Why Everybody Hates Johanna // a rant on Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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Hi theatre friends and welcome back to my channel! We're kicking off spooky season with another installment of ingenue protection squad-- (alternate title: Kat getting really defensive over her Broadway dream roles that other people tend to find really annoying for 16 minutes straight)
Today, we're here to defend everyone's (least) favorite blonde girl in a tower waiting for a handsome tenor to rescue her-- Johanna Barker (Turpin?) from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Sweeney is one of my favorite musicals of all time and I am dying to play Johanna. Not just because she gets the pretty music and the pretty dress and the pretty boy-- I think she's awesome and there's so much more to her character than meets the eye.
So today, I'm lawyering up (little miss Woods comma Elle style) and coming to the defense of this Sondheim soprano. I'm going to break down why so many people hate Johanna and why she's ~actually~ a hero..... especially by horror movie standards. Plus lots of tangents and rant-y thoughts on Sweeney Todd in general....but what else were you expecting?
QOTD: What are you thoughts on Johanna? Any other Sweeney / spooky musical related thoughts you want to share? Let me know in the comments below!
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Some background on SWEENEY, courtesy of Wikipedia:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (often referred to simply as Sweeney Todd) is a 1979 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler. It is based on the 1973 play of the same name by Christopher Bond.
Sweeney Todd opened on Broadway in 1979 and in the West End in 1980. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical and Olivier Award for Best New Musical. It has since had numerous revivals as well as a film adaptation.
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