Went and saw Sweeney Todd last night. I liked it.
I wasn’t expecting to be all that impressed with the singing but they actually did a decent job with an admittedly difficult score. Sweeney was my very first play, years and years ago; my high school drama dept took us to a local college’s rendition of it. I was intrigued because while I could tell that the actors themselves sucked – it *was* a bit beyond their scope of talent – the story itself and the music were incredible. Then I saw the taped version with Angela Lansbury. If you haven’t seen it – go and find it. It is one of my all time favorite plays.
I must admit though….my first thought during the opening sequences (past the credits which were just icky, to tell you the truth) was that every little black-clad wannabe was going to be having gothgasms.
All that drear! All those costumes! *spasms of gray joy* *ded of Depp-Burton*
if you get the joke in the location/music section today – you get a cookie!
The Process 
see, I can make a connection between kaiser helmets and Madeline Kahn (I’m not a wabbit! I need some west!) but what do they have to do with Meet me in St. Louis?
Cowboy Bebop ftw.
heh…
DING DING DING went the bell!!!
Something like that anyway…
As for the goth wannabes.. what do you expect? It’s a Burton movie. LOL Even chickyboo in Beetlejuice (all those years ago) was Goth.
Re: DING DING DING went the bell!!!
*g*
Yes.
I, too, was going to say “ding, ding, ding went the bell” but it’s because my mother used to sing that to me. 🙂
Re: DING DING DING went the bell!!!
Actually, the joke is from a bit that Richard Jeni did some years ago.
“Er.. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. In the unlikely event that I should run bare-assed through the main compartment wearing a World War One Kaiser helmet, singing ‘Clang Clang with the Trolley,’ by golly, the drinks are on me!”
Re: DING DING DING went the bell!!!
Never saw that, but my mother really did sing the song to me. Completely unrelated.
“Gothgasm” is my new favorite word. *giggle*
LOL, thank you!