1. Naughty-but-nice criminality prevails throughout Chicago
... the stage. This idea of contrasting gives the musical number more interest, as there is such a change of mise-en-scene. The prison has dark and dingy walls, the lighting code is dark and there is always the iconography of bars somewhere in the background. This re-enforces to the audience that it is not an enjoyable place to be in ... bleak and bare. The bars in the background show the audience that Libby is still in jail and the noises background reinforces what an unfriendly place it is. Her dress code is the same as everyone else behind her - a blue shirt with numbers printed on it. T...
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