I think they were laughing more at her expressions than the actual line.

The delivery was beautiful

I believe it's Emma's fault she is really funny so...

It makes sense given the performers and the story circumstances. Todd is insane by this point, while Lovett is evil but rational. If you were someone the size of Emma Thompson trying to manipulate a lunatic the size of Terfel you'd be a little scared too.

I've seen it in at least one production, where Mrs. Lovett's "Well that's all very well" sounded truly disturbed.

I think part of it is also intensified in this particular song because Emma is trying SO hard not to break character and burst into laughter at every line

it’s my favourite interpretation of the character i’ve ever seen. something about lovett having moments of fear and trying to fix the situations they’ve put themselves in while also placating todd and his anger just brings more humanity to the piece.

Agreed all around on Emma’s fresh (and phenomenal) take on Lovett….Have to say though….This Todd just isn’t doing it for me. It feels like Hollywood royalty got thrown onto a stage with the janitor coz the actor fell ill and they couldn’t find a replacement. Maybe just me tho but there seems to be a huge difference in the level of quality of their performances

Watched it 5 times today already

No its not the funniest rendition. Angela Lansbury and George Hearn is the funniest

I was dying at the "Good, You Got It" comedic pause.

It seems to be a fun number; Patti LuPone looks to be having a blast in the Sondheim tribute.

At Hogwarts

Debts to be ✨ erased✨

Dont forget Alan Rickman as Turpin or Timothy Spall as Beadle Bamford

Sorry, but that is one part Helena Bonham fumbled on. Can't forgive Tim Burton for that one, bad movie, major crime.

@@palmereldritch7777 to you, it’s mostly well liked and loved.

@@vic2958 Then again i was lucky enough to see the original cast and production. I know what Sweeney was supposed to be and what it was. Burton’s take on it was about as good as his Planet of the Apes and Dumbo remakes. Kinda superficial. I m sorry, i love Nightmare before Christmas and Ed Wood, and PeeWee’s big adventure. But just putting soot on everything didn’t make a compelling movie for me. And he cut out half (at least) of a perfect score….was an amputated Sweeney at best.

@@palmereldritch7777 again i’m not saying your opinion is wrong because it’s your opinion. I’m saying it was well received and well loved.

What? Sweeney has been around as a play for a loooong time, lassie. I recommend you check out Pamela Lansbury, Patti LuPone and Imelda Staunton's performances, they're EVERYTHING, each in their own way.

The original stage version was way back in 1979 and starred Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett and Len Cariou as Sweeney. It's incredible and you can listen to the cast recording on Spotify. There's actually a filmed performance with much of that original cast (including Lansbury but with George Hearn as Sweeney) and it's available on DVD. Check it out, it's absolutely brilliant. The performance this was taken from, with Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson, was also really, really fun, but I don't think it's available for purchase. It does show up, from time to time, on KZfaq though if you look around...

It started out as one, and what's even better, Mrs. Lovett is played by Angela Lansbury, who is Mrs. potts in Beauty anf the Beast

*_WOW! Have you been living under a rock and not know this Sondheim Classic was/is a musical play?_*

I can push this back eveb farther than Angela. Before the musical, it was a small town vaudeville play, and I actually saw it performed in Colorado at a dinner theater in the late 60s or early 70s. The only things. similar to this was Sweeney the Barber and his chair, which dropped customers down through the floor. Before that, it was "The String of Pearls," a Victorian novel about your basic poor girl whose dowry, the pearls, disappears in London along with the courier. She hires a detective, who after a long Dickensian search, traces the courier to the shop of one Sweeney Todd and thence to Mrs. Lovett. Oops.

Watch the imelda staunton and Micheal ball version

I love Emma

Thompson is amazing

It would be quite the reversal from rocky horror

Brilliant

Tenor role not bass

@@crazyorganist1609 bass’s have done the role, and Bryn range goes up to G4

@@leonardowilson7709 really wouldn't suit him. His voice isn't expressive enough. Phantom goes up to Ab5 in music of the night and other sections

@@crazyorganist1609 they can always transpose the score if need be. They have done it for past phantoms

@@crazyorganist1609 I believe you mean Ab4. Ab5 would be high even for a woman.

I personally I prefer Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd but that’s jus my opinion coz I saw the Sweeney Todd Movie with Johnny Depp as Sweeney before I saw any of these or the original.