Word: shopped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...none other than Little Shop of Horrors (Copley Place)--and no wonder, for this is one film that has been through several incarnations. Little Shop began as a ridiculous cult thrill flick, was transformed into the hit stage musical of the same name, and finally came full circle back to the silver screen...
Anyone who's been to a comedy film this decade will not be surprised by the cast, who are pulled a usual from the ranks of the "Saturday Night Live" and "SCTV" casts. What is surprising, though, is that Rick Moranis, as Seymour the wimpy flower shop assistant, does remarkably well with his own voice in the show tunes. Of course, he gets blown away by the professional pipes of busty Ellen Greene, who plays Audrey, Seymour's love interest. And both are outclassed by the delicious deep tones of the former Four Tops Levi Stubbs, who plays the voracious...
Dewitt was pleased with the transformation he had wrought. He liked Little Shop of Horrors--it was pretty funny, fast-paced, and certainly not as painful as sadistic dentist Steve Martin would like. But Dewitt had already seen Little Shop. Could his new formula produce a different film...
...City high-rises to beachfront hotels in Hawaii. Eager as customers at a close-out sale, these investors from the Far East snapped up as much as $6 billion worth of U.S. real estate last year, more than four times the 1985 level, and they have only begun to shop...
Practitioners are successfully digging in at malls. Bob Watt opened Massage Works just six months ago in a plaza in Plantation, Fla., near Fort Lauderdale. Nestled between a VCR repair store and a restaurant, the shop is so busy Watt has had to hire three more therapists. Airports are another new arena. At the Phoenix and Dallas-Fort Worth terminals, tense travelers can drop into the Air Vita health club and get a relaxing massage. One satisfied customer, Dr. Steven Jacobson of Madison, Wis., says massage could figure in his future flight plans: "It might be a reason to have...