History YMMV / TheSunsetLimited

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: As befits a work by Creator/CormacMcCarthy. [[spoiler:White remains so driven to see the world as a hellhole from which [[DrivenToSuicide there is only one escape]] throughout the whole play that he brutally annihilates Black's own convictions, piece by piece, and then leaves to kill himself and for Black to RageAgainstTheHeavens in despair at his own futility.]] This is the kind of play that you only want to see '''once'''.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: As befits a work by Creator/CormacMcCarthy. [[spoiler:White remains so driven to see the world as a hellhole from which [[DrivenToSuicide there is only one escape]] throughout the whole play that he brutally annihilates Black's own convictions, piece by piece, and then leaves to kill himself and for Black to RageAgainstTheHeavens in despair at his own futility--maybe even starting Black's own road to committing suicide, as well.]] This is the kind of play that you only want to see '''once'''.

* {{Wangst}}: Even for something by Cormac [=McCarthy=], this is incredibly heavy on the angst, almost to eye-rolling levels. White's DespairSpeech at the end and the heavy implication that Black [[spoiler:will eventually become driven to kill himself]] because of how much White [[BreakTheMotivationalSpeaker managed to get under his skin]] just doesn't helps.

* NarmCharm: In his [[spoiler:DespairSpeech]] at the end, White says, "I am a professor of darkness. The night in day's clothing." This sounds like the sort of thing a cartoonish CardCarryingVillain would say, but Creator/TommyLeeJones delivers it with such conviction that it actually works.

* NarmCharm: In his [[spoiler:DespairSpeech]] at the end, White says, "I am a professor of darkness. The night in day's clothing." This sounds like the sort of thing a cartoonish CardCarryingVillain would say, but Creator/TommyLeeJones delivers it with such conviction that it actually works.
* {{Wangst}}: Even for something by Cormac [=McCarthy=], this is incredibly heavy on the angst, almost to eye-rolling levels. White's DespairSpeech especially could make more than one viewer wish he'd just carry through on killing himself already if only because it would make him shut up and quit his whining.,

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: As befits a work by Creator/CormacMcCarthy. [[spoiler:White remains so driven to see the world as a hellhole from which [[DrivenToSuicide there is only one escape]] throughout the whole play that he brutally annihilates Black's own convictions, piece by piece, and then leaves to kill himself and for Black to RageAgainstTheHeavens in despair at his own futility--maybe even starting Black's own road to commiting suicide, as well.]] This is the kind of play that you only want to see '''once'''.

* {{Wangst}}: Even for something by Cormac [=McCarthy=], this is incredibly heavy on the angst almost to eye-rolling levels. White's DespairSpeech especially could make more than one viewer wish he'd just carry through on killing himself already if only because it would make him shut up and quit his whining.,

* {{Wangst}}: Even for something by Cormac [=McCarthy=], this is heavy on the angst, almost to eye-rolling levels.

* NarmCharm: In his [[spoiler:DespairSpeech]] at the end, White says, "I am a professor of darkness. The night in day's clothing." This sounds like the sort of thing a cartoonish CardCarryingVillain would say, but Creator/TommyLeeJones delivers it with such conviction that it actually works.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: As befits a work by Creator/CormacMcCarthy. [[spoiler:White remains so driven to see the world as a hellhole from which [[DrivenToSuicide there is only one escape]] throughout the whole play that he brutally annihilates Black's own convictions, piece by piece, and then leaves to kill himself and for Black to RageAgainstTheHeavens in despair at his own futility--maybe even starting Black's own road to commiting suicide, as well.]] This is the kind of play that you only see '''once'''.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: White could have hanged himself, taken a whole bottle of sleeping pills or slashed his wrists at home in a bathtub and avoided the whole issue. He may have chosen a method which included the possibility of rescue in order to test his own faith in his decision. He gave the world (through Black) one last chance to give a compelling argument to dissuade him. Since Black didn't have one, White knew his desire for death was genuine.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: White could have hanged himself or slashed his wrists at home in a bathtub and avoided the whole issue. He may have chosen a method which included the possibility of rescue in order to test his own faith in his decision. He gave the world (through Black) one last chance to give a compelling argument to dissuade him. Since Black didn't have one, White knew his desire for death was genuine.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: White could have hanged himself or slashed his wrists at home in a bathtub and avoided the whole issue. He may have chosen a method which included the possibility of rescue in order to test his own faith in his decision. He gave the world (through Black) one last chance to give a compelling argument to dissuade him. Since Black didn't have one, White know his desire for death was genuine.