One of my favorite TV shows is Dexter, the story of a serial killer who dices up his victims. One my favorite movies of all time is Silence of The Lambs. Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street makes them both look like Sesame Street. Should it be shocking that Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, the story of a madman who murders just about everyone he meets, is a violent, gory, blood soaked horror movie? Well, yes. No complaints about the special effects in Sweeney Todd, nearly two hours after watching Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber…
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Sweeney Todd:The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweeney Todd is one of Stephen Sondheim’s best musicals. The Broadway show of the mad barber that slays his customers and his equally mad partner who turns them into meat pies starred the lovely and talented Angela Lansbury. If you only know Angela Lansbury as that sweet old lady on Murder She Wrote, it is a real wonder to hear her sing about The Worst Pies In London. Sweeney Todd is an amazing musical filled with great songs and one of most intriguing stories to find its way into the usually sickly sweet waters of Broadway.As a general rule they…