Posted on 03/22/2020 9:04:27 AM PDT by Rummyfan
The death of industrial music pioneer and perpetual provocateur Genesis P-Orridge got me thinking.
Not that I liked his "music." (I decline to use his preferred pronoun, "s/he.")
But because P-Orridge died at age 70, I enjoyed picturing bummed out young "trans" poseurs learning through these obituaries that body modification and "gender fluidity" weren't their ideas.
I also thought — not for the first time since the advent of what Steve Sailer calls "World War T" — about The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975.)
The enduring cult film started out as a campy London stage musical that spoofed science fiction B-movies while dialing up the tropes of then-trendy glam rock.
"Space age" androgyny, often awkwardly slapped on top of incongruously macho, stomping tunes. (Think: Gary Glitter, Slade, Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie, Alice Cooper).
The plot is simple: Stranded clean-cut newlyweds seek shelter at the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), "a sweet transvestite" from the planet Transylvania. He and his minions suck the couple into their hedonistic lifestyle, but the party can't last forever...
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I saw it once; didn’t like it or the tunes.
I don’t believe I’ve ever seen it. However, this article was really amusing.
Never understood why people rave so heavily about it.
Loved it. Still love it.
The movie itself is so bad it’s good. The soundtrack though is both good and memorable.
I’ve only seen it about 45 times. I’m still a newbie.
I went to a Rocky Horror midnight showing back in high school - one of my friends was really into it at the time. I can still remember people throwing bread at the screen when Dr. Frankenfurter proposes a toast - fun times.
“Not Meatloaf again?!”
If you’ve been to a
Midnight showing at a
Theater the Show turns
Into a
“Group Participation”
Event.
I think rolls of
Toilet paper are used.
Toast also.
I was a big Rocky fan, and saw it more than 30 times (lost count in the 20s). It was a way to spend Saturday night with my friends. We’d hit up a café for dinner first, then go over for the midnight showing of Rocky Horror.
This is what my husband and I often did for dates, as well.
Sometimes, I watch youtube videos of scenes from Rocky Horror, such as Time Warp and Wild and Untamed Thing when Riff-Raff shows up. And I can never forget Sweet Transvestite, when the audience was introduced to Frankie.
A lot of the appeal of Rocky Horror was the audience participation. It was a very interactive experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ByiM97qDc&pbjreload=10
The article makes a good point that a lot have noticed: what was considered shocking and obscene by 1970s standards is now considered "not woke enough" and "insensitive to transgender people"
The greatest audience participation film of all time.
Is this about the candidates for the dem presidential nomination?
I think I’m too old, now.
Boy the freaks that went on a weekly basis.
They were too pathetic to beat up :)
In the early 80s, as a nice young Catholic girl, I was very disturbed by the glorification of debauchery, and aroused at the same time, which made me mad that my feelings had been manipulated in that way. I guess I benefit from knowing the cultural reference points, but I hope my kids never see it.
Time Warp and Meatloaf’s song were good.
Other than that it’s silly garbage for freaks.
“Lips! Lips! Lips! Lips!”
Susan Sarandon in her finest role.
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