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Post by wal on Oct 23, 2016 15:48:43 GMT -5
www.bustle.com/articles/190879-the-meat-loaf-joke-in-rocky-horror-was-a-meta-tastic-nod-to-the-movieThe Meat Loaf Joke In 'Rocky Horror' Was A Meta-tastic Nod To The Movie  By KRISTIE ROHWEDDER Lest you think Michael Lee Aday was not part of FOX’s made-for-TV adaptation of cult classic musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show, you’ve got another loaf of meat, er, think coming. Yes, there was A Meat Loaf Rocky Horror Moment during Thursday evening's show. Shortly after 2k16 Eddie (Adam Lambert) shuffles off this mortal coil, Frank (Laverne Cox) throws a birthday dinner for Rocky (Staz Nair). And during said dinner scene, Columbia (Annaleigh Ashford) says she hopes the platter of meat in the middle of the table “is not meatloaf again.” I repeat: Columbia doesn't want to eat meatloaf again. *Stands up out of seat.* *Nods head approvingly.* *Applauds sincerely.* *Grabs a forkful of meatloaf.* *Sets forkful of meatloaf back down because yikes.* Brava, The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do The Time Warp Again. Brava. Such a perfect specimen of a meta joke. Get it? Get it? No, Columbia is not complaining because she's sick of eating bread loaf-shaped meat dishes. She's talking about rock musician and actor Meat Loaf. Because — spoiler alert for anyone who hasn’t seen the original movie — Meat Loaf plays Eddie in the 1975 film. And — another spoiler alert — Dr. Frank-N-Furter chases Eddie into a meat locker and murders him with a ice pick. And — one more spoiler alert but seriously what are you waiting for go watch the movie already you're only cheating yourself here — Dr. Frank-N-Furter and Co. eat Meat Loaf, er, Eddie. Published on Sep 4, 2014 Rocky Horror Picture Show - Dinner Scene - Eddie!?
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Post by wal on Oct 23, 2016 15:59:20 GMT -5
culturess.com/2016/10/21/foxs-rocky-horror-picture-show-get-the-horror-right/Fox’s Rocky Horror Picture Show Only Gets the Horror Right by Kristen Lopez Fox enters the world of musical adaptations with a High School Musical-inspired interpretation of the 1976 midnight movie. Watching Fox’s adaptation of Richard O’Brien and Jim Sharman’s Rocky Horror Picture Show last night was about as big a “jump to the left” as you can get. Director Kenny Ortega, known for his own cult musical Newsies and best known to millenials as the director of the High School Musical series, takes the basic tenets of the 1975 midnight classic and waters everything down to a gray soup. It’s like watching someone dance the hokey pokey who thinks they’re doing the Time Warp because they’re both dances where the actions are described. In a world where The Sound of Music, Grease Live, and Hairspray will be adapted for television, The Rocky Horror Picture: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again (get it, because it’s the same thing but not) is easily one of the worst adaptations out there. THE GOODTim Curry and Ben Vereen They had to find someone associated with the original to come back, if only to please “memberberry” eaters like myself. Tim Curry immortalized the role of Dr. Frank-N-Furter and his presence only reminds us of why Laverne Cox fails. Curry suffered a stroke a few years ago, and it was great seeing him shine in this. His Criminologist isn’t as active as Charles Gray was, for obvious reasons, but Curry singing the film’s final lines put a smile on my face. Ben Vereen shows why he’s still a legendary song-and-dance man as the unique choice for Dr. Scott. The other actors’ limitations required him to tone down his superlative singing, but he rocked the hell out of an Albert Einstein wig! The Set Design The entire affair had a budget on par with an episode of Glee – and looked like it filmed direct from McKinley High during the “Floor Show” number. Frank-N-Furter’s (Laverne Cox) laboratory definitely gave off a crypt-like look compared to the original’s cold sterility. It played tribute to the world of Frankenstein, but with a bizarre 1950s edge; Rocky’s home is a Coca Cola cooler. Adam Lambert
With other musicals there are generally two-three songs I’ll demand perfection from. Here, the minute the first two songs ended horribly I knew the rest were in danger. Thank the gods for Adam Lambert as Eddie. “Hot Patootie” is such a fun song, whether it’s in the show or on the radio that it couldn’t fail! Lambert went full glam rock, shredding the lyrics without needing tempo or chord changes that alter the song’s drive. Once he met his inevitable demise, the show was doomed. Note to future creators: Give Adam Lambert all the roles. (P.S., I did enjoy the “Not meatloaf again” joke at the dinner table.) Ivy Levan Ivy Levan’s been on my radar since she performed the fantastic, should have been Oscar-winning, theme song to Spy. Her vocals conjure up emotions of Ella Fitzgerald and she sets the right, though unsustainable, tone of the show with the opening song “Science Fiction/Double Feature.” I could see her as a smokey Sally Bowles if anyone wants to adapt Cabaret….or not. 
