Taura zita rekuti Sweeney Todd nhasi uye vazhinji vevanyaradzi vemazuva ano pfungwa dzevateveri dzinotendeukira kuchinhanho cheStephen Sondheim- uye gare gare screen-mimhanzi Sweeney Todd: Dhimoni Barber weFleet Street.

Hazvina kuoma kunzwisisa nei. Shanduro yaSondheim yenyaya inogona kunge iri inozivikanwa kwazvo pamakore 175 apfuura, uye yakaitwa nemamwe emakambani ematarenda ane tarenda kutenderera pasirese nguva isati yatanga kurarama pachiratidziri chikuru pasi pekutungamirwa kwe Tim Burton uye nyeredzi Johnny Depp naHelena Bonham-Carter.

Nhoroondo yaVaT Todd inodzokera kumashure kupfuura 1979 Broadway premiere yemimhanzi yaSondheim, zvakadaro. Muchokwadi, chakatanga nenzira yekunyora muna 1846 mune penny inotyisa serial yakanzi "Tambo yeMaparera: Kudanana Kwevanhukadzi."

"Tambo yemaparera" Chinyorwa

Iyo yekutanga nyaya yakapenda Sweeney Todd semunhu asina kumisikidzwa uyo akauraya vanyajambwa vake nekukweva lever pachigaro chake chekugera chakavatuma vachirovera pasi chute muchidziro uko, netariro, mitsipa yavo yaizotyoka. Kana iye asina kuita rombo rakanaka, aiburuka masitepisi otsemura huro yavo nechisvo chake.

Paakangotumirwa, aikwidza mitumbi nenzira yevhu yepasi pevhu kuchitoro chaMai Lovett's Meat Pie shop kwaaizovabikira kuti vatengesere kuruzhinji.

Zvinhu zvinoenda zvisiri izvo kuna VaTodd mushure mekunge mumwe mufambisi wengarava anonzi Thornhill, akapedzisira kuonekwa achipinda mushop, ashaika. Thornhill yakanga yafanirwa kuendesa tambo yemaparera kumukadzi anonzi Johanna. Chakanga chiri chipo kubva, Maka, murume waaida uyo aifungidzirwa kuti akarasika mugungwa.

Anofungidzira kubatanidzwa kwaTodd mukunyangarika kweThornhill, Johanna anopfeka semukomana ndokuenda kunoshandira chitoro chake mushure mekunge aimbova mubatsiri wake Tobias Ragg akavharirwa mutiziro achipomera mupfuri kuti imhondi.

Pakupedzisira, Todd anofumurwa sehunhu hwaari iye apo mirwi mikuru yemitezo yemuviri inowanikwa pasi pechechi iri padyo iyo zvakare yakabatana neiyo yekugera shopu nematanho epasi pevhu. Zvakare, zvinoonekwa kuti raMohanna rakarasika raMark akaiswa mutirongo kwemakore naVaTodd uye akamanikidzwa kubika mapayi enyama kuchitoro chaMai Lovett.

Mark anokwanisa kupukunyuka ndokupinda muchitoro chepayi, achizivisa kune vatengi kuti ivo vari kunyatsodya vanhu. Ndagara ndichifunga kuti Soylent green haina chikwereti chingori chidiki chayo kubudirira kuna mudhara Sweeney.

Pakudonha kunouya mushure mekuratidzwa kwake, Todd anokanganisa Mai Lovett uye anozotorwa ndokusungirirwa mhosva dzake.

Shanduko

Kwete, hatisati tatova padyo naVaSondheim zvakadaro!

Iyo ngano yaSweeney Todd uye "Iyo Tambo yeMaparera" yaive yakakurumbira zvekuti yakagadziriswa padanho pamberi pekuguma kwenyaya yekutanga isati yaburitswa mu serial fomu, uye munguva pfupi vose vanga vachiita yavo vhezheni yenyaya kubva kumahombekombe makuru eguignol eEurope kuenda kuAmerica uye vodzokera kuLondon kweshanduro nyowani dzichigadzira Sweeney Todd zita remhuri muVictorian England.

