Also, the film's appeal might have been more to drama types, as distinct from music types.
That was my impression.
If one sees music and acting as separate things. There is a category of performance that encapsulates both: Musical theatre.
I’m quite familiar with musical theater and with how musical performances work. I reported nothing more than my impression of the popularity of Rocky Horror among music and theater students at my university when I was a student. Why that needed to be challenged or corrected, I don’t know,
Also, the film's appeal might have been more to drama types, as distinct from music types.
That was my impression.
If one sees music and acting as separate things. There is a category of performance that encapsulates both: Musical theatre.
I’m quite familiar with musical theater and with how musical performances work. I reported nothing more than my impression of the popularity of Rocky Horror among music and theater students at my university when I was a student. Why that needed to be challenged or corrected, I don’t know,
Well, I think I was the one who said that Rocky Horror might have more appeal, in general, to theatre students than to music students, and lilbuddha was responding to that.
Personally, while I can acknowkedge some overlap, I'd still have to say that there's a pretty big difference between musical theatre, eg. Jesus Christ Superstar, and "theatrical" musicians, eg. Alice Cooper, both in terms of how the shows are produced, and the experience of watching them.
And I would conjecture that if I were someone studying music, in the sense of spending most of my time practicing an instrument while reading notes on a sheet, Rocky Horror would probably have less personal interest for me than it would for a theatre major, if for no other reason than it was a theatrical show to begin with, and the movie retains the general structure and feel of such a performance.
(Plus, as I said, the music for Rocky Horror just isn't that moteworthy.)
This is off-topic, and I don't think it really warrants its own thread, so I'll give anyone who wants it the last word.
Bill Mongomery, the co-founder of Turning Point USA, has died of COVID-related complications at age 80.
He was that most common of breeds, a sleazy political hack. Now Turning Point USA is making an effort to delete all their tweets against masking and denigrating the seriousness of COVID-19. I'd like to think they've actually learned something from this, but I fear the lesson learned is "keep a keyword-indexed database of all your tweets in case a quick trip to the memory hole is required".
I remember him for playing the part of Barnabas Collins in the re-make of the "Dark Shadows" soap opera in the 1990s. It only lasted one season, which was a pity because it was wonderful, and Ben Cross did Jonathan Frid proud by carrying on the legacy of Barnabas.
T'Challa has died, Chadwick Boseman. of colon cancer. I can't get over knowing that he did so many movies including that one while secretly dealing with all the stress and pain of stage 3 cancer. I thought he was an impressive actor before. And it worked. He will be known for his art and not his struggle with cancer.
Damn it. I got points. Tom Seaver, a/k/a "Tom Terrific" has died, age 75. A baseball legend, gone too soon. And from complications from Lewy Body dementia and COVID-19.
I need to go somewhere where I can shout obscenities to the skies.
More sad news for baseball fans. The legendary Lou Brock has died. One of the great base stealers of all time (surpassed in more recent years by Rickey Henderson), the National League award for most stolen bases in a year was called "The Lou Brock Award"---while Brock was still playing! Now that is respect!
I'm guessing no one here had Irving Kanarek on their list.
The lawyer who defended Charles Manson. By all accounts, a character, to say the least. The book Helter Skelter, by the prosecutor Bugliosi, makes Kanarek out to be a borderline lunatic, emphasis on borderline. Bugliosi states that out of all the defense attorneys involved in the case, Kanarek was the most effective, and at one time came close to derailing the prosecuction's entire case, over details about what time a gas-station attendant had last installed a cleaning device in the washroom's toilet.
Baker, I’m probably being dense, but what do the second & third numbers after the total in the scores signify? (ie why have I got 2 2 after the -6) Thanks!
@McMaverick, Baker can give the official explanation, but I have always read it as follows: the first is the score based on the ages of the deceased. The second number is the number of correct predictions made. The third number is based on whether the prediction was "unique"--only one player listed that name.
So, for example, not many people list baseball players on their lists, so almost every correct guess on my list is likely to be unique. But if Trump should kick the bucket, many people had him on their list and get points, but nobody gets a "unique" designation.
