Alexandra Lerman

The video The Return of the Return of the Giant Hogweed created to accompany an updated version of the song The Return of Giant Hogweed released by the English rock band Genesis as part of their 1971 album Nursery Cryme. The Return of the Giant Hogweed warns of the spread of the toxic plant Heracleum mantegazzianum after it was "captured" in Russia and brought to England by a Victorian explorer. The song's lyrics are a humorous exaggeration, suggesting the plant is attempting to take over the human race. The updated version is told from the point of view of the plants in Russian language telling the history of the Giant Hogweed in the Post soviet block.