Uye zvakare, muna 1970, munyori wemitambo Christopher Bond akatora ngano ndokuzvipa yake yega spin.

Mune vhezheni yaBond yenyaya, Sweeney Todd akazova munhu anonzwira tsitsi zvishoma. Akange asiri mhondi kubva pakutanga. Panzvimbo pezvo, aive bharanzi mukadzi wake akanaka akazove chinhu chekushushikana kune mutongi akaipa akabata mukadzi chibharo ndokuzoendesa Todd kuAustralia nemhosva dzekunyepedzera.

Paakadzokera kuLondon, anotanga bhizimusi rake rekutsiva, achiwira mukati naAmai Lovett uye vachirova zano rekusimudzira yake yekutengesa pie vachitsvaga kupera kwehupenyu hwomutongi akaipa.

Yaive muna 1973 iyo Stephen Sondheim akaona kugadzirwa kweBond yekutamba. Yakadyara mbeu dzekuchinja kwake iyo yave, nekure, inonyanya kuzivikanwa vhezheni yenyaya mumakumi mana emakore apfuura.

Kuimba Sweeney Todd

Sondheim akaendesa zvinhu kune waakashanda naye kwenguva yakareba Harold Prince uye kunyangwe maneja aive akanyarara pakutanga, akakurumidza kukundwa nemaonero aSondheim ekuhwina akabatanidzwa nepfungwa dzake dzekuita chirevo nezve hupenyu muindasitiri yeRevolution- maseti ePrince anozoguma huya kuzotarisa uye nekunzwa senge yakare iron iron ine zvimisikidzwa set zvidimbu izvo vatambi vaigona kutenderera kwese kuti vagadzire akasiyana maficha.

Kunyangwe zvakamutorera chokwadi, Sondheim akawana mukadzi wake anotungamira kuna Mai Lovett muAngela Lansbury uye nebasa remukurumbira, akaunza mutambi Len Cariou.

Kupfuurirazve, Sondheim akachinja zvidiki zvidiki uye zvinowedzerwa mukorasi kuita chaiye chiGreek Chorus uyo aizouya pachikuva en masse kurondedzera mamwe mavhesi kuburikidza nerwiyo, achikweretesa angangoita opera kune iyo showo.

Pahusiku hwekuvhura, vateereri vakakatyamadzwa nenyaya yekudeurwa kweropa, kudyiwa kwevanhu, uye kutsiva, uye kunyangwe kugamuchirwa nevatsoropodzi kwanga kuchidziya, zvaizoenderera nekumhanyisa mamhanzi 557 paBroadway isati yatanga kushanya neLansbury ichiri kubatanidzwa iro basa raLovett.

Cariou akatsiviwa naGeorge Hearn wekushanya, uye mugumbo rekupedzisira re Sweeney Todd munzira, kugadzirwa kwakatorwa kuti kutepfenyure paterevhizheni. Iwe unogona achiri kutenga icho chigadzirwa paDVD, uye ini handigone kukuudza iwe kuti yakawanda sei ini ndinoikurudzira.

 

Kubva payakatanga kumhanya kuUris Theatre muNew York, Sweeney Todd: Dhimoni Barber weFleet Street yakaitwa pasi rese uye yaona kumutsidzirwa kwakawanda pa Broadway uye muLondon West End.

Mukufunga kwangu, Sweeney Todd ine mamwe emunyori uye nyanzvi yebenzi. Iyo yakasviba inonakidza "Mupirisita Mudiki" uye "NeGungwa" zvakanyatso gadzira maballads achikwira uye zvimwe zvakakomba zvidimbu sa "Johanna" uye "Epiphany."

