Oh I missed the Beggar-woman's come-ons, too! (That line about "Open the gate and dock it straight; I see it lists to starboard!" is pure coarse genius.) And I was just moaning to Random about the missing "we blinds 'em!" scene - if Burton wanted something that would make his audiences shudder, why not include that poor songbird, a portent for Johanna herself if she fails to escape from her cage?

Actually, I wish Burton had just CUT THE SONGS and done a straight spoken film. That way we'd still have the musical ready for a "definitive" version.




Re FREEWAY II - I really wish she and WG had had the Zach/Trevor ending from Brite's DRAWING BLOOD. Just them, an unspecified yet substantial amount of money in the bank, a beach of pure white sand and the cool blue surf. The ending as it stood was too much "she's got to be put down for the good of society". (I appreciate she WAS dangerous, but I'm just envisaging an ending where she wouldn't have felt the need to be. Because it's just too cruel to have her find love AND an understanding of why she's the way she is, and then she has to be wasted anyway.)

Oh well, I just substitute that ending for the actual one and then I'm fine with it ;) I can quite see why WG/C are your fave ff OTP, they're adorable!