Little Shop of Horrorsalways starts with a seed.
It just happens that, this time, it has nothing to do with a plant.
But that said, that woman is not a victim.
Credit: Jeff Lorch
George, our Seymour, is of Filipino and Latino descent.
Audrey is of African-American and Puerto Rican descent.
The plant is a woman, and its always stereotypically played by a male, Rodriguez points out.
Jeff Lorch
She sits in rehearsal and barely opens her mouth and the entire room shakes.
People use humor to cover up pain and to cope and to move through uncomfortable situations all the time.
Thats an incredibly human thing to do.
Jeff Lorch
So if Audrey makes a joke about it and you think, how can she be making a joke?
Ive never been in an extremely abusive relationship.
I dont know other people who have been in abusive relationships.
But nor do I know people who work at a flower shop!
Im drawing inspiration from what Ive learned, what Ive read, what Ive seen.
I pull my sources from there and just give a shot to do my best.
This is something that Im doing on my own, completely on my own.
Im working for myself on this one.
In doing so, perhaps a plant wont be the only thing to grow each night.
