Comments on: Don’t Feed the Plants http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/non-fiction/articles/dont-feed-the-plants/ From Modern Mythcraft to Magical Surrealism Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:11:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fantasy Magazine » Blog For A Beer: Adaptations http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/non-fiction/articles/dont-feed-the-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-8587 Fantasy Magazine » Blog For A Beer: Adaptations Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:01:53 +0000 http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=1104#comment-8587 [...] the original ending to Little Shop of Horrors our Video Vicar pointed out earlier this week. It’s the same as the successful stage [...] [...] the original ending to Little Shop of Horrors our Video Vicar pointed out earlier this week. It’s the same as the successful stage [...]

]]> By: Mary Robinette Kowal http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/non-fiction/articles/dont-feed-the-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-8531 Mary Robinette Kowal Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:56:25 +0000 http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=1104#comment-8531 Frank Oz once said (and I'm paraphrasing wildly) that the reason the original ending didn't work on film and did on stage was that on stage, the actors come out to take a bow. In film, they are just dead. Considering that the film promises a musical comedy, I'm not sure that the decision to switch to a happy ending is a bad one for film. I say this having performed in seven different productions of the stage version, which I love whole-heartedly. I love the ending, but I can totally see why it would be unsatisfactory if you were seeing the film cold. Frank Oz once said (and I’m paraphrasing wildly) that the reason the original ending didn’t work on film and did on stage was that on stage, the actors come out to take a bow. In film, they are just dead.

Considering that the film promises a musical comedy, I’m not sure that the decision to switch to a happy ending is a bad one for film. I say this having performed in seven different productions of the stage version, which I love whole-heartedly. I love the ending, but I can totally see why it would be unsatisfactory if you were seeing the film cold.

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