So after reading the doom and gloom article the nutter Christians put out about how evil Halloween is, and how it involves sex with demons and orgies, my thoughts naturally drifted to my annual tradition of going to the local live performance of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. So how many of you fuckers go every year? I usually do. In fact, I just got back from the cast party they had after the showing.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show? A cult classic to be sure but it's okay to admit the movie is crap. Another instance of timely slop finding an audience.
Agreed. It's shite...but it's a guilty pleasure, and a lot of fun. Maybe shootER can weigh-in on why it's shite.
Seeing it once was enough. Fun, but zero rewatchability without an audience. Although it cemented the crush I got on Susan Sarandon during "Joe" and "Waldo Pepper." A crush that dissolved in horror the more I heard her talk off screen.
I've only seen it a couple of times and I'm not sure if I saw it from start to finish either time. I liked it. It's cheesy/bad, but it's fun.
My friends and I loved it in high school. Always watched it at parties, conned the DJ into playing the Time Warp at school dances, and so on. Then, several years later, I popped in the VHS one night after work, and was amazed at how bad a movie it really is. It's definitely all about the audience, the people and the experience. The local theater (live, not movie) put on the stage version this year, and I almost went, but couldn't quite bring myself to drop $25 on it.
This movie is definitely more about the audience then the movie. Plus with our "live" version there was a strip show during the lips introduction, and those rather nice breasts usually make a reappearance towards the end of the show.
I can appreciate it, but I don't do crowds anymore at all. I look forward to a powerball win just so I can indulge my misanthropy properly.
Who's the main character again? Dr. Frank N. Footer? IT! played him right? & the couple? Susan Sarandon & Bruce Boxleitner. Haven't seen the actual movie in years. Come to think of it I don't think I ever saw the whole thing start to finish.
The only really annoying part is that they give loaded squirt guns in the prop bags for the scene in the rain, and people naturally squirt them into the air. I probably wouldn't mind it as much, but I just hate being wet. Plus I usually end up having to wipe my glasses off.
I was drafted into this year's show as the Criminologist at the last minute, literally - the last preview was running. Between then and the "20th Century Fox presents some really bad piano music", we managed to scrounge at least half a suit.
Yes. I was still wearing the cassock from my drunk priest costume at the time. Also, it was a woman's suit jacket, so pretty appropriate for the RHPS.
