It's Not Caged, Pre-Chewed Grass on Display

From Dr. Karen Palasek of the John Locke Foundation:

It's almost too much fun to write about kudzu. The care and feeding of kudzu has taken on a mythology that rivals that of Audrey, the horticultural star of the sci-fi, romantic-comedy, horror/thriller Little Shop of Horrors. There are some eerie parallels between kudzu and the alien plant in Little Shop, especially the original 1960 B&W version.