize that the Dust Bowl will happen within the happy couple's lifetime.
* Same thing in ''{{Chicago}}''. Roxie and Velma might end the show on a high note, having opened their own act, but when happens when the stock market crashes and the Depression kicks off?
** However, in ''{{Chicago}}'', [[CrapsackWorld they]] [[BlackAndBlackMorality deserve]] [[TheBadGuyWins it.]]
*** [[TheChewToy Amos]] [[TokenGoodTeammate doesn't]]! [[spoiler:Though as a lowly mechanic who'd saved up enough to shower affection on his undeserving wife, his quality of life probably wouldn't change too badly. And with Roxie out of his life, maybe he could find a good woman deserving of his time.]]
* In ''{{Doubt}}'', doesn't the nun realize that all she's really done in getting rid of Father Flynn is given him the opportunity to victimize another child at his new place of employment? And if he's innocent, that she's not only bullied an innocent man out of his job, she's left an equally innocent child with no one to look out for him in a hostile learning environment?
* ''TheBlueBird''. Dear God, ''TheBlueBird''. The implications of [[EverythingTalks everything having a soul]], including inanimate objects, are never addressed. Also, the portrayal of the afterlife is simply horrifying on close examination-- the main characters visit what is essentially FluffyCloudHeaven to find all their dead relatives, most of whom, due to the era the play was written in, being their own siblings, who died when they were children. The horrific part comes in when one of their [[DeadLittleSister Dead Little Sisters]], who died in infancy, appears, still as an infant. The implication is that she will remain a helpless baby for [[strike: all eternity]] as long as people remember her existence.
** Things get even worse at the Kingdom of the Future, where the souls of all who have yet to be born reside. It wouldn't be so bad if said souls were not completely aware of everything that was going to happen to them after their births. Essentially, in the play's cosmology, people exist for an infinite amount of time before birth, and then their memories are erased after they are born, and after they die, their continued existence is limited to the condition they were in when they died, and contingent on whether or not anyone who knew them is still alive. The worst part about this is that the characters meet the spirit of ''another'' sibling, who has yet to be born, who tells them ([[RefugeInAudacity cheerfully!]]) that he will die in infancy. In other words, ''this kid is going to be born, lose all memory and be reverted to an infant, die after only a year, and remain an infant forever''. And none of the characters are at all disturbed by these revelations.
* ''FiddlerOnTheRoof'': Motel, Tzeitel and their child, are evicted from Anatevka and leave for Warsaw, Poland. [[WorldWarTwo Some thirty-odd years later...]]
** Also, Tevye has 5 daughters. The first falls in love and goes against Tevye's tradition and morals. The second falls in love and goes even further against his tradition and morals. The 3rd falls in love and goes so far against Tevye's tradition and morals that he basically disowns her. The play ends before the fourth and fifth daughters can fall in love but following the pattern and *especially* with the fact they're going to America where things are less formal... you just can't help but feel this either won't end well for Tevye or he's going to essentially lock them up.
* Shakespeare's ''TheTamingOfTheShrew'' is arguably funny and light-hearted when you first look at it, but the protagonist seems to be developing Stockholm Syndrome by the end.... Of course, owing to ValuesDissonance this may fall more under plain-old AccidentalNightmareFuel.
** Willy's good old Ode to Wife Beating? I think that goes in several places, but it's very apparent even slightly into the play.
* ''ChittyChittyBangBang'': We knew in the movie that the Child Catcher's duty was to capture any child he could find. But in the stage version, according to the Toy Maker, the Child Catcher goes beyond catching as many kids as possible, by making them "disappear".
** One can only imagine WHY he carries around that hook to begin with...

*** [[TheChewToy Angus]] [[TokenGoodTeammate doesn't]]! [[spoiler:Though as a lowly mechanic who'd saved up enough to shower affection on his undeserving wife, his quality of life probably wouldn't change too badly. And with Roxie out of his life, maybe he could find a good woman deserving of his time.]]

