"Lyrically speaking, I don't see how anybody could claim it is sympathetic at all, even the London version.  Also notable is that Tim Rice was enthralled by Eva, and Andrew Lloyd Webber loathed her.  Supposedly Rice said to Webber once something along the lines once of ""Alright so she's a bitch, but let's make her a glamourous bitch"". RobDawg 

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