Todd's story hints at the end of that era

Jaime 2022-04-21 09:01:21

I was stupid enough to think Todd and Mrs Love had a happy ending.
And so, the almost total annihilation of the epilogue suffocated me.
However, when I watched little Toby pick up the razor and walk towards Todd, I saw a kind of determination and relief in Todd's slightly raised face.
Blood gushed from his throat, and the movie ended in our sighs and grief...
Who would hate this murderer Todd?
Who would not mourn his death?
Our dear Todd, it's just that he was born in the wrong era...
Through Todd's story, what we see is the end of that society.

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street quotes

  • Signor Adolfo Pirelli: [singing] I am Adolfo Pirelli, da king of da barbers, da barber of kings, e buon giorno, good day. I blow you a kiss! And I, the so famous Pirelli, I wish-a to know who has-a da nerve-a to say my Elixir is piss! Who says this?

    Sweeney Todd: I do. I'm Mr. Sweeney Todd from Fleet Street. I have opened a bottle of Pirelli's Elixir and I say to you, it is nothing but an errant fraud, concocted from piss and ink. And furthermore, "Signor", I have serviced no kings, yet I wager that I can shave a cheek with ten times more dexterity than any street mountebank.

  • Beggar Woman: [singing about Todd and Mrs. Lovett's incinerator] Smoke! Smoke! Sign of the devil! Sign of the devil! City on fire!