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Questions:
1.)
q) Why did Seymour feed Mushnik to the plant?
a) Because he found out about the killing of Orin and threatened to turn him in,plus Audrey 2 was hungry.
2.)
q) why doesn't seymour kill the plant after the plant eat's mushnik?
a) Because he see's how rapidly the plant is growing and fears of what will happen next, plus he wants to be famous to get money to run away with audrey.
3.)
q) What sacrifice does seymour make by allowing the plant to live?
a) He puts at risk himself and everyone else's lives at risk because the plant was practicly trying to take over;
4.)
q) what does the lyric line "the meek are gonna get what's coming to them by and by" mean to you?
a) the quiet non outgoing people are gonna get what they deserve.
5.)
q) In the song "the meek shall inherit" seymour chooses to keep the plant alive. However, later in the musicla, he must live with the consequences of his choice when audrey dies. What other choices does seymour make in the musical? Are there any situations where he had no choice?
a) When seymour had no more blood left and the plant was being more and more pushy by the minute he had to make the decision the kill someone to feed it.
“Skid Row” (Downtown): Drama in Setting
1)
q) How does the skid row setting affect the story? How skid row influence the actions or seymour, audrey, and mushkin
a) Makes them seem more poor and and grungy and more desperate to keep far in life which makes becoming rich in this play more afective for them.
2.)
q) would the story work if the characters were rich ?
a) It would still work but not have the same affect of wanting money and having it in there reach.
3.)
q) Is "uptown" better or worse
a) in this play uptown is way better it has nicer houses and a better community to raise children up in.
4.)
q) were do the characters want to be? why?
a) they each have there own places in mind but one they all have in common is to be living in uptown and be rich i guess.
Critical Analysis
Did the show hold you're interest and why?
From the very start of the movie i felt like the comedy side of things and the seriousness was forced to try and entertain and satisfy young adults, and instead of laughing because we understood and enjoyed i felt we laughed at what was trying to be.
So i guess in a way my interest was held throughout the play wonder what the were gonna do next, but i probably wouldn't want to watch it again.
Describe the manner in which the themes and characters were presented to the audience. What was the dialogue like?
I felt that the dialogue wasn't to bad, it was okay at parts, but the high pitch screaming was very unnecessary.
What was the structure? How did the musical begin? How did the musical end?
I guess the structure was pretty sturdy it began with a alcohol bottle wrapped in brown paper being dropped into a puddle of water , the pan's towards the alley way were three woman emerge singing the theme song of the play. And end's with the the classic happy ending with seymour and audrey getting married and moving uptown to there pefrect home .
