History NotSoDifferent / Theater

* ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'': Throught Act I and II, JerkassWoobie, RenaissanceMan Cyrano seemed radically different from GiftedlyBad, ButtMonkey Raguenau. But after Raguenau’s EstablishingCharacterMoment at Act II Scene IV, when he reveals he is perfectly conscientious of being a '''White Knight''' with his [[FalseFriend friends, the poets,]] but doesn’t care of the consequences because [[AttentionWhore he is getting what he wants of them]], Cyrano ([[ConspicuousConsumption whom in Act I has spent all his monthly pension paying for the tickets of the play he interrupted]]) recognizes an equal:
--> '''Cyrano''' ''(clapping him on the shoulder):'' Friend, I like you right well!...
* ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix'':
** Edward Rutledge makes this clear to Jefferson and the North when they support an anti-slavery clause to the Declaration of Independence. First of all, Jefferson was ''also'' a slaveowner[[labelnote:*]]and despite his promise to free them, the historical Jefferson later decided slavery wasn't so bad after all and only freed a tiny amount[[/labelnote]] and second, most slave ships were captained by New Englanders. Rutledge describes exactly how the Triangle Trade moves in "Molasses to Rum" and then acts out a slave auction.
** In a more positive example, John Adams and the chief opponent of independence, John Dickinson. After spending the whole play fighting Adams and seemingly concerned more with material and financial reasons not to rebel, Dickinson finally stands alone against independence. He refuses to sign the Declaration out of conscience because he genuinely thinks it's the wrong path for the country, but because he wants to protect America even in a war that seems hopeless, he leaves Congress and joins the Army. (This is [[ArtisticLicenseHistory sort of]] how it actually happened.)
* The interactive murder mystery "Killing Mr. Withers" has the villain singing to the Savings and Loan mogul he's trying to murder that they are really not so different from each other. Both of them make a living by ruining other people.
* In ''Theatre/TheCompleteHistoryOfAmericaAbridged'', Rock Fury, Super GI, confronts UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler:
-->'''Rock''': "Your jig-dancing days are over, little man."\\
'''Adolph''': "But vy? Vy?!"\\
'''Rock''': "In its greed and lust for power, Germany has tried to take over an entire continent."\\
'''Eva''': "But isn't zat vut ze US did in Norze America?"\\
'''Rock''': "Wash your mouth with soap, little lady! Why, the US stopped land-grabbing over forty years ago. And there's a big difference between your land-grabbing and ours."\\
'''Adolph''': "Vut's zat?"\\
'''Rock''': "We succeeded. Besides, we didn't try to wipe out an entire race of people!"\\
'''Eva''': "Vut about ze Indians?"\\
'''Rock''': "Well, we don't lock people away in concentration camps."\\
'''Eva''': "Vut about ze Japanese-Americans on ze Vest Coast?"
* In the musical ''Theatre/{{Violet}}'', both Violet and Flick have experienced being judged by their appearance.
* In ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', the very first line establishes that the play is about "two households, both alike in dignity," and pretty much every comparison between the Capulet and Montague families points out that they have much more in common than not.
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* ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'': Throught Act I and II, JerkassWoobie, RenaissanceMan Cyrano seemed radically different from GiftedlyBad, ButtMonkey Raguenau. But after Raguenau’s EstablishingCharacterMoment at Act II Scene IV, when he reveals he is perfectly conscientious of being a FanDumb '''White Knight''' with his [[FalseFriend friends, the poets,]] but doesn’t care of the consequences because [[AttentionWhore he is getting what he wants of them]], Cyrano ([[ConspicuousConsumption whom in Act I has spent all his monthly pension paying for the tickets of the play he interrupted]]) recognizes an equal:

* CyranoDeBergerac: Throught Act I and II, JerkassWoobie, RenaissanceMan Cyrano seemed radically different from GiftedlyBad, ButtMonkey Raguenau. But after Raguenau’s EstablishingCharacterMoment at Act II Scene IV, when he reveals he is perfectly conscientious of being a FanDumb '''White Knight''' with his [[FalseFriend friends, the poets,]] but doesn’t care of the consequences because [[AttentionWhore he is getting what he wants of them]], Cyrano ([[ConspicuousConsumption whom in Act I has spent all his monthly pension paying for the tickets of the play he interrupted]]) recognizes an equal:

* In ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', Charlie Bucket is a poor, humble, and warm boy while Willy Wonka is a fabulously wealthy, boastful, snarky and frosty gentleman. But both are {{Mr Imagination}}s who want to [[ForHappiness make other people happy]] by inventing strange-but-wonderful things...

* The interactive murder mystery "Killing Mr. Withers" has the villain singing to the Savings and Loan mogul he's trying to murder that they are really not so different from each other. Both of them make a living by ruining other people.

** In a more positive example, John Adams and the chief opponent of independence, John Dickinson. After spending the whole play fighting Adams and seemingly concerned more with material and financial reasons not to rebel, Dickinson finally stands alone against independence. He refuses to sign the Declaration out of conscience because he genuinely thinks it's the wrong path for the country, but because he wants to protect America even in a war that seems hopeless, he leaves Congress and joins the Army. (This is [[ArtisticLicenseHistory sort of]] how it actually happened.)

* ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix:

--> '''Cyrano''' ''(clapping him on the shoulder):'' Friend, I like you right well!...