Most of Forum's humor is tied to bawdy one-liners, but as the plot develops, it satirizes traditional values. This is not the matchmaking of Dolly Levy or the family values of Anatevka. Sondheim begins subtly in Forum what will become blatant in the 70's. Sondheim came into his own in the Seventies. He was repaving Broadway, and it would never be the same.
Company attacks the sanctity of marriage.
It's the little things, the little things, the little things. It's the little things, the little things, the little things. The little ways you try together, Cry together, Lie together, That make perfect relationships. That makes marriage a joy. It's much the simpliest of crimes.