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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