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[ghostofgrace]

Saw the Rocky Horror Show for the first time tonight. I like it. I really really like it. It cuts out all the boring parts of the movie and makes it waaayyyy funnier when the actors have to say their lines following an AP line. Like when someone called out 'who farted?' right before the end of Eddie's Teddy. Dr Scott instead pointed at

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[sailorcartman]

I completely agree about the script of the stage show. It does cut out the boring parts

[agroupie]

I also like minimal AP during the stage show. Some is OK, but I get frustrated when people yell movie AP (i.e. neck jokes) or try to do AP lines before an actor's line, like in Grace's example.

However, I actually like Time Warp before Sweet T. I think it sets up the pacing of the show very well, and builds up to Frank's entrance. Otherwise, we meet this great dynamic character, then he goes away for awhile while the supporting cast dances.

[starlernight]

i saw this done in an interesting way in a stage production... they cast about 5 transies and actually set up 2 mini rows (3 seats each) of theater seats on the far stage right. the transies then lounged there when they weren't specifically in dance numbers, and did the call-outs in an orderly fashion. this got the effect and humor across and the audience was not encouraged to call out their own lines.

[ghostofgrace]

I think there was a cast/crew set up like this at my show. Cause it did seem like two or three specific people were shouting constantly, but I couldn't help but chime in twice, when they didn't say things like.. 'but she shoulda tried cocaine'

I would have loved to see the show completely AP free, but this one was atleast not saturated. You could actually hear what ever line being shouted was.

[sailorcartman]

Something else, in particular, bedroom scenes ALWAYS seem to play better on stage than in the film even though the dialogue is mostly identical. I don't know why, but, the delivery in the film just doesn't convey the comedy in that dailogue.
It's not just the fact that different actors do the scene in stage productions. I have a live audio bootleg of Tim Curry in the 1975 Belasco/Broadway production and he's hilarious in those scenes, recting almost the exact same dailogue as in the film. The audience agrees judging from their reaction.

In the film, the scenes don't come acres as that funny.

[ghostofgrace]

I feel like the movie is a toned down version of what it could be like. It's cleaned up and nice.

Plus when you're on stage, you can pretty much play to the audience. If they react well to something, you can ham it up, if they don't seem to like something else, you cut it, etc. The movie is the movie is the movie.

[queenazura]

It would have been nice to have been invited to that.