Unpopular opinion but Sweeney Todd is not sufficiently punished by the narrative. He is the title character (protagonist) which means we are supposed to emulate him. He dies before he can explicitly state “Revenge is bad and don’t kill innocent people.” Then the finale says “To seek revenge may lead to hell but everyone does it, though seldom as well as Sweeney Todd” which normalizes murder and revenge. Also even in the finale Mrs Lovett does not get mentioned for her part in the work (anti feminist) but that’s a different post.
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#when i was in middle school i was obsessed w sweeney todd and that was before the movie even came out#it was bc we had the music on cd for some reason and it was the only thing my mom and i both enjoyed listening to in the car#idc about the fandom politics this post is discussing i just like thinking abt sweeney todd