Sunday, November 7, 2010


In 1975 The Rocky Horror Picture Show was released. It did not gain instant fame and it acutely failed in first few years of its release.  It gained its recognition when older teen fans in New York City began to ask for it to have a repeat showing at midnight. This is when the film really took off. The Rocky Horror Picture show was so odd that people began to interact with the movie. At the time, people did not interact with movies they would just go to the movies watch it and leave. The RHPS gave people a chances to yell at the screen and say weird things. As the movie grew people began to dress up like the characters and role play as the movie was going on. What really made the movie different is it took parts from the popular gleam rock of the time. In the gleam rock, rock stars would dress very flamboyantly with tight leather ,sparkly costumes and make up to give them a very loud and a none social norm look.This helped the RHPS open peoples eyes and giving them a culture shock to the sexual exploration and human sexuality. This was a giant step for those how had been previously kept in the closet about these feelings or thoughts. The movie was the first outlet where people with different sexuality ideas could truly feel ok with there opinions. This movie had an impact on the people watching it not just  in a literal sense but also a sociological effect on society.

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