The Rocky Horror Picture Show Event Offical Thread — Page 13

It was so so bad. As for Victoria Justices voice? Truly hurrdenous. So breathy. Her poor vocal folds never get a chance to actually come together

broadwayguy2 said: "I get annoyed when we as Americans onplain when an actor plays a role woth an accent and it lessens when he is singing. That is actually accurate and proper. Using your instrument well lessens an accent while singing. Listen to an Adele album and then listen to an interview.



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I'm not an expert in human anatomy, but I don't think Brits drop their accents because singing forces them to do so. Music hall number were often done in Cockney; Anthony Newley sang in Cockney accent on Broadway and in films; Julie Andrews has always sung with a somewhat more genteel accent. One of the most famous musicals of all times (see Julie Andrews) depends on the ability of its principals to sing with different British accents.

I think you're confusing culture with biology. The tradition of singing with American accents (and thus "no accent" to American ears) began in the early 1960s when the British Invasion boys (Beatles, Stones, et al.) were listening to and imitating American rhythm and blues records. Frankly, most Americans suburbanites do the same thing when they sing rock: they sing some approximation of older, African-American singers.

Contrast them with country singers, who manage to drawl quite successfully whether singing bluegrass or show tunes.

This sounds horrifying. Is it available online to view?

Roscoe said:
I'd have forgiven Laverne Cox a lot more if she ever bothered to act as if she had the slightest idea what any of those noises she was making with her mouth actually meant, she was rushing through every line delivery, she might as well have been reading the menu at some cheap diner. And the direction didn't help -- everybody was playing so energetically that nothing else was allowed to register, there was no time to breathe at all, and visually way too much of it looked like some high school production shot by some guy with a cellphone in the third row.



" I wonder if she even auditioned, or the producers just gave her the role just for the publicity. Shame on them because I cannot imagine she wowed them in audition. I have seen better acting in Grade School productions of the Wizard of Oz.

I guess the only one happy about this show is Allison Williams. Her Peter Pan is now not the worst performance Ever!! Fox now has the Best and the Worst Live Musicals on TV. Cant see anything being discussed being as good as Grease or as bad as this.

Updated On: 10/21/16 at 09:30 AM

This can't really be compared to Grease or Peter Pan because Rocky Horror wasn't live.

With this cast, and this director, it would have sucked live at least as badly as it did pre-recorded.

There is a live version of the stage version of Rocky Horror Show that was filmed in London with several narrators and live audience interaction.

I dunno how I made it through that mess. Argh. Annaleigh Ashford was really the only acceptable thing on my TV. I assume if this had been live it would have been more interesting... but what a mess. I don't understand why it was shot like a TV Show when it was filmed. Such bizarre choices, I just LOVED the Broadway revival 10 years back. That show hit all the right notes and this didn't. Of all the shows that should be live, this should have been.. Or make a more cinematic film. I could not believe how awful everyone was.

Patash, it would take me way too long to type out a thesis sized explanation of why the original is so beloved and the impact it had on people's lives. If you are honestly curious as to why it's so beloved, a simple google search will provide you with hours of relevant reading material and video explaining why.

"I'm really amazed when people question things like "where did the blood come from when Eddie didn't have any blood on him". Seriously -- this is Rocky Horror and you're questioning believability?"

I'm not questioning it for believability, but because the reasoning it happened was because had they actually shown a wound and blood they would of been dinged by the FCC.

Patash,

Everyone here who has nothing but love, affection and respect for the original film is well aware that the original flopped originally. That is beside the point. The fact of the matter is that a film such as "Rocky Horror" was ahead of it's time.

The original show it is based on was a major hit in London and ran for well over a year at the Roxy in Los Angeles, so there was already a cult forming around the show.

As a matter of fact, when the movie opened it was a hit in one city and one city only - - - Los Angeles. Why? Because the stage version was still running at the Roxy. Shows for the first week of previews sold out at the UA Westwood. It then moved to the UA Cinema Center about a month later. It continued to do good business, so much so it's run was extended. In the interim Fox opened it in about 5 other U.S. cities, where it flopped - - - it went over people's heads in the midwest and Fox got cold feet and cancelled the scheduled Halloween premiere in New York and shelved it's national release plans, except it never pulled it in Los Angeles because it continued doing good business there.

In April 1976, Tom Deegan in an effort to salvage the film from oblivion had the bright idea of selling the film to the midnight movie circuit and convinced the managers at New York's Waverly Theater in Greenwich Village to screen the film. It opened in New York, with very little fan fare as a midnight movie on April 1, 1976 and the rest as they say is history.

Because it was never pulled from release in Los Angeles it is now the longest running theatrical release in motion picture history, it has grossed over 100 million dollars...and counting and was selected in 2005 for preservation in the Library of Congress' film library as "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant.

Updated On: 10/21/16 at 12:48 PM

And now we have Dirty Dancing to look forward to

"I mean, if ever there was a show that called out for a "live" broadcast its Rocky Horror. I can't get past the lipsyncing to pre-recorded tracks."

This may have been the main problem for me. My daughter and I watched together and gave it a grade of Meh Minus.

I can forgive so much when a show has a sense of "life" to it. This seemed totally canned from the outset with the usherette. The lipsyncing was so overt. We thought, maybe it would just be that number, but no. If this had been live I could have forgiven so much, it probably at least would have had a sense of fun. Another TV musical in the one and done file.