Little Shop of Horrors: Critiquing Capitalism with Carnivorous Camp | Wholesome Halloween

[@arieldreemurr6284]

The movie warned about humanity being consumed by overwhelming reproducing capitalism plants, but, just like Karl Marx, failed to consider the more immediate threat of the E Y E B A L L S

[@linkinmusic559]

Epic

[@hannahlarge5738]

don't feed the plants, feed the algorithm

[@whitedragoness23]

Poke it’s eyes out

[@mischr13]

ah, is slime person still making vids?

[@GreetingsField]

One thing that the "love conquers all ending" maintains at least is the audrey 2, growing in the garden smirking at the audience at the end. the seeds are sewn, in preserving the american dream, that greed, that hunger, that system is still maintained and its only a matter of time before it bears fruit once more.

[@Inlelendri]

Exactly, yes! That's actually why I love that ending as much as the original. It's much more insidious and, imho, it's effective precisely because we think it's all safe now. One of the few 'or is it?' endings that works, for me at least. Thank you for phrasing that so well :)

[@tituslafrombois1164]

Just like government policies that kick the can down the road on the serious issues

[@emmathestonedspider8676]

The problem with this movie is the underdeveloped relationship between Bill Murray and Steve Martin

[@technopoptart]

i needed more of this relationship XD

[@DanDrambles]

To all those flooding in from The Eyeball Zone: thank you and welcome to the channel! I'm doing one of these videos everyday of this month so please consider checking out my channel to watch the 9 already out and subscribing so you can catch the ones still to come. There's plenty others on their way with similar themes to this that I'm sure you'll all enjoy. Glad to have you guys here!

[@thefrantasticmissfine]

When you gaze into the eyeballs, they gaze back into you...

[@rickardkaufman3988]

Thought Slime sent me here. So far, I like this video.

[@draecidarkheart2984]

Same

[@ebolapie]

THE EYEBALLS OBEY.

[@fad23]

Moi aus-same

[@cynthiaverjovskymarcotte1379]

Same.

[@jodgee2374]

I like this video less knowing a terrorism apologist sent people here.

[@Daehpo]

Spoilers for people who haven't seen the movie nor watched the video? I'm surprised that you didn't mention that there is a Lil'Audrey II that survived in the Theatrical ending. If read thru the capitalism metaphor, it could be viewed that even if you can over come capitalism from consuming you it is still there and because you fed it, it was able to propagate and survive. It may have just been "you got your happy ending, but that doesn't mean it will stay happy!" jab at the test screeners, tho.

[@blackjack0202]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Seymour and Audrey make it out okay, but the world at large? Not safe yet! Capitalist greed is still out there, waiting to be fed.

[@krysczarnecki2195]

Thats why i prefer the theatrical ending. Because it is not as disturbing, but still is not happy.

[@whitedragoness23]

It never went away

[@whitedragoness23]

@@krysczarnecki2195 it puts off the the coming doom and gloom. And instead decides to end on a happy ending for now

[@PhauxTheFox]

Saw a stage version of this in middle school, parents told me there was a movie version that I went right out and rented, watched it once a year or two, after like fifteen years I watched a copy that I didn't know had the original ending. I was so baffled when she died and then when he was eaten I remembered hearing there was an alternate ending. Then when the Audrey IIs were going Godzilla on New York I couldn't stop laughing. Absolutely fantastic movie and enjoyed your review of it. Like many I popped over from Slime. I'm looking forward to seeing what else you have!

[@unclegumbald989]

Howard Ashman, I fuckin’ salute you, sir.... and you are sorely missed...

[@mgroesbeck4503]

In the stage version, the plant conquest at the end gets metafictional.

[@FireBlastStudios]

it does in the movie to. The plat rips through the screen at the end and "eats" the audience.

[@mifflesticks]

I've seen Little Shop of horrors both on film and on stage (twice, once with drag queens no less) and listened to the soundtrack throughout my life and yet I find that even more pleasure can be found in hearing someone else go through every element and explain why they love it. Then talk about the background, behind the scenes, and underlying messaging. Thanks be to the eyeballs for sending me here.

