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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Coalhouse, Sarah, and Father]] are all dead, but the rest of cast is (generally) happy!

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Coalhouse, Sarah, [[spoiler:Coalhouse and Father]] Sarah are all dead, but with none of the rest injustices that led to their fates being avenged. Father and Grandfather both die later on. Despite all the pain in the show, it will be several decades before any semblance of cast is (generally) happy!hope for racial harmony will arrive. However, Younger Brother continues being a revolutionary, Tateh and Mother marry and form a happy family with themselves, their children, and Coalhouse's son, and it's implied that Coalhouse and Sarah are watching their son grow up together from the afterlife]].

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* JustJokingJustification: Willie Conklin claims that the incident of him and his team trashing Coalhouse's car was just a joke, even accusing Coalhouse himself for lacking sense of humor.

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* JustJokingJustification: Willie Conklin claims that the incident of him and his team trashing Coalhouse's car was just a joke, even accusing Coalhouse himself for lacking a sense of humor.



** "What a Game" is a lighthearted number sandwiched between two much more grim scenes, and as such it's MoodWhiplash at both the transition in and the transition out. {{Justified|Trope}} up to a point since giving the audience a break from the heaviness of the second act is probably to the benefit of the show, but the transition is still more abrupt than it needs to be.

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** "What a Game" is a lighthearted number sequence sandwiched between two much more grim scenes, and as such it's MoodWhiplash at both the transition in and the transition out. {{Justified|Trope}} up to a point since giving the audience a break from the heaviness of the second act is probably to the benefit of the show, but the transition is still more ''extremely'' abrupt than it needs to be.on both ends.


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* NotSoDifferentRemark: After Mother explains to Edgar that Tateh having a rope on his daughter is due to his fear of losing her, she notes that ''all'' parents fear losing their children -- most just don't show it in such a visible way.

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