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• In the original ending, faithful to the stage version both Seymour and Audrey were killed by Audrey 2. Subsequent scenes showed the plants, grown to enormous size, taking over New York (King-Kong style) and the world. The ending included a new musical number, titled "Don't Feed the Plants". After sneak preview audiences hated this ending, it was replaced with the happy one that's included in all released theatrical/home video versions. The alternate ending has been included in a special DVD edition with commentary by directory Frank Oz. This additional material is 23 minutes long and is shown in a rough cut form, in black & white, with many sound and musical effects missing. However producer David Geffen retained the rights to the alternate ending, and reportedly he did not give permission for its inclusion on the DVD disc; in February 1998 he had Warner Bros. issue a recall of the DVD version, which is now very rare. The ending can also be seen on youtube.com.
  
  
• "The Meek Shall Inherit" scene was also originally longer, with Seymour having second thoughts about continuing to feed the plant human lives. After the girls are singing while typing in the secretarial pool, he sings, "My future's starting, I've got to let it / Stick with that plant and gee /My bank account will thrive /What am I saying? No way! Forget it! / It's much too dangerous to keep the plant alive!" He then realizes, moaning, "I take these offers / That means more killing / Who knew success would come with messy, nasty strings? / I sign these contracts / That means I'm willing to keep on doing bloody, awful, evil things!" He then sings defiantly, "No! No! There's only so far you can bend / No! No! This nightmare must come to an end / No! No! You've got no alternative / Seymour old boy / Though it means you'll be broke again and unemployed / It's the only solution, It can't be avoided / The vegetable must be DESTROYED!" He then looks at Audrey and sings softly, "But then there's Audrey / Lovely Audrey / If life were tawdry and impoverished as before / She might not like me, she might not want me / Without my plant, she might not love me anymore." He then reluctantly agrees to sign the contracts, and the girls sing softly beside him as Seymour asks, "Where do I sign?" After that interlude, it breaks back into what the theatrical release had, the strong finale of that song. In this case, the scene was cut for length.
  
  

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