RHPS
I went to the local regular showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show this night. God, it's been way too long, I'd forgotten most of the participation, and a lot of what I remembered was off. But it was good to be back.
The showing is in a little art theatre that's five minutes walk across the bridge. They show it every Friday and Saturday around midnight, in a room that is especially decorated for it - there is even an "Enter at your own risk" sign and frowny Mona Lisas on the walls.
The crowd, however, might as well have been virgins all of them. I get the impression that they had read bits and pieces in the papers - they knew the main places to throw stuff and were pretty timely about it, and knew the standard person calls, but no participation beyond that. Nobody (as far as I could tell in the dark) were dressed up, and nobody got up to dance or anything. They did, however, seem to have a good time. The crowd was mostly women, probably mostly in their twenties, who came mainly for the sexy men.
Because of my lack of recent training, and to better gauge the levels of everybody else, I kept my participation to the fairly clean & simple. I did get laughs at some of the better lines, and no hushings or anything. After the movie was done (everybody stayed in the seats during the credits!), one French girl came over and commened my voice (!), even though she hadn't understood all of it, she liked that I'd spoken up, and hoped I'd be back. I promised her I would, as I have every intention of building up this audience. I will need a partner-in-crime, possibly Mickey, to come along to do the parts that have replies, as they are some of the best ones. I have hope that I can improve this group.
Let there be LIPS!
The showing is in a little art theatre that's five minutes walk across the bridge. They show it every Friday and Saturday around midnight, in a room that is especially decorated for it - there is even an "Enter at your own risk" sign and frowny Mona Lisas on the walls.
The crowd, however, might as well have been virgins all of them. I get the impression that they had read bits and pieces in the papers - they knew the main places to throw stuff and were pretty timely about it, and knew the standard person calls, but no participation beyond that. Nobody (as far as I could tell in the dark) were dressed up, and nobody got up to dance or anything. They did, however, seem to have a good time. The crowd was mostly women, probably mostly in their twenties, who came mainly for the sexy men.
Because of my lack of recent training, and to better gauge the levels of everybody else, I kept my participation to the fairly clean & simple. I did get laughs at some of the better lines, and no hushings or anything. After the movie was done (everybody stayed in the seats during the credits!), one French girl came over and commened my voice (!), even though she hadn't understood all of it, she liked that I'd spoken up, and hoped I'd be back. I promised her I would, as I have every intention of building up this audience. I will need a partner-in-crime, possibly Mickey, to come along to do the parts that have replies, as they are some of the best ones. I have hope that I can improve this group.
Let there be LIPS!