Originally posted by Gracie
No offense to anybody, but RHPS sound horrible to me. A guy in his mid-thirties in drag is funny? I dunno... maybe it's just me and Naisy. We're in this together, and no matter what, we will stay true to our non-RHPS beliefs!
Originally posted by Naisy
hee hee UNITED WE STAND
this movie could be simply described with five smilies:
You might be right. and the movie takes getting used to.
When I first went to the RHPS it was in New York City with friends to the 8th street playhouse theatre. Sal Mineo ran the show there and he had a preshow show. the audence interactions were unlike anything I had ever seen.
Then the auduience participation and stage show while the movie was going could best be described as a ritual dancing and singing ceremony combined with a hurling of insults at what was considered white bread americana and the vindication of what was forbidden at the time.
If you just watch the video you don't get the full impact of what the whole RHPS experience was about.
For us young teenagers it was a way to express ourselves.
However Tim Curry exudes a certain sexual charm that cannot be nailed down to description alone.
I say find a good participation script on-line, gather some friends on a weekend night, get some libations(stong ones) and try and use the lines (modify them if they are out of date), dance and sing along, and MYST the film to your hearts content.
At worst you will have a fun night of drunkenly bashing the movie with friends. at best you might understand what the movie did for teens of that generation.
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