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Post by wal on Oct 23, 2016 16:10:33 GMT -5
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Post by wal on Oct 23, 2016 16:13:41 GMT -5
Culturalist @culturalist Oct 21 Still obsessed with @adamlambert's rockin' entrance? Add him to your #RockyHorror Top 10 at bit.ly/2dUvP9n ! |
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Post by wal on Oct 23, 2016 16:17:53 GMT -5
www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-rocky-horror-lifts-940359?utm_source=twitterOCTOBER 21, 2016 8:55am PT by Kate Stanhope TV Ratings: 'Rocky Horror' Lifts Fox, NBC Comedies Fall  The two-hour taped musical special pulled a 1.7 rating among adults 18-49. Fox's Rocky Horror Picture Show remake gave the network a jolt on Thursday. The two-hour special drew a 1.7 demo rating among adults 18-49. That gave Fox a sizable boost from its 0.8 rating average last Thursday (where new episodes of Rosewood and Pitch aired), but it was a steep drop from Fox's last musical special for Grease (4.3 adults), which had the added cache of being filmed live. (Rocky Horror was taped.) Fox came second to CBS, which won the evening with a steady outing of Thursday Night Football (3.0 adults) in its last week on the network for the season before moving to NBC.
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Post by wal on Oct 23, 2016 16:31:01 GMT -5
broadway.com @broadwaycom Oct 21 Your Top 10 fave performances from Fox's #RockyHorror: bit.ly/2eugZb6Ooooh, Rocky! Fox's highly anticipated Rocky Horror Picture Show aired on October 20, and between all the red lips, fishnets and insa-a-a-a-ane sets, we wanted to ask the fans which performances they loved the most. The starry cast included Laverne Cox, Annaleigh Ashford, Ben Vereen, Reeve Carney, Tim Curry, Staz Nair, Ryan McCartan and Victoria Justice. Did the 40-year anniversary re-vamp do the original cult classic justice? The classic songs seem to stick out in the fans' top 10 below! Take a look!  "Hot Patootie" |
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Post by wal on Oct 23, 2016 16:50:39 GMT -5
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Post by wal on Oct 23, 2016 17:29:48 GMT -5
www.yahoo.com/music/rocky-horror-review-dont-dream-it-forget-it-091827816.html'Rocky Horror' Review: Don’t Dream It, Forget It Chris Willman, Writer October 21, 2016  The song “Sword of Damocles” doesn’t appear until almost midway through The Rocky Horror Picture Show, but it was probably running through fans’ minds a lot earlier than that when the TV-movie remake premiered on Fox Thursday night. Any shivering with anticipation quickly gave way to anticipating the most telling lyric of the night: “I’m at the start of a pretty big downer.” Sing it, doomed buff dude. Like the characters Rocky and Eddie themselves, this production was operating on half a brain, with director Kenny Ortega showing little interest in anything beyond the most basic kara-Rocky-oke. Producer Lou Adler said recently the intention with this reboot was to introduce the franchise to 15-, 16-, and 17-year-old girls, but it’s hard to imagine midnight screenings of the riotously good 1975 original suddenly being overrun by newbie teens who, after seeing this, will still have as little idea about what’s enduring about the rock musical as Ortega does. The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp turned out to have exactly two good ideas tucked away in its corset. One was having Ben Vereen, playing Dr. Scott and looking a lot like Tim Meadows dressed up as an bushy-browed old man for an SNL skit, run into a dancer dressed as his Broadway Pippin character. This blink-and-you’ll-miss it moment lasted for about three seconds. The other was casting Adam Lambert against type as the outmoded ‘50s rocker Eddie, giving the Idol champ a chance to ape Elvis instead of Freddy Mercury. This blink-thrice-and-you’ll-miss-it moment lasted for 3:06 (that’s the length, anyway, of “Hot Patootie,” which constitutes the character’s entire screen time before he’s murdered).more..
