Post by N3B on Apr 27, 2004 20:44:58 GMT -5
the plot: (SPOILERS)
a barber by the name of benjamin barker is exiled from london sent to a prison in australia. he escapes and a sailor named anthony takes him back to london. at london, he open a shop above mrs. lovets pie shop. she tells him his wife, lucy, poisoned herself when the judge turpin tried to woo her. his daughter, johana, was adopted by judge turpin. he changes his name to sweeney todd as a cover.
so, he he plots to kill turpin. a dude, toby, tries to sell him and shop-people pireli's miricle elixer (hair stimulant). todd then claims it's urine, and challenges pirelli to a shaving contest. todd wins, and becomes a popular barber.
to test out his system, he kills people who come in for a shave by slitting their throats with the razor. eventually, toby works for mrs. lovet because todd killed pirelli. Eventually turpin comes for a shave, but anthony shows up right once todd's about to kill turpin saying that he's found todd daughter, johana. turpin gets pissed because he doesn't like suitors going for his "daughter" since he intends to marry her.
turpin leaves, angered at todd. so, todd keeps killing people until he gets the chance to get turpin. meanwhile, mrs. lovet has found that she can cook the bodies of people todd kills into meat pies. her business gets popular. so, todd plans with anthony a way to get johana back. anthony goes after her.
meanwhile, the beatle bamford (judge's right-hand man) comes into the pie shop with a complaint of odd smells comming from the chimney. lovet stalls him, knowing that he'd find out they kill people and cook them. todd shows up and kills the beatle. at which point, toby, whose started helping lovet out finds out what's going on and goes insane. he runs and hides.
eventually, anthony gets johana back. todd blackmails turpin saying he'll give johana back to her. a crazed beggar woman walks into the barber shop in search of the beatle. she figures out that todd killed him. turpin shows up. todd then has no time, and kill the beggar woman and sends her body to the basement. turpin shows up, and todd reveals himself as the benjamin barker that turpin had exiled in order to get to his wife and daughter.
todd kills turpin. turpin isn't quite dead and scares lovet until she kills him.
meanwhile, anthony and johana show up. anthony leaves to go get a cab. todd thinks johana (disguised in a sailor suit to dodge turpin) is trying to find turpin and tries to kill her. she then runs away.
todd goes down to see what was wrong. he goes to open the oven to throw beatle, beggar, and turpin in. he then sees that the beggar woman was his wife, lucy. lovet had lied to him and told him she killed herself. todd going insane, then kills lovet.
Now that he doesn't have his wife or daughter, the two reasons he lived, there's a big dramatic moment.
then toby comes out of the basement cellar, crazed, singing pattycake. he then kills sweeney todd. the end.
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good news folks, IT'S A BROADWAY PRODUCTION! SONGS! HAHAHA! but it's really good, one of the few broadways i've gotten into. the plot is totally kick-a.
a barber by the name of benjamin barker is exiled from london sent to a prison in australia. he escapes and a sailor named anthony takes him back to london. at london, he open a shop above mrs. lovets pie shop. she tells him his wife, lucy, poisoned herself when the judge turpin tried to woo her. his daughter, johana, was adopted by judge turpin. he changes his name to sweeney todd as a cover.
so, he he plots to kill turpin. a dude, toby, tries to sell him and shop-people pireli's miricle elixer (hair stimulant). todd then claims it's urine, and challenges pirelli to a shaving contest. todd wins, and becomes a popular barber.
to test out his system, he kills people who come in for a shave by slitting their throats with the razor. eventually, toby works for mrs. lovet because todd killed pirelli. Eventually turpin comes for a shave, but anthony shows up right once todd's about to kill turpin saying that he's found todd daughter, johana. turpin gets pissed because he doesn't like suitors going for his "daughter" since he intends to marry her.
turpin leaves, angered at todd. so, todd keeps killing people until he gets the chance to get turpin. meanwhile, mrs. lovet has found that she can cook the bodies of people todd kills into meat pies. her business gets popular. so, todd plans with anthony a way to get johana back. anthony goes after her.
meanwhile, the beatle bamford (judge's right-hand man) comes into the pie shop with a complaint of odd smells comming from the chimney. lovet stalls him, knowing that he'd find out they kill people and cook them. todd shows up and kills the beatle. at which point, toby, whose started helping lovet out finds out what's going on and goes insane. he runs and hides.
eventually, anthony gets johana back. todd blackmails turpin saying he'll give johana back to her. a crazed beggar woman walks into the barber shop in search of the beatle. she figures out that todd killed him. turpin shows up. todd then has no time, and kill the beggar woman and sends her body to the basement. turpin shows up, and todd reveals himself as the benjamin barker that turpin had exiled in order to get to his wife and daughter.
todd kills turpin. turpin isn't quite dead and scares lovet until she kills him.
meanwhile, anthony and johana show up. anthony leaves to go get a cab. todd thinks johana (disguised in a sailor suit to dodge turpin) is trying to find turpin and tries to kill her. she then runs away.
todd goes down to see what was wrong. he goes to open the oven to throw beatle, beggar, and turpin in. he then sees that the beggar woman was his wife, lucy. lovet had lied to him and told him she killed herself. todd going insane, then kills lovet.
Now that he doesn't have his wife or daughter, the two reasons he lived, there's a big dramatic moment.
then toby comes out of the basement cellar, crazed, singing pattycake. he then kills sweeney todd. the end.
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good news folks, IT'S A BROADWAY PRODUCTION! SONGS! HAHAHA! but it's really good, one of the few broadways i've gotten into. the plot is totally kick-a.