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- Title
"How about a pie?" Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd, and the Double.
- Authors
Millsap-Spears, Carey
- Abstract
The article analyzes the film "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," directed by Tim Burton which focuses on passion and violence. Topics discussed include the statement of author Coral Ann Howells on the description of Gothic fiction and her book "Love, Mystery, and Misery: Feeling in Gothic Fiction," exploring the film's character and crimes committed by Mrs. Lovette, and cannibalism.
- Subjects
SWEENEY Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Film); BURTON, Tim, 1958-; VIOLENCE in motion pictures; HOWELLS, Coral Ann; GOTHIC fiction (Literary genre); LOVE, Mystery &; Misery: Feeling in Gothic Fiction (Book); CANNIBALISM in motion pictures
- Publication
Studies in Popular Culture, 2013, Vol 35, Issue 2, p111
- ISSN
0888-5753
- Publication type
Film/Television Criticism