Lucia’s Reviews > Sweeney Todd; or, The String of Pearls > Status Update

108:
1) "Tell me," she said, "when did this man come, and what did he say to you?" / "Gin!" INCREDIBLE.
2) MY BABY

"A touch to the lock of the parlour door, told her at once that it was open, and from that moment she no longer could doubt but that the whole house had been subject to the scrutiny of Sweeney Todd." it's like when fosco invaded marian's journal :(

"I have a friend with me—a very dear friend, who will not forsake me. I have more of them at home—for I have a home." i'm going to cry

AWWWW I WANT TO PUT HER IN MY POCKET. LIKE A LITTLE ANGRY WET CAT.

107: so fucking incredible :') womanhood is all about performance!!! how the sight of ben is what breaks her restraint idk. it's like. animalistic and patriotic. and the fact that the performance is double-sided. like. suspecting how much the other person (who is performing) knows of your own performance. coooool

and the concept of a faked death and a resurrection wow wow so much to think about!!!!!!!!!

mrs. oakley as some kind of mediator between actor and audience hm

just skipped ahead OMG SHE'S ALIVE. yay. what is todd without lovett? we can't experience an entire third of the story with one of them missing.

casting of actors in multiple roles is. brechtian. and freudian too? smart woman!

106: like mother like daughter! fake it till u make it. the concept of women as ghosts