Monday, October 16, 2017
Reworked Version of Little Shop of Horrors, From Ellen Greene and Frank Oz, Blocked Due to Rights Issues
Playbill: In a candid interview for Entertainment Weekly, Ellen Greene reveals that she and Frank Oz, who directed Greene in the 1986 film version of Little Shop of Horrors, had been working on a script that would blend the original 1982 stage version and the aforementioned motion picture.
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Although I love the stage version of the Little Shop of Horrors and also the film version, I believe that by creating another adaptation would be really beating a dead horse, its just not really that necessary to rewrite it. If their change has to do with the political meaning and them making comparisons to dictatorship via the plant, there are better ways to do that by simply recreating the design and in the way you can direct a normal revival. The same applies for them wanting to make the performance "darker", they can achieve that with a well thought out design team rather than rewrite the whole thing. I personally think that darkening Little Shop could result in disappointment for a lot of hardcore fans, what makes Little Shop so exciting is that its creepy yet, hilarious, full of big musical numbers that please the audience. I think that a complete rewrite could very possibly ruin an establishment that's already been so popular for so many years, keep classics classic, Little Shop of Horrors doesn't need a modern script makeover to achieve relevance now, the tyranny and ego of the plant truly speaks for itself.
I agree with Shahzad to some extent: a rewrite for this show seems a bit redundant. This show can very easily be made much darker with design and directing choices: the plant can be made to look more malicious, the costumes and setting can be made dark and grungy, there can be a lot of fake blood. There is also a new movie in the works, which I also think is unnecessary because the 1986 movie is brilliant. It seems more like a capitalistic move rather than a artistic rework. However, this proposed rework is much more politically charged. I do think the idea of making this show contemporary and directly connecting it to Trump and America's current political climate would be a very interesting show to see produced. I would like to know why the rights holder refused to give the rights over for this show, especially if there was no meeting or communication in place about the new vision for a revival and rework.
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