Shouldn't certain people be freaking out by now about the black Rocky at the Old Globe?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/30/11 at 3:21pm

I mean, the script says BLONDE hair!
Updated On: 8/30/11 at 03:21 PM

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 8/30/11 at 3:28pm

Damn! No complaints, wig 'em.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/30/11 at 3:29pm

Black people can have blonde hair. I saw a black woman on THE PEOPLES COURT today with bright yellow hair.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/30/11 at 3:31pm

I think this is a step forward then. Kind of like how no one is complaining that the upcoming production of Godspell has no middle eastern people playing Jesus and his disciples.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/30/11 at 3:32pm

But wasn't Jesus a gay?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 8/30/11 at 3:34pm

Well he does have a "tan" sort of...
Hubba, Hubba.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/30/11 at 3:36pm

I hadn't realized Matt McGrath had turned into Stephen Colbert.

[newintown]

Posted: 8/30/11 at 3:44pm

Right - I'm more freaked out by the bad dye job and plastic surgery on poor little McGrath (who I think is a terrific talent).

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 8/30/11 at 3:50pm

Oh, Phyl!

For what it's worth, when Sebastian LeCause decided to stop dying his hair, the lyric was turned to "with dark hair and a tan".

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/30/11 at 3:55pm

I thought you meant Rocky Balboa.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 8/30/11 at 4:08pm

I don't see why anyone should be freaking out. He looks great. I fully approve and support this decision.

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 8/30/11 at 4:12pm

This thread is racist and I'm offended.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/30/11 at 4:19pm

If only SeanMartin was still posting. I'm sure he'd be able to tell us why the black Rocky is wrong.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/30/11 at 4:53pm

Wait--which one is supposed to have blond hair?



Rocky...or Bullwinkle?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/30/11 at 5:08pm

There's a Rocky and Bullwinkle musical? We're talking about The Rocky Horror Show.


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[Gothampc]

Posted: 8/30/11 at 5:13pm

Mary from The Supremes had blonde hair. It was fake, but nonetheless blonde.

[Donthatecongratulate]

Posted: 8/30/11 at 8:27pm

beyonce. blonde. mary j. blige. blonde. dennis rodman. blonde. i rest my case.

[Donthatecongratulate]

Posted: 8/30/11 at 8:29pm

actually, i'm freaking out more about the light, bright, and almost white new "Simba" in The Lion King. Maybe they're giving Simba vitiligo.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 8/30/11 at 9:28pm

Someone should tell Beyonce hair dye is bad for her unborn.

Has Ellen Page been a blonde yet?

[KylePKJP]

Posted: 8/31/11 at 1:02am

Not sure who is supposed to be offended - Rocky Horror fans seem to be the most diverse group and really wouldn't balk. Rocky is supposed to be buff and hot. This guy fits the bill. I've seen/heard Sweet Transvestite sung "I've been making a man with LONG hair and a tan..." Where's the controversy in that?

I'm guessing for some out there the notion of non-traditional casting is still taboo.

[Kad]

Posted: 8/31/11 at 1:16am

Well, since Rocky is custom-made, I guess he doesn't have to look natural.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/31/11 at 1:39am

Long hair and a tan? Rocky's not a hippie. That production should have been SHUT DOWN.

[KylePKJP]

Posted: 8/31/11 at 2:08am

@FindingNamo Not sure if you're being cheeky/sarcastic or not, but it was a summer stock show. The actor cast as Rocky was right for the part and didn't really need to cut his hair for a line. Being summer stock, the company had 4 shows to do that summer. Oddly, one of the shows was HAIR so Rocky was, eventually, a hippie. :P

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/31/11 at 11:21am

I wonder if they got permission to change a lyric like that. Hopefully they didn't do it ILLEGALLY!

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/31/11 at 11:27am

I'm freaking out about this new Rocky. In my special place.