A Little Priest
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"A Little Priest" is a darkly comic duet from the musical Sweeney Todd in which the title character and Mrs. Lovett gleefully plot to turn his victims into meat pies.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| act | Act I ⓘ |
| bookBy | Hugh Wheeler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Sondheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticPurpose |
to juxtapose horror with comedy
ⓘ
to reveal the full extent of the protagonists’ moral descent ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterDecision |
Mrs. Lovett chooses to bake victims into pies
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ⓘ
Sweeney Todd chooses to begin systematic killing for profit ⓘ |
| filmPerformers |
Helena Bonham Carter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Johnny Depp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceIn | Sweeney Todd original Broadway production NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchise | Sweeney Todd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comic patter song
ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ |
| hasFilmAdaptationPerformance | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecording | original Broadway cast recording of Sweeney Todd ⓘ |
| includes | puns on different professions as pie flavors ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Stephen Sondheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricStyle |
pun-heavy
ⓘ
wordplay ⓘ |
| medium | stage musical ⓘ |
| musicalNumberType | character duet ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | waltz-like feel in sections ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | act-ending number ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayPerformers |
Angela Lansbury
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ⓘ
Len Cariou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalProductionLocation | Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placementInShow | immediately before the Act I finale ⓘ |
| plotElement | Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett decide to use murder victims as filling for meat pies ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| reputation | one of Stephen Sondheim’s most celebrated comic songs ⓘ |
| settingWithinStory | Mrs. Lovett’s pie shop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | extended comic list song ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
cannibalism
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economic desperation ⓘ murder ⓘ |
| sungByCharacter |
Mrs. Lovett
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ⓘ
Sweeney Todd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
class satire
ⓘ
dehumanization ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ |
| tone |
macabre
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satirical ⓘ |
| workFrom | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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