Sweeney Todd: fancy a nice meat pie?

This weekend, I got the chance to see Tim Burton's long-awaited Sweeny Todd movie. I was as impressed by Johnny Depp's singing and amused by Sacha Baron-Cohen's cameo as most, but it only occurred to me today that the film is having a curious impact on several of my carnivorous friends: none of them can touch red meat since seeing the film!

I have to say, this is something I approve of wholeheartedly, and hope that the abstention continues! The question is, will Sweeney Todd do for the red meat industry what Jamie Oliver did for chicken farming? Sales of organic and free range chicken are up by 50% this week following his campaign along with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. I'd be interested to see if a similar 'Sweeney Todd effect' takes place in the steak counter...

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That's funny - the guy at our local organic butchers in Balham is actually in the film (for about 2 seconds he says), playing a butcher...

Posted by: Mario | January 24, 2008 9:19 AM

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