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* Act I ends with a chilling scene of Seymour feeding Audrey II the chopped up pieces of Orin's corpse. It's usually accompanied by blood-red lighting and sinister organ music, and ends with the plant [[EvilLaugh cackling evilly]] as the curtain falls. Not only is its hunger appeased for now, it's one step closer to [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination...]]
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* Act I ends with a chilling scene of Seymour feeding Audrey II the chopped up pieces of Orin's corpse. It's usually accompanied by blood-red lighting and sinister organ music, music and ends with the plant [[EvilLaugh cackling evilly]] as the curtain falls. Not only is its hunger appeased for now, but it's also one step closer to [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination...]]
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* "Suppertime" in general is a very eerie number, especially with the urchins emerging from seemingly out of nowhere to egg Seymour on.
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* "Suppertime" in general is a very eerie number, especially with the urchins emerging from seemingly out of nowhere to egg Seymour on. Unlike, Get It or Mean Green Mother From Outer Space, which are also macabre in subject matter, but [[SoundtrackDissonance catchy and upbeat in tone]], "Suppertime" is lower in tone, slower, and sinister, capturing the true malign nature of the plant.
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** Even creepier in the movie, which unlike the stage show, plays the scene completely straight. Of special note is the way [[https://youtu.be/r46YZJSfxks?t=167 Audrey II slowly drops its head and opens its mouth behind Mushnik's back]]. As Seymour slowly, subtly backs Mushnik closer and closer to Twoie's gaping maw, you can see him wrestling with the decision, terrified of what's about to happen.
** There's an original version of the scene (see [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qn2BXhRu8I here]]) which is slightly longer and has Seymour more complacent in Mushnik's death, keeping with the tone of the play (and most likely cut out because it made Seymour seem unsympathetic). In the final scene, Seymour tries to give one last warning before Twoey clamps down, but here, he doesn't even flinch, turning away and covering his face. And Mushnik's reaction is no better, as in the theatrical cut, he repeatedly (and humorously) shouts "Wait!" But him screaming for Seymour's help as Seymour averts his eyes is far more terrifying.
** There's an original version of the scene (see [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qn2BXhRu8I here]]) which is slightly longer and has Seymour more complacent in Mushnik's death, keeping with the tone of the play (and most likely cut out because it made Seymour seem unsympathetic). In the final scene, Seymour tries to give one last warning before Twoey clamps down, but here, he doesn't even flinch, turning away and covering his face. And Mushnik's reaction is no better, as in the theatrical cut, he repeatedly (and humorously) shouts "Wait!" But him screaming for Seymour's help as Seymour averts his eyes is far more terrifying.
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** Even creepier in the movie, which which, unlike the stage show, plays the scene completely straight. Of special note is the way [[https://youtu.be/r46YZJSfxks?t=167 Audrey II slowly drops its head and opens its mouth behind Mushnik's back]]. As Seymour slowly, subtly backs Mushnik closer and closer to Twoie's gaping maw, you can see him wrestling with the decision, terrified of what's about to happen.
** There's an original version of the scene (see [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qn2BXhRu8I here]]) which is slightly longer and has Seymour more complacent in Mushnik's death, keeping with the tone of the play (and most likely cut out because it made Seymour seem unsympathetic). In the final scene, Seymour tries to give one last warning before Twoey clamps down, but here, he doesn't even flinch, turning away and covering his face. And Mushnik's reaction is no better, as in the theatrical cut, he repeatedly (and humorously) shouts "Wait!" Buthim his screaming for Seymour's help as Seymour averts his eyes is far more terrifying.
** There's an original version of the scene (see [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qn2BXhRu8I here]]) which is slightly longer and has Seymour more complacent in Mushnik's death, keeping with the tone of the play (and most likely cut out because it made Seymour seem unsympathetic). In the final scene, Seymour tries to give one last warning before Twoey clamps down, but here, he doesn't even flinch, turning away and covering his face. And Mushnik's reaction is no better, as in the theatrical cut, he repeatedly (and humorously) shouts "Wait!" But
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** As mentioned above, the stage show plays Mushnik's getting devoured is PlayedForLaughs. If you listen to the cast recording from 2003, you hear Musknik screaming in horror at the end as Audrey chomps down.
* During "Some Fun Now", the teeny-tiny Audrey II guzzling blood from an increasingly-anemic Seymour, just a hint at the appetite to come.
* When Audrey II has grown too big to be fed from Seymour's finger anymore and has started talking, Seymour demands, "What do you want me to do, slit my wrists?" The plant's response is nonverbal, and varies from production to production, but is almost always perfectly clear: Twoey doesn't think that's such a bad idea. In the film, Stubbs gives an expectant happy sigh. Applies in-universe, as Seymour recoils in horror at this response.
* During "Some Fun Now", the teeny-tiny Audrey II guzzling blood from an increasingly-anemic Seymour, just a hint at the appetite to come.
* When Audrey II has grown too big to be fed from Seymour's finger anymore and has started talking, Seymour demands, "What do you want me to do, slit my wrists?" The plant's response is nonverbal, and varies from production to production, but is almost always perfectly clear: Twoey doesn't think that's such a bad idea. In the film, Stubbs gives an expectant happy sigh. Applies in-universe, as Seymour recoils in horror at this response.
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** As mentioned above, the stage show plays Mushnik's getting devoured is PlayedForLaughs. If you listen to the cast recording from 2003, you hear Musknik screaming in horror at the end as Audrey chomps down.
* During "Some Fun Now", the teeny-tiny Audrey II guzzling blood from an increasingly-anemic Seymour, is just a hint at the appetite to come.
