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Bloody Musical
iView Author:
Abhinav Katoch
(New Delhi, India)
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Bloody Musical
‘Sweeney Todd:The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’ immediately introduces its hero in a breathless credit sequence: I mean Blood–Blood trickling through the damp streets of London,flowing freely between the wheels as it smothers everything in its thick shades ….. In Dante Ferretti’s created world this blood is a magnet–wherever,whenever you go you are moving towards it.Tim Burton’s adaptation of Sweeney Todd(based on lyrics by Stephen Sondheim) might as well be the bloodiest musical in history perfectly in conjuction with the ghoulish musical productions the French theatres specialised in…
Seeing so much of blood being spilt,it hardly comes as a surprise that the two central protagonists are so pale in their appearance as though all blood has been sucked out of their veins..this isnt a pretty world(for that matter nothing in Burton’s films usually is)
Benjamin …









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