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1* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Hey There", "Once-a-Year Day", "There Once Was a Man", "Hernando’s Hideaway", "7 1/2 Cents", and "Steam Heat".
2* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Act 2's opening number, "Steam Heat". [[IrrelevantActOpener It has nothing to do with the rest of the musical]], and contains some of the weirdest choreography in any musical at the time.
3* DesignatedHero: Sid is meant to be an honest peacemaker trying to find common ground between the company and the union while being in a sympathetic StarCrossedLovers situation, but some of his behavior is rather questionable. During his first day at work, he shoves a lower-ranking employee during an argument, which is considered assault, in some states, and doesn't feel that he did anything wrong. His romance with Babe has some UnequalPairing elements, even though Babe seems to genuinely like him back, as Sid could fire her at any time (and ultimately does, albeit for reasons unrelated to their romance). He lets a serial sexual harasser drive a drunk woman home. Finally, [[spoiler:when he finds out that Mr. Hassler has been stealing 7 1/2 cents an hour from every employee's paycheck for months, Sid makes Hassler stop but doesn't turn him in and even lets him keep all of the money he's already stolen.]]
4* FridgeHorror:
5** Hinesie's violent outbursts of jealousy are indicative of an abusive relationship. Especially horrifying when you consider how women weren't exactly considered equal partners in the era this story takes place in.
6** After the scene in Hernando's, Prez takes a very drunk Gladys home. ''Prez.'' The serial sexual harasser is left alone with a semi-incapacitated woman. The script doesn't even go there (see below; it never treats Prez as actually dangerous, just quirky), but imagine what ''could'' have happened. And who'd have believed Gladys?

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