Sweeney Todd
Razor-wielding killer
Sweeney Todd is a fictional London barber who murders customers and has their bodies baked into meat pies.
The character originated in Victorian penny dreadfuls and has been adapted many times, most famously as a Stephen Sondheim musical.
The name sometimes appears as shorthand for a murderous barber or gruesome secret in the food supply: What is this, Sweeney Todd's barbershop?
Blade for removing hair
- throatNeck's inner passage
- shaveCut hair close
- stropLeather sharpening strip
- chairSingle-person sitting furniture
Fleet Street · barbershop · blade · lather · towel · scissors · trim · grooming
Savory filled pastries
- cannibalismIntraspecies flesh consumption
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
sinister · grotesque · murder · bloodlust · grinder · bakehouse · corpse · ghastly
Manhattan theatrical district
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
- librettoOpera's written words
- theaterVenue for live drama
- stageRaised performance platform
Stephen Sondheim · performance · cast · ensemble · showtunes · orchestra · choreography · production
England's capital city
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
- workhouseInstitution housing poor laborers
- industrialOf factories and production
- DickensianGrimly poor, socially unjust
squalor · poverty · class · fog · cobblestone · slum · England · nineteenth century
razor
Blade for removing hair
chair · Fleet Street · barbershop · blade · lather · towel · scissors · trim · grooming · tonsorial
meat pies
Savory filled pastries
- cannibalismIntraspecies flesh consumption
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
horror · sinister · grotesque · murder · bloodlust · grinder · bakehouse · corpse · ghastly · grisly
Broadway
Manhattan theatrical district
Stephen Sondheim · stage · performance · cast · ensemble · showtunes · orchestra · choreography · production · costumes
London
England's capital city
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
- workhouseInstitution housing poor laborers
- industrialOf factories and production
Dickensian · squalor · poverty · class · fog · cobblestone · slum · England · nineteenth century · grim
vengeance
Retaliation for injury
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- justiceFair treatment under law
nemesis · grudge · fury · obsession · vendetta · scorned · wronged · asylum · Lucy · Johanna
antihero
Morally ambiguous main character
obsessive · transformed · haunted · murderer · driven · complex · villain · brooding · dark · sympathetic
- 2007 FilmsTransformers, Ratatouille, Juno, 300, Spider-Man 3
- Broadwaymusicals, musical, Tony Award, musical theatre, theaters
- musicalsWicked, Les Miserables, Cats, Chicago, Grease
- Title CharactersAladdin, Amadeus, Anastasia, Annie, Bambi
- villainsvillain, antagonists, Darth Vader, evil characters, Joker
- antiheroesDeadpool, Punisher, Wolverine, Venom, Catwoman
Sweeney ToddFlorence Nightingale
Mother Teresa · Mr. Rogers · guardian angel · Albert Schweitzer · Good Samaritan
Sweeney ToddJean Valjean
Atticus Finch · Robin Hood · Sir Galahad · Superman · Mary Poppins
Sweeney, Todd, sweet, sweeten, sweetly, sweetness, sweetener