Rocky Horror Madness

-WARNING- this entry is a very good account of my night, so parents, and 'other' authority figures in my life might want to remember that I'm an adult, and sometimes I want to have a little fun...(giggle) Cassaundra style!

Ah...ok, so talk about re-visiting old haunts. Last night one of our local theaters was playing "the" midnight movie, Rocky Horror Picture Show. Now I have fond memories of this show, the earliest I was 7 and was watching TV, all the sudden I flip channels and I'm seeing a pair of lips on a screen start to sing a song, and then my mom comes into the room and tells me to NEVER watch that movie. Sorry mom, but I think that perked my interest! I know she was protecting me from certain "themes" the movie portrayed, and as an adult I understand that now; however needless to say it was a dark and stormy night back in 93' (i was 13) when that movie came back on. I watched it and didn't really understand it much. Not really getting the plot line or anything else, but being amused at the costuming (or lack of) I just shrugged my shoulders and forgot about it.

Then when I turned 16 or so, I got involved with a group of friend who couldn't stop praising the show. I didn't really understand why it was such a big deal, until I heard the words "live floor show" and "audience participation". You mean that I can dress up all in fishnets and lingerie and no one will care because everyone will be doing the same??!! AWESOME!! I was hooked! (yeah, yeah, i can hear the inward groans of at least 2 people reading this)So I went to my first showing of the movie....yeah..it was cool.

So fast forward to my now 24 (almost 25, ack!) years of age, and this would be the 5th time I have seen a live showing of this movie in a theater. I went with my...um.."friend" Casey (chuckle) and another friend Josh who happens to be playing "Eddie" in a live production at my college in 2 weekends (go josh, you da man!). Anywho, he knows all the extra Rocky dialogue, so the whole time he was shouting out all the lines, and at one point got everyone in the theater clapping and hollering at one comment he made...lemme see if I can get this right...

-Movie Setting- (for those who haven't seen the movie..VIRGIN!!!!...but this does ruin a wee bit)

Dr. Frankenfurter has just turned everyone in the room (Brad, Janet, Dr. Scott, Columbia, and Rocky) into statues via the "Medusa Machine". Right after this happens, there's a split second of silence and Josh yells out "Must have been a good party, everyone got stoned!" I swear, the whole theater erupted into cheers and claps....*sigh..that would be my hometown *smirk*

So, I've got to admire Josh for his knowledge of this stuff, cause I found out that Casey was a total Rocky virgin! It was cute, he jumped up with the rest of us to rush forward to the front of the theater to do the Timewarp (it's just a jump the the left), and shout out lines that I help prompt him with. I felt bad for the people sitting in front of us, because they were REALLY virgins who didn't even know that there was audience participation or live shows or anything...so when you have all these people dressing up in movie garb and shouting things at the screen, it tends to be a little confusing, not to mention sitting in front of josh who was sporting nothing but tidy-whities with a large patent leather trench coat....yeah, got to admire him (just a note, Josh is 6'6 and NOT a small guy). So when Josh stood up, the guy in front of him literally shrieked when he realized that Josh wasn't wearing any pants...I couldn't stop laughing!

I have to say that I looked pretty darn good. I decided to pattern my costume off of one of the characters named "magenta" she has wild poofy hair and lots of fishnets. It was awesome, prolly the best I've ever looked in my Rocky garb. Casey loved it, Josh was in heaven, and I was satisfied for yet another year on the whole "wanting to dress goth" phase. I get that once and a while, but I believe that's what Halloween and Rocky are for...*sigh.

So that was my night. I ended up coming home at 2am, worn out, hair full of rice and confetti, ears still ringing from the noisemakers and no voice from screaming the extra lines and no runs in my fishnets..yeah...all in all a satisfying event...of course the cute peck on the lips and a walk to my door from Casey helped too...yeah...good times. Cheerio!