October 2016
It's
October....and approaching Halloween, Tim, Bernard and Maurice decide
to get thematically appropriate. We've picked a horror musical rather
than a music-centric story.
Yes,
indeed we bring you a tale about a boy, a girl, a sadist, a
masochist, and an all-singing-all-carnivorous venus fly trap-like
plant called Audrey II. We bring you the See Hear discussion on Frank
Oz' 1986 filmed version of the stage musical, Little Shop of Horrors,
itself based on the 1960 Roger Corman b-movie flick THE Little Shop
of Horrors.
Seymour
works in Mushnick's flower shop in Skid Row wishing for a better life
and is secretly in love with his shop assistant Audrey.
Audrey
is dating Orin Scrovello a sadistic dentist but fantasises about a
life out of a Home Beautiful magazine with Seymour.
Audrey
II wants food.....NOW!!!! It also has a more sinister long term
plan...
Who
will win in the battle between Seymour and "the vegetable"?
Will
Arthur Denton get a long.....slow.....root....canal?
Will
Ronnette, Crystal and Chiffon work for Phil Spector?
Will
Jack Nicholson just come right out and admit that his finest acting
moment was in the Roger Corman original?
The
See Hear crew had a fantastic time discussing the history behind the
making of this film (we reveal who was originally supposed to direct
and star in it), the original 5 million dollar ending that had to be
scrapped (and our preference for director's cut vs theatrical cut),
horticulture, girl groups, horror comedy, the songs of Howard Ashman
and Alan Menken,and just generally why we love this film.
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