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** Some fans interpret Hugo as manipulating Vera into killing Cyril (after all, ''immediately'' after declaring his love for Vera, he admits he can't marry her and launches into a detailed reasoning of just why he lost his inheritance) and then dumping her as soon as it was done. Afterwards, tormented by [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone remorse]], he sinks into alcoholism and explains to complete strangers (including Wargrave) that [[NeverMyFault everything was totally and entirely Vera's fault while he loved Cyril]].
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** The very title of the book was subject to the cultural variant of this from the outset: putting the n-word in a book title was much less shocking in England than in the United States, where the slur was considered as vulgar as "fuck," necessitating the rename to ''And Then There Were None''. Instances of the n-word in dialogue were similarly trimmed out, most prominently in the titular nursery rhyme. Decades later, the temporal equivalent took hold in the book's native England after awareness of the n-word's racist connotations became more commonplace, making the American title standard worldwide.
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** The very title of the book was subject to the cultural variant of this from the outset: putting the n-word in a book title was much less shocking in England than in the United States, where the slur was considered as vulgar as "fuck," necessitating the rename to ''And Then There Were None''. Instances of the n-word in dialogue were similarly trimmed out, most prominently in the titular nursery rhyme. Decades later, the temporal equivalent took hold in the book's native England after awareness of the n-word's racist connotations became more commonplace, making the American title standard worldwide. The official Christie website has references to the "original British title", without spelling it out.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Did the Rogerses kill their former employer, or are they innocent and Mr. Owen wrongly executed them? Of all the explanations given by the characters for their crimes, theirs is the most reasonable (Miss Brady fell ill during a storm, and by the time Mr. Rogers came back with a doctor it was too late). On the other hand, Mrs. Rogers' reaction certainly paints them in a bad light.
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** Did the Rogerses kill their former employer, or are they innocent and Mr. Owen wrongly executed them? Of all the explanations given by the characters for their crimes, theirs is the most reasonable (Miss Brady fell ill during a storm, and by the time Mr. Rogers came back with a doctor it was too late). On the other hand, Mrs. Rogers' reaction certainly paints them in a bad light.
** Vera Claythorne rushing out into the water too late to save Cyril after deliberately letting him swim out too far: did she have a [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone last-minute bout of remorse]] and genuinely try to save him, or was she still only making it ''look'' like she was trying while deliberately stalling? The 2015 series makes it definitely the latter, but both interpretations are possible in the original novel.
** Did the Rogerses kill their former employer, or are they innocent and Mr. Owen wrongly executed them? Of all the explanations given by the characters for their crimes, theirs is the most reasonable (Miss Brady fell ill during a storm, and by the time Mr. Rogers came back with a doctor it was too late). On the other hand, Mrs. Rogers' reaction certainly paints them in a bad light.
** Vera Claythorne rushing out into the water too late to save Cyril after deliberately letting him swim out too far: did she have a [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone last-minute bout of remorse]] and genuinely try to save him, or was she still only making it ''look'' like she was trying while deliberately stalling? The 2015 series makes it definitely the latter, but both interpretations are possible in the original novel.
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** More subtly, the main 'clue' of who the murderer is rests on the interpretation that [[spoiler:he is the only character who is not guilty of the crime they are accused of committing.]] But from an American perspective, [[spoiler:Judge Wargrave violated Seton's right to due process under the law by getting the jury to convict him without evidence that he really was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, so the reader may not reach that conclusion.]]
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** More subtly, the main 'clue' of who the murderer is rests on the interpretation that [[spoiler:he is the only character who is not guilty of the crime they are accused of committing.]] But from an American a modern perspective, [[spoiler:Judge Wargrave violated Seton's right to due process under the law by getting the jury to convict him without evidence that he really was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, so the reader may not reach that conclusion.]]
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Did the Rogerses kill their former employer, or are they innocent and Mr. Owen wrongly executed them? Of all the explanations given by the characters for their crimes, their alibi theirs is the most reasonable (Miss Brady fell ill during a storm, and by the time Mr. Rogers came back with a doctor it was too late). On the other hand, Mrs. Rogers' reaction certainly paints them in a bad light.
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* HilariousInHindsight: A General [=MacArthur=], written before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. As such, when the book was adapted into a play in 1943, [=MacArthur=]'s name was changed to [=McKenzie=], as a famous war hero sharing a name and rank with a murderer (albeit a sympathetic one), might be somewhat offensive.
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** A General [=MacArthur=], written before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. As such, when the book was adapted into a play in 1943, [=MacArthur=]'s name was changed to [=McKenzie=], as a famous war hero sharing a name and rank with a murderer (albeit a sympathetic one), might be somewhat offensive.
