A podcast seeking entertainment and enlightenment through tokusatsu. Origin Story: After vacationing on the Monsterland Resort, professional writer/raging nerd Nathan Marchand got a job as the curator of the Vault containing the films about Monster Island’s many kaiju residents. Now he and his intrepid producer, Jimmy From NASA (who miraculously survived the infamous War in Space), record a bi-weekly podcast critically and academically examining each of the films in the prestigious Vault with one to four guest hosts chosen from Monster Island’s many tourists. Philosophy: Kaiju and/or tokusatsu fans will tell you these genres are undeniably fun. What’s often missed, though, are the deeper meanings below the sensational surface. Meanings entrenched in the story’s original historical and cultural context. That’s why this podcast believes in film appreciation. What’s that? It’s studying a movie’s script, direction, cinematography, and other aspects of filmmaking. It’s learning how and why it was created since movies aren’t made in a vacuum. This is especially true with foreign films. Non-native audiences are separated by both time and culture with them...
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Episode 67: ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ (1986) | Ft. Damon Noyes
Hello, kaiju lovers! Thanks to Damon Noyes’s generous MIFV MAX pledge on Patreon, MIFV is covering its first musical: Little Shop of Horrors (1986)! Nate wanted to cover this as part of Amer-kaiju, but to his disappointment, it didn’t make the cut. That’s when Damon, who’s performed in not one but two stage productions of this, swooped in and got it on the roster. It has a puppet, after all. This story has a complicated history: from several short stories to a low-budget Roger Corman movie in 1960 to a 1982 off-off-Broadway musical to this film, Nate and Damon dive into all of it. You’ll hear discussion of Faustian bargains, debates over its two endings, some singing, and even a candid moment where Damon gets emotional about a song in the film.
Before the broadcast, Nate was checking his e-mail in the KIJU breakroom when Mr. Gold arrives and says Cameron Winter wants to promote him to “media master.” Nate is reluctant, but he wonders if he can use this to discover what the new boss is hiding. Also, Dr. Douif calls as the Island’s kaiju horticulturalist to offer his thoughts on Audrey II.
Check out the movies Damon was in! Maxie, directed by Jarrett Bryant, is on the streaming site Vimeo. One can get $1.00 off the price by using the code: LaneCounty. “Off the Road,” a 13-minute short from Hewlett Artistry, can be viewed on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/ZdJHBY2a4fg.
The prologue, “The Offer,” was written by Nathan Marchand.
Guest stars:
- Michael Hamilton as Mr. Gold
- Daniel DiManna as Dr. Dourif
Additional music:
- “This Cowboy’s Hat” (instrumental) by Chris LeDoux
- “Finale (Don’t Feed the Plants)” by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
- “Chant My Name!” by Masaaki Endo
Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org, including those by InspectorJ, and created by J.P. Gant.
Check out Nathan’s spinoff podcasts, The Henshin Men and The Power Trip.
We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander (co-host of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; Damon Noyes, The Cel Cast, TofuFury, Eric Anderson of Nerd Chapel, and Ted Williams! Thanks for your support!
You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month! (https://www.patreon.com/monsterislandfilmvault)
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This episode is approved by Cameron Winter and the Monster Island Board of Directors.
Timestamps:
- Prologue: 0:00-6:19
- Intro: 6:19-22:16
- Dourif’s Call: 12:10-18:07
- Main Discussion: 22:16-2:09:08
- Housekeeping & Outro: 2:09:08-end
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Bibliography/Further Reading:
- “59TH ACADEMY AWARDS, THE | 1987.” Oscars. Org. (https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1987)
- “Deal with the Devil.” Wikipedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deal_with_the_Devil).
- “Deals with the Devil in popular culture.” Wikipedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deals_with_the_Devil_in_popular_culture).
- “Faustian Bargain Origins & Examples.” Study.com.
- “Little Shop of Horrors, The.” Wikipedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Shop_of_Horrors).
- “Little Shop of Horrors.” IMDB. (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091419/)
- “Little Shop of Horrors (film).” Wikipedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Shop_of_Horrors_(film) )
- “Little Shop of Horrors (1986 film).” Little Shop of Horrors Wiki. (https://littleshop.fandom.com/wiki/Little_Shop_of_Horrors_(1986_film))
- Little Shop of Horrors – The Director’s Cut blu-ray special features:
- Commentaries by Frank Oz
- “Frank Oz and Little Shop of Horrors: The Director’s Cut”
- “Story of Little Shop of Horrors, A”
- Ramm, Benjamin. “What the myth of Faust can teach us.” BBC Culture, 26 Sept. 2017, https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20170907-what-the-myth-of-faust-can-teach-us.