I was just wondering what does this line said by Mrs. Lovett in Worst Pies in London mean:
"And taste like...well pity a woman alone. With limited wind."
Does it mean she has not enough air to continue singing? Or is she implying something else to Todd?
I think it is a reference to her aforementioned unsuccessful attempts to catch neighborhood cats, as a way of emulating Mrs. Mooney's success as a baker. You know, like when someone cannot run any further and says he's "winded?" She is simply stressing the fact that she's downtrodden beyond salvation even further, as she cannot seem to succeed even with amoral ease. (Well, that is until she and Sweeney team up).
"What did we do to deserve this? Were we those guys who killed Jesus in a past life?"
Sondheim set this up so that the logical way for her to keep the rhyme would be to say "they're *beep* But instead, Mrs. Lovett takes a higher road.
"With limited wind?" That's what that line was? That's awesome!!
I think that it is an allusion to the song's difficulty.
Of course, you may think I'm just crazy, and I can't blame you. I have my thoughts, you have yours.
I think it means that she can't do everything by herself.
life's a stage
we're the actors
wether the play is a drama or a comedy,
god is the director
That's what I thought as well. But I always did wondered what the dirty double entendre was. Since in both the Lansbury & Lupone versions, they kind of looked at Todd suggestively when they delivered the two lines:
"Well, pity a woman alone.
With limited wind."
In any case, Mrs. Lovett sure does rattle on alot for a woman with limited wind.
Look at the rhyme scheme....
Is that just reVOLTING
All greasy and GRITTY
It looks like it's MOLTING
And tastes like.....well PITY
She stops herself before she says the word that rhymes with "pity," but starts with the "sh" sound.
Um, I know this is an old topic, but come on.
"Wind." Money. As in "windfall."
It's not that difficult.
Nope. You are dumb and condescending.
Show me any other instance in all of recorded time where someone refers to funds as "wind."
It might help to post the lyrics in question in a poem format:
All greasy, and gritty
It looks like it's molting
And tastes like... Well, pity
A woman alone
With limited wind
And the worst pies in London
Aw, sir, times is hard
Times is hard
What we have here is a play on words and a clever turn of phrase. Grit rhymes with sh**. If you listen close, the audience laughs when Mrs. Lovett censors herself. Her facial expression says it all.
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Limited wind means she can not run very far or fast. Google Winded
Oh GOOD!,my dog found the chainsaw
Um, I know this is an old topic, but come on.
"Wind." Money. As in "windfall."
It's not that difficult.
^This.
Well said, pal!
In addition to not having enough stamina to catch the neighborhood kitties, she hasn't enough to prepare the crusts properly, thus making them truly the worst pies in London - no filling, and lousy crust.
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