go to the Rocky Horror Picture show

i used to go up to three times a week. i’m not friends with the people i used to go with and can’t find a ride anymore (i’m in the st. louis area). my boyfriend has never been to rocky and i want to take him soooo bad.

while in college. It’s a really fun experience!

so in the car with my mom the other day she says “i really want to see the rocky horror picture show. it became a cult icon when i was growing up and i really should have seen it then, and i feel like i’m somehow incomplete because i haven’t seen it.”

OHMYGOD my mom is so amazing.

I went every weekend for years. Worked “security”, searching people as they came in (at request of the theatre’s management) and kept an eye inside during the show. I miss my cast!!

I’ve only been twice so far, but the last time I went, I went with five of my friends straight from our school graduation. We wore our gowns with lingerie underneath. I suppose the cast was impressed that RHPS was our grad afterparty, so they had us stand up for the theater with the disclaimer, “And if you are offended by lewd and lascivious behavior, stay the fuck away from the graduating class of ‘07”. One of the coolest moments of my life.

This is a really, really BAD movie. In its sleep it dreams of being mediocre. The acting is abysmal, the dialogue laughable, and the production values rank somewhere between a training video and what happens when a three year-old finds the on button on mommy and daddy’s camcorder. At best, this movie is so bad it’s funny. So, why did I mark it as worth it? Simple: the experience of seeing the movie in a theater surrounded by crazed fans in costumes and makeup acting out the plot. The make fun of the movie and its characters lovingly, but seem to relish how horrible this thing really is. The fact so many eventual stars got their start in this movie gives it an interesting curio factor as well.

It’s worth a shot. You can go once and nevergo again if you don’t like it… or you might get hooked, go every week, and join the cast and become a part of the RHPS tradition. Either way, you’ll have a crazy good time.

c’est la vie

Actually it was the Rocky Horror Show and it was rediculous and fantastic.

I went yesterday, and I LOVED it! I think I actually liked it more than any of my friends, but I don’t care. It was just awesome.

I’m definitely going again.