#Stephen Benjamin

[little-lovett]

there is SO much depth and beauty in the stories we hear in sweeney todd. a murderer who was once a doting father, so blind with hatred and anger towards the world that he couldn’t even see his own wife and daughter, staring him right in the face. a woman down on her luck and in love, trying so desperately to make a connection with a deeply broken and disturbed human. an unfortunately innocent and unknowing boy who ended up being the one who could sense the dark truth. a love at first sight that refused to die, even when torn apart by the disgusting perversion of a greedy abuser. sweeney todd is about all of these people, doing absolutely horrible things, all out of some form of love. that’s the beauty of sweeney todd. sweeney killed for a father and husband’s love. lovett baked real people with real lives into pies to maintain a shallow, lustful relationship she impossibly dreamed would bloom into true romance. turpin destroyed an innocent family because he could not contain his ‘love’ for a pretty woman and her daughter. toby slit a throat because his mother figure was all he had, and he loved her, simply and purely, as an innocent child loves a mother. their love is the purest of all in the story.

but my point is — yes, sweeney todd is about a murderer and his accomplice who cannibalizes and sells his victims. but it’s not. sweeney todd is about love. how love is even stronger and more dangerous than the deepest hate. it’s about how love can destroy people. this show is so beautifully, deeply, disgustingly human. and this dark, telling tale is somehow warped into some of the most gorgeous music to ever be written and made hilarious, lovable, and entertaining. musical theatre is truly magic. human nature is love and filth and greed. sweeney todd perfectly embodies both of these ideas.

[lunarhobbits]

so i saw sweeney todd the other day and it's consuming my thoughts

+ bonus meta meme

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Turtle Bay Gardens, 227-247 East 48th Street and 228-246 East 49th Street, fall 1920. Hand-colored lantern slide.

The view is to the east. Years later, Stephen Sondheim would live at 246 East 49th St. His next-door neighbor for many years at 244 was Katharine Hepburn.

Photo: Frances Benjamin Johnston via the LoC

[esqueletosgays]

SALEM'S LOT (2024)

Director: Gary Dauberman Cinematography: Michael Burgess

[sleepynegress]

VANITY FAIR SALEM'S LOT FIRST LOOK...

[clubartaesthetic]

Very controversial

[pedroam-bang]

Dune (2021)

[johannabarkerstan]

Maria Bilbao’s Johanna and Jordan Fisher’s Anthony are literally perfect I LOVE THEM. *starts sobbing violently*

[siremasterlawrence]

Billionaire’s Games Part 1

Welcome to the millionaire games as Mayor Hill the honor of the night stood on stage in all his glory unfortunately for him nobody cares and they are completely ensnared as the room glows up with power of colors in Hypno spirals.

Mayor Hill soon follows as he falls under my spell! Who am I you ask? I am the Hypnotic Whistler! I am laughing a bit as he all on to the stage right behind this fool that has the nerve to be called Mayor with that I shove him off the stage.

Mayor Hill joins the masses as everyone all of these morons are under my masterful level of control, I smirk as on my command everyone slowly begins to strip themselves of their clothes and it’s a true display of utter power.

Stark naked in a flash of light as Mayor Hill joins us back on stage looking mindless as ever with love because I am the man of his dreams now and he is soon greeted by both Detective Bullock and Commissioner Gordon his boss.

In one quick fashion they remove there guns from there holsters as they aim at with sub precision I should be freight by it but I clap hands as my zombie army comes to lift with such conviction rushing up the stairs as they are pinned down.

They are instantly snapped spiraling in to a deep spiral as I gleeful pump the audience to continue swarm the stage leaving the rest of the guest to join us and I watch the first two to enter my new domain smugly Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson.

“I will be upstairs Bruce…on my perch.” Dick replies walking up the staircase to top of this building.

“Bruce! Can you hear me? Something is off…I…I”

“Dick…Dick…”

“The coms are off and ….”

“Must be some sort of Hypnosis….”

“I should reach for my belt…”

“Oh My Goodness! What a shock Mr. Wayne?”

“I sent your ward to my private wing”

“Why don’t you join us?”

“Your mental protection does wonders”

“However! It is a failure on me”

“You are blissful though “

“I have a gift for you both my dear.”

“Come on both of you take one “

“Yes! I love it “

“The sparkly desire in your eyes glowing up”

“All you can see is me, I am the light of your life and you love me”

“Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson are no more “

“You will address me as Boss now”

“Yes boss! Bruce Wayne and Batman are at your disposal.”

“Dick Grayson and Nightwing as well my love”

“We live to serve boss”

“Kneel for me”

“We pledge “

“Sir Yes Sir”

“Sir Master Lawrence Sir”

“How may we serve you?”

Tony Stark is the next to arrive in a show of style dawning a powerful command of the audience as he walks in to the area with love as he blows a kiss to the sea of people surrounding him and everyone loves him so much.

Crowd pipes up excitedly screaming out of control as he jumps up, down and he has no ideas this was all programmed by me since this is his usual scene with a world of people who flood around him and that strange kid that is attending with him.

I snap my finger as a gigantic set of power keg of explosive box go off leading up to him in a blinding flash of light covering up his bod and himself as his body begins to shiver with echos hitting him head as he is falling back.

Bruce and Dick stand up rising up as he is walking up the staircase as they switch side to side standing in front of him as he began to disrobe out of their suits as they stand up stark naked and their sex, massive, tight and wound up masculine body.

Tony is lift bound with a blinding flashes of light outdoing us in a crazy haze as his eye turn green eyes blocking him from unable to move and I return to the stage as I wrap my body on to his back and let my hands go on a ramp .

“Master Lawrence! I am here to obey “

“Submit you will to me “

“I am the center stage of your life”

“Flow and ebb”

“Strip off your clothes”

“Look in ti my eyes “

“Forget who you are “

“You are my reality “

“I exist for me”

“Exist for you “

“I am your reality “

“Swoop me up forever “

“I love you”

“I commit to you “

“My life “

“My body “

“My mind “

“You are my everything “

“Mr Stark” Peter Parker calls out as he tries to maneuver his way through the crowd of Gothamites.

“Hey Kid! I got you “

“Follow me!”

“Mr. Stark your grip”

“It’s too tight…I”

“Zip it kid”

“Meet the Master”

“Who? Mr.”

“Ssshhhhh sleep”

“Mmmmrrrrrr”

“I understand must obey “

“Mwahahahahaha”

Oliver Queen enters the space with a keen eye he can sense the truth that something is a foot because he is not a trusting person by far and as he can see the fact that both the rich and poor are united.

They all look so zonked out mindless bobs, jumps and dances throughout the room as they hob and knob with each other as if they are all friends and the city has no problems going for them and if was such sickening sight.

Oliver quickly races over to the side of the room walking up the stairs he tips his glass pretending to be the party boi he once was as he secretly made his way up to the main room and is instantly caught and the culprit is Bruce.

“Boss! We caught him”

“Bruce what is this?”

“You are traitor “

“Dick!”

“He is The Green Arrow”

“Yes! I am aware”

“How could you possibly?”

“The mask can’t hide such a face “

“Sculpted like a Adonis”

“Why are you blushing?

“I-I “

“I won’t tell Oliver”

“Here is a gift “

“You are a nefarious fiend”

“Am I supposed to be offended?”

“I said open it”

“Damn blast you! This so gorgeous “

“I swear my life to you “

Richard aka Dick Grayson did a back flip off top of the staircase as he does dive to the ground, he reaches for the door embedded beneath the floor revealing a secret panel as the balloons burst outward in to the air and is a easy aim.

Bruce uses his batarang as it swerves in the air spinning through the balloons managing to cut threw each once as a high level of gas emits spreading viciously catching any bystanders and one in particular he is ones forever.

“He is in my eye sight boss”

“Now! Aim, Set and Shoot the bitch”

“Hello! My name is Ray Palmer “

“And I…I…where is the boss?”

The end

[doctorofmagic]

Stephen and Clea attending Marc's Shivá 😭

Vengeance of the Moon Knight #1 (2024)

[absencesrepetees]

cover art by stephen segovia for wolverine #44 (ben percy, victor lavalle/cory smith, 2024)

[little-lovett]

i adore sweenett not in the way that i think they actually love eachother and are a healthy couple at all. i just love them bc they are so silly and evil and trust eachother so deeply and rely on eachother and they were truly all the other one had. sweeney and mrs lovett are two very lonely people who found friendship and connection in eachother. their relationship is so full of longing and hurt and the attraction between them is there and it’s strong but the pain they are both experiencing is stronger. they were so close. they were almost almost almost there. sweenett is infuriating and beautiful and that’s why i love it. i don’t believe they loved eachother. i think they were a little in love with eachother, but only on the surface level. you cant deny sweeney loved her just a little bit. he’s got this woman at his feet, beautiful and enticing and loving, albeit extremely strange, annoying, and morally bankrupt. being without affection or a woman’s comfort for 15 years, of course sweeney found her feelings for him both frightening and tempting. mrs. lovett, on the other hand, is completely infatuated with him, refusing to acknowledge his flaws. she’s a widow and a hopeless romantic. sweeney was all she had. she was all he had. they did good business and had so much fun while it lasted before all the secrets poured out and they killed eachother. it was silly and scary and sad. i love sweenett — not exactly as a couple, but as a pair. a couple that almost happened and most definitely never should have happened. nellie lovett and sweeney todd: twin flames from hell

[just-just-gyllenhaal]

BRAND NEW PICS...

Leaving The Stephen Colbert Show In NYC(2024) pics...

[ilikethisacompletelynormalamount]

Congratulations to Andrew for his Critics Circle Theatre Awards - Best Actor win for Vanya and for becoming the first to win Critics Circle - Best Actor for both Film and Theatre in the same year!

L-R Isabella Pappas, Sam Yates, Andrew Scott and Sarah Hemming pose with the Best Actor award during the 33rd Annual UK Critics' Circle Theatre Awards at @sohoplace on March 25, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images

Benjamin Lowy, Andrew Scott and Emily Vaughn-Barrett

[ymbdraws]

i am sick to death of straight people. tell the truth, aren't you? there’s just too goddamn many of them!

love! valour! compassion! by terrence mcnally. dir. joe mantello, movie cast, 1997