E haʻi i ka inoa ʻo Sweeney Todd i kēia lā a e huli ka manaʻo o nā mea hoʻoweliweli i kēia manawa iā Stephen Sondheim ke kahua pīhoihoi – a ma hope ke paʻi mele – mele ʻO Sweeney Todd: ʻO ka Barber Demon o ke Alanui Fleet.

ʻAʻole paʻakikī e hoʻomaopopo i ke kumu. ʻO kā Sondheim moʻolelo o ka moʻolelo paha ka mea kaulana loa o nā makahiki 175 i hala iho nei, a ua hana ʻia e kekahi o nā ʻoihana keaka ʻoi loa a puni ka honua ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i ke ola ma ka pakuhi nui ma lalo o ke alakaʻi a ʻO Tim Burton a me starring ʻo Johnny Depp lāua ʻo Helena Bonham-Carter.

Ua hoʻi aku ka moʻolelo o Mr. Todd ma mua o ka 1979 Broadway mua o ka mele mele a Sondheim. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻomaka ia i loko o ka palapala moʻokalaleo i ka makahiki 1846 i loko o kahi peni peni weliweli i kapa ʻia ʻo “The String of pearls: A Domestic Romance.”

ʻO "The String of pearls" Synopsis

ʻO kēlā moʻolelo kumu i pena ʻia ʻo Sweeney Todd ma ke ʻano he villain unmitigated nāna i pepehi i kāna mau mea i hōʻino ʻia e ka huki ʻana i kahi lever ma luna o kona noho barber nāna lākou i hoʻokahakaha i kahi chute i lalo o ka hale i kahi e lana ai ka manaʻo. Inā ʻaʻole ia laki, iho ʻo ia i ke alapiʻi a ʻokiʻoki i ko lākou ʻāʻī me kāna pahi.

I ka manawa i hoʻouna ʻia aku ai, huki ʻo ia i nā kino ma ke ala o kahi alawai o lalo i ka hale kūʻai ʻo Meat Pie a Mrs. Lovett kahi e hoʻomoʻa ai iā lākou e kūʻai aku i ka lehulehu.

Hele hewa nā mea no Mr. Todd ma hope o kahi luina ʻo Thornhill, ka mea i ʻike hope ʻia i ke komo ʻana i ka hale kūʻai, nalowale. Ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Thornhill e hāʻawi i kahi kaula momi i kahi wahine i kapa ʻia ʻo Johanna. He makana ia na, Mark, kahi kāne āna i aloha ai i manaʻo ʻia ua nalo ma ke kai.

ʻO ke kānalua no ke komo ʻana o Todd i ka nalowale ʻana o Thornhill, ua ʻaʻahu ʻo Johanna e like me ke keikikāne a hele aku e hana no kāna hale kūʻai ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o kāna mea kōkua ma mua ʻo Tobias Ragg i kahi hale noho no ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ka ʻumiʻumi i mea pepehi kanaka.

ʻO ka hopena, hōʻike ʻia ʻo Todd ma ke ʻano he kolohe ʻo ia ke ʻike ʻia nā paila o nā ʻāpana o ke kino ma lalo o ka hale pule kokoke e pili pū ana i ka hale kūʻai o ka ʻumiʻumi e nā tunnel malalo. Eia kekahi, ua ʻike ʻia ua hoʻopaʻa pio ʻia ʻo Johanna's Mark lōʻihi i ka hale paʻahao no nā makahiki he nui e Mr. Todd a koi ʻia e kuke i nā ʻiʻo no ka hale kūʻai o Mrs. Lovett.

Ua pakele ʻo Mark a komo i loko o ka hale kūʻai pai, e hoʻolaha ana i ka poʻe kūʻai aku e ʻai maoli nei lākou i ka poʻe. Ua noʻonoʻo pinepine wau inā ʻO Green Soylent ʻaʻole ʻaiʻē iki wale i ka holomua iā Sweeney kahiko.

I ka hāʻule i hiki mai ma hope o kāna hōʻike ʻana, ua hoʻomake ʻo Todd iā Mrs. Lovett a hopu ʻia a kau ʻia no kāna mau lawehala.

Hoʻoponopono

ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole kokoke mākou iā Mr. Sondheim!