** A General [=MacArthur=], written before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. As such, when the book was adapted into a play in 1943, [=MacArthur=]'s name was changed to [=McKenzie=], as a famous war hero sharing a name and rank with a murderer (albeit a sympathetic one), might be somewhat offensive.
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** [[Series/{{Dexter}} A serial killer who only kills other murderers]]? Crazy stuff.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Did the Rogerses kill their former employer, or are they innocent and Mr. Owen wrongly executed them? Of all the explanations given by the characters for their crimes, their alibi is the most reasonable (Miss Brady fell ill during a storm, and by the time Mr. Rogers came back with a doctor it was too late). On the other hand, Mrs. Rogers's Rogers' reaction certainly paints them in a bad light.light.
* AssPull: The video game's twist on the ending can come across as this. [[spoiler: Changing the killer's identity to Miss Brent]] is one thing, but the reveal that [[spoiler: she's actually Gabrielle Steel, the actress from the book rumoured to have bought the island, and the lover of Edward Seton who wanted to punish Wargrave for his death]] is a bit of a stretch, considering how little build up there is to it.
* AssPull: The video game's twist on the ending can come across as this. [[spoiler: Changing the killer's identity to Miss Brent]] is one thing, but the reveal that [[spoiler: she's actually Gabrielle Steel, the actress from the book rumoured to have bought the island, and the lover of Edward Seton who wanted to punish Wargrave for his death]] is a bit of a stretch, considering how little build up there is to it.
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* NotHisSled: Nearly all adaptations completely change the book's ending to the point where the 2015 BBC adaptation actually following through with the original ending feels like a MetaTwist Also the 1987 Russian version, the first to follow the original ending. The video game adaptation goes one step further and changes the identity of the killer, [[spoiler:retaining Wargrave's faked death plan to make it appear that he's still the killer to players familiar with the book until he turns up 100% dead later on]].
** Ironically, this twist has itself become a case of ItWasHisSled thanks to the sheer amount of movies and plays that use this.
** In the video game, a random actress pretending to be Ms Brent did it.
** Ironically, this twist has itself become a case of ItWasHisSled thanks to the sheer amount of movies and plays that use this.
** In the video game, a random actress pretending to be Ms Brent did it.
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* NotHisSled: Nearly all adaptations completely change the book's ending to the point where the 2015 BBC adaptation actually following through with the original ending feels like a MetaTwist Also the MetaTwist. The 1987 Russian version, version was the first to follow the original ending. ending.
** The video game adaptation goes one step further and changes the identity of thekiller, [[spoiler:retaining killer to [[spoiler:a random actress pretending to be Ms Brent, while retaining Wargrave's faked death plan to make it appear that he's still the killer to players familiar with the book until he turns up 100% dead later on]].
** Ironically,this twist the twist(s) from the play and most of the films has itself become a case of ItWasHisSled thanks to the sheer amount of movies and plays that use this.
** In the video game, a random actress pretending to be Ms Brent did it.this.
** The video game adaptation goes one step further and changes the identity of the
** Ironically,
** In the video game, a random actress pretending to be Ms Brent did it.
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* ValuesDissonance: So much so, it has [[ValuesDissonance/AndThenThereWereNone its own page]].
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* ValuesDissonance: So Many of the characters demonstrate hypocrisy and a warped worldview which isn't surprising given that this is what led them to the island to begin with. As such a considerable part of the beliefs espoused at various points are a case of DeliberateValuesDissonance with the author choosing specifically the individuals that are less than likely to be considered healthy examples to be followed and wouldn't gather that many supporters even back in the day of the story's setting:
** The very title of the book was subject to the cultural variant of this from the outset: putting the n-word in a book title was muchso, it less shocking in England than in the United States, where the slur was considered as vulgar as "fuck," necessitating the rename to ''And Then There Were None''. Instances of the n-word in dialogue were similarly trimmed out, most prominently in the titular nursery rhyme. Decades later, the temporal equivalent took hold in the book's native England after awareness of the n-word's racist connotations became more commonplace, making the American title standard worldwide.
** Philip Lombard justifies the abandonment of the natives with what amounts to "What Value is a Non-White?" (and Vera seems to agree-- Emily Brent, of all people, [[EvenEvilHasStandards calls her out on it!]]); he also refers to Isaac Morris as a "little Jewboy" and figures Morris called his bluff on his need for money because [[GreedyJew Jews just know these kinds of things.]] Of course, Lombard is far from an ideal role model even in that time-period.
