Talk:Little Shop of Horrors (2021 film)/@comment-24839525-20200514204640/@comment-45381106-20200515003822

I know. That's the whole point. I changed the way Seymour kills Orin to more clearly illustrate that Seymour, as insecure and nerdy as he seems, is still as very much a monster as the other "jerks" of whom Little Shop of Horrors, in all adaptations, warns us, the viewers. Basically, by having Seymour actively butcher the dentist like a raging psychopath because of his abuse toward Audrey, the viewer will recognize Seymour for what he overall is: a selfish jerk who is willing to justify the murder of a man--a sadistic man, but a man nonetheless--as being in Audrey's best interest. Thus, today's audience would take this as a sign that they should not at all sympathize with Seymour after the gory kill. In turn, this casts Mr. Mushnik during "Suppertime" in a heroic light by trying to turn Seymour in to the police, and make his consumption by the plant (after Seymour tricks him into looking inside the plant for lost money) a jackass move on Seymour's part, and although Seymour briefly tries resisting killing anyone else during "The Meek Shall Inherit" ("I sign these contracts, and that means I'm willing to keep on doing all these bloody evil things!") and even contemplates destroying the plant before it's too late, he signs the contracts anyway, mainly because of his obsession with Audrey. Finally, the reason why I thought of having Seymour not say "...and so am I!" when calling the plant a monster during the climax, is to show that instead of him regretting too late all the horrible things he's done, Seymour is still trying to convince himself that he is in the right, justifying killing Orin and Mr. Mushnik as being for the sake of Audrey. This makes Seymour being devoured by Audrey II all the more well-deserved. Also, as for the supposed "miscasting" of half the characters, I wanted to try something different with how each character sounded. I chose Mark Hamill as the voice of Audrey II because we all know Hamill is a master at creating scary characters--just listen to his voice for the Joker--and thus, since the plant is supposed to be a humorous character as well an intimidating presence, and because Hamill can sing and oftentimes make us laugh, I thought Hamill's voice would be different in terms of voice from the likes of Levi Stubbs, but still effective.