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1* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Deep themes phooey: some folks are only interested in the nudity. To be fair, there is at least a ''lot'' of it, unlike other plays known for their nudity which turn out to have very little of it (such as ''Theatre/{{Hair}}'').
2** Particularly Creator/DanielRadcliffe; the fact that he was nude on stage is the only reason a lot of people have ever heard of this play.
3** The 1977 film, meanwhile, gets this from both directions: On the one hand, the several lengthy frontal nude scenes for Creator/PeterFirth add up to some of the most extensive and explicit male nudity in any mainstream Hollywood film; on the other hand, a lot of people are more interested in the fact that Creator/JennyAgutter gets naked, [[MsFanservice again]].
4* JerkassWoobie: Alan is guilty of horrific cruelty to animals, and shows an unpleasant personality in his dealings with Dr. Dysart. However, it's hard not to pity somebody as emotionally broken as Alan, particularly in view of his DysfunctionalFamily life and the fact that he lacks the self-awareness, intellect, or strength of character to understand and deal with his strange religious and sexual obsessions.
5* NightmareFuel: The blinding scene that's the basis for the whole plot, especially in the film version which opts for a much more graphic and closeup depiction than what was ever used on stage.
6%%* NeverLiveItDown: The MaleFrontalNudity.

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