** Also, Tevya has 5 daughters. The first falls in love and goes against Tevya's tradition and morals. The second falls in love and goes even further against his tradition and morals. The 3rd falls in love and goes so far against Tevya's tradition and morals that he basically disowns her. The play ends before the fourth and fifth daughters can fall in love but following the pattern and *especially* with the fact they're going to america where things are less formal... you just can't help but feel this either won't end well for Tevya or he's going to essentially lock them up.

** Also, Tevya has 5 daughters. The first falls in love and goes against Tevya's tradition and morals. The second falls in love and goes even further against his tradition and morals. The 3rd falls in love and goes so far against Tevya's tradition and morals that he basically disowns her. The play ends before the fourth and fifth daughters can fall in love but following the pattern and *especially* with the fact they're going to america where things are less formal... you just can't help but feel this either won't end well for Tevya or he's going to essentially lock them up.

** Also, Tevya has 5 daughters. The first falls in love and goes against Tevya's tradition and morals. The second falls in love and goes even further against his tradition and morals. The 3rd falls in love and goes so far against Tevya's tradition and morals that he basically disowns her. The play ends before the fourth and fifth daughters can fall in love but following the pattern and *especially* with the fact they're going to america where things are less formal...

* ''FiddlerOnTheRoof'': Motel, Tzeitel and their child, are evicted from Anatevka and leave for Warsaw, Poland. [[WorldWarTwo Some thirty-odd years later...]]

** However, in ''{{Chicago}}'', [[CrapsackWorld They]] [[BlackAndBlackMorality deserve]] [[TheBadGuyWins it.]]

** Things get even worse at the Kingdom of the Future, where the souls of all who have yet to be born reside. It wouldn't be so bad if said souls were not completely aware of everything that was going to happen to them after their births. Essentially, in the play's cosmology, people exist for an infinite amount of time before birth, and then their memories are erased after they are born, and after they die, their continued existence is limited to the condition they were in when they died, and contingent on whether or not anyone who knew them is still alive. The worst part about this is that the characters meet the spirit of ''another'' sibling, who has yet to be born, who tells them ([[RefugeInAudacity cheerfully!]]) that he will die in infancy. In other words, ''this kid is going to be born, lose all memory and be reverted to an infant, die after only a year, and remain an infant forever''. And none of the characters are at all disturbed by these revelations.

* Same thing in {{Chicago}}. Roxie and Velma might end the show on a high note, having opened their own act, but when happens when the stock market crashes and the Depression kicks off?
* In {{Doubt}}, doesn't the nun realize that all she's really done in getting rid of Father Flynn is given him the opportunity to victimize another child at his new place of employment? And if he's innocent, that she's not only bullied an innocent man out of his job, she's left an equally innocent child with no one to look out for him in a hostile learning environment?

* ''TheBlueBird''. Dear God, ''TheBlueBird''. The implications of [[EverythingTalks everything having a soul]], including inanimate objects, are never addressed. Also, the portrayal of the afterlife is simply horrifying on close examination-- the main characters visit what is essentially FluffyCloudHeaven to find all their dead relatives, most of whom, due to the era the play was written in, being their own siblings, who died when they were children. The horrific part comes in when one of their [[DeadLittleSister Dead Little Sisters]], who died in infancy, appears, still as an infant. THe implication is that she will remain a helpless baby for [[strike: all eternity]] as long as people remember her existence.

* In {{Doubt}}, doesn't the nun realize that all she's really done in getting rid of Father Flynn is given him the opportunity to victimize another child at his new place of employment? And if he's innocent, that she's not only bullied an innocent man out of his job, she's left an equally innocent child with no one to look out for him in a hostile learning environment?

* At the end of ''{{Oklahoma}}'', Curly and Laurey get married and the characters literally sing the praises of their soon-to-be state, declaring it to be a place of natural beauty, agricultural plenty, and boundless promise. Which becomes very ironic when you realize that the Dust Bowl will happen within the happy couple's lifetime.