* When Audrey II has grown too big to be fed from Seymour's finger anymore and has started talking, Seymour demands, "What do you want me to do, slit my wrists?" The plant's response is nonverbal, and varies from production to production, but is almost always perfectly clear: Twoey doesn't think that's such a bad idea. In the film, Stubbs gives an expectant happy sigh.Applies This applies in-universe, as Seymour recoils in horror at this response.
* During "Some Fun Now", the teeny-tiny Audrey II guzzling blood from an increasingly-anemic Seymour, is just a hint at the appetite to come.
* When Audrey II has grown too big to be fed from Seymour's finger anymore and has started talking, Seymour demands, "What do you want me to do, slit my wrists?" The plant's response is nonverbal, and varies from production to production, but is almost always perfectly clear: Twoey doesn't think that's such a bad idea. In the film, Stubbs gives an expectant happy sigh.
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* Many productions have a DragQueen play Audrey II, allowing the character to interact with the other actors more directly. Naturally, most productions take advantage of this for comedic purposes, but there's also an opportunity to make Twoey have a more... ''direct'' role in dispatching its victims. One such staging has the actor standing inside of the puppet's mouth, waiting for Mushnik to climb inside during "Suppertime." When he does, Twoey ''snaps his neck'' before beginning to eat as the puppet mouth closes again and we hear the sounds of the feast. The same staging also had Twoey directly grab Audrey and drag her into the mouth itself as she tries in vain to get away, with the blocking making the whole scene resemble a rape, especially with the line, "Relax, it'll be easier."
* A small moment in the '86 film -- shortly after "Suppertime", when Seymour looks at how big Audrey II has become and whimpers out an "oh my God." It was in that moment he realized just what, exactly, his actions had truly wrought.
* A small moment in the '86 film -- shortly after "Suppertime", when Seymour looks at how big Audrey II has become and whimpers out an "oh my God." It was in that moment he realized just what, exactly, his actions had truly wrought.
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* Many productions have a DragQueen play Audrey II, allowing the character to interact with the other actors more directly. Naturally, most productions take advantage of this for comedic purposes, but there's also an opportunity to make Twoey have a more... ''direct'' role in dispatching its victims. One such staging has the actor standing inside of the puppet's mouth, waiting for Mushnik to climb inside during "Suppertime." When he does, Twoey ''snaps his neck'' before beginning to eat as the puppet puppet's mouth closes again and we hear the sounds of the feast. The same staging also had Twoey directly grab Audrey and drag her into the mouth itself as she tries in vain to get away, with the blocking making the whole scene resemble a rape, especially with the line, "Relax, it'll be easier."
* A small moment in the '86 film -- shortly after "Suppertime", when Seymour looks at how big Audrey II has become and whimpers out an "oh my God." It wasin at that moment he realized just what, exactly, his actions had truly wrought.
* A small moment in the '86 film -- shortly after "Suppertime", when Seymour looks at how big Audrey II has become and whimpers out an "oh my God." It was
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* The 2019 Off-Broadway revival adds a little twist to "Don't Feed the Plants"; as the cast sings the final note, Audrey II lets out a mighty roar while a ''[[NestedMouths smaller head springs from its mouth]]'', spewing smoke at the audience for one final JumpScare. It's like a moment ripped right out of an ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' movie.
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* The 2019 Off-Broadway revival adds a little twist to "Don't Feed the Plants"; as the cast sings the final note, Audrey II lets out a mighty roar while a ''[[NestedMouths smaller head springs from its mouth]]'', spewing smoke at the audience for one final JumpScare. It's like a moment ripped right out of an a ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' movie.movie.
* In the deleted scene, Seymour is [[DrivenToSuicide about to jump and end his life for allowing Audrey to die and to prevent Audrey II from eating any more victims by depriving him the means of an assistant to his murders]] when suddenly a salesman arrives with a proposition to have samples of Audrey II be sold across the country as the plant then grins. Seymour then realizes to his horror the true monstrous extent of the plant's goals and that his early death wouldn't stop anything. [[DownerEnding And even when he tried to prevent them, it led to him dying and allowing Audrey II to get stronger as an insult to injury]].
** The tone of the salesman, unlike the inept oddball of the official version, there's a casual matter-of-fact tone to his voice, his dissonant grin at the end, and his sudden appearance at Seymour's lowest point, give the indication, that Audrey II was twisting the knife [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk by turning his one act of kindness to Seymour by the ceremonial consumption of the original Audrey being the means he can get stronger and he's been playing him the entire time via an indirect spokesman]]. [[KickTheDog Forcing Seymour to act on his ultimately hopeless sense of moral obligation to finish the job himself rather than let Seymour die on his own term]].
* In the deleted scene, Seymour is [[DrivenToSuicide about to jump and end his life for allowing Audrey to die and to prevent Audrey II from eating any more victims by depriving him the means of an assistant to his murders]] when suddenly a salesman arrives with a proposition to have samples of Audrey II be sold across the country as the plant then grins. Seymour then realizes to his horror the true monstrous extent of the plant's goals and that his early death wouldn't stop anything. [[DownerEnding And even when he tried to prevent them, it led to him dying and allowing Audrey II to get stronger as an insult to injury]].
** The tone of the salesman, unlike the inept oddball of the official version, there's a casual matter-of-fact tone to his voice, his dissonant grin at the end, and his sudden appearance at Seymour's lowest point, give the indication, that Audrey II was twisting the knife [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk by turning his one act of kindness to Seymour by the ceremonial consumption of the original Audrey being the means he can get stronger and he's been playing him the entire time via an indirect spokesman]]. [[KickTheDog Forcing Seymour to act on his ultimately hopeless sense of moral obligation to finish the job himself rather than let Seymour die on his own term]].
