The Rocky Horror Picture Show

For my musical ethnography, I was originally going to attend a showing of the “Rocky Horror Picture Show”, but it ended up being sold out last minute. At that point, I began to worry because that was the only event I had planned to attend. As my worry was starting to progress, I remembered, and also took a quick glance at the types of events we could attend and saw that it said we could attend a religious service. I quickly looked up services in my area for the next day and came across a website…

What do laser beams and Transylvania have in common? What happens when mad scientists meet groupies? The classic cult production, The Rocky Horror Show, brings together elements of glam rock and Horror B-Movies. This winter, the University of Colorado Theatre Department brought the classic science fiction and campy humor to the University Theatre stage. Directed by Hadley Kamminga-Peck with musical direction by David Nehlsthe, the musical captured the essence of Richard O’Brien’s 1973 musical.…

” “C!” “Give me a K!” “K!” “Give me a Y!” “Why,” the crowd answers back sarcastically. It was show time. The leader of a theater group, Paul, successfully got everyone in the crowd to pay attention. We had been practicing for this night for about two months. I could already feel the sweat drip down my face. My mask of makeup was going to melt off by the end of the night. However, that’s how these shows usually go, bright red lipstick gets smeared all over your face by 2am when we leave…

Identity develops throughout our lifetime and continually changes as we go through different experiences. A lot of our identity in our youth is shaped by those around us; they define certain identities for us and teach us how to interpret our experiences. Sometimes, people who influence us go the extent of telling us what our identity should be, even if we don’t necessarily agree. As we age, we learn different perspectives from others and go through experiences that begin to shape our own ideas…

Hollywood. Victoria Justice lives in a family of four, her younger half-sister her mom, and her dad. Her parents are from different heritages, her dad is of English German and Irish descent, while her mom was Puerto Rican ancestry. Victoria Justice’s tv shows that had her as a main role made great money in the production. She has even appeared in Nickelodeon’s teen choice awards. In 2016, she was supposed to co-host it with John Cena featuring great athletes to compete to see who would win the…

In 1970, the Beatles break up, and a Palestinian group hijacks five planes. In 1971, the London Bridge is brought to the US and the UK changes their currency system to decimal systems for currency. In 1972, the Watergate scandal begins and pocket calculators are introduced. Also in this year, Mark Spitz Wins Seven Gold Medals. In 1973, the Sears Tower is built and the US pulls out of Vietnam. In 1974, the Terracotta Army is discovered in China and Mikhail Baryshnikov Defects. In 1975, the…

Ocean Beach may be known for its stellar surfing and savory foods, but it is also known for its historic buildings and architecture. One notable building is the Kraft Building which was built in 1927 for medical purposes. It was owned by Fred Kraft and housed a drug store that contained a soda fountain downstairs. It was also occupied by the historic Seaside grill, which was claimed to have the best pies in town. Rumor also has it that Charles Lindbergh was a common patron here. He would…

stranger he writes to). Until, he meets Patrick and his step-sister, Sam. They both take him under their wings and introduce him to their wild group of friends. Over the course of the school year, Charlie goes to his first party, dances in the Rocky Horror Picture Show, experiments with drugs, but most important of all, he makes new friends. But, one wrong move makes him lose all of his friends, slowly but surely Charlie gains back their trust. Sadly, Charlie’s past has a dark, disturbing…

meets with the advanced english teacher, Bill, who gives him extra books to read and write reports on. He loves reading. On Halloween, Patrick and Sam take Charlie to see their friends reenact The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Charlie loves it and starts writing for Mary Elizabeth's fanzine called Punk Rocky. He also meets Craig, Sam's new boyfriend. Then he describes his immediate family because they go to his great aunt's place for Thanksgiving. He describes his grandfather as a very annoying…

struggle with her family, even though they were from Germany. Lara had to translate her mother’s television shows because at the time there were no captions and explain to her father what snow sounded like and that thunder makes the noise not lightning. Learning to read was difficult for Lara and her education was often put on hold to help her parents. Kai, Lara’s mother, would often show up outside her daughter’s school window to ask for…