Tchulani dzina loti Sweeney Todd lero ndipo malingaliro amakono amakono a mafani adzatembenukira kumalo osangalatsa a Stephen Sondheim - komanso pambuyo pake Sweeney Todd: Wowononga Ziwanda wa Street Street.

Sikovuta kumvetsetsa chifukwa chake. Nkhani ya Sondheim itha kukhala yotchuka kwambiri pazaka 175 zapitazi, ndipo idachitikapo ndi ena mwa makampani aluso kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi isanakhalepo pazenera lalikulu motsogozedwa ndi Tim Burton komanso nyenyezi ya Johnny Depp ndi Helena Bonham-Carter.

Mbiri ya Mr. Todd idabwerera kutali kwambiri kuposa 1979 Broadway premier ya nyimbo za Sondheim, komabe. M'malo mwake, idayamba ngati zolemba mu 1846 mu pulogalamu yowopsa ya khobidi yotchedwa "The String of Pearl: A Domestic Romance."

"Chingwe cha Ngale" Mawu Otsindika

Nkhani yoyambirira ija idalemba kuti Sweeney Todd ngati munthu wosavomerezeka yemwe adapha omwe adamuzunza pomakoka chiwombankhanga pampando wake wometa womwe udawatumiza kuti agwere chute mchipinda chapansi pomwe, mwachiyembekezo, makosi awo amathyoledwa. Akakhala wopanda mwayi, amatsika pamakwerero ndikudula khosi lawo ndi lezala lawo.

Atatumizidwa, amatha kukweza matupiwo kudzera mumsewu wapansi panthaka kupita ku shopu ya Mayi Lovett's Meat Pie komwe amawaphika kuti akagulitse anthu.

Zinthu zasokonekera kwa Mr. Todd pambuyo pa woyendetsa sitima dzina lake Thornhill, womaliza kumuwona akulowa m'sitolo, akusowa. Thornhill adapangidwa kuti apereke ngale zingapo kwa mayi wotchedwa Johanna. Imeneyi inali mphatso yochokera kwa, Mark, mwamuna yemwe amamukonda yemwe ankamuganizira kuti watayika panyanja.

Pokayika kuti Todd amatenga nawo mbali pakusoweka kwa Thornhill, a Johanna amavala ngati mwana ndipo amapita kukagwira ntchito kushopu yake atangomuthandizira Tobias Ragg atsekeredwa mnyumba yopulumutsira pomunamizira kuti anali wakupha.

Potsirizira pake, Todd amadziwululidwa kuti ndi woipa kwambiri pamene milu yayikulu ya ziwalo za thupi imapezeka pansi pa tchalitchi chapafupi chomwe chimagwirizanitsidwa ndi malo ometera ndi ngalande zapansi. Kuphatikiza apo, zikupezeka kuti a Mark omwe adatayika kwa Johanna akhala m'ndende kwanthawi yayitali ndi a Todd ndikukakamizidwa kuphika ma pie a nyama ku shopu ya Akazi a Lovett.

Mark akukwanitsa kuthawa ndikulowa m'sitolo ya pie, kulengeza kwa makasitomala kuti akudya anthu. Nthawi zambiri ndakhala ndikudzifunsa ngati Wobiriwira Wobiriwira sayenera kungopambana chabe za kupambana kwa wokalamba Sweeney.

Pakugwa komwe kumadza atawululidwa, Todd amasokoneza mayi Lovett ndipo pamapeto pake amamugwira ndikupachikidwa pamilandu yake.

Kusintha

Ayi, sitili pafupi ngakhale ndi Mr. Sondheim pano!

Nkhani ya Sweeney Todd ndi "The String of Pearl" inali yotchuka kwambiri kotero kuti idasinthidwa kukhala gawo loti kutha kwa nkhani yoyambayo kudawululidwenso mozungulira, ndipo posachedwa aliyense anali kupanga nkhani yawoyawo kuchokera ku zisudzo zazikulu za guignol ku Europe kupita ku America ndikubwerera ku London pamitundu yatsopano yopanga Sweeney Todd kutchuka ku Victorian England.

Ndipo, mu 1970, wolemba masewero Christopher Bond adatenga nthanoyo ndikudziwuza yekha.

M'buku la Bond, Sweeney Todd adakhala munthu womvera pang'ono. Sanali wakupha kuyambira pachiyambi. M'malo mwake, anali wometa yemwe mkazi wake wokongola adasilira woweruza woyipa yemwe adagwirira mkaziyo kenako ndikumutengera ku Todd pamilandu yabodza.

Atabwerera ku London, akuyamba kubwezera, kugwa ndi Akazi a Lovett ndikukonza chiwembu cholimbikitsira malonda ake a pie kwinaku akufuna kutha kwa moyo wa woweruza woyipayo.

Munali mu 1973 pomwe Stephen Sondheim adawona sewero la Bond. Idabzala njere kuti izisinthe momwe yakhalira nkhani yodziwika bwino kwambiri mzaka makumi anayi zapitazi.

Kuimba Sweeney Todd

Sondheim adatenga nkhaniyo kwa mnzake yemwe wakhala akugwira naye ntchito kwa nthawi yayitali Harold Prince ndipo ngakhale woyang'anira anali wosayankhula poyamba, posakhalitsa adapambanidwa ndi malingaliro a Sondheim omwe adaphatikizidwa ndi malingaliro ake pofotokoza za moyo mu Industrial Revolution - ma seti a Prince pamapeto pake abwere kudzawoneka ndikumverera ngati maziko akale achitsulo okhala ndi zidutswa zosunthika zomwe zisudzo zimatha kutembenuka ndikukhazikitsa mawonekedwe osiyanasiyana.

