You could say that. The symbolization of the plant in the story is in line with the Faust myth. A German legend about a man named Faust who sells his soul to the devil for worldly pleasures and unlimited knowledge. The price was that this would only be temporary and that the devil would have claim to his soul. Thus after time pasted and eventually the devil claims his soul dragging him to hell.
In Little Shop of Horrors it takes this concept and applies it to the American Dream. The promise of a better future and longing to archive great success. Like Faust, Audrey II can be seen as the Devil and Seymour as Faust. Seymour desires a better future and as he even says he wants "A way to get out of Skid Row." As well as Audrey I, the girl of his dreams. Audrey II in turn persuades Seymour to bring it food (human blood and flesh) by tempting and promising Seymour his success and worldly pleasures. Which Seymour does get. The plant alone has made Seymour successful and given him offers to appear on television, in magazines and finally to sell little Audrey II's which would make him insanely rich. He even gets Audrey I. As Orin's death allowed for them to be together. Thus Seymour got pleasures and successes. Now the stage musical plays more in line with the narrative as Seymour is eaten by Audrey II thus his version of being dragged to hell.
Now here is where the society part comes in. In the stereotypical American Dream especially for the time era. We can see that Seymour longs for a better future and financial successes. Which is often what society deems necessary for people during the mid 20th century. With Audrey II promising this we see that Audrey II represents the lengths people are willing to go to archive success and be accepted by society. Even if it means becoming immoral and hurting people (emotionally and or physically) to achieve that success. Not caring what happens to the other people. Therefore the plant represents the darker half of people in relation to society.
In Little Shop of Horrors it takes this concept and applies it to the American Dream. The promise of a better future and longing to archive great success. Like Faust, Audrey II can be seen as the Devil and Seymour as Faust. Seymour desires a better future and as he even says he wants "A way to get out of Skid Row." As well as Audrey I, the girl of his dreams. Audrey II in turn persuades Seymour to bring it food (human blood and flesh) by tempting and promising Seymour his success and worldly pleasures. Which Seymour does get. The plant alone has made Seymour successful and given him offers to appear on television, in magazines and finally to sell little Audrey II's which would make him insanely rich. He even gets Audrey I. As Orin's death allowed for them to be together. Thus Seymour got pleasures and successes. Now the stage musical plays more in line with the narrative as Seymour is eaten by Audrey II thus his version of being dragged to hell.
Now here is where the society part comes in. In the stereotypical American Dream especially for the time era. We can see that Seymour longs for a better future and financial successes. Which is often what society deems necessary for people during the mid 20th century. With Audrey II promising this we see that Audrey II represents the lengths people are willing to go to archive success and be accepted by society. Even if it means becoming immoral and hurting people (emotionally and or physically) to achieve that success. Not caring what happens to the other people. Therefore the plant represents the darker half of people in relation to society.
Yes. Each of the actors had to translate from English their entire lines along with the songs into many different languages so fans in many countries could enjoy the movie. It was grueling for them all since most only knew English and did a poor job of translation.
Some of those countries are:
Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Botswana The British Virgin Islands Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Dominica England Fiji Gambia Ghana Gibraltar Grenada Guyana Ireland Jamaica Kenya Lesotho Liberia Malawi Malta Mauritius Montserrat Namibia New Zeland Nigeria Papua New Guinea St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Scotland Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Tonga Trinidad and Tobago The Turks and Caicos Islands Uganda United Kingdom Vanuatu Wales Zambia Zimbabwe
Some of those countries are:
Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Botswana The British Virgin Islands Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Dominica England Fiji Gambia Ghana Gibraltar Grenada Guyana Ireland Jamaica Kenya Lesotho Liberia Malawi Malta Mauritius Montserrat Namibia New Zeland Nigeria Papua New Guinea St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Scotland Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Tonga Trinidad and Tobago The Turks and Caicos Islands Uganda United Kingdom Vanuatu Wales Zambia Zimbabwe
Even though it was prerecorded and played on the set for them to lip-sync, yes, it was their voices on the recording. However, in an interview conducted on set with Cinefantastique magazine, Rick Moranis admits that his performances are not made up of one continuous take, but rather the best bits from several takes.
