"Nobody's correct/Everybody's incorrect."

Okay, I shouldn't have gone horror — not my area of expertise.

It's based on "real events" the same way the Texas Chainsaw Massacre is based on "real events" - urban legend.

I don't think there's enough evidence out there to support that Sweeney Todd was a real person. A few different people, maybe, but the musical is based largely on the play by Christopher Bond, which was based on penny dreadfuls and urban legend.

Maybe OT, but I have to disagree with this: "Much of Sondheim's career has been spent looking for subject matter that his mentor, Oscar Hammerstein, might argue is an odd choice on which to base musical theatre."

I saw Fight Club for the first time about four years ago, didn't particularly enjoy it, and have always wondered if it was because I knew the ending going in. It's difficult to say.

Thank you so much, Todd, for writing such a superb series of reviews for a series that has never received the attention it deserved. It's been a pleasure to come here every week, not only to read your observations, but to have a gathering place to talk about one of my favourite shows. This will be missed.

I also love me some Ellen, and I was starting to think I was in a tiny minority. She's pretty fierce, for all her flaws, and Martha Burns, oh man, MARTHA BURNS is just perfect.

Man, butts-in-seats though is such a tough, tough formula to crack. It turns out that absolutely nobody knows what anybody wants to see, other than stuff they've already seen. It's kind of a nightmare, and promising to put butts in seats is such an empty promise to make. In theatre, you will inevitably fail to put…

The only other scene with the two of them I can think of is when Maria asks for a competent ASM, and Anna gives her Emily because "she was here early." But oh my god, wouldn't you love to see those two go to the bar and swap horror stories about actors and directors and… whatever Richard is these days?

Hands down, best line of the entire series.

I am going to read the SHIT out of that interview! What an amazing wrap-up to this series of outstanding recaps.

Everything that Richard does in these last episodes is so, SO in character, but in a way where you can see how he made a choice about who he wanted to be and that's why he's now this mess of a person. Also, I can see why Richard would surround himself with these young, flaky creatives, not realizing that he is so…

I agree. I think they walk a very fine line, making it obvious why she would irk Sophie aside from the whole "cat fight" aspect of it, but not being all-around unlikeable.

Bang on.

I agree, and it's interesting to see how the side effects of his treatment (or lack thereof) take turns either exacerbating or softening his behaviour.

If there's one thing the show's good at, it's demonstrating that all theatre people are pretty shitty with varying degrees of redeeming qualities. And yet not unlikeable!

Get better at sarcasm, hon?

Just like real life!

You have a lot of company, actually. That's really only controversial amongst 14 year-old girls. There are a lot of people who vehemently hate Rent.