Alright, let’s talk about this Rocky Horror Picture Show thing, or whatever they call it. I ain’t never seen nothin’ like it, that’s for sure. My grandkid, bless her heart, she tried to explain it to me, but lordy, it’s a whole lotta somethin’ else.
So, from what I gather, this Rocky Horror movie script is about a young couple, Brad and Janet, real goody-two-shoes types. They get a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, on a stormy night, you know, like it always happens in them stories. And where do they end up? At a creepy old castle, that’s where. Sounds like a recipe for disaster if you ask me.
Inside this castle, things get real weird, real fast. There’s this fella, Dr. Frank-N-Furter, and he ain’t no regular doctor, let me tell you. He’s dressed up all fancy-like in, well, in things I ain’t never seen a man wear before. And he’s singin’ and dancin’ and… makin’ a man, a real muscle-bound fella named Rocky. Yep, you heard that right. He’s buildin’ a man!
- They say it’s a musical, which means there’s a whole lot of singin’. And let me tell you, the singin’ is… different. It ain’t like the gospel hymns we sing in church, that’s for sure. It’s loud, and it’s wild, and sometimes it don’t make a lick of sense.
- And the dancin’! My goodness, the dancin’! Folks are jumpin’ around and shakin’ their hips like they got ants in their pants. It’s kinda fun to watch, I ain’t gonna lie, but it’s also kinda… scandalous, you know? Makes you blush a little, even an old lady like me.
Now, this movie script, it ain’t just a movie, it’s somethin’ folks call a “cult classic.” That means people go crazy for it. They dress up like the characters, they shout back lines at the screen, they even throw stuff! Rice, toast, toilet paper… Can you imagine? Throwin’ good food and perfectly good toilet paper around! Kids these days, I tell ya.
My grandkid showed me some pictures online, people all dressed up like Dr. Frank-N-Furter and the other characters. Fishnet stockings, high heels, corsets… and that’s just the fellas! The women, well, they’re dressed even wilder, if you can believe it. It’s like Halloween came early and everybody lost their minds.
And apparently, they’ve been doin’ this for, what, fifty years now? Fifty years of people dressin’ up and shoutin’ at a movie screen. It boggles the mind. But I guess, if it makes ‘em happy, who am I to judge?
This here Rocky Horror fella, he’s something else too. All muscles and no brains, it seems. Just followin’ orders from Dr. Frank-N-Furter like a lost puppy. I tell you, it’s a crazy story, but somehow, folks seem to love it. Maybe it’s the songs, maybe it’s the costumes, maybe it’s just the craziness of it all.
They say this Richard O’Brien fella, he wrote the whole thing when he was just sittin’ around with nothin’ to do. Can you imagine? Just sittin’ around and comin’ up with somethin’ like this? He must have had a real wild imagination, that one.
Now, some folks say you ain’t supposed to wear stripes to this movie, somethin’ about crew members bein’ caught on camera wearin’ them back in the day. Sounds silly to me, but hey, folks are funny about their traditions, I guess. And from what I hear, this movie script has 102 pages. That’s a whole lotta words for a story about a man building another man in a castle, ain’t it?
So, is it any good? Well, I can’t say I understand it all, not one bit. But it’s sure somethin’ different. If you like singin’, and dancin’, and a whole lotta craziness, then maybe you’ll like it. But if you’re lookin’ for somethin’ sensible and straightforward, well, this ain’t it. It’s a wild ride, that’s for sure, and it ain’t for the faint of heart.
And if you do decide to go see it, well, be prepared for some weirdness. And maybe bring a raincoat, just in case folks start throwin’ stuff. You’ve been warned!
Tags: [Rocky Horror Picture Show, Movie Script, Musical, Cult Classic, Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Richard O’Brien, Audience Participation]
