Do you mean the Master of Ceremonies is incredibly straight in the original production and movie? Or were you speaking only of Sweeney? If the Master of Ceremonies, I can provide quotes from reviews of the original production that suggest he was not perceived as incredibly straight by some of the critics. Words used by critics in describing the character and/or Joel Grey's performance included homosexual, effeminate, androgynous, effete and mincing. A review of replacement Martin Ross used the made-up word swishbuckling.
It can be argued that the Master of Ceremonies was of uncertain sexuality or asexual in the original production, or that the character's sexuality was simply nonexistent as he was not meant to be a real person, but my guess is that he was not perceived as incredibly straight by audiences who thought about it at all (if you did mean the Master of Ceremonies). |
