cool Little Shop video clip

i heart the middle of the urchins (the blonde/the alarm goes off girl)

really? she's really pretty too!!! what's her name?

well if she likes a nice white boy named andrew you send her my way.

Yes it is. They're like 6 or 7 inch platforms. Ridiculous. She's 5' nothing without them.

I love how this is just our own private little conversation.

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Haha. No. Definitely not me. My name is definitely Brandon. Haha.

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That was great!

Though, the three girls were doing a little too much American Idol for me, but it looked like a fantastic production, with a fantastic cast!

Wow, great talent! Looks like an awesome production. Good job.

Updated On: 3/1/07 at 10:17 AM

a) There was a ton of stuff wrong with the Broadway production.
b) You're all taking his comment way too seriously. Maybe he should have followed it up with a wink, but JESUS, people... Get over it.
c) Prostitutes are not the only people who wear plats.
d) There are some things that I see that I don't necessarily like in the video clip, but it's pretty good overall.
e) Ryah, you kick ass.

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Wow - those are some talented kids!!

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Wow, I didn't think my "lame" comment would cause such a ruckus. This is the last time I post anything like this on here. Sorry for being trouble.

But to answer some questions/comments...

The costumes WERE from all different periods. We set the show in a sort of "alternate dimension" in no real time period or specific place. And while the costumes are from different time periods, there's nothing really specifically "70s" or "80s" about any of them. The designer wanted to keep it somewhat annonymous.

American Idol - I see how people can say this, but I don't see a difference between the way my girls sang it and any other production, including the revival, original and movie.

It's not community theatre, it's youth theatre. Village Theatre KIDSTAGE sumemr program, ages 16-20. Ryah's 17, I'm 19.

Joshua - Audrey didn't wear the white plats for entire show. Just the opening scene. And she was pretty close to a prostitute, at least in the version we came up with. ("I put on cheap and tasteless outfits... and I'd...")

And by the way, the Broadway production WAS lame. It had no soul. There are so many things wrong with it that I can't get into it in this thread. We're all allowed to have our own opinion, and mine is that the LS revival was (in general) awful.

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Updated On: 4/8/05 at 12:10 PM

BJivie2

It's very easy for a director to fall in love with the work they created, so I won't criticize you for that.

The American Idol comment that people have made is valid. And if you listed to both the OBCR and OOBCR you'll hear a very distinct difference between belting, and what some of your performers (who are talented) did. As someone else stated, it's a question of trusting the material and singing the notes as written. It's ok to make it your own, but the constant up and down the scales isn't doing anyone, nor the score any great service. You want proof? Go and rewatch the American Idol from last week.

I am surprised that you as a director, and lover of the show would make a comment that Audrey is pretty close to a prostitute. She is nothing like a prostitute. Just because someone wears skimpy outfits doesn't make her have sex for money. Nor is working at a seedy club. It's almost offensive, to me, that you would equate dressing provactively with prostitution. She was a cocktail waitress at a bar where men would probably sexually harrass her and grope her as she walked by. BIG DIFFERENCE.