Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Movie • 1982 • Music  

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Times are hard in 1846 London and one must make do. Nellie Lovett adds something extra to the meat pies she peddles on Fleet Street. The secret ingredient: freshly murdered victims of her partner in crime, barber Sweeney Todd. Composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim refashions a macabre tale into a musical masterwork in this dazzling performance of the 1979 Broadway hit originally staged by Harold Prince. In her Tony-winning role, Angela Lansbury plays Nellie. George Hearn turns his stage role of twisted Sweeney into an Emmy-winning triumph. The score coils around itself in every-tightening spirals. The lines ripple with black humor and madness. Enter Sweeney's tonsorial parlor. Attend the tale.
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Does the dog die?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is there bestiality?
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RickyM
in “poor thing” mrs lovett talks about how lucy was r by the judge and that leads to her poisoning herself.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Abuse
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Is a child abused?
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animaniacs
Tobias is not played by a child in this production, however, he is written as being ambiguously "adolescent."
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
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QuietWyatt
Man seizes a bird out of a cage and wrings its neck.
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brief mention that song birds for sale are blinded so that they will sing at all hours
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Is there a dead animal?
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Is an animal sad?
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Does a cat die?
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A lyric in "Worst Pies in London" alludes to dead cats in pies though.
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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jackal
there's a brief body language implication that Lovett chases and crushes a bug in her pie shop, but it's not mentioned in the dialogue and is easy to miss
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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SPOILER
in this production Lucy's rape is stylized. All actors are fully clothed. Turpin and Beadle are shown holding an intoxicated Lucy on the ground while the other party goers dance around them mostly obscuring them from view. This is definitely a depiction of a rape but it's not as explicit or graphic as some tv shows and movies depict
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QuietWyatt
YES SO MUCH
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yeah that's what he does
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Is there cannibalism?
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The majority of the plot revolves around meat pies that use human meat.
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SPOILER: Sweeney throughs Mrs. Lovett into the oven at the end of the show
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Is there body horror?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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jackal
the 1982 filmed stage production doesn't feature a teeth pulling contest, just a shaving contest, though this varies between different productions
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone stabbed?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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Death
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SPOILER:
The musical ends with Mrs. Lovett being shoved into an oven and Sweeney getting his throat slit
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Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Technically no, but Lucy's wife is said to have consumed arsenic after she was raped committing suicide. (MAJOR SPOILER): In the end it's revealed she survived and is the beggar woman that shows up periodically in the show.
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Family
Does a parent die?
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animaniacs
An abusive guardian is killed, as well as the biological parents of the same character. We don't see much of their reaction, but they were actively trying to get away from their guardian and didn't know their biological parents.
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Is someone possessed?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Is someone eaten?
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RickyM
the main point of the movie is people being killed and baked into pies.
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Does someone spit?
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newsies4eva
Mrs. Lovett spits in the cup of gin she gives Sweeney during Worst Pies in London
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Medical
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Yes. Also, given the time period, the people there aren't treated like they're really human.
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Is there autism specific abuse?
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Idk who said no, but Sweeney's wife did this by swallowing poison, specifically arsenic.
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newsies4eva
At the beginning of Kiss Me yeah
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jackal
SPOILER
It is implied early on that Lucy dies by suicide. It is later revealed that she survived and has been the beggar woman. we learn this after she has been murdered
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Noxious
Is there screaming?
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jackal
There's a beggar woman who uses obscene period slang to offer sex in exchange for money. The obscenity may or may not register to a modern viewer
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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To be fair, a relationship never actually occurs, but a girls psuedo-adoptive abusive father intends to marry her, and some versions of the show have a number where he sings about his lust for her. Many consider this the most disturbing song/moment in the show.
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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