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The freaks came out at night
MORE ROCKY HORROR
In a word: Awesome
I can’t speak for ticket sales or anything, but I’m gonna go ahead and declare Thursday night’s viewing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Hippodrome a huge success.
That has to have been the naked-est crowd the stately Hippodrome has ever seen. There were fishnets, bustiers and wigs galore and even a singe pair of gold briefs. I went as a Transylvanian, because it was easy. And I met up with my own little troupe of freaks — Magenta (Amanda), Riff (Dan), Janet (Mary) and Brad (Doug).
The energy at the show was great and I was especially glad to see RHPS fans of all ages. Amanda was even sweet enough to point out that when I first fell in love with RHPS in high school, Amanda was three years old. Thanks, sweetie.
The Queerios, the shadow cast from Austin was good, but honestly, the people who made my night were the locals who were so diehard, they knew every line to shout. To all of them, I say thank you.
The Hippodrome brought the weird out in Waco for sure. I hope to see much more of that. We’ll be posting a video from the event soon, so watch for that. For now, here are some of my own personal pics.
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By KDF
October 31, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
I was a teenager when that movie came out, and my now-wife was a big RHPS groupie. She and her friends dressed up, yelled the lines, acted pretty goofy. (Yes, we knew each other that long ago…)
When I was that age, I rebelled at everything a teenager is supposed to rebel at, including the movie because it was so popular. It ran often at the theatre on the Baylor campus in the seventies. Being a rebel has its prices, though. I missed out on some good fun by trying to be so bad. <><
By KDF
October 31, 2008 5:23 PM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
Fred. Were you there?? for the RHPS?? <><
By Fred
November 1, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
Sorry about that folks. Was down in Austin for a bit of business. Speaking of “Freaks” Miss Wendy? The Freaks are out every night on the streets of North and East Waco. These are the suffering Crack-addicts who wonder around (all night long) like sad, lost, hyper-Zombies looking to steal for their next little brown rock.
By KDF
November 3, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
Fred, give them one of your rocks!! It would take a craniotomy to get them. <><
By Fred
November 4, 2008 9:16 AM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
Did you see the slide-show from the RHPC? That was one very impressive tounge.
By poopsandwich
November 4, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
I never got it. Never liked it. Still don’t.
Freaks? Yes, indeed.
(and this from a guy named “poopsandwich.”