ʻO ka moʻolelo ʻo Sweeney Todd a me “The String of pearls” i makemake nui ʻia a hoʻololi ʻia ia no ke kahua ma mua o ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana o ka hopena o ka moʻolelo maoli i ka mana pūkaʻina, a koke a pau Ke hana nei i kā lākou mana ponoʻī o ka moʻolelo mai nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni guignol nui o ʻEulopa i ʻAmelika a hoʻi i Ladana no nā mana hou e hana ana iā Sweeney Todd i inoa home ma Victorian England.

A laila, i ka makahiki 1970, ua lawe ka mea kākau keaka ʻo Christopher Bond i ka moʻolelo a hāʻawi iā ia i kāna wili ponoʻī.

I ka mana o ka moʻolelo a Bond, ua lilo ʻo Sweeney Todd i ʻano mea ʻoluʻolu iki aʻe. ʻAʻole ia he mea pepehi kanaka mai ka hoʻomaka. Ma kahi o ia, he mea ʻokiʻoki kāna wahine nani i lilo i mea makaʻu na ka luna kānāwai ʻino nāna i hoʻokalakupua ka wahine a laila ua lawe ʻia ʻo Todd i Australia no ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ka hewa.

I kona hoʻi ʻana i Lādana, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna noi no ka hoʻopaʻi, e hāʻule pū ana me Mrs. Lovett a hatch i kahi hoʻolālā e hoʻonui i kāna kūʻai pie ʻoiai e ʻimi ana i kahi hopena o ke ola o ka luna kānāwai ʻino.

ʻO ia ma 1973 ua ʻike ʻo Stephen Sondheim i kahi hana o kā Bond pāʻani. Ua kanu ʻo ia i nā ʻanoʻano no kāna hoʻoponopono ponoʻī ʻana i lilo i, kahi mana kaulana loa o ka moʻolelo i nā makahiki he kanahā i hala.

Ke mele nei ʻo Sweeney Todd

Ua lawe ʻo Sondheim i nā mea i kāna mea hui lōʻihi ʻo Harold Prince a ʻoiai ʻo ka luna i ka wā mua, ua lanakila koke ʻia ʻo ia e nā manaʻo kaha kiʻi Sondheim i hui pū ʻia me kāna mau manaʻo ponoʻī e hana ana i kahi ʻōlelo e pili ana i ke ola i ka Industrial Revolution - Prince's set would set hele mai e nānā a manaʻo e like me ka hana hao hao kahiko me nā ʻāpana hoʻoneʻe i hiki ke huli i nā mea hana ke hoʻonohonoho i nā hiʻohiʻona like ʻole.

ʻOiai he mea hōʻoiaʻiʻo ia ma kāna ʻāpana, ua loaʻa ʻo Sondheim i kāna wahine alakaʻi no ka mea aloha kolohe ʻo Mrs. Lovett ma Angela Lansbury a no ke kuleana titular, ua lawe ʻo ia iā Len Cariou.

Eia hou, ua hoʻohuli ʻo Sondheim i nā kuleana liʻiliʻi a me nā keu i loko o ka papa mele i kahi Greek Chorus maoli e hele mai i ke kahua nui e haʻi i kekahi mau paukū ma o ke mele, e hōʻaiʻē i kahi ʻano o ka operatic i ka hōʻike.

I ka wehe ʻana i ka pō, pīhoihoi ka poʻe i ka moʻolelo o ka hoʻokahe koko, cannibalism, a me ka hoʻopaʻi, a ʻoiai ke ʻano leʻaleʻa ka hoʻokipa ʻana o ka poʻe loiloi, e holo nō ia no nā hana he 557 ma Broadway ma mua o ka huakaʻi ʻana me Lansbury i pili pū ke kuleana o Lovett.

Ua pani ʻia ʻo Cariou e George Hearn no ka huakaʻi, a i ka ʻāpana hope loa o ʻO Sweeney Todd ma ke ala, kiʻi ʻia ka hana no ka hoʻolaha ʻana ma ke kīwī. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēlā hana ma DVD, a ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke haʻi iā ʻoe i ka nui aʻu e paipai aku ai iā ia.

 

Mai kona wā mua e holo ai ma ka Theatre Uris ma New York, ʻO Sweeney Todd: ʻO ka Barber Demon o ke Alanui Fleet ua hana ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa a ua ʻike ʻo ia i nā ala hou he lehulehu ma Broadway a ma London End West.

I koʻu manaʻo, ʻO Sweeney Todd loaʻa kekahi o nā hana maikaʻi a ka haku mele a me ka lyricist. ʻO ka hilarious pouli "A Little Priest" a me "By the Sea" e hoʻopau pono i nā ballad e piʻi aʻe a me nā ʻāpana koʻikoʻi e like me "Johanna" a me "Epiphany."

