9/2/2008 - No Place Like London

Antony

I have sailed the world
beheld its wonders
from the dardinells,
to the mountains of Peru,
But there's no place like London!


Sweeney Todd

No place like London...

Antony (spoken)

Mr. Todd, sir

Sweeney Todd

You are young...
Life has been kind to you...
You will learn.


Sweeney Todd
(sung)
There's a whole in the world like a great black pit
and the vermin of the world inhabit it
and its morals aren't worth what a pin can spit
and it goes by the name of London.
At the top of the hole sit the previlaged few
Making mock of the vermin in the lonely zoo
turning beauty to filth and greed...
I too have sailed the world and seen its wonders,
for the cruelty of men is as wonderous as Peru
but there's no place like London!
--
There was a barber and his wife
and she was beautiful...
a foolish barber and his wife.
She was his reason for his life...
and she was beautiful, and she was virtuous.
And he was nieve.
There was another man who saw
that she was beautiful...
A biased vulture of the law
who, with a gesture of his claw
removed the barber from his plate!
And there was nothing but to wait!
And she would fall!
So soft!
So young!
So lost and oh so beautiful!

Antony (spoken)

The lady, sir, did she, sir, come?

Sweeney Todd (sung)

Ah, that was many years ago...
I doubt if anyone would know.
(spoken)
Now leave me, Antony.
There is somewhere I must go,
something i must find out.
Now, and alone.

Antony (spoken)

But surely we will meet again before I am off to Plymouth?

Sweeney Todd (spoken)

If you want you may well find me around Fleet Street. I wouldn't wander.
(sung)
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit
and it's filled with people who are filled with shit!
And the vermin of the world inhabit it!


~080108~
went to watch sweeney todd the demon barber at fleet street with shermaine today at tm. was nice to meet her again, fancy her teaching now haha. the show was really refreshing in my opinion. a typically english play style of movie, it was a change from the boring stereotypical movies we see nowadays. and the plot was nice too. except maybe some people may not like the gore( rachel might agree). but i think it was great. sweeney todd, or rather benjamin barker, well what he did is pure human frustrations by swinging his blades around, and i can understand i feel like doing that sometimes myself. ah wells. it left me a good impression, similar to the one V for Vendetta gave me. ah wells. then went to look for a motorbike helmet for shermaine, shes taking lessons thats why. alas! the shops all closed. ah well. ended up going to starbucks at simei to chill for a while. then we went off and i met alkhaff, hisham and ashiq. haven seen them for bloody long time la seriously. it was nice to see them again. played command and conquer for about 4 hours. it was fun this time coz we were getting good at it!  haha. then it was a scramble to take the last bus home. for me though, i dunno what to feel anymore about going home. tired? exapperated? or just plain siann. i dunno. but thank god there are still these bros to keep me going.

ben barker shows what we need to do sometimes. he really does.

the best form of defense is attack.

and so i know it will inevitable end this way. but i cant say im not disappointed.