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Post by wal on Oct 23, 2016 18:35:43 GMT -5
www.yahoo.com/music/hot-patootie-adam-lambert-rocks-redeems-foxs-rocky-horror-picture-show-085912793.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=twHot Patootie! Adam Lambert Rocks, Redeems Fox’s ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Lyndsey Parker, Managing Editor October 21, 2016  It’s safe to say that most fans of The Rocky Horror Picture Show weren’t exactly shivering with antici…pation for Fox’s TV controversial reboot of the beloved 1975 cult classic. But now The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again has finally aired — and thankfully, it wasn’t quite the hate-watch-worthy horror that many people feared or expected. However, it didn’t have fans of the original seedy, sleazy midnight movie jumping (to the left) for joy, either. Laverne Cox, stunt-cast or downright miscast in the lead role of Frank-N-Furter, did her best, and she even served some Grace Jones realness in her promising first number. But she was overall far too polished and pretty, in her Frederick’s of Hollywood/Halloween Superstore boudoir lingerie and MAC makeup, to convincingly play a nasty native of Transsexual, Transylvania. (Theater-trained rocker Reeve Carney, while certainly qualified for this production, was a bit too pretty to pull off the part of creepy-crawly handyman Riff Raff, too.) And speaking of lingerie, a very-ready-for-prime-time Rocky frustrated lusty viewers with his baggy boxer shorts, which consisted of about three square yards more fabric than the original, R-rated Rocky’s tight, tiny golden Speedo. Yes, modern-day torch singer Ivy Levan’s stylized opening performance of “Science Fiction/Double Feature,” and Annaleigh Ashford’s wonderfully bitchy Columbia, were highlights. But in the end, this sanitized remake seemed like an extended version of that Rocky Horror-themed Glee episode that aired on Fox three years ago — not so much “Sweet Transvestite” as just plain sweet. And then, Adam Lambert came crashing onto the screen — literally, on a motorcycle, through a castle window — and he put the “Rock” back in “Rocky Horror.” Hot patootie, bless my soul. I really loved this rock ‘n’ roll. And this squeaky-clean show really needed it. Taking on the Eddie role played by Meat Loaf in ’75, a greasy, grubby, gritty Lambert — a twisted vision in dirty denim and bad-boy biker leather — wailed, flailed, snarled, snarked, and just plain rawked. For four gloriously gonzo minutes, Rocky Horror seemed a little dangerous again. And then (spoiler alert) Eddie got knifed, died in a spectacularly dramatic fashion — and it was all over. Time is fleeting, indeed. It’s a shame that Lambert was offered the Frank-N-Furter role but passed, because his electric cameo just wasn’t enough. Oh well. Let’s do the time warp again, and watch Lambert’s thrilling performance — complete with the pelvic thrust that really drives you in-say-yay-yay-yay-ane — on repeat.
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Post by wal on Oct 23, 2016 18:45:58 GMT -5
PopCrush @popcrush Oct 21 How was tonight's #RockyHorrorPictureShow remake? We ranked the performances, from best (@adamlambert!) to...oof: popcrush.com/rocky-horror-picture-show-remake-performances-ranked/Fox’s ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Remake: the Performances, From Best to Worst by Mike Rizzo October 21, 2016 It’s just a jump to left! The Rocky Horror Picture Show, or as Fox as bizarrely decided to stylize it, The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Don’t Dream It, Be It, is arguably the one of the most iconic and timeless cult classics known to mankind. Fox saw success with Grease! Live, and aimed to remake that magic by adapting the musical about all things queer and campy for broadcast TV. So did it leave you shivering with antici…pation? We graded all the performances: from good to bad to just plain, uh…no. “Hot Patootie” (5/5): HERE WE GO! Adam Lambert breaks through the window like the saving grace he is. Unless you live under a rock, Lambert’s vocal prowess is undeniable. And, despite the fact he looks like a Brooklyn hipster, he sings the hell out of this song and DELIVERS like a real American Idol. It was originally reported that Lambert was offered the role of Frank-N-Furter, but turned it down. One can’t help but wonder what could have been with Lambert’s pipes and stage presence. |
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Post by wal on Oct 23, 2016 19:06:16 GMT -5
