The first involved me getting one of my older friends to rent the VHS tape for me cuz I was 13 and wasn't allowed to rent a video like this. The only reason I even wanted to watch it was because I heard there was gay stuff in the movie and being a clump of nothing but hormones at the time, I was ready to burst at the seams so it was absolutely mandatory..... the movie confused and disturbed the ever living crud out of me.
The second instance was when my best friend Jordan, who might've been my boyfriend at the time, convinced me to go to a little ghetto theatre in Long Beach on Cherry Ave and watch a live screening of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". He didn't really prep me for what I would experience at such a late hour among the hard core fans of the musical.... the experience confused and disturbed the ever living crud out of me.
And you know what? I wouldn't trade either experience for the world. Despite the many censors and boundaries that the producers of GLEE surely had to overcome, I think they did a very good job of honoring all the pieces of this landmark musical with the most unflinching eye that primetime television could muster. Lyrics were slightly altered along with many of the edgier sensibilities of the show, but still I'm gonna give this episode two giant thumbs up.
I almost lost it when in one of the earlier scenes, my Season 2 crush Mike Chang (Harry Shum Jr) volunteered to take on the part of Dr. Frankenfurter. I hate to give away a spoiler but he did chicken out.... or rather his very conservative Asian parents chickened out FOR him. Don't look at me that way. Did you REALLY think Mike Chang was gonna play Dr. Frankenfurter? Reality check please. It falls to the vocal powerhouse known as Mercedes (Amber Riley). GLEE reimagined "Sweet Transvestite" to be a very soulful and in-your-face performance that would do Tina Turner proud.
STAND OUT PERFORMANCE
Musically speaking, any one of the numbers could've won. Even John Stamos' voice straining shot at "Hot Patootie". Seriously, dude was fricken reaching for those notes. You could hear it. Still, I would have to give the stand out performances of "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" to the abs of Cory Monteith, Chord Overstreet and Matthew Morrison. Oh Mr. Schue! I would SO take any detention you offered if only for the chance to bang your erasers. SCHWING!
Oh and you know what? I just realized that I can't finish this post without mentioning the best line of the whole episode"
"Give me some chocolate or I will cut you!"
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