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== Theater ==
* [[Hamlet]] is the master of these. He gives one to Ophelia ("Get thee to a nunnery"), two to his mother ("You are the queen, your husband's brother's wife and would it were not so, you are my mother", "Shame, where is thy blush"), one to Laertes ("You'll mouth, I'll rant as well") and one to Claudius at the end while giving him a [[Rasputinian Death]].
{{quote|'''Hamlet:''' Here thou incestuous, murderous, damned Dane, drink of this potion, is thy union here? Follow my mother. ([[Captain Obvious|''King dies'']].)}}
* One of the female leads in Neil LaBute's ''Reasons to Be Pretty''. Earlier, though the comment is never stated outright, it's implied that her boyfriend has said she was just "regular" in comparison to a female coworker who was "hot," and things quickly soured between them. She breaks up with her boyfriend and delivers one of these speeches to him in front of a crowded mall, commenting on how he stinks after work, his nostrils are unattractive, his penis is small, and they have unimaginative sex.
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* Done in ''[[Man of La Mancha]]'' by the Knight of the Mirrors (actually Carrasco in disguise), with attendants pushing mirrors into Don Quixote's face every way he turns:
{{quote|"Look! Don Quixote! Look in the mirror of reality and behold things as they truly are. Look! What seest thou, Don Quixote? A gallant knight? Naught but an aging fool! Look! Dost thou see him? A madman dressed for a masquerade! Look, Don Quixote! See him as he truly is! See the clown! Drown, Don Quixote. Drown--drown in the mirror. Go deep--the masquerade is ended! Confess! Thy lady is a trollop, and thy dream the nightmare of a disordered mind!"}}
* ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]] ends with the titular "shrew," Katharina, giving a very biting - and long - "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Bianca and the Widow:
{{quote|'''Katharina:''' Such duty as the subject owes the prince
Even such a woman oweth to her husband;
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** Subverted with Shelly Levene who, having spent the entire movie as Williamson's [[Butt Monkey]], eagerly takes the opportunity to take up where Roma left off and get a little payback. {{spoiler|Unfortunately for him, he gets carried away, makes a stupid slip, and gives Williamson an opportunity to destroy him utterly.}}
* Mr. Cladwell to Bobby in the ''[[Urinetown]]'' song ''Act 1 Finale''
* ''[[Evita]]'' has ''Waltz for Evita and Che'' which is the two of them doing this to each other
* A good chunk of "Goodbye Love" from [[Rent]] is this between Roger and Mark.
* Stanley to Blanche in ''[[A Screetcar Named Desire]]''. Also happens in the film adaption.
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