Teaching the Scientific Method
The monster of Roger Corman's film The Little Shop of Horrors (Santa Clara Productions, 1960) is a plant. This creature is not a human or even an animal or insect. By focusing on a plant, the film may get to the heart of what monsters signify. Robot monsters such as the Terminator look human. Insect monsters like Alien give birth and, in the case of one film, earn the human label "Bitch." A plant, however, is more removed from human experience. On the screen...
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