Culture Cinema: Johnny Sticks His Neck Out and Sings ; Mike Davies Reviews the Week's Latest Cinema Releases
Birmingham Post › January 24, 2008
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Culture Cinema: Johnny Sticks His Neck Out and Sings ; Mike Davies Reviews the Week's Latest Cinema Releases
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Winner of Golden Globes for Best Comedy or Musical, Tim Burton's film version of Sondheim's 1979 musical has been somewhat overrated.Working from Christopher Bond's play, the musical (not Sondheim's best), brings to life the 19th century legend of the throat- slashing shaver and his pie-making partner-in-crime, Mrs Lovett. Their crime spree acts as a Brechtian social metaphor - about man devouring man - set against the exploitation of the industrial revolution.There's a vague allusion to that here, but Burton's tale, adapted by Gladiator s...See the full content of this document
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