or on the same note, Lovett says that no one will go near the room above teh shop because they think it's haunted. Clearly they remember what happened to that barber that used to work there, why then would they begin to go to a barber that just happens to show up there, of all places?
You can, or course, find questionable things throughout the show. I mean most of the situations throughout it occur by chance and coincidence, and in real life would never have been so (why would they be singing?). It is, a fictionalized story (based on questionable events).
I think this is just an example of something the audience may or may not realize, but accepts for teh sake of the story. I mean who knows, maybe they genuinely forgot.
Another interesting point to make is, wouldn't someone have noticed earlier that men would go into the shop and never come home. Wouldn't they have told someone (their wives) that they were going for a shave, but then never return? Wouldn't more people have put it together and notified someone? And if people weren't returning how did word of mouth about Sweeney's tensorial parlor continue to spread? How did Sweeney continuously receive patrons, enough to fill countless meat pies?
EDIT:
I have to disagree...I think it's so terrible because she would hesitate...but she would do it anyway. That's the layer of humanity. She knows what she's doing, thinks about it, and still goes through with it. I think that's even worse than what Sweeney does, being the mindless killer. Not that Sweeney is mindless, but you know what I mean. I understand what your saying, and I agree! But whether she hesitates or not, killing children (or anyone) is evil, regardless.
Sweeney is just as motivated as Lovett is; he's spent 15 years devising a way to garner his revenge, not only on Turpin, but on London. Which raises an interesting point: would he have killed the same way if Lucy was still alive and well? Would he have initially killed Lovett? Possibly, to me it seems that Sweeney was using her as well; I think he was very aware of her affections for him (regardless of Depp's interpretation) and took advantage of that to get what he wanted (just as he used Anthony and Johanna to get to the Judge). The problem with that was Lovett undermined him even more, by lying (Sweeney probably thought she wouldn't lie, because she did love him). Ultimately Lovett took the manipulation game to the next level. Neither of these character or their relationship with each other is one sided! That's just my feelings on it!
Updated On: 5/4/08 at 05:01 PM
