Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
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| sue, 25 Feb 2008 |
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| One of (if not) The best of Johnny depp's performances ever.
He truly encapsulates the part, drawing you into the dark streets of old London town, where all of society rich and poor lived. from thieves and beggers to the likes of gentry,lawyers
judges and priests.
The story it told through the unusual but very pleasant form of song. (some can be so infectious you just can get the tune, out of you head!)
it begins with Benjamin barker(Sweeney todds former name)with his pretty blonde wife & baby daughter in a market place. where he gets arrested by the bow street runners (the newly formed police force)he is sent to Australia by the Judge Turpin on a false charge for a crime he did not commit.
The story then continues with Mr Todd returning to London on a clipper ship sailing up the Thames.
When he disembarks he finds his way to the area where he live with Lucy (his wife)he enters an empty pie shop owned by Mrs Lovett.who, it seems has not had a customer for quiet some time!(probably due to the cockroaches running over the tables and floors.)
he then discovers that the flat above the shop is still unoccupied.(after 15 years)she claims it was due to it being hunted, but Todd takes occupancy never the less.
after finding out his true identity she hands him a box which holds a set of silver plated (cut-throat) razors.
(sorry, but now you know why they are called this!)
they strike up a weird but mutual friendship and start to discover that they could help each other in their own very different ways.
I wont give the whole plot away, but Sweeney's companion on the ship, a young boy sailor, falls in love with a blonde haired pretty young girl called Johanna, who it turns out is being looked after by none other than Judge Turpin. |
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