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Title: 'Glee' cleaned up 'Rocky Horror,' but since when is 'transsexual' a bad word?
Post by: Butterfly on October 27, 2010, 05:24:23 PM
Post by: Butterfly on October 27, 2010, 05:24:23 PM
'Glee' cleaned up 'Rocky Horror,' but since when is 'transsexual' a bad word?
by Margaret Lyons
27 October, 2010
http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/10/27/glee-cleaned-up-rocky-horror-but-since-when-is-transsexual-a-bad-word/ (http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/10/27/glee-cleaned-up-rocky-horror-but-since-when-is-transsexual-a-bad-word/)
Last night's Rocky Horror Glee Show had a lot going for it: Abs, some awesome cameos from Barry Bostwick and Meat Loaf, and the idea of dressing as a peanut allergy for Halloween. But it also had some weird cleaning up going on, with some lyrics getting scrubbed of their original content. You'd have to be a pretty big Rocky Horror fan to notice, but uh, I am. And I did.
by Margaret Lyons
27 October, 2010
http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/10/27/glee-cleaned-up-rocky-horror-but-since-when-is-transsexual-a-bad-word/ (http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/10/27/glee-cleaned-up-rocky-horror-but-since-when-is-transsexual-a-bad-word/)
Last night's Rocky Horror Glee Show had a lot going for it: Abs, some awesome cameos from Barry Bostwick and Meat Loaf, and the idea of dressing as a peanut allergy for Halloween. But it also had some weird cleaning up going on, with some lyrics getting scrubbed of their original content. You'd have to be a pretty big Rocky Horror fan to notice, but uh, I am. And I did.
Title: Re: 'Glee' cleaned up 'Rocky Horror,' but since when is 'transsexual' a bad word?
Post by: spacial on October 27, 2010, 06:06:49 PM
Post by: spacial on October 27, 2010, 06:06:49 PM
If those changes were anything to judge by, the up-tights have seriously lost it.
A smut free Rocky Horror Show?
A smut free Rocky Horror Show?
Title: Re: 'Glee' cleaned up 'Rocky Horror,' but since when is 'transsexual' a bad word?
Post by: Janet_Girl on October 27, 2010, 06:29:55 PM
Post by: Janet_Girl on October 27, 2010, 06:29:55 PM
That was the first, and the last, time I have ever seen the program. The one character "Nancy", I think, reminds me way to much of a fundie.
But then again it is Faux.
But then again it is Faux.
Title: Re: 'Glee' cleaned up 'Rocky Horror,' but since when is 'transsexual' a bad word?
Post by: kyril on October 27, 2010, 07:30:01 PM
Post by: kyril on October 27, 2010, 07:30:01 PM
Quote from: Janet Lynn on October 27, 2010, 06:29:55 PMThere are much, much, much better episodes. Glee varies in quality, and this one was...pretty damn weak. (And the last two episodes pissed me off royally, though I appear to be in the minority)
That was the first, and the last, time I have ever seen the program. The one character "Nancy", I think, reminds me way to much of a fundie.
But then again it is Faux.
The first season is worth watching, Faux or not. On the whole, it's a very pro-gay, pro-tolerance, positive show...it's just had issues this season. Not sure why, but it went from subtly subversive to mainstream and a bit preachy.
Title: Re: 'Glee' cleaned up 'Rocky Horror,' but since when is 'transsexual' a bad word?
Post by: Summerfall on October 27, 2010, 08:00:04 PM
Post by: Summerfall on October 27, 2010, 08:00:04 PM
They had no problem casually throwing around the word "->-bleeped-<-"...
Title: Re: 'Glee' cleaned up 'Rocky Horror,' but since when is 'transsexual' a bad word?
Post by: V M on October 27, 2010, 08:41:27 PM
Post by: V M on October 27, 2010, 08:41:27 PM
I am less than Glee-full with this sorry something rendition :P
Title: Re: 'Glee' cleaned up 'Rocky Horror,' but since when is 'transsexual' a bad word?
Post by: Epigania on October 27, 2010, 09:19:51 PM
Post by: Epigania on October 27, 2010, 09:19:51 PM
Quote from: Summerfall on October 27, 2010, 08:00:04 PM
They had no problem casually throwing around the word "->-bleeped-<-"...
You caught that too, huh? I was sort of stunned they used that word, which most of us consider derogatory. I was slightly offended that the teacher assumed that the Gay kