What would eventually become The Rocky Horror Show, and later The Rocky Horror Picture Show, began as a way for Richard O’Brien “to spend winter evenings” when he wasn’t working as an actor. The Rocky Horror Picture Show began as a way to keep an unemployed actor busy. So, to celebrate more than four decades of Absolute Pleasure, here are some facts about the film. Since its release in 1975, it has remained the quintessential cult classic. People don’t just watch The Rocky Horror Picture Show, they live it-complete with costumes, props, and very vulgar audience participation.
Then, as midnight showings continued, its following grew, and grew, and grew.
First written as a small stage production by an out-of-work actor who wanted to pay homage to the B movies he loved, the film version flopped at the box office when it premiered in 1975. This grimly misguided message disregards the complexities of mental health, and it's an intensely perilous narrative to push, particularly to an audience whose understanding of these issues is often still forming.Many movies can claim the title “ cult classic,” but few have ever embodied that term quite like The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Hannah's tapes are a manifesto of blame, effectively placing the responsibility of her life's tragic end onto others. The most heart-wrenching aspect of "13 Reasons Why" is its presentation of suicide as a form of revenge or retribution, a deeply misguided message for impressionable young minds grappling with their own emotional turmoil. And we don't think that showing that it hurts to cut yourself deters anyone, it just makes her seem more like a strong, determined woman of power who manages to overcome the pain. It makes suicide sound worthwhile, even if at a high cost. This is presenting suicide as your best option of dealing with a problematic life. "If you're alive and noone cares, they ignore you and hurt you then suicide will make everyone listen to what you have to say and the people who were mean to you will feel really ashamed and stop being mean." It took us a while to realise how the worst part of it was how it presented suicide as empowerment. If I battle looks and questions everyday, what will I receive once I am seen with a LGBTQA+ spoken word poet? The constant fear runs through my head as every Pride event comes together and the word is spread. I fear that I will be marked as an outcast and be ostracized from the student body. I fear that after a huge event like a Drag Show, that I will face micro-aggressions or even hateful comments. Is my Pride shirt too much? Are my shorts too long? Are my clothes too baggy? Is my hair too short? Does my tie look too masculine? Just like any other member of the LGBTQA+ I am very excited for Pride week, but I will admit I am very nervous for the reactions that will come from it. On a Jesuit, catholic campus, I always worry about other’s reactions to just my daily appearance. Even though we have worked tirelessly attempting to make Pride week the best show of queer culture, all of us will admit to being worried about the reaction. Sometimes your day consists of battling stares, questions and public restrooms, so just imagine the reaction of the week of pure Pride and demonstrating the wonderful aspects of gayness.
Going to a Jesuit University is not easy for anyone who is a part of the LGBTQA+ community.
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