Poor, sick Shilo (Alexa Vega from the “Spy Kids” movies) doesn’t realize her dad is the mean old Repo Man, though - she just thinks he’s a mild-mannered, overly protective doctor named Nathan, still mourning the death of her mother. And he sings while he’s doing it! The most ridiculous example of this is a scene in which he’s got a guy hanging upside down and he’s disemboweling him while simultaneously talking on the cell phone to his teenage daughter, reminding her to take her medicine. Zdunich, who also serves as our narrator, Graverobber, keeps popping up to explain the convoluted plot in malevolent tones.īut if you can’t afford to pay for your new heart or spleen, GeneCo sends the Repo Man (Anthony Stewart Head) to collect. That’s where the biotech company GeneCo steps in, headed by CEO Rotti Largo (Paul Sorvino, inexplicably slumming - he really is a trained opera singer).
As a character the Graverobber must strive in the underbelly of this society in order for him to observe it as perfectly as he does.The intentionally dissonant songs with their painfully clunky lyrics, which writers Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich first created for their “Repo!” stage musical, are set in a futuristic society where people’s organs mysteriously fail and transplants become not just necessary but fashionable. It also shows a sort of remorse from his actions, that he must “steal and rob” from the dead simply to survive in his present world. If the song is put back into context of the movie then it seems to simply be an introduction of the Graverobber as well as the sort of world that is present. It also poses questions about the strength of a person’s morale when it asks “Would you change who you are if you could?” While he sings the loudspeaker blares a sort of ironic argument with him as he seems to question the need to change while the loudspeaker claims that it is all “you will ever need”. If we take the lyrics to this song out of the context of the film then this song is an in-depth evaluation of society's climb and inevitable fall. Take for instance the Graverobber's perspective: He only deals with those who have died, so to him our simple-minded attempts at "perfection" are pitiful. My InterpretationThis song describes the Graverobber's job to harvest zydrate from the dead it also gives a different outlook on society.
Would you change who you are, if you could?īecause it's quick, it's clean, and it's pure! Your designer heart still beats with common bloodĪnd what if you could have genetic perfection Enjoy GeneCo's day and nighttime formulas of ZydrateĪsk a Gentern if Zydrate is right for youīuying Zydrate from an unliscenced source is illegalĪnd you can finance your bones and your kidneysīut best you be punctual with making your payments
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