The rumor, found in an article on RottenTomatoes.com, was that Warner Bros. Studios execs were asking Tim Burton to cut out some "excessively gorey scenes" from his film adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The reasoning behind this edit was to not lose box office bucks from the Disney crowd; i.e. those 14 year old girls swooning over Captain Jack Sparrow. The theory was that these girls would want to see the murderous tale simply because of Johnny Depp's lead but their parents would keep them away because of the amount of blood shed. The whole sordid affair was enough to make me weep openly into my Mini Wheats.
However, I caught the trailer on TV (saw it on IMDb.com several weeks ago without the rating stamp) and quite literally squealed with delight when the announcer guy spoke those magical words every girl longs to hear, "This film is rated R." I squealed and if not for a bad back, would have danced as well. Burton and Depp, 1... censorship and capitalism, zero. That's a big fat notch in the genius column.
Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Alan Rickman, opens in theaters December 21.
A Bloody Christmas to all and to all a Good Fright :)
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