** More subtly, the main 'clue' of who the murderer is rests on the interpretation that [[spoiler:he is the only character who is not guilty of the crime they are accused of committing.]] But from an American perspective, [[spoiler:Judge Wargrave violated Seton's right to due process under the law by getting the jury to convict him without evidence that he really was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, so the reader may not reach that conclusion.]]
** In contrast to the novel, the 2015 BBC mini-series has[[ValuesDissonance/AndThenThereWereNone its own page]].a noticeable payload of f-bombs and similar -- how much they would have been frowned on in real life in 1939 is hard to be exact on for different social milieu, but it is definite that they would not have been allowed to appear in print before at least the 1960s.
** The 2015 mini-series also has a couple of quick moments when Blore implies that Lombard is suspicious / the killer because he's Irish, and therefore must be a member of the IRA.
** The reason that Vera committed a crime at all. All the portrayals of her are consistent in this matter: there's no implication that she wanted to marry a rich man, she just wanted to marry Hugo. ''Hugo'' was the one who refused to marry her without money; there's no indication that Vera cared about being 'provided for', or that she wouldn't have been happy to continue working if it meant they could be married. If their situation had happened in the 70s/80s onwards, Hugo would have simply have accepted their being a two-income couple and married Vera, meaning Cyril would still be alive.
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*** The killer attributes Marston's selfish attitude (wherein he runs over two children and doesn't care about it except that he lost his license as a result) to [[FreudianExcuse upbringing]], having not been taught the sense of responsibility as he was "amoral" and "pagan". This is rather than attributing it to an inherent LackOfEmpathy as would be more common to audiences nowadays (and the "pagan" remark would be unlikely to enter into the discussion at all.)
*** Additional dissonance on the word pagan, because the common meaning changed subtly from the period it was written. It used to include "raised without any religion at all" and not just "raised in religion outside the Christianity /the norm" (not counting all the meanings and implications of the word and existence of modern pagans/ neo-pagans and adjacent beliefs which would make this entry even longer than it is). Moral dissonance is two-fold. First, someone being Christian (or even religious) by default is not the norm it was before. Second, it is now generally accepted that "Somebody can be good without God", that someone's religion or lack of it are not indicative of their morality.
** The very title of the book was subject to the cultural variant of this from the outset: putting the n-word in a book title was much
** Philip Lombard justifies the abandonment of the natives with what amounts to "What Value is a Non-White?" (and Vera seems to agree-- Emily Brent, of all people, [[EvenEvilHasStandards calls her out on it!]]); he also refers to Isaac Morris as a "little Jewboy" and figures Morris called his bluff on his need for money because [[GreedyJew Jews just know these kinds of things.]] Of course, Lombard is far from an ideal role model even in that time-period.
** More subtly, the main 'clue' of who the murderer is rests on the interpretation that [[spoiler:he is the only character who is not guilty of the crime they are accused of committing.]] But from an American perspective, [[spoiler:Judge Wargrave violated Seton's right to due process under the law by getting the jury to convict him without evidence that he really was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, so the reader may not reach that conclusion.]]
** In contrast to the novel, the 2015 BBC mini-series has
** The 2015 mini-series also has a couple of quick moments when Blore implies that Lombard is suspicious / the killer because he's Irish, and therefore must be a member of the IRA.
** The reason that Vera committed a crime at all. All the portrayals of her are consistent in this matter: there's no implication that she wanted to marry a rich man, she just wanted to marry Hugo. ''Hugo'' was the one who refused to marry her without money; there's no indication that Vera cared about being 'provided for', or that she wouldn't have been happy to continue working if it meant they could be married. If their situation had happened in the 70s/80s onwards, Hugo would have simply have accepted their being a two-income couple and married Vera, meaning Cyril would still be alive.
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*** The killer attributes Marston's selfish attitude (wherein he runs over two children and doesn't care about it except that he lost his license as a result) to [[FreudianExcuse upbringing]], having not been taught the sense of responsibility as he was "amoral" and "pagan". This is rather than attributing it to an inherent LackOfEmpathy as would be more common to audiences nowadays (and the "pagan" remark would be unlikely to enter into the discussion at all.)
*** Additional dissonance on the word pagan, because the common meaning changed subtly from the period it was written. It used to include "raised without any religion at all" and not just "raised in religion outside the Christianity /the norm" (not counting all the meanings and implications of the word and existence of modern pagans/ neo-pagans and adjacent beliefs which would make this entry even longer than it is). Moral dissonance is two-fold. First, someone being Christian (or even religious) by default is not the norm it was before. Second, it is now generally accepted that "Somebody can be good without God", that someone's religion or lack of it are not indicative of their morality.
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