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| Sondheim Under the Microscope: Dissecting Sweeney Todd, Company, Assassins, and more | |
| Posted by: TheBroadwayMaven (DavidBenkof@gmail.com) 07:15 am EDT 10/05/23 | |
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| Today’s monthly FREE Premium edition of the Broadway Maven’s Weekly Blast puts Sondheim under the microscope with Broadway Blasts about Sweeney Todd, Company, Assassins, Merrily We Roll Along, and Into the Woods. You’ll also find a Peter Filichia’s Broadway video on Carousel, a report on the recent phenomenon on sing-along Broadway performances, a video quiz about the lyrics to Fiddler on the Roof, a survey about future Sondheim revivals, and a LAST BLAST about Les Misérables. Sample: BROADWAY BLAST: In “By the Sea” from Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, Mrs. Lovett sings to Sweeney, “We’ll have chums over every Friday.” A wordplay master like Sondheim could have chosen an alliterative alternative to “chums,” such as “friends” or “folks.” But he chose a word that refers to dead fish that live fish eat. It’s a cannibalistic metaphor, which is even more fitting given the cultural association between eating fish and Fridays. |
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| Posted by: Chromolume 10:53 am EDT 10/05/23 | |
| In reply to: Sondheim Under the Microscope: Dissecting Sweeney Todd, Company, Assassins, and more - TheBroadwayMaven 07:15 am EDT 10/05/23 | |
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| BROADWAY BLAST: In “By the Sea” from Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, Mrs. Lovett sings to Sweeney, “We’ll have chums over every Friday.” A wordplay master like Sondheim could have chosen an alliterative alternative to “chums,” such as “friends” or “folks.” But he chose a word that refers to dead fish that live fish eat. It’s a cannibalistic metaphor, which is even more fitting given the cultural association between eating fish and Fridays. Well, at least I agree with your analysis this time. But then (bringing along my chopper) I have to say, what took you so long to figure that out? I think it's pretty obvious, no microscope needed. |
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