Sweeney pa Screen

Ehezve, pakupedzisira Hollywood yakauya kuzodana Sondheim, uye muna 2007 kugadzikana kweTim Burton kwechiratidziro kwakarova sirivheri.

Zvino usanditevere, asi yedzese vhezheni yechiratidziro ichi chandakaona, yaBurton ndiyo yakanyanya kusimba. Ivo vaingofanirwa kucheka zvinhu zvakawandisa mukugadzirisa uye ivo vaienda ne "zita" tarenda pamusoro pevanoimba chaizvo vatambi. Kunyangwe ini ndichikoshesa zvakawanda zvezvavakaita muvhi vhezheni yenyaya, iwe hauna kunyatsoona iyi show kutozosvikira iwe watoiona iyo yese uye nevatambi vanove vane hunyanzvi hwevaimbi kupfuura Depp naBonham-Carter.

Iyo firimu vhezheni yemimhanzi yakanga isiri yekutanga screen kuchinjisa yenyaya ye Sweeney Todd, zvakadaro. Nezve izvo, iwe unofanirwa kuenda munzira yese kudzoka kuna 1926. Nehurombo iyo firimu, iyo yaitungamirwa naGeorge Dewhurst uye nyeredzi GA Baughan mumutambo wevatambi, yarasika.

Iyo nyaya yakagadziriswa kune iyo skrini zvakare muna 1928 uye zvakare muna 1936, ino nguva naGeorge King vachitungamira. Shanduro yaKing yakasarudzwa seimwe yemafirimu mazana maviri ekutanga kutepfenyurwa paterevhizheni uye yakatanga kuonekwa paWNBT Channel 200 kunze kweNew York City.

Kubva ipapo yakashandurwa neBBC kanopfuura kamwe, uye yakabata vateereri nguva dzese.

Asi nei Sweeney?

Saka nei iri nyaya iyi yatora fungidziro yevanyori, vanyori vemitambo, nevagadziri vemafirimu? Chii icho chiri mungano yaSweeney Todd chinokwevera vateereri kwachiri kakawanda?

Ehezve, pane hunhu hwakaomarara hwenyaya yacho. Kuuraya kwakasviba zvakanyanya uye kumonyoroka kusingatarisirwi kwekudyisa nyama yemunhu kune vasingatarisirwi vatengi vechitoro izano rinonakidza!

Asi ndizvo chete here? Icho chaicho chikamu chechikonzero nei ndichichifarira, uye ndagara ndichizvibvunza kuti ndaizoitei kana ndikaona kuti ndaizoita ndisina kuronga kutora chikamu mukudya nyama. Ehezve, ndiri kushamisika saka pamwe chete ini ndine iwo mafungiro.

Kunyange ini ndine chokwadi chekuti vadzidzi vanokwanisa uye vanokupai zvikonzero zvakawanda, ndinofunga zvinodzikira kune hunhu hwevanhu.

Sweeney Todd anogona kudaro chero munhu. Anogona kuve wekugera munharaunda yako kana kunyanyisa kumuvakidzani wako.

Iko kune zvese zviri zviviri kusemburwa uye kushoma kunakidzwa kwakazvarwa muvanhu kana ivo vachivawana vakabatana nemamiriro akadaro. Mumwe chete anofanirwa kuverenga kana kutarisa nhau mushure mekunge mhondi yakaipa kana serial killer yabatwa kuti ione. Shamwari, vavakidzani, uye vaunoziva vanomira kumabvunzurudzo kuti vataure nezvekuti vangadai vasina kumbofungidzira sei mhondi yekuita zvinhu zvakaipa kudaro.

Chero chero chikamu chehuropi hwedu chinoita kuti vanhu vafarire kusangana ikoko nemamiriro ezvinhu anotyisa kudaro, ini ndaizoisa mari pazviri chiri chikamu chimwe chete icho chakachengeta nyaya yaSweeney Todd ari mupenyu.