[@tss3393]

7:23 A plant weilding a gun, you say? *Trigun theme intensifies*

[@ada_of_aurora2682]

Came from Thought Slime, yet I identified with the opening lines and was so convinced by the descriptive argument that the capitalism pivot still surprised me.

[@BZDouglasJournalist]

I've loved this movie since I was about 8 years old. While driving my 8 year old son to a tap class today, I decided to play it for him. While listening to it for the first time in years, I came to the realization that the plant represented the gaping maw and deceptive allure of capitalism. I knew when I got home I had to search the KZbins to see if anyone's done a video on the topic, and you did not disappoint. Anyway, looking forward to watching the movie with my boys and planting the same radicalizing seed in their brains.

[@matthewmcneany]

The world's a weird place that it takes a bloke from Canada to recommend that I listen to a guy who from the accent clearly lives about 15 miles down the road from me.

[@technopoptart]

i know, right? XD

[@AmunDeus]

This kind of thing is exactly why I hate test screenings. I think far more movie endings have likely been ruined by test audiences than actually improved. Not to say that the ending of this one was absolutely terrible or anything, I can kinda see why people found it too dark to fit the tone of the rest of it.

[@LycoLoco]

Give this video a look if you're interested in how this works in Hollywood specifically The Truth About Test Screenings - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ_ZnGyDg9Sehtk

[@jssolan5207]

I don't know why everyone couldn't accept their own greed. I mean, in the beginning it is stated that this happened before us, which means we barely survived. It also means that this was a warning about how a bad thing could happen, but it might happen again. Also the last shot wasn't that the army failed, it's that now the army has to clean up Seymour's mess. Does anyone pay attention to prologues?

[@QuikVidGuy]

@@jssolan5207 BALAGA IS FUN, BOLKONSKY IS CRAZY, MAR-

[@jamieserrano827]

One of my favorite parts of little shop of horrors the musical is the Greek chorus of Crystal ,Ronnette & Chiffon

[@MatsudaYouIdiotProductions]

"Probably a little bit too much for an audience expecting something more along the lines of Rocky Horror" Rocky Horror ends with most of the characters dead, the villains rejoicing their victory, and the main couple robbed of innocence in every possible way. It always blows my mind how many people forget that the entire second half of the film is a slow downward spiral into tragedy and death. (Note: I loved this video, 100% agreed on almost everything, literally howled with laugher at 7:26, and subscribed before I'd even finishing watching, I just needed to point out the irony here)

[@aliceswayer9979]

exactly! in the original stage show it gets even darker with brad and janet singing one of my favorite songs of the whole show called "superheros" wich is pretty short, but still makes everything a lot more intense (i've even seen a production, it's on yt btw, were they almost break up and it's really heartbreaking). But then again, if you go see rocky horror you always have the fun cutain call and maybe even an encore wich cheers you up again, wich i think is one of the reasons why they cut it from the movie. It is one of the reasons why test audiences didn't like the original ending of little shop, while they were fine with it when it was performed on stage.

[@MatsudaYouIdiotProductions]

@@aliceswayer9979 My shadowcast always performs to the UK cut of Rocky Horror Picture Show, which includes "Superheroes" (it was only omitted in the US version of the film). And I've seen the stage version you're referring to where B&J almost break up at the end (the 2015 Playhouse Theatre proshot), I was actually thinking about it when writing this comment! Also, if you're familiar with the (first) planned sequel for the film, "Rocky Horror Shows His Heels," the plot was going to involve Brad and Janet being married, but so messed up by that night at the castle that they're constantly fighting, and Brad ends up leaving her for a relationship with Dr. Scott.

[@aliceswayer9979]

@@MatsudaYouIdiotProductions shit ur right I totally forgot about that 🙈 I wonder why it's cut from the version I have tho since I'm not American 🤔 Also yes, that is exactly the production I was talking about 😅🙈 But OMG no I hadn't heard of that version of the sequel before 😳😂 I only know "shock treatment" but... that sounds interesting as well 😂👌🏻

[@MatsudaYouIdiotProductions]