For the record, 6 songs have been removed: "You Never Know", "Mushnik and Son", "Closed for Renovations", "Now (It's Just the Gas)", "Call Back In the Morning", and "Finale Ultimo (Don't Feed The Plants)" (reason for DFTP being removed was because the test audience hated the tragic ending and wanted a happy ending, though it is on the soundtrack). One song similar in nature to "You Never Know" entitled "Some Fun Now" was written for the film, which plays when the Doo-Wops are on rooftops. "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space" was written for the film too. As a tradition on most revivals of the play, they bring either of those 2 songs in. "The Meek Shall Inherit" was altered- Instead of having Bernstein, Snip, and Luce, they had a bunch of agents swarming him demanding him to accept deals. Note that the song is shortened.
Orin's death was a bit more comical with "Now (It's Just The Gas)" removed. He laughs himself to death almost completely and asks, "What did I do to you?", to Seymour who replies, "It's not what you did to me. It's what you did to her." Orin goes, "Her? ...oh, her." Then he dies. Audrey's conflict with Audrey II was altered, Audrey II calls Audrey and she over. Plus, The "Sominex" bit is removed from "Suppertime II". Finally, the last 25 minutes are altered. Seymour asks Audrey to marry her, which she accepts and they make plans. Audrey survives Audrey II's chewing her up, and Patrick Martin confronts them both with a deal. So Seymour goes in and "Mean Green Mother" happens, which Seymour successfully kills Audrey II. They then live "Somewhere That's Green", where the last shot pans down to the flowerbed and shows an Audrey II.
Orin's death was a bit more comical with "Now (It's Just The Gas)" removed. He laughs himself to death almost completely and asks, "What did I do to you?", to Seymour who replies, "It's not what you did to me. It's what you did to her." Orin goes, "Her? ...oh, her." Then he dies. Audrey's conflict with Audrey II was altered, Audrey II calls Audrey and she over. Plus, The "Sominex" bit is removed from "Suppertime II". Finally, the last 25 minutes are altered. Seymour asks Audrey to marry her, which she accepts and they make plans. Audrey survives Audrey II's chewing her up, and Patrick Martin confronts them both with a deal. So Seymour goes in and "Mean Green Mother" happens, which Seymour successfully kills Audrey II. They then live "Somewhere That's Green", where the last shot pans down to the flowerbed and shows an Audrey II.
The wonderfully freaked-out Musical Horror Comedy from 1986 by Frank Oz was premiered on Blu-ray disc in October 2012. And surprisingly, the Blu-ray disc contains a 10-minute-longer Director's Cut, besides the actual theatrical version of course. Technically, the only difference is an alternate ending in which Audrey gets killed by Audrey II and Seymour gets eaten. Then the plant breaks loose to paint America red. The above-mentioned huge amount of differences results from many tiny scenes from the original ending being used as well which is why a detailed comparison make much more sense than a rough summary of the alternate ending being considered one alternate scene.
Basically, there are two huge alterations representing almost the entire difference in running time. To emphasize these scenes, they've been marked red. Also not uninteresting is the fact that James Belushi's cameo has been completely removed for the Director's Cut. All the other differences concern the song "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" which is still in both versions. Basically, it's nothing but fine-tuning (e.g. alternate footage for short scenes with Audrey who died just before in the Director's Cut). Some of these differences make the movie more dramatic, others seem to be purely arbitrary just for the sake of using alternate footage.
The DC finally looks like the original version as it was shown in the original Broadway musical. Due to negative responses during test screenings, the original final sequence was replaced by the well-known "happy ending" for which a re-shoot was necessary.
Basically, there are two huge alterations representing almost the entire difference in running time. To emphasize these scenes, they've been marked red. Also not uninteresting is the fact that James Belushi's cameo has been completely removed for the Director's Cut. All the other differences concern the song "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" which is still in both versions. Basically, it's nothing but fine-tuning (e.g. alternate footage for short scenes with Audrey who died just before in the Director's Cut). Some of these differences make the movie more dramatic, others seem to be purely arbitrary just for the sake of using alternate footage.
The DC finally looks like the original version as it was shown in the original Broadway musical. Due to negative responses during test screenings, the original final sequence was replaced by the well-known "happy ending" for which a re-shoot was necessary.
Missing in the itv airings are 54 seconds due to 8 cuts, making the movie more politically-correct in an UK sort of way but leaving some change in character motivation come suddenly, without reason.
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