Sex Is Violence/Theatre

Examples of Sex Is Violence in Theatre include:

• The musical Les Miserables illustrates this trope beautifully with the song Red and Black. It connects Enjolras' hopes for revolution with Marius' love of Cosette.

Enjolras: "Red, the blood of angry men,
Black, the dark of ages past."
. . .
Enjolras: "Red!"
Marius: "I feel my soul on fire!"
Grantaire: "Black!"
Marius: "My world if she's not there!"
Ensemble: "Red!"
Marius: "The color of desire!"
Ensemble: "Black!"
Marius: "The color of despair!"

• • Also lampshaded in the intro to the song.

Grantaire: "You talk of battles to be won,
and here he comes like Don Juan.
It's better than an opera!"

• Artistic portrayals of Othello often indulge in this trope, with Desdemona suffocated by her lover in their bed.
  • This ballet adaptation advertisement features a rather interesting composition.
  • The trope page includes a painting by Alexandre-Marie Colin, which portrays a non-canon example of Drop-Dead Gorgeous.
• Stanley and Stella's entire relationship in A Streetcar Named Desire.

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