​@@aliceswayer9979 I think the US cut is more well-known, even outside the US. Try looking for a DVD/Blu-ray that offers both versions (I know the 40th Anniversary Edition does, for example). So, the interesting thing is that several sequels were planned before "Shock Treatment" was made. The first was "Rocky Horror Shows His Heels," which involved Rocky surviving the attack by Riff, and reviving Frank via Frankenstein-like methods. It also portrayed Janet being pregnant with Frank's child and the entire town of Denton falling under Frank's spell. A bunch of songs were written (most of which were later used for "Shock Treatment"), plus a rough draft of the proposed script. The problem was, Tim Curry declined to reprise his role as Frank, and Jim Sharman (the director of the original film), didn't want to do a sequel. Because of this, the idea was dropped. In "Revenge of the Old Queen," which was to be another direct sequel, Riff Raff was trying to conceal Frank's murder from Frank's mother, who it turns out is the queen of Transsexual Transylvania, making Frank rightful heir to the throne. It also involved Riff strangling Magenta in a fit of jealousy on their way back from Earth (but continuing to have, er, "relations" with her corpse). This one also ended up being scrapped. Then there was "The Brad and Janet Show," which revised the songs originally written for "Rocky Horror Shows His Heels," and was meant to be an alternate canon to "Rocky Horror Picture Show" in which Brad and Janet never went to the castle. It was supposed to star Tim Curry as Brad Majors and Farley Flavors, with Susan Sarandon reprising her role as Janet. But Tim was worried about his ability to play Brad (he reportedly didn't think he could do a convincing American accent), and Susan said she'd only play Janet again for $1 million! When the Screen Actors Guild went on strike, preventing the production team from shooting outside, the idea for "The Brad and Janet Show" was re-written into what eventually became "Shock Treatment" (which set the entire story inside a television studio). It's all super fascinating. You can read more about the scrapped projects on the Rocky Horror Wiki: rockyhorror.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Failed_projects

[@aliceswayer9979]

@@MatsudaYouIdiotProductions holy shit that is sooo interesting! How on earth did not know about all of this?? especially concidering how much this show means to me??? I'm kinda glad that the other stories they had planed weren't actually made into movies because they sound like... a lot xD but then again, if somebody were (or was? idk) to explain to me the plot of rocky horror to me (without me having watched it a millions times already) i'd probably think the same thing, so who knows. Also I would've loooved to see Tim Currys portrail of Brad! Thank you so much for telling me all of this (it's kinda funny for me to be the one receiving long messages like this since i'm usally the one writing those xD) and i'll definetly check out the rocky horror wikipedia page, the fact that i haven't done that yet is actually pretty embarrising tbh but here we are! lol (also i love your user name 👀)

[@VioletSadi]

The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals and Black Friday, on KZbin from starkid, are equally fun horror musicals with an anti consumer bent, especially Black Friday, if you were interested in that milieu

[@ByMonitorLight]

Three decades on and Ellen Greene singing Suddenly Seymore still gives me chills nary matched by any vocalist outside of Floor Jansen and Daria Stavrovich.

[@casir.7407]

4:56 thank god someone else appreciates steve martins weird little kick. i saw this for the first time as an 11 year old aand i still think of that funny little kick

[@michaszkot4419]

I love this movie for one thing: it confirms my biases that Rick Moranis, Steve Martin & Frank Oz are criminally underrated. Praise Lord Oculon.

[@Strauss-]

How more highly could Steve Martin be rated though?

[@oceanblue971]

I love how the first half is just gushing about this fantastic movie and the second half is "this is all a warning about how the ever hungry jaws of capitalism will literally devour us all if we're not careful" Fan-fucking-tastic. I have managed to find the single youtube video somehow catered the most specifically to me.

[@mangoisafruit5699]

4:45 THANK GOD HE SAID THIS! I thought I was weird for being weirdly attracted to Steve Martin in this movie. I feel so much better

[@payton_bagel8317]

I’ve never watched the movie, and had no idea that the ending was anything other than Audrey singing a song about the American Dream while slowly being consumed by the plant. That was the part that stuck with me the most. I can barely remember the story apart from basic plot and that one scene. I love this kind of horror, because it makes you want to cry rather than scream. I saw that shit in the single digits, and it filled me with an immense existential dread.

[@Minecat101]

sent by the eyeball zone, i once watched a stage show where the plant was voiced by three different female actors singing in unison, it was amazing

[@EmmanuelTomes]

This movie and this movie review are flawless. Just told my wife the other day that LSH is my number one film. And the fact that you spliced in a capitalist critique with this masterful review. Dude, subbed. And I will be going through your old videos presently for more of this gold.

