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Umptyscope: Actually, Johanna was sent to Fogg's Asylum," play and movie. "Bedlam" is mentioned by Todd as a place where wigmakers get human hair, though.
Seanette: Cut "** Actually she is imprisoned in the Bedlam House, source of the trope's name..." as an error. Umptyscope is correct about the name of the asylum.
Ununnilium: Taking out:
- Soylent Green- See above
...because the trope Soylent Green isn't about eating people.
Jordan: Sorry about that, I forgot it didn't mean that. Is there a trope about eating people?
Ununnilium: I don't think so. Perhaps someone should start one.
Looney Toons: Suggested name: I'm A Humanitarian.
Ununnilium: Awesome.
Looney Toons: <bows> Thankyew.
DomaDoma: After the Oot P movie, I am really looking forward to Bonham-Carter as Mrs. Lovett.
Gracie Lizzie: Sweeney Todd was an Oral Tradition before he was a Sondheim Musical (and the Benjamin Barker backstory for the musical comes from an earlier play).
Pannic: Actually, it was a penny dreadful first. Then it went through a string of adaptations until Christopher Bond made a play, and then Sondheim made that into a musical
