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...Burton takes a purchase on our more elevated emotions by showing the source of Sweeney's rage. Fifteen years earlier he was a sweet young man, named Benjamin Barker. His beloved wife and young daughter were ripped from him by the evil Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman), who exiled him to Australia. So Sweeney is a romantic tragic figure; he has fallen from a great height -off the cloud of his belief that love can last forever. Now he knows better, and throws himself into this amorality play. It's man devouring man, vengeance destroying ideals...
...reedy side, but he's a true singing actor, making every note as persuasive as his words and gestures. Sporting an Elsa-Lanchester-as-the-Bride-of-Frankenstein streak of white in his full dark hair, Sweeney is, in a way, the monster created by the Judge's turpitude. Benjamin is effectively dead; Sweeney is his remorseless spirit, the deft hand of fate wielding a razor - shouting, "At last my arm is complete again!" - against the necks of those who deserve to die. And, once he gets in the habit...
...movie. But this is gore with an agenda. Having seen where Sweeney came from, and the artistry Burton and Depp bring to his tale, we must keep watching. Horror has its own panache, its internal, infernal beauty. And nothing we see is as terrifying as the scar's on Benjamin Barker's soul when he devolved into Sweeney Todd...
After the introduction, Koh and piano accompanist Hsin-Bei Lee, a professional pianist and MIT affiliate, performed three pieces: Benjamin Britten’s “Cello Sonata,” Frederic Chopin’s “Cello Sonata,” and Astor Piazzolla’s “Le Grande Tango...
...miss Dwight. Congratulations, universe, you win.” 4) Phyllis’s wedding shower (Season 3, Episode 14) In the interests of equality, Michael invites both male and female strippers to Phyllis’s pre-wedding festivities. Unfortunately, the male stripper turns out to be a Benjamin Franklin impersonator, who later hits on Pam. Best Line: Pam, “Ben Franklin, do you wear boxers, briefs, or pantaloons?” 5) Launch Party (Season Episode) Dwight’s battle against Dunder-Mifflin’s newly-launched website reaches epic proportions. Then...