SWEENEY TODD photo (not for the squeamish)

[morosco]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 1:49pm

Wow! What a powerfule photo! A German production?

EDIT: Shucks! I can't get the photo to link. Go to the site and check out page 2.





Link to website Updated On: 6/3/05 at 01:49 PM

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 2:06pm

Those pictures are awesome!

[MagicToDo82]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 2:09pm

That picture of the asylum made me start singing "At the end of the day.":)

[jaded_october]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 2:20pm

"That picture of the asylum made me start singing "At the end of the day.":)"

hahahaha

[MagicToDo82]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 2:22pm

Oh jaded, like you weren't thinking it too.:)

[jaded_october]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 2:27pm

im totally listening to les mis right now, too. so actually, i WAS thinking it. heh

[Plum]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 2:35pm

Morosco, try hosting the picture here instead of hotlinking and it'll work.

[pab]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 2:36pm

Rats in the streets
And the lunatics yelling at the moon!
It's the end of the world! Yes!

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 2:45pm

Great pics...thanks for sharing the link! I hope the bway bound version is this scary looking.

[Adam Chris]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 2:48pm

ew.

[Thenardier]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 3:23pm

At the end of the day
There's another new murder
And that's all you can say of a life in London

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 3:26pm

Oh this one! I couldn't find it at first. Its kinda gross. LOL
Updated On: 6/3/05 at 03:26 PM

[TheatreDiva612]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 3:41pm

blaaaaaaaaaa, thats yucky

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 3:57pm

the first one posted isnt coming up. the one that i can see, with the guy cutting the neck....I WANNA SEE IT!! lol. is that wrong...

[CatieElphie1]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 4:06pm

lol I like how the blood is flying up

[Elphabuff2]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 4:07pm

I feel like an ass asking this, but can someone either post or PM me a summary of SWEENEY TODD? I can google it otherwise. Thanks.

[CatieElphie1]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 4:10pm

Short version...
There's this barber named Sweeny Todd. He's a little cracked, and he likes to kill people while they are being shaved and then hide the bodies under the floor.
His wife..(can't recall her name right now) chops up the bodies into meat pies.
So there's more...but that will at least explain the photos.

[morosco]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 4:20pm

Thanks WiCkEDrOcKS for posting the photo. Thanks Plum for your help but I still had trouble.

I've ALWAYS wanted to see a bloody production like this. Usually the blood is just a trickle. This is how it should be done!

In the upcoming revival, is there any stage blood used? I seem to recall that it's suggested with red fabric? (oh brother!)

[MarkCohen]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 4:38pm

I don't mean to be a bitch but it's not Sweeney's wife. Just his accomplice who is in love with him but he does not return the feeling.

[Mythus]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 4:42pm

Uh, CatieElphie1...have you seen Sweeney Todd?

Sweeney Todd is about a barber named Sweeney Todd (originally named Benjamin Barker) who returns to London to get revenge on those who wronged him, specifically Judge Turpin, who transported Sweeney to Australia (to jail), raped Sweeney's wife, and then took Sweeney's daughter as his ward after Sweeney's wife poisoned herself. He sets up shop above Mrs. Lovett's Meat Pie Shop (Mrs. Lovett is not his wife, just someone who recognizes him as Benjamin Barker), and begins killing his customers, getting "practice on less honorable throats" in anticipation of killing the Judge. Left with bodies (well, first, only one body) and nothing to do with them, Mrs. Lovett (whose meat pie business is doing badly) comes up with the idea to bake the bodies into pies.

I'm sure I could be less in depth, but...yeah.

ETA: And those pictures are freaking awesome. It's odd that the sign says "Fogg's Asyl". I translated an abridged version of Sweeney into German for a project, and the German teacher suggested that I change "Asyl" to "Irrenhaus" (crazy house), as Asyl means asylum as in sanctuary. At least, that's what she told me. Very curious.



Updated On: 6/3/05 at 04:42 PM

[morosco]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 4:57pm

Google translator says "Asylum" when you translate "Asyl" from German to English.

Google Translate Updated On: 6/3/05 at 04:57 PM

[Mythus]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 5:45pm

Yes, I know what Asyl means. I speak German. I said, "Asyl means asylum as in sanctuary". Asyl still means asylum, but - and these are my substitute German teacher's words, she's from Germany - it usually means asylum as in sanctuary or shelter, and not like a crazy house.
Updated On: 6/3/05 at 05:45 PM

[Liz_Bennet]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 5:46pm

This is a production of the Komische Oper Berlin from 2004. The text is a very detailed plot summary. The quotes at the top say "Crime by corrupt public officials, parasites of society, have happened for thousands of years. Also, in our time, these crimes are rarely punished. This book is based on a true story from the city of industrialization in the 19th century." -Armand Eilles. The second one, the Brecht, says "Subject of the investigation is human beings." And yes, Asyl means asylum. Fogg's Asylum, if you've ever seen Sweeney, is the madhouse where Judge Turpin hides Johanna, so I think the meaning is pretty simple here.

Yay, I'm glad my German is useful sometimes.

Updated On: 6/3/05 at 05:46 PM

[Mythus]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 5:51pm

No kidding Asyl means asylum. Is everyone reading every other word of my post?

[Adam Chris]

Posted: 6/3/05 at 5:51pm

Wow, I bet it's awful translating Sondheim's lyrics to German... or any language of that matter. To me, it would be losing part of the Sondhiem beauty in the show.