What, asks the magazine, is Heiter going for with this choice? Is it a commentary on the absence of communication, on the uselessness of language when faced with a nightmarish situation such as this? Is it a condemnation of English, even to Heiter and his agenda’s own detriment? If nothing else, it unifies everyone: centipede segments, audiences, fans. Electric Sheep picked up on the same motifand commented, “With the two girls unable to comprehend Heiter’s German, and no one speaking Katsuro’s Japanese, the doctor has, perversely, given his centipede a head he himself cannot understand.” Here is where we note Heiter’s odd decision to place Japanese tourist Katsuro at the head of the centipede, cutting off any English the audience could be exposed to. That training montage is difficult to watch, not least because on the agenda is teaching the hybrid creature to defecate through each of its components. No matter, because Heiter has a new pet in the prized human centipede. This, obviously, does not go as intended. Later, when Heiter attempts to perform the same maneuver on the police who come looking for them, they absentmindedly reject his offer-and he shoves the glass in their faces, urging them to “Drink!” the way you would a disobedient pet.
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