[kj] More on the Johnny Depp/Dave Vanian "coincidence"

[Christof hamille]

I guess what needs to be known is who came up with the look?  Was it Depp or Burton?  I would guess the later.  I'm sure Depp knows Vanian is  BUT  Vanian only looked like that for a brief amount of time.  I am not excited at all to see this movie.  Corpse Bride was okay and I feel it was only made to get himself back into the kiddie/spookie market.  Mars Attacks was the last movie I enjoyed.  Everything else is forgettable (Big Fish, Sleepy Hollow) or down right awful (Planet of the Apes, Charlie).

oh well

Chris




> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:57:13 -0600

> From: bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: [kj] More on the Johnny Depp/Dave Vanian "coincidence"

> 

> I did a more detailed comparison of Johnny Depp's upcoming "Sweeney 

> Todd" character with Dave Vanian's stage persona, here:   

> 

> 

> http://www.cultpunk.com/?p=217

> 

> 

> There's even a comparison between The Damned's "Grimly Fiendish" video 

> and the trailer for _Sweeney_Todd_ there.

> 

> Here's my advice for Vanian, though I'm not a lawyer: Mr. Vanian, your 

> real name is David Letts, and you took on the stage name and persona of 

> "Dave Vanian" when singing for The Damned. "Vanian" is a shortened form 

> of Transyl-Vanian. Before Anne Rice wrote _Lestat_, about a vampire 

> rocker, Vanian was already doing it. Thus, I think David Letts has some 

> intellectual property stake in the character he created.

> 

> Having said that, just look at how closely Johnny Depp -- who played Ed 

> Wood as Jon Lovitz; Willy Wonka as Michael Jackson; and Capt. Jack 

> Sparrow as Kieth Richards -- has copied Vanian here. I'm ersonally tired 

> of mainstream culture ripping off old punk stuff and none of the 

> original folks ever getting credit or residuals of any kind. Vanian 

> should ask for some cut of the Sweeney Todd revenue from DreamWorks, who 

> are producing the movie.

> 

> Comparisons at URL above. Hard to write it off as coincidence, the more 

> I look into it.

> 

> And I like Dave Vanian anyways. He deserves more due than he's gotten.

> 

> -Oliver

> 

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