ʻO Sweeney ma ka pale

ʻOiai, i ka hopena ua hele mai ʻo Hollywood e kāhea iā Sondheim, a i ka makahiki 2007 ua hoʻokumu ʻo Tim Burton i ka hōʻike i kū i ka pale kālā.

I kēia manawa mai hele mai ma hope oʻu, akā o nā mana āpau o kēia hōʻike aʻu i ʻike ai, ʻo Burton ka mea nāwaliwali loa. Ua ʻoki wale lākou i nā mea he nui loa i ka adaptation a ua hele lākou me ke kālena "inoa" ma luna o nā mea hana mele maoli. ʻOiai mahalo nui wau i nā mea a lākou i hana ai i ka paʻi kiʻi o ka moʻolelo, ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike i kēia hōʻike a hiki i kou ʻike ʻana i ka piha a me nā mea hana keaka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka leo ma mua o Depp a me Bonham-Carter.

ʻO ke ʻano kiʻi ʻoniʻoni o ke mele ke ʻano paʻakikī ʻole o ka pale mua o ka moʻolelo o ʻO Sweeney Todd, eia no nae. No kēlā mea, pono ʻoe e hoʻi i ke ala a hoʻi i ka makahiki 1926. Minamina ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, i alakaʻi ʻia e George Dewhurst a me ka hōkū ʻo GA Baughan i ke kuleana inoa.

Ua hoʻololi ʻia ka moʻolelo no ka pale hou i ka makahiki 1928 a i ka makahiki 1936, i kēia manawa me George King e kuhikuhi ana. Ua koho maoli ʻia ka mana o King ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi o nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni mua he 200 e hoʻolaha ʻia ma ke kīwī a ua ʻike mua ʻia ma WNBT Channel 1 ma waho o New York City.

Ua hoʻololi ʻia e ka BBC ma mua o hoʻokahi manawa, a ua hopu i nā mea hoʻolohe i kēlā me kēia manawa.

Akā no ke aha ʻo Sweeney?

No laila, no ke aha i hopu ai kēia moʻolelo i ka manaʻo o nā mea kākau, nā mea pāʻani, a me nā mea hana kiʻi ʻoniʻoni? He aha ia i ka moʻolelo o Sweeney Todd e huki hou nei i nā poʻe e pili ana iā ia?

ʻOiaʻiʻo, aia kahi ʻano lurid o ka moʻolelo. ʻO ka hoʻomake loa a me ka wili ʻole o ka hānai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo kanaka i nā mea kūʻai aku kipa ʻole ʻia kahi manaʻo kupaianaha

Akā, ʻo ia wale nō? He ʻāpana maoli nō ia o ke kumu e aloha ai wau iā ia, a ua noʻonoʻo pinepine wau i ka mea e hana ai inā ʻike wau ʻaʻole wau e lawe i ka cannibalism. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻano ʻano ʻē paha wau no ka mea ʻo wau paha kēlā mau manaʻo.

ʻOiai wau e maopopo he hiki i nā kālaiʻike a hāʻawi iā ʻoe i nā kumu he nui, manaʻo wau e iho i lalo i ke ʻano kumu kanaka.

ʻO Sweeney Todd i hiki kekahi. Hiki iā ia ke lilo i kou barber kaiāulu a ʻoi aku paha ka maikaʻi o kou hoalauna.

Aia kekahi repulsion a me kahi hauʻoli iki i loko o ke kanaka ke ʻike lākou ua pili lākou i kēlā mau ʻano. Hoʻokahi wale nō e heluhelu a nānā paha i ka nūhou ma hope o ka hopu ʻia ʻana o kahi mea pepehi kanaka weliweli a i ʻole mea pepehi kanaka serial e ʻike iā ia. ʻO nā hoaaloha, nā hoanoho, a me nā mea pili e pili ana i nā nīnauele e kamaʻilio e pili ana pehea lākou e kānalua ʻole ai i ka mea pepehi kanaka i ka hana ʻana i nā mea weliweli.

ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻāpana o ko mākou lolo ka mea e hoʻohuli ai i ke kanaka e leʻaleʻa i kēlā pilina me nā ʻano weliweli, e kau wau i ke kālā ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana like i mālama i ka moʻolelo o Sweeney Todd ola.