YMMV / Evil Under the Sun

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• Moral Event Horizon:
  • Patrick Redfern crossed it with the remorseless serial seductions, defraudings and killings of young, naive, wealthy women, such as Alice Corrigan and Arlena Marshall. Oh, and Patrick tried to strangle Poirot too after he and his wife were exposed.
  • His wife also crossed it when she outright convinced Linda to commit suicide.
• Values Dissonance:
  • The ending of the novel, in which Kenneth proposes marriage to Rosamund, saying "You're going to give up that damned dressmaking business of yours and we're going to live in the country". She does briefly lampshade his temerity and defend the importance of her work, but ultimately the narrative treats it as expendable.
  • For the 1982 film, in this exchange:
  Christine Redfern: I wish I had more self-control, didn't show what I feel.
  Hercule Poirot: Well, that is sometimes not easy for the ladies.

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