[@mplsatty]

New subscriber, because you were E Y E B A L L E D. I came of age during the horror height of the 80's (& was an avid Muppet fan), but this movie was so popular that I never saw it, never wanted to see it. As a pre-internet suburban teenager, we had to go by a much more crude formula (Popular = capitalist/religious propaganda = bad). You have opened my eyes to this movie, & for that I am grateful. I just hope I can find a DVD copy that includes the original ending...

[@32andu]

After I first saw the movie with my family (the theatrical ending though) my mom's boyfriend said that he though Audrey 2 was sort of representative of greed, and even in the "good ending" he's still there, waiting for a new victim.

[@UndiCreator]

The Eyeballs calleth me here... I am not disappointed...new sub

[@thefluffyaj4119]

i was fully not expecting to be too into this movie when my friend said we should watch it. I'm more of an anime and horror fan, introspective and philosophical, meaningful stuff. but also I love paying attention to little details and the artistry of things, and *man* is little shop of horrors just fucking full of artistry. the characters, acting, plot, songs, set design, the twoey puppet, everything is just oozing with personality and masterfully done. your really can tell that the director had such a clear vision that just makes everything so smooth and cohesive. i often am doubtful of older media but my friend, who loves older movies and games, really made me appreciate so many gems from the past and I'm so glad they did

[@shiivainu9442]

Your presentation and editing is wonderful for how criminally low the view count is on this bad boi.

[@PharaohLamothe]

This was... and I can’t stress this enough. ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

[@LycoLoco]

Truth. Everything about this video was expertly done and attention grabbing. Time to go dive through his backlog!

[@LoveLearnShareGrow]

I got to play The Dentist in my college's production. It was a blast! Love that show. And it's funny, there's so much capitalist critique like this that it's kinda like air, I don't even notice being surrounded by it all the time, even though I totally agree with the critiques.

[@adiahaalexander9359]

Just wanted to say I'm liking the *All New Dan* loving the content and aesthetic.

[@finecommathanks]

Look, I don't want to flex too hard on ya'll, but I saw the stage version of this for my 16th birthday at a little local theater and Mr. Mushnik was played by the Mason Dixon from Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, so....

[@anneginzburg1362]

Was sent hear by the eyeball zone, and this video is amazing! I'm really excited to watch the rest of your content!

[@DanDrambles]

OMG I WAS IN THE EYEBALL ZONE!?!

[@anneginzburg1362]

@@DanDrambles Yes, latest episode, project veritas.

[@DanDrambles]

@@anneginzburg1362 AHHHHH! THAT'S SO COOL!!!

[@LycoLoco]

@@DanDrambles Congratulations and enjoy your new viewership! It looks like literally everyone who came by is happy. :D

[@gayvervelvet]

My brain is filled with serotonin hearing all this well thought out praise & analysis about one of my favorite movies 😊

[@BenPaddock]

Great video, I watched the movie. I knew about there being two endings, and when my family watched it and watched everyone die, my parents were upset and complained and wished they had the version with the happy ending, but I think the ending where everyone dies is the more logical ending. The happy ending feels like a copout that completely erases any kind of moral or political message that the film has. I should probably watch that movie again, I might appreciate it more fully this time around.

[@e.l.2482]

Honestly I think the theatrical ending could've worked if it wasn't presented as "fact" within the movie's universe. I feel like you can see how cheap and paper thin it is through the set, which is p notable in a movie that is already very conspicuous with its artificial space. The implication of it as a fantasy / delusion / death dream within the film itself might've honestly felt like an even bleaker place to leave off, especially if that last little Audrey II was still present to signal to the audience that even within this fantasy within a fantasy, the creeping vines of capital still grow.

[@cassisbrook]

Confession: I've never seen this film. 😮 I have to watch it now. "Raw sexual energy!" *gasp*

[@denisschulz3814]

Brilliantly done Video Essay. I love it.

[@kidkurmudgeon-0_o]

Maybe theres an alternate universe where directors get to make all kinds of movies and end them without regard for ratings and test audiences& those get shown in theaters. And the happy endings get shunted to the dvd release alternate cut for people that want everything kidsafe.

