Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
#1Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 3:05am
¿Macavity?
Broadway Star Joined: 1/29/16
#2Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 3:25am
Oh my, that's terrible, glad to hear that they were okay. A little odd that they wouldn't just use a prop razor. Even with all that protection, I think it would be just as easy to find a simple prop rather than the real thing. Well, either way, glad that they're alright.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#3Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 3:32am
I don't remember what I ended up purchasing, but I know I had to dull the blades, too. Took forever by hand. I'm going to guess that there was a rough knick on the blade that cut them.
#4Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 3:34am
Wasn't this the plot of a Midsomer Murders episode?
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#5Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 6:06am
Why would the show have continued for a second throat to have been slit? Shouldn't it have been stopped the first time it happened?
Stage Door Sally
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/4/09
#6Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 6:24am
For the TV show Dexter, John "Trinity Killer" Lithgow was asked about having his cheek cut by Dexter's scalpel. He responded that the scalpel was a prop. "Blood" exuded from channels in the scalpel to look like blood. There is probably a safe razor prop that can be used for Sweeney Todd productions.
#7Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 8:02am
Some day that won't be a blank they use in Hamilton, and L-M M is gonna be in a heap of trouble.
#8Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 8:13am
If the blade was wrapped in duct tape and cellophane what exactly was the point of using a real blade in the first place?
JM226
Broadway Star Joined: 11/10/15
#9Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 9:06am
it would have taken them less time to find and order a prop razor, rather than tape up and dull a REAL one. so dumb.
#10Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 9:14am
I've heard of going for realism but this is just friggin' ridiculous.
#11Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 9:26am
Smaxie said: "Why would the show have continued for a second throat to have been slit? Shouldn't it have been stopped the first time it happened? "
My first thought is that it must have been during the "Johanna-Quartet" when he gets the new chair.
#12Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 10:25am
CATSNYrevival said: "If the blade was wrapped in duct tape and cellophane what exactly was the point of using a real blade in the first place?
I was surprised they used a real blade too - and in a high school production, yet. Even if you're super careful, that's a naked razor blade you've got there. Just get a prop and then you don't have to worry about it.
Broadway kid 2
Stand-by Joined: 6/7/14
#13Sweeney Todd: throats slit; cast hospitalised.
Posted: 4/7/16 at 11:11am
sarahb22 said: "CATSNYrevival said: "If the blade was wrapped in duct tape and cellophane what exactly was the point of using a real blade in the first place?
I was surprised they used a real blade too - and in a high school production, yet. Even if you're super careful, that's a naked razor blade you've got there. Just get a prop and then you don't have to worry about it.
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