History YMMV / Carousel

** Given his the portrayal of his minor role depends on the production, Enoch Snow Jr. invites a lot of this. Is he a EntitledBastard whose marriage proposal to Louise was CondescendingCompassion to save her from a life of sin? A well-meaning guy trying to invoke ChildhoodFriendRomance? Does he agree with his father that Louise is "beneath his station" or simply saying what his father would think and phrased it poorly? Depending if he's in the montage of Louise's Ballet as in the movie, is he a guy who genuinely likes Louise but has a bad case of BystanderSyndrome when it comes to standing up for her? Does his outburst against Louise show his true colors as a RichJerk or is it just something said in a fit of temper that he regretted later?

]] Given his the portrayal of his minor role depends on the production, Enoch Snow Jr. invites a lot of this. Is he a EntitledBastard whose marriage proposal to Louise was CondescendingCompassion to save her from a life of sin? A well-meaning guy trying to invoke ChildhoodFriendRomance? Does he agree with his father that Louise is "beneath his station" or simply saying what his father would think and phrased it poorly? Depending if he's in the montage of Louise's Ballet as in the movie, is he a guy who genuinely likes Louise but has a bad case of BystanderSyndrome when it comes to standing up for her? Does his outburst against Louise show his true colors as a RichJerk or is it just something said in a fit of temper that he regretted later?

* AdaptationDisplacement: After ''Carousel'', Liliom's now a footnote.
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Given his the portrayal of his minor role depends on the production, Enoch Snow Jr. invites a lot of this. Is he a EntitledBastard whose marriage proposal to Louise was CondescendingCompassion to save her from a life of sin? A well-meaning guy trying to invoke ChildhoodFriendRomance? Does he agree with his father that Louise is "beneath his station" or simply saying what his father would think and phrased it poorly? Depending if he's in the montage of Louise's Ballet as in the movie, is he a guy who genuinely likes Louise but has a bad case of BystanderSyndrome when it comes to standing up for her? Does his outburst against Louise show his true colors as a RichJerk or is it just something said in a fit of temper that he regretted later?

* ValuesDissonance: A general theme of the story is supposed to be "Love your man, despite his faults." But it comes off as "If your deadbeat husband beats you and has no respect for you, it just means he loves you." The fact that the song telling this moral has been made into [[Music/AmandaPalmer a chilling remix describing battered wife syndrome]] ''without changing a single thing about the song'' really says something.
** Newer productions tend to aim for DeliberateValuesDissonance in that same vein by showing Julie's love for him as more unambiguously tragic and self-destructive or highlighting the cycle of subpar parenting that produced Billy and would have been passed on to his child; some productions go as far as to make it ambiguous whether the one good deed Billy performs at the end is enough to save him from damnation.

** Julie. Just Julie period.

* FairForItsDay: The topic of domestic abuse was not handled very well in this play, but the fact that it even admitted this happened was a small breakthrough.

* ValuesDissonance: A general theme of the story is supposed to be "Love your man, despite his faults." But it comes off as "If your deadbeat husband beats you and has no respect for you, it just means he loves you." The fact that the song telling this moral has been made into a chilling remix describing battered wife syndrome ''without changing a single thing about the song'' really says something.

** It also helps that other characters in the show never outright approve of Billy's actions regardless of Julie's feelings, and Billy still has to earn his redemption.

* ValuesDissonance: The general theme of the story is supposed to be "Love your man, despite his faults." But it comes off as "If your deadbeat husband beats you and has no respect for you, it just means he loves you." The fact that the song telling this moral has been made into a chilling remix describing battered wife syndrome ''without changing a single thing about the song'' really says something.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Because of ValuesDissonance, some modern audiences might find this an endorsement of DomesticAbuse.

* EarWorm: The Carousel Waltz.

** Newer productions tend to aim for DeliberateValuesDissonnance in that same vein by showing Julie's love for him as more unambiguously tragic and self-destructive or highlighting the cycle of subpar parenting that produced Billy and would have been passed on to his child; some productions go as far as to make it ambiguous whether the one good deed Billy performs at the end is enough to save him from damnation.

* TearJerker: "You'll Never Walk Alone"

* TheWoobie: Julie. Just Julie period

** The instrumental ballet "Billy Makes a Journey". Turns into a bit of NightmareFuel at the end when after she is left by a circus boy she had a crush on, a group of kids [[CircleOfShame circle her and chant "shame on you!"]] until Louise runs away crying.

* {{Earworm}}: The Carousel Waltz.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The scenes of the movie shot indoors look more artificial than those shot on location.

* ValuesDissonance: The general theme of the story is supposed to be "Love your man, despite his faults." But it comes off as "If your deadbeat husband beats you and has no respect for you, it just means he loves you." The fact that the song telling this moral has been made into a chilling remix describing battered wife syndrome ''without changing a single thing about the song'' really says something.

* {{Padding}}: "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" seems to eat up too much of the movie, due to its five minute dance sequence near the end.

* UnfortunateImplications: The musical seems to some people like an endorsement of DomesticAbuse.
-->'''Louise Bigelow:''' But is it possible, Mother, for someone to hit you hard like that - real loud and hard, and it not hurt you at all?
-->'''Julie Jordan:''' It is possible dear, for someone to hit you, hit you hard, and it not hurt at all.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Because of ValuesDissonance, some modern audiences might find this an endorsement of DomesticAbuse (see page quote).

->'''Louise Bigelow:''' But is it possible, Mother, for someone to hit you hard like that - real loud and hard, and it not hurt you at all?
->'''Julie Jordan:''' It is possible dear, for someone to hit you, hit you hard, and it not hurt at all.

* UnfortunateImplications: As seen in the page quote, the musical seems like an endorsement of DomesticAbuse.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Billy's "Soliloquy" at the end of Act 1, in which his mood shifts from excitement over the possibility of having a son, to affection towards the possibility of having a daughter, before he ultimately realizes he should try harder to make money in order to support a child.