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So is the first line of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's famous musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Based on the nineteenth-century legend of the demon barber who murdered his customers and, with the help of his assistant, Nellie Lovett, made them into meat pies. It opened on Broadway in 1979 starring Len Cariou in the title role and Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett. The show won eight Tony Awards, including best musical, best score, best book, best actor (Cariou), and best actress (Lansbury).What makes the show so amazing? The score, plain and simple. The musical score for Sweeney Todd was composed by Stephen Sondheim, composer and lyricist for not only Sweeney Todd, but also for the musicals Assassins, Into the Woods, Follies, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to... Read more »

1. The true Hermit must never start threads to bait the consolite. He must never bash the console for sake of angering the consolite. He must never start a thread bashing a console on basis of hardware, control, or alleged lack of games.2. The true Hermit must never rise to anger. He must bear the misconceptions of the consolites with patience. He must seek not to attack, but to enlighten the ignorant consolite. If the consolite is not educated, then the Hermit will continue the same, never stooping to attack the consolite's system of choice.3. The true Hermit knows that it is the consolite, not the console, that is what needs fixing.4. The Hermit cares not for the exclusives of the other consoles. Never should he covet the games of other systems. The true Hermit is content with the... Read more »