Ngakhale zidamupangitsa kukhala wotsimikiza pang'ono, Sondheim adapeza mayi wake womutsogolera kwa Akazi a Lovett aku Angela Lansbury komanso udindo wawo, adabweretsa wosewera Len Cariou.

Kuphatikiza apo, Sondheim adatembenuza magawo ang'onoang'ono ndi zowonjezera mu choimbiracho kukhala Greek Chorus weniweni yemwe amabwera pagawo lonse kuti afotokoze magawo ena kudzera mu nyimbo, ndikupangitsa kuti ziwonetsedwe.

Usiku wotsegulira, omvera adadabwitsidwa ndi nkhani yakukhetsa magazi, kudya anzawo, ndi kubwezera, ndipo ngakhale kulandiridwa ndi otsutsa kunali kofunda, kumangopitilira zisudzo 557 pa Broadway asanayambe ulendo ndi Lansbury akadali udindo wa Lovett.

Cariou adasinthidwa ndi George Hearn paulendowu, ndipo mgawo lomaliza la Zamgululi panjira, zojambulazo zinajambulidwa kuti zifalitsidwe pa TV. Mutha kugulirabe DVD imeneyi, ndipo sindingakuuzeni kuchuluka kwake.

 

Kuyambira pomwe idayamba ku Uris Theatre ku New York, Sweeney Todd: Wowononga Ziwanda wa Street Street yachitika padziko lonse lapansi ndipo yawona zitsitsimutso zambiri ku Broadway komanso ku West End ku London.

M'malingaliro anga, Zamgululi Muli zolemba zabwino kwambiri zopeka ndi wolemba komanso woimba. "Wansembe Wamng'ono" komanso "Mwa Nyanja" woseketsa kwambiri adakwaniritsa bwino ma ballads komanso zidutswa zazikulu monga "Johanna" ndi "Epiphany."

Sweeney pa Screen

Zachidziwikire, pamapeto pake Hollywood idayamba kuyimbira Sondheim, ndipo mu 2007 kusintha kwamphamvu kwa chiwonetsero cha Tim Burton kunawonekera pazenera lasiliva.

Tsopano musanditsatire, koma pamitundu yonse ya chiwonetserochi yomwe ndaiwonapo, a Burton ndi omwe ali ofooka kwambiri. Amangofunika kudula zinthu zochulukirapo ndikusinthasintha ndipo amapita ndi talente ya "dzina" pamasewera oyimba enieni. Ngakhale ndimayamika zambiri pazomwe adachita mufilimuyi, simunawone chiwonetserochi mpaka mudachiwona chonse ndi owonetsa omwe ndi akatswiri oimba kuposa Depp ndi Bonham-Carter.

Mtundu wa kanema wanyimboyo sinali woyamba kusintha pazenera la Zamgululi, komabe. Pazomwezi, muyenera kubwerera ku 1926. Tsoka ilo, kanema, yemwe adatsogozedwa ndi George Dewhurst komanso GA Baughan pamutu wotsogola, watayika.

Nkhaniyi idasinthidwanso pazenera mu 1928 komanso mu 1936, nthawi ino akuwongolera George King. Mtundu wa King udasankhidwa kukhala imodzi mwamafilimu 200 oyamba kuwulutsidwa pa TV ndipo adawonedwa koyamba pa WNBT Channel 1 kuchokera ku New York City.

Zakhala zikusinthidwa ndi BBC kangapo, ndipo zakhala zikugwira omvera nthawi iliyonse.

Koma bwanji Sweeney?

Nanga ndichifukwa chiyani nkhaniyi idakopa chidwi cha olemba, olemba masewera, komanso opanga mafilimu? Kodi ndi nkhani yanji ya Sweeney Todd yomwe imakopa omvera mobwerezabwereza?

Zachidziwikire, pali nkhani yovuta kwambiri. Kupha moyipa kwambiri komanso kupindika kosayembekezereka kodyetsa mnofu wa nyama kwa anthu ogulitsa mosayembekezeka ndi lingaliro losangalatsa!

Koma ndizo zonse? Ndicho chifukwa chake ndimachikondera, ndipo ndakhala ndikudzifunsa kuti ndikadatani ndikazindikira kuti ndikadadya nawo mwangozi. Zachidziwikire, ndine wodabwitsika mwina mwina ndimangokhala ndi malingaliro amenewo.

Ngakhale ndili ndi chitsimikizo kuti ophunzira atha kukupatsani zifukwa zambiri, ndikuganiza kuti zimangokhudza chikhalidwe cha anthu.

Sweeney Todd atha kukhala aliyense. Amatha kukhala wometa m'dera lanu kapena woyandikana naye kwambiri.

Pali chonyansa komanso chisangalalo chochepa mwa anthu akawapeza olumikizana ndi zotere. Wina amangofunika kuwerenga kapena kuwonera nkhani pambuyo poti wina wakupha woopsa kapena wakupha wamba wagwidwa kuti awone. Anzake, oyandikana nawo nyumba, ndi anzawo amakhala pamzere wofunsidwa kuti akambirane momwe sakanakayikira kuti wakuphayo akuchita zinthu zoyipazi.

Kaya gawo lathu laubongo ndi liti lomwe limapangitsa kuti anthu azisangalala ndi zochitika zowopsa ngati izi, nditha kuyika ndalama kuti likhale gawo lomwelo lomwe lachititsa kuti nkhani ya Sweeney Todd ikhale yamoyo.