I once had the unintentional pleasure of attending the theatre with Ruth Bader Ginsberg. I noticed the short, vaguely Semitic-looking woman sitting directly behind my companion for the evening. At the time I thought "she looks a lot like . . . " . . . and then I noticed the woman sitting in the seat next to her had a subtly placed ear piece and some kind of small lapel badge. I thought about going up to her during intermission, but what do you say in a situation like that? "I really liked your dissent inShelby County?" Better to let her enjoy the second half of the show in the anonymous peace she obviously desired. Her identity was confirmed when I noticed a somewhat armored looking sedan in the parking garage after the show, surrounded by people in non-descript suits with the same ear pieces and lapel badges as her seat mate.
That was about a year ago. The show was Stephen Sondheim's Assassins, for whatever that's worth.
I once had the unintentional pleasure of attending the theatre with Ruth Bader Ginsberg. I noticed the short, vaguely Semitic-looking woman sitting directly behind my companion for the evening. At the time I thought "she looks a lot like . . . " . . . and then I noticed the woman sitting in the seat next to her had a subtly placed ear piece and some kind of small lapel badge. I thought about going up to her during intermission, but what do you say in a situation like that? "I really liked your dissent inShelby County?" Better to let her enjoy the second half of the show in the anonymous peace she obviously desired. Her identity was confirmed when I noticed a somewhat armored looking sedan in the parking garage after the show, surrounded by people in non-descript suits with the same ear pieces and lapel badges as her seat mate.
That was about a year ago. The show was Stephen Sondheim's Assassins, for whatever that's worth.
The protective detail you described with RBG made me curious. Evidently Supreme Court justices are continuously protected by the Supreme Court Police. The rest of the federal judiciary is protected by the US Marshall service.
The protective detail you described with RBG made me curious. Evidently Supreme Court justices are continuously protected by the Supreme Court Police. The rest of the federal judiciary is protected by the US Marshall service.
Is that new? Very shortly after she was appointed I met Sandra Day O'Connor and John O'Connor at a dinner party here in Arizona. It was a fairly small group, so I think I would have noticed Supreme Court Police hanging around, unless they just waited outside?
The protective detail you described with RBG made me curious. Evidently Supreme Court justices are continuously protected by the Supreme Court Police. The rest of the federal judiciary is protected by the US Marshall service.
Is that new? Very shortly after she was appointed I met Sandra Day O'Connor and John O'Connor at a dinner party here in Arizona. It was a fairly small group, so I think I would have noticed Supreme Court Police hanging around, unless they just waited outside?
According to the very brief description in Wikipedia, their protection isn't 24/7. And they can, at least at times, choose to not have security.
Thanks, lilbuddha. It was around Christmas of 1981, I believe -- a safer, gentler time. And it was a private dinner party at someone's home. (There may well have been security outside, however.)
Mart Crowley died in March, and I don't think it was recorded here.
When I was about 16 or 17, I tried to get into a screening of Boys In The Band, but was turned away, because my province was still rating it according to 1960s bible-belt standards. The funny thing is, the friend accompanying me to the theatre was younger than me, but managed to get in.
Since then, I've had the general plot and some of the scenes described to me, and caught a few minutes on late-night TV, but never been interested enough to watch the whole thing.
I did once have a book of old theatre crticism by William Goldman(screenwriter for The Princess Bride), which included a chapter on gay playwrights, which was mostly an extended rant about how people like Tennessee Williams and Edward Albee don't know much about heterosexual relationships, and so probably can't write about them accurately. He ended the chapter by advising everyone to go out and see the then un-premiered Boys In The Band, as an authentic gay voice in theatre,
Agree with disagree with Goldman(I'm a pretty big Tennessee Williams fan myself), it does probably demonstrate what a milestone TBITB was in the history of theatre.
(Crowley was also one of the creative forces behind the TV show Hart To Hart. Never watched it.)
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I would add that so does almost the entire oeuvre of Andrew Lloyd Webber, but I'm sure those are fighting words.
Well, I think I was the one who said that Rocky Horror might have more appeal, in general, to theatre students than to music students, and lilbuddha was responding to that.
Personally, while I can acknowkedge some overlap, I'd still have to say that there's a pretty big difference between musical theatre, eg. Jesus Christ Superstar, and "theatrical" musicians, eg. Alice Cooper, both in terms of how the shows are produced, and the experience of watching them.
And I would conjecture that if I were someone studying music, in the sense of spending most of my time practicing an instrument while reading notes on a sheet, Rocky Horror would probably have less personal interest for me than it would for a theatre major, if for no other reason than it was a theatrical show to begin with, and the movie retains the general structure and feel of such a performance.