[@grimloncz3853]

Interesting how the small Audreys have the insides of their mouths purple, whereas the bigger ones have them red/ pink.

[@alexkoehler9886]

The director's cut with the original ending is available as an extra on HBO Max.

[@DanDrambles]

Hey all, if you're coming back to give Wholesome Halloween an October rewatch, then while you're here I just want to let you all know that I'm campaigning to win the Face of Horror competition this year and I'd appreciate your votes! Which, if you fancy it, you can give me at the following link (assuming I'm still in the competition when you read this!): faceofhorror.org/2022/daniel-richardson-2 You get a free vote daily, or you can buy more votes if you so wish with a charity donation on the website. Thank you all for your support and hope you have a glorious spooky season.

[@Fluffkitscripts]

I didn’t even take the Eyeballvator here, I came through the YT recommendations.

[@DanDrambles]

That's good to know! I've been hoping I'm showing up in more people's recommended!

[@Patchouliprince]

I had no idea there was a theatrical ending- I’ve only ever seen the original ending and found out there was an alternate ending where they survive when I was chatting with a friend who got really confused and upset when I mentioned how everyone dying was my favourite part

[@ttowen]

Slimes Matt: The Best Slime was right, though I think this targets me even more. Instant subscribe

[@patrickstiadle3857]

Re-watching this today, so long after it first came out, I've been impressed by how much it all looks and feels like a stage production. The only thing that looks a lot different from anything you'd see on stage is of course this gigantic, singing, gun-toting plant. I've actually seen Audrey II on stage once upon a time and of course, that's not going to be quite the same experience :)

[@mattgilbert7347]

Shoulda led with Monster Squad. Yeah, I got slimed.

[@astroturfpunk9713]

awesome breakdown of one of my all-time favourites, and now i've discovered a channel crammed with videos i wanna watch. happy days.

[@drawingdraws618]

Slimo bent the algorithm, I found you on my feed good jobs eyeballs!!!!!

[@drawingdraws618]

Btw good job too! 👍✌️🤘

[@KristofskiKabuki]

It makes so much sense that they recorded Audrey II in slow motion and sped it up, it has a slightly animated look to it that I could never work out knowing it was an actual puppet but that fits!

[@thedalekditto15]

I also want to point out the musical has a song as the final thing, the same ending coming to fate for America. It’s actually one of my favorite songs in the show

[@metalgamer21]

Little Shop of Horrors and Anticapitalism? My eyeballs are pleased! My only wish is that high school me made the connection when I was given the opportunity to perform this gem.

[@chelseathistle2133]

This is awesome!!! One of my fav films and theatre pieces in general, Audrey 2 is probably my favorite villian, at least in the theatre world. I also find it interesting how they (seymour and audrey 2) kill people who are greedy, at least in the beginning. The selfish, abusive boyfriend (who works as a dentist, a somewhat well-off profession) and Mushnik, who seals his fate after wanting to blackmail Seymour for the plant so he can have all this captialism for himself. Finally, in the stage production, Seymour, as the fame and fortune has corrupted him and turned him into what he hated. I think it goes to show how paradoxical characters both the plant and Seymour are, they kill the bad and corrupted but are corrupted themselves. I think Audrey represents the heart of the show, as she is saved from the plant but then (at least in the stage production) giving herself to the planet for Seymours happiness. Overall great video, and very well done!! Sorry for the ramble!

[@lilyoftheveil666]

The bit about coming to something late and never quite getting it is me with The Nightmare Before Christmas. Also the eyeballs send their regards.

[@stargazingstar3239]

I didn't realize I'd watched a thought slime video so soon after it'd been published till I realized how few views this video had so far.

[@melaustin3305]

I went back to rewatch the song Somewhere That's Green because of your commentary and it made me sad in a way it never had before.

[@JeddtheJedi]

The highlight of my 2020 has been integrating an extended Little Shop of Horrors reference into a post-Covid budget explainer video I got hired to write.

[@LycoLoco]

Found my way here from the Eyeball Zone, WOW what a video. Can't wait to see more in the future. Really well produced, cut, and the content is 100%. I recently learned that Frank Oz helmed this work but haven't seen it since, so seeing the elaborate propwork with that in mind there's no question at all that Oz was involved.

