been playing Audrey on
stage for the past two
years, is able to make the
dumb blonde stereotype
look even dumber.
Martin’s performance as
the dentist provides some
of the movie’s funniest
moments.
SCTV’s John Candy,
Christopher Guest of
“Spinal Tap” and James
Belushi of “Saturday
Night Live” have some
interesting bit parts. Bill
Murray recreates the role
Jack Nicholson played in
the original and in the film
as the masochistic dental
patient.
The true star of the film
is Audrey II. Director
Frank Oz, who began with
the Muppets and worked
his way up to bigger and
better puppets in “The
Empire Strikes Back” and
“The Dark Crystal,”
makes Audrey II come
alive with a combination
of expert puppetry and
skillful direction. Audrey II
is more animate than
some of its human co-
stars. Former Four Tops
singer Levi Stubbs
provides Audrey 11’s foul-
mouthed, but soulful,
voice.
Since “Little Shop of
Horrors” is set in 1960,
the music fits into the style
of that period. The chorus
girls, Chiffon, Crystal and
Ronnett, take their names
from popular girl groups
of the late ’50s. Except for
the lyrics about feeding
people to plants, the
music sounds like a
golden oldies review.
The ending of the new
film has been changed
drastically from the
endings of the original film
and the play. In the play,
Audrey H’s evil doings
were exposed when, at a
ceremony to present
Seymour with a prize for
his green thumb, Audrey
II sprouted several blooms
that contained the faces of
everyone the plant had
eaten. Seymour and
Audrey want to leave
town but, while Seymour
is away from the shop,
Audrey II munches on his
bride-to-be. Seymour
attempts to do a fatal
pruning job on Audrey II
but he winds up together
with Audrey —dead faces
in one of the plant’s
blooms.
Although the traditional
ending was filmed,
producer David Geffen
decided that audiences
would probably prefer a
happy ending and
substituted a different
finale.
What little artistic
integrity the original film
and play had was defaced
only for money-making
purposes, so the new
“Little Shop of Horrors”
has been penalized and
one star has been docked
from its rating.
But it’s still more fun
than an evening with a
six-pack of Jobe plant
food spikes.
—Review by Karl
Pallmeyer
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