(Plus, as I said, the music for Rocky Horror just isn't that moteworthy.)
This is off-topic, and I don't think it really warrants its own thread, so I'll give anyone who wants it the last word.
He was that rarest of breeds, a decent politician.
He was that most common of breeds, a sleazy political hack. Now Turning Point USA is making an effort to delete all their tweets against masking and denigrating the seriousness of COVID-19. I'd like to think they've actually learned something from this, but I fear the lesson learned is "keep a keyword-indexed database of all your tweets in case a quick trip to the memory hole is required".
We saw Segovia, Bream and John Williams over about 2 years in the St David’s Hall in Cardiff.
Oh. I hadn't heard about that. How sad
RIP Mr. Cross.
I need to go somewhere where I can shout obscenities to the skies.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29793367/david-capel-former-england-allrounder-northants-legend-dies-aged-57
1 Spike 27 2 0
2 Hedgehog 25 1 1
3 Priscilla 23 1 0
3 Schroedingers Cat 23 1 0
3 Simon Toad 23 1 0
3 Sipech 23 1 0
7 Leorning Cniht 19 2 0
8 Wet Kipper 10 1 0
9 la vie en rouge 9 1 0
10 jedijudy 8 1 1
11 Eigon 4 1 0
11 Phantom_Flan_Flinger 4 1 0
13 McMaverick -6 2 2
The lawyer who defended Charles Manson. By all accounts, a character, to say the least. The book Helter Skelter, by the prosecutor Bugliosi, makes Kanarek out to be a borderline lunatic, emphasis on borderline. Bugliosi states that out of all the defense attorneys involved in the case, Kanarek was the most effective, and at one time came close to derailing the prosecuction's entire case, over details about what time a gas-station attendant had last installed a cleaning device in the washroom's toilet.
AG
RIP Dame Diana.
Another loss today Alan Minter. I recognise the name, even though I have no interest in boxing, so he must have done well.
So, for example, not many people list baseball players on their lists, so almost every correct guess on my list is likely to be unique. But if Trump should kick the bucket, many people had him on their list and get points, but nobody gets a "unique" designation.
I don't think anyone believed she would ever not be there.
May she rest in peace.
1 Simon Toad 36 2 1
2 Spike 27 2 0
3 Hedgehog 25 1 1
4 Priscilla 23 1 0
4 Schroedingers Cat 23 1 0
4 Sipech 23 1 0
7 Leorning Cniht 19 2 0
8 Wet Kipper 10 1 0
9 la vie en rouge 9 1 0
10 jedijudy 8 1 1
11 Eigon 4 1 0
11 Phantom_Flan_Flinger 4 1 0
13 McMaverick -6 2 2
That was about a year ago. The show was Stephen Sondheim's Assassins, for whatever that's worth.
The protective detail you described with RBG made me curious. Evidently Supreme Court justices are continuously protected by the Supreme Court Police. The rest of the federal judiciary is protected by the US Marshall service.
Is that new? Very shortly after she was appointed I met Sandra Day O'Connor and John O'Connor at a dinner party here in Arizona. It was a fairly small group, so I think I would have noticed Supreme Court Police hanging around, unless they just waited outside?
When I was about 16 or 17, I tried to get into a screening of Boys In The Band, but was turned away, because my province was still rating it according to 1960s bible-belt standards. The funny thing is, the friend accompanying me to the theatre was younger than me, but managed to get in.
Since then, I've had the general plot and some of the scenes described to me, and caught a few minutes on late-night TV, but never been interested enough to watch the whole thing.
I did once have a book of old theatre crticism by William Goldman(screenwriter for The Princess Bride), which included a chapter on gay playwrights, which was mostly an extended rant about how people like Tennessee Williams and Edward Albee don't know much about heterosexual relationships, and so probably can't write about them accurately. He ended the chapter by advising everyone to go out and see the then un-premiered Boys In The Band, as an authentic gay voice in theatre,
Agree with disagree with Goldman(I'm a pretty big Tennessee Williams fan myself), it does probably demonstrate what a milestone TBITB was in the history of theatre.
(Crowley was also one of the creative forces behind the TV show Hart To Hart. Never watched it.)