[@ShadaOfAllThings]

ya know, I never thought about this before, but the plant looks like something that isn't there. Not because it isn't an amazing prop, but it looks like it shouldn't be there the same way the shoggoth in The Thing shouldn't be there. Its a crime against nature. Its a monster. It SHOULDN'T BE. But there it is. In the plantmatter. There. Physical. Hungry.

[@chrisp7044]

Ok, I'm sold. I've been tangentially aware of LSoH, but I don't think I realized it had such a dream team of the 70's-80's comedy era. Agreed on Serling too.

[@Fluffkitscripts]

“Capitalism’s working great, just don’t ask questions!”

[@DansTravels5823]

Got swept up in the EYEBALL ZONE and now I guess I'm here.

[@Lettersforhartigan]

This is the first time I have pivoted to THE ALL SEEING ONE, and I have not been disappointed. good stuff, man.

[@pfftlecake]

I received a link to this as a happy birthday wish, and I was pleasantly surprised by the synopsis! I’m one of the die hard fans, to the point I always sing “I Am a Dentist” at karaoke. I finally got my fiancé to watch with me, and he absolutely enjoyed himself! Thank you for making such a comprehensive video on the important themes of this impeccable musical.

[@localgrandparent1007]

The eyeballs sent me and i have never been more thankful to our overlords

[@roxie6519]

Lord Occulon sent me here. And I love it. Next stop, monster squad

[@dbplasma2538]

The eyeballs call, and I answer.

[@hannahjones8139]

As someone who is a fan of the musical, this show is super underrated but it’s so amazing. Anyone who is even considering watching, go watch it. If you can only watch the movie version, try to find the original ending on KZbin as that ending is much more in character with the rest of the film than the one included in the theatrical cut. Please watch it, the strength of its message on consumerism and greed are worth admission price alone.

[@Affexion_99]

Last week I was desperately searching for a video on exactly this subject to no avail! Then the fates blessed me in the eyeball zone today.

[@Zombiewski]

As a kid I always thought "Somewhere That's Green" was making fun of Audrey and her desire to boring, suburban domesticity. But when I came back to it as an adult, especially when listening to the 2004 Broadway revival with Kerry Butler KILLING IT as Audrey, it finally hit me that of COURSE Audrey dreams of something like Leavittown: Skid Row sucks, so somewhere that's just safe and pretty and uniform has a very strong appeal.

[@spadinnerxylaphone2622]

the theatrical cut at least puts a tiny Audrey II in their yard

[@neilwickman]

I do want to defend the theatrical ending, which makes the situation less absurd in a way, and therefore more realistic and in a way, better. Seymour never wanted to sell the plant or let it spread beforehand, so his refusal and defiance now are reasonable enough. Standing up against a massive systematic, I mean, horticultural threat is something we should cheer and want to see as possible, if dangerous. Making the situation too bleak and hopeless makes it feel there's no chance to rip the menace out, so who cares? It makes it more a monster movie with a polemic and less an instructional guidebook to fighting evil capitalistic plants. Lastly, the ending with the white picket fence is overshadowed by the seedling in the garden, which is a perfect metaphor for how this system works, and it carries the implicit instruction to kill the damn plant now! I think it's also more clearly not a literal ending, so the question is less what Seymour should do but what you would do, dear viewer, if you saw such a plant in your garden. Because killing the plant is possible, and because the plant is small, what we need to do is work together, get rid of them, and do it before they take root. That's a perfect way to illustrate how to actually defeat a lot of bad things, and only having endings where your characters die will shrink the universe of possibilities for people in the audience. People need to know that they're supposed to get rid of the plants, not feed them, not fear them, and not forget that they're part of a community. Anyway, I think the original ending is less thoughtful and less thought provoking. Theatrical ending is best ending.

[@beatrixwickson8477]

Have loved this movie since it came out but never knew about the original ending. Thanks for that, Dan.

[@Coleo20]

Nothing escapes the eternal gaze of Lord Oculon!

[@Ummuri2000]

Sent here from The Slime. Love the lighting, love the analysis, almost excuses the accent ;) Hope you enjoy this contribution for The Algorithm

[@constantreader1422]

i FORGOT that was a puppet! i watched it in high school and haven't seen it in a long ass time. i thought about it the other night, and then the eyeball zone sent me here. the universe is speaking to me.

[@emilyfarfadet9131]

Thank you so much! I wrote an essay on these exact points in my university days, and it really bugs me how seldom the films entire process, meaning and versions are ever discussed! Subscribed!

[@Gr0g234]

Please tell me how to escape the eyeball zone, I love the video but I'm still trapped. I'm sorry, Oculon.

[@SeaLow_Green]

Bruh this dude totally gets the film, I’ve thought all these things and it’s good to hear him say it cuz boy it’s just fucking great

[@joelle4226]

The stage play is so fun

[@tomithebunny]

Test audiences who didn't like the original ending don't understand Don't Trust the Plant being a fuckin bop, smfh. Also, idk what people who expected RHPS would want........RHPS ends pretty damn grimly too. Anyway this reminded me of how much I love Little Shop of Horrors that it literally moved me to tears, I legitimately think this movie is a masterpiece, this video is awesome, thank you so much!!!

[@hughquigley5337]

I remembered this video randomly and came back here just to watch it. Still a great video, and great analysis!!!

[@MolecularMachine]

I'm still disappointed that I didn't get cast as Audrey II in my local community college's production. Granted, that was right before the plague hit, so it wouldn't have gone through anyway...

[@profKDF]

Loved the video! So glad TS mentioned your channel.

[@dronesaur4328]

I hadn't thought about this movie in years. The DVD copy I bought back in middle school happened to be one of the misprints with the original ending instead of the theatrical one, so I never even knew the happy ending existed. 🤣

[@Sairin13]

None of the endings are satisfying enough on their own, this one time where you want to see the original ending because it's awesome, and it continues the themes the story was working through. But then you need to see the theatrical ending because in the 1986 movie the plant is so much of a presence and a classical movie monster that you do want to see him defeated, and though Seymour didn't deserve it, it's great to see Audrey get her happy ending. You also might want to watch the original 1960 versio because while it doesn't have songs, it has lots of comedy and a really great performance of Mr. Mushnick. But if nothing else, check out the final song of the stage play, which plays during the original 1986 ending but gets upstaged by the destruction, and sound effects. It drives home the point more directly, and is chilling. It breaks the 4th wall, addressing the audience "If we fight them we still have a chance, but please whatever they offer you,.. Don't Feed the Plants.

[@PeterWritingThings]

Feed me, feed me, feed me more videos because this series is great!

[@greatfrito]

Man, I love that movie. I have no idea when I saw it as a kid, but it's such a classic. Also, Thought Slime sent me. Great Eyeball suggestion!

[@nittygritty7034]

Adding my eyeballs to this wonderful video, but now I'm trapped and can't stop watc-

[@bookbook9495]

I have to rebut your point on the ending- there is an Audrey 3 on the edge of Seymour’s lawn. It’s actually really foreboding. Audrey will come back.

[@CSGraves]

I saw this at the movie theatre back when it was released, and many more times after a home video release. I even had the soundtrack on cassette for some reason.

[@kerycktotebag8164]

A few days before Thought Slime's video, i suggested another KZbinr make a video on Little Shop through the lens of labour. Wow. I played Orin Scrivello, DDS, in high school. In the stage version, the sexual energy is meant to be emphatic, so Steve Martin did a great job.

[@daisyandrew1983]

the eyeballs... you can't escape them

[@kogasoldier9379]

Holy effing s. I never knew about that alternate (true) ending to one of my favorite movies as a kid. Consider my eyeballs captured.

[@sunrespecter9874]

fantastic video, thank you!! the eyes sent me here, i grew up with this movie and loved it then, just recently revisited it it and realized myself all the sly critiques of capitalism and poverty going on in it!

[@jameskevinbutchers]

I felt compelled to come here, I don't know why, it's all so foggy, but I think there was an eyeball involved. This video is great. Hold up while I binge through the rest of your stuff.

[@kaylanonya9704]

As soon as Thought Slime said Little Shop of Horrors I was IN. God I love that movie. Wonderful video!!

[@jdprettynails]

Little Shop of Horrors + criticising capitalism??? I already hit the like button....I suppose I should actually watch this now then.