MRS. LOVETT IS THE REAL VILLAIN OF SWEENEY TODD! SHE'S CAPITALISM INCARNATE! MRS. LOVETT NEVER KILLS A SINGLE PERSON! AND SHE'S NOT "CAPITALISM"! SHE'S A COMPLEX HUMAN BEING WHO LOVES AND FEARS AND WANTS TO RETIRE TO THE SEA SHORE! MRS. LOVETT'S NAKED GREED IS THE PULSING ENGINE OF THE WHOLE DAMN PLAY! WITHOUT HER, NOBODY DIES! YOU CAN'T SIMPLIFY SONDHEIM'S DARK MASTERPIECE DOWN TO SOME MARXIST ALLEGORY! THAT'S SOPHOMORIC SOCIAL JUSTICE BULLSHIT! WHAT ABOUT THE JUDGE? WHAT ABOUT SWEENEY? THEY'RE GUILTY! SWEENEY AND THE JUDGE ARE BOTH F**KING NUTS! MRS. LOVETT'S EVIL IS COLDLY SANE! BECAUSE CAPITALISM!