www.romper.com/p/adam-lambert-in-rocky-horror-picture-show-on-fox-has-twitter-freaking-out-20958MEGAN WALSH Adam Lambert In 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' On FOX Has Twitter Freaking Out  Adam Lambert's appearance as Eddie in FOX's remake of The Rocky Horror Picture show was hotly anticipated by his fans – and it doesn't look like they were disappointed. Though initially offered the lead role of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, neither Lambert nor producers thought he was really the best choice for the role. Instead he was interested in playing Eddie, the role originated in the 1975 movie by Meatloaf. It's a fun role that requires real style and vocal power, and Adam Lambert in Rocky Horror Picture Show on FOX had Twitter freaking out. Eddie is a small role in the musical and though he only appears for one song, it's a memorable one. He's a former delivery boy with rock'n'roll style who meets a sticky end after getting involved with the psychotic (and psychotically delightful) Frank-N-Furter. He ends up providing the brain for Frank's newest creation, muscular boytoy Rocky, but breaks out of the deep freeze in time to delight everyone with "Hot Patootie" – before being promptly slaughtered with an ice pick by Frank. Lambert's death in FOX's remake is a good deal less violent, but he was dispatched with just as quickly, leaving behind his grieving girlfriend Columbia. Though Lambert normally rocks an ultra glam aesthetic, as Eddie his look is a little bit more mussed and dirty to suit the character. Eddie is an archetypical juvenile delinquent, all studded leather and tattoos. Though it's a slight departure from Lambert's usual look, apparently it more than worked for his fans, who were all over Twitter praising Lambert's vocals and declaring him perfect for the part. There's no doubt that Lambert fans will be satisfied by his turn in FOX's Rocky Horror, as brief as it is. He handles himself well in his short amount of screen time, turning on all his rock star charm as he blazes through the set on Eddie's motorcycle. When he shows back up during the dinner scene, he elicited screams onscreen and possibly offscreen, too. Eddie might not be the biggest role in the show, but he's an important one nevertheless: he gives Rocky life (in a roundabout kind of way) and he gives Columbia the onus to stand up for herself after years of letting Frank walk all over her. If Twitter is anything to go off of, then Lambert was certainly giving his fans life – and probably earning himself more than a few devotees a la Columbia.
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Post by wal on Oct 23, 2016 19:11:19 GMT -5
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Post by wal on Oct 23, 2016 19:33:56 GMT -5
www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/rocky-horror-picture-show-5-things-we-learned-w445736'Rocky Horror Picture Show': 5 Things We Learned From the dangers of stunt casting to why you should keep midnight movies subversive, some takeaways from Fox's time-warping hot mess By Charles Bramesco "The throughline connecting the key players who most decidedly do not get it – Christina Milian as Magenta, Adam Lambert as a bafflingly miscast Eddie, and even, at times, Laverne Cox – is their name-brand recognition. They're hired to bring some bumps in attention to the program, and while they can all get through a tune without collapsing, they move through the scenes as if looking for a lifeline or a way out. The three of them feel out of place, especially when getting out-sung and out-danced at every turn by their co-stars."
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Post by wal on Oct 23, 2016 19:42:21 GMT -5
www.newyorker.com/culture/sarah-larson/a-rocky-horror-for-the-high-school-musical-generationA “ROCKY HORROR” FOR THE “HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL” GENERATION By Sarah Larson , OCTOBER 21, 2016  But by now you’re not convinced that these people would party together, or party at all. They don’t seem interested in pleasure (though Janet looks curious). Even under the best of circumstances, “Rocky Horror” is up and down from this point: “I Can Make You a Man” plods everywhere. In the original, when Meat Loaf arrives, crashing through a wall like the Kool-Aid Man on a motorcycle, it comes as a kind of relief to hear the horribly hetero “Hot Patootie—Bless My Soul,” because it brings the energy back up. Here, Adam Lambert is Meat Loaf, flying through a window. He does fine but is quickly murdered by the host, who wants to keep singing “I Can Make You a Man.” By the time Lambert is carved up and served at dinner, you’re ready to get on with your life, but, as in the midnight movie theatre, you’re not done until you’ve endured some half-hearted sci-fi and heard “Rose Tint My World,” which, though charming, seems to acknowledge that the fun is over—“It was great when it all began,” it begins. Ortega merges his movie with the theatre that frames its narrative, and Cox comes to perform onstage; at the end, the mansion-castle and the theatre, now falling apart, are revealed to be one. The movie ends with a real kick in the teeth: two sets of lips singing “Science Fiction/Double Feature” on a black screen, too little, too much, too late, as the bloody credits roll. In Manchester, we’d wander out into the parking lot, humming “don’t dream it, be it,” excited to be a teen-ager out till two and up to a mild amount of mischief.
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Post by wal on Oct 23, 2016 19:53:33 GMT -5
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