| The world of Sweeney Todd is a labyrinth
of dynamic shadow, twisted shape, and shifting color. The characters, softly
illuminated, float in the deeply textured space. Sweeney appears with the
chorus, cut from the blackness, etched in searing, white-hot light. The
city burns blood red as the young lovers travel through a haze of textured
light, passing in and out of cast shadows and vanishing beyond scrim walls.
Daylight seems to filter into the space to warmly illuminate Pirelli's Miracle
Elixir and God, that's Good! For Johanna and By the Sea the darkness of
night becomes temporarily softer, cooler, and less threatening. |
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