In more ways than one, Little Shop uses insecurity as the core emotional centerpiece of the film. Every character in the film is motivated by insecurity in some capacity, between Seymour’s self-loathing to Audrey’s struggle with abuse and disrespect. Not to downplay the brilliance and catchiness of the opening number “Little Shop of Horrors”, it’s hard to disagree that the film doesn’t really start until“Skid Row (Downtown)”, which plays into the audience’s financial insecurity as an entry point to the emotional context of the film. Everyone is insecure, scared, and anxious about simply making it through the day, and with that comes a post-modern lens of the 1960s that, at least at the time, was rarely seen. Most movies wish they could establish every character’s motivations and thematic elements with some of the catchiest, powerful lyrics in the genre.