October 26th my older
sister and I went out on a limb and accepted our coworkers request for us to
come see his show “Rocky Horror Picture Show” with his very own shadow cast at
the state theater. The State theater, what in my mind had always had a school
association soon progressed to not just a place where I have class, but a place
where people can have an interesting unique artistic experience.
Just off the edge of the Penn State
University Park is the State Theater, some people may know it as a part of the
campus considering the fact that the theater offers its facilities to a number
of film study classes during the day (
including the course I am currently taking called Communications 150). Now
before my sister and I went to see this show we had next to no idea what we
were getting ourselves into, the most we experienced was the “Glee” episode
remaking the film in a theatrical show (which is yet another medium the film is
expressed). So basically we had no idea.
We attempted to ask around and see what it would be about but no one quite gave
us a proper definition.
As we walked up to the state
theater around midnight again the night of the 26th by sister and I
were a little apprehensive. As we walked up to the entrance of the state
theater we were graced with the view of the shadow cast, a group of men and women in fish nets high
heels and tons of makeup. Feeling a bit
out of our element we tried to escape into the theater without pulling any
attention to ourselves. After buying our cherry coke, large popcorn and small
package of twizzler’s my sister and I looked to find a comfortable yet private
spot to sit.
As the film began and my sister and
I attempted to watch the movie we found it hard to concentrate! While
attempting to watch the shadows cast and watch the movie that audience would
yell and then break out in laughter over and over! This really was not
something I was accustom too! I was used to the audience who shut off their
phone and whispered to their friend! “Rocky
Horror” apparently to my surprise is a type of call and response and relies on
the audience interaction, which is what made it so iconic and different then
the other films during the time. After struggling to hear the movie the
audience began throwing things toward the stage for example toilet paper by the
rolls was thrown and unraveled until it reached the actors on stage. Even though at the beginning of the
experience I felt extremely uncomfortable by the end of the film when everyone
stood up and danced while throwing confetti at the end of the film I gladly
stood up a joined.
What I learned from this experience
is always google what you don’t understand hahaha! Always find a way to inform
yourself on what you are headed to be because you may actually have a chance to
enjoy the event more! That night was a blast and extremely fun even though I
was outside of my comfort zone. I’ve learned from that that art of any form can
open your horizon to new things and different experiences that you may find
interesting! So open up and allow yourself to discover those events. Now I need
to actually watch “Rocky Horror” on my own to hear the story line so maybe I
wont be quite as confused :P and maybe some of the comments I heard shouted at
the screen will make some kind of sense :P who knows ?
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