Sondheim Character Game *LIGHTENING ROUND*- Page 26

[lildogs]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 4:33pm

Sweeney Todd 29 -
Mrs. Lovett 61 +

We're in the final stretch, paradox...

[yodamarie78]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 4:33pm

Sweeney Todd 26 -
Mrs. Lovett 62 +
Updated On: 11/15/05 at 04:33 PM

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 4:37pm

Sweeney Todd 23 -
Mrs. Lovett 63 +

[OOTI2004]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 6:03pm

Sweeney Todd 20 -
Mrs. Lovett 64 +

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 6:22pm

I see no one actually added my vote from earlier, I see how it "bee."

Sweeney Todd 17 -
Mrs. Lovett 65 +

[OOTI2004]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 7:11pm

Sweeney Todd 14 -
Mrs. Lovett 66 +

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 8:32pm

Fine!

Sweeney Todd 11 -
Mrs. Lovett 67 +

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 8:35pm

Sweeney Todd 8 -
Mrs. Lovett 68 +

Eventually we all give up, DD. It just works that way.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 8:51pm

I lost interest when I saw that Sally was voted out and I realized that the lemmings were solely interested in Todd & Lovett. If the current revival hadn't been successfully received I doubt that they both would be in the running.

I have lost all faith and interest in this game.

Updated On: 11/15/05 at 08:51 PM

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 8:54pm

Jose' you had faith in this game? EVER?

Now that was where you made your first mistake.

If it had been Phyllis, I would have been with you. Not true for Sally though.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 9:02pm

Now, here's Sally.

She married the wrong guy.

Her life has no glamour, no excitement.

She carries a torch for another man all her life. Thinks of him all her waking hours.

Yet she keeps a positive outlook, and carries on. No whining, no complaining. She made the best of what life dealt her.

Phyliss was a floosie who made good, and still she wasnt' satisfied, emotionally or physically.

Lovett harbors greed, lust and has no heart except for what is going to line her pockets.

I am sadly disappointed.

You are right, however, SmartP. Anyone playing the game who has any life experience would immediately realize that Todd and Lovett are stock characters with no basis in reality. I shudda known betta.

Then, there is poor Sally. Still longing for her dream of happiness...

Updated On: 11/15/05 at 09:02 PM

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 9:04pm

And always owning one of Sondheim's top 3 ballads; a song that is universal in it's emotion.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 9:05pm

So take your Todd, and your Lovett, and be done with them

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 9:07pm

I seriously disagree with your description of Sally. I think it is the torch for Ben that causes her never to invest in her life, never to actually connect with husband or children, and to constantly doubt herself. Phyliss is a woman with control, she takes what she needs and is still willing in the end to be there for Ben.

Lovett would be the most fun to play, because she signifies lust, greed and delicious nastiness.

Either way, it hardly seems something to get torn up about. A mean YOUNG COSSETTE won the stupid Les Mis game, every single Sondheim character has more depth than that.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 9:12pm

That's what makes Sally such a real person. She gave her life to something that could never give back (like posting on BWW-hehehe). Her life was wasted on her dream and it takes her years to realize it.

Phyliss isn't there for Ben. She's there for the life that Ben can provide her.

As for Lovett, well as a "character" I suppose for an actor she would be fun to play. However...

Well, I ask you...how many Sallys, Phylisses, and Lovetts have ou met in your life? (Rhetorical, of course.)

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 9:17pm

Apologies for the threadjack.

Back to the voting for the two people remaining in this game.

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 10:16pm

Sweeney Todd 5 -
Mrs. Lovett 69 +

Let's get this game out of its misery...

[BudFrump23]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 11:14pm

Sweeney Todd 4 -
Mrs. Lovett 70 +

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 11:16pm

Sweeney Todd 1 -
Mrs. Lovett 71 +


One more vote...

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/15/05 at 11:26pm

As much as I want this game to end, I refuse to cast another vote. hehehe


I'll leave the honor to another.

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 12:17am

As for that rhetorical question Jose':
Many Sallys
Many Phyllises

and scary as it is one Lovett. *shudder*

I don't think that is true about Phyllis, as she says, she could still have that life without him. She puts up with his crap, not because of the money and prestige but inspite of it.
"Could I Leave You?" on the surface supports what you say, but I don't think she means most of that, and at the end when everything clears and it is just the four of them, Ben and Sally are shattered and it is Buddy and Phyllis who drop everything to pick them up.

Also, I have always voted for the Lansbury Mrs. Lovett, the current revival, although a production I love, has not entered into consideration.

I do like to discuss though.

I'll also leave the thread for another to finish.

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 12:21am

You people are evil.

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 1:02am

Sweeney Todd 0 -
Mrs. Lovett 72 +

awwe... Sweeney Todd just died...

[gettinhep]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 1:08am

His skin was pale and his eye was odd...

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 11/16/05 at 1:14am

And there was much rejoicing in the land...