ROCKY HORROR

To celebrate James's birthday, we went to York to see The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

We're both huge fans of the film and he has seen the show twice before, but I was a 'Rocky Virgin'.

It's so vibrant, camp, eccentric, macabre and fantastical all in one. I couldn't resist writing a little blog post here about it!

There is nowhere else that it would be acceptable to wear a corset, fishnet tights and vampire fangs. Rocky Horror is a phenomenon because it's fun, sexy, weird entertainment. It SHOULD be everything I hate and try to avoid - exactly why I don't go out after dark! - but it's NOT. All of this naughty, dark humour is matched with flamboyant musical numbers. It's outrageous, so outrageously awful that it's good.

IT HAS BECOME A CULT CLASSIC.

I hate audience particip-p-pation but somehow in Rocky Horror you can't help but join in. Calling Janet a SLUT and Brad an ARSEHOLE is awful and horrible language, yet in the theatre at Rocky Horror, it's expected. Audience participation is a ritual for Rocky Horror. It's so odd that polite, seemingly 'normal' people transform for one night into sweet transvestites, thrusting in a theatre next to strangers, dressed up (or dressed down in very little at all). It's shocking, which perhaps is why it's gathered so much interest.

I found a website that discusses why Rocky Horror is so popular, a very interesting read comparing Rocky to Shakespeare... https://www.quora.com/Whats-so-special-about-the-Rocky-Horror-Picture-Show