BY WILL BEALS
Forbidden Planet Productions’ 19th annual performance of The
Rocky Horror Picture Show was a huge
hit, filled with classics including “virgin games” and a whole lot of audience
participation.
The show began before the doors even opened, with cast
members asking audience members if they had seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show before. Those who had not would be marked
with a red “V” on their cheek or forehead to indicate that they were Rocky Horror
virgins.
Once inside, the festivities began with the famed “virgin
games,” which consisted of audience members competing in a number of Rocky Horror-themed games. All of the participants were then told that they had, “won nothing,”
and had to leave the stage.
After the games, everyone was instructed to stand, raise
their right hand, place their left hand on the person to their left, and take
the Rocky Horror pledge of allegiance.
The show began with the 1975 film being projected on a large
screen behind the stage. Rocky Horror
veterans were quick to shout out and respond to every line of the film. Actors acted out and pantomimed all of the
dialogue and sang all of the musical numbers.
The Rocky Horror
Picture Show is a 1975 British-American musical comedy-horror film and
an adaptation of The Rocky
Horror Show, a musical stage play by Richard O’Brien. Directed by Jim Sharman, the production
is a humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror B-movies of the
late 1940s through early 1970s. The film
has received a large international cult following and is the longest running
theatrical release in film history.
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