Rocky Horror

This week I went to see Rocky Horror Picture show at Timothy’s Bar on Brown Street. It was definitely an interesting experience. I have seen bits of the movie before so I had a general idea what to expect but it was still strange. There were a lot of people dressed up in lingerie that weren’t even in the show. It was basically a preview of what these people will look like on Halloween.
Anyways, we walked in and were greeted by two girls in lingerie (duh). They asked if we were a “Rocky Virgin” I said no, but if you were you got a big V put on your forehead in red lipstick. The venue was fine, only because I like Timothy’s. I didn’t enjoy how it was standing room only though; it made it quite hard to see especially because I’m short.
The show started out semi-cultish which was the idea I assume. All people with a V on their head had to say a pledge while everyone cheered. The way they started out the play was especially strange. Basically they played the movie on 3 different projectors and acted it out simultaneously and danced on stripper poles. The problem was, that a lot of the cast was tipsy if not belligerent which made the play part hard to understand as well as impossible to see. In a way it could be compared to watching a movie with a ton of people screaming at the movie telling the actors what to do and other vulgar sayings and gestures.
I understand how they intended the show to be and I have to say I don’t think they accomplished their goal very successfully. For the most part I couldn’t see anything and was extremely uncomfortable standing for that long while people were screaming at the movie. It was a lot of yelling which made it uncomfortable. I could have left after the first 15 minutes but I didn’t want to be rude. Maybe if everyone in the audience were as sloppy as some of the performers it would have been more enjoyable. It was a good show until it got to the point where one of the actresses almost fell, spilt ice all over part of the audience and hit 2 lamps.
I get that Rocky Horror Picture Show is a creepy crazy movie but I don’t think it was given its proper justice.