Sweeney

I listen to Sweeney Todd way too much. Whenever I'm mad or sad or whatever, I listen to Sweeney, which is probably not a good thing, considering the subject of Sweeney. I don't know...it just says so many true things about human nature and revenge. I love Epiphany, because I just think it says so many terrible things about humanity and society and et cetera.

I think that's part of the reason I love Sondheim. Unlike all of the shitty Webber-esque/Disney happily-ever-after musicals, Sondheim isn't afraid to tell stories with real people who do things with consequences. Every time I see Sondheim, I feel that he's just unclothed human nature and laid in bare and naked and ugly, but true, for all the world to see.

That's what really annoys me about Disney movies and (god forbid) musicals. They're so deceiving. We all have our residue from the fairytales of our childhood. We all want our own little happily ever after. But whenever I see a musical or read a book or see a movie where everything ends happy, I feel deceived and lied to. That's not how real life works, so why should we dream of it? No one is always happy, even if they have a good life and money and healthy relationships. No one lives happily ever after. No one lives ever after, after all, whether it's happy or not.