This is the thing. That’s how I saw it the first time and there was so much energy, the costumes everybody wore were great, both the shadow cast and the audience. There was so chaotic. People were throwing rice and condoms and there was water being sprayed and people held up newspapers. I had no idea what was going on but what people were yelling at the screen was so funny. I even dressed up even though I had never seen it before.
Then, on the way home, I told my girlfriend that I liked it, but I had no idea what happened. And she and her roommate decided to watch the whole movie again at 1am, this time without the shadow cast. And the movie by itself has a lot more awkward pauses, which is why it’s so conducive towards people yelling out call outs.
I once read a fantastic analysis where it described the plot of Rocky Horror as a allegory for the decline of rock and roll into glam, rock, and decadence, whereas people yearn for the more straightforward days of 1950s rock and roll. And it actually predicted punk in a way. It is hard to find now that there is so much ai bullshit in search results but here is something similar.
it’s way more fun seeing a shadowcast with the audience participation
This is the thing. That’s how I saw it the first time and there was so much energy, the costumes everybody wore were great, both the shadow cast and the audience. There was so chaotic. People were throwing rice and condoms and there was water being sprayed and people held up newspapers. I had no idea what was going on but what people were yelling at the screen was so funny. I even dressed up even though I had never seen it before.
Then, on the way home, I told my girlfriend that I liked it, but I had no idea what happened. And she and her roommate decided to watch the whole movie again at 1am, this time without the shadow cast. And the movie by itself has a lot more awkward pauses, which is why it’s so conducive towards people yelling out call outs.
I once read a fantastic analysis where it described the plot of Rocky Horror as a allegory for the decline of rock and roll into glam, rock, and decadence, whereas people yearn for the more straightforward days of 1950s rock and roll. And it actually predicted punk in a way. It is hard to find now that there is so much ai bullshit in search results but here is something similar.
https://medium.com/@georgiahadjis/rocky-horror-picture-show-an-analysis-ffb92cf06e80
Or maybe this one https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304700233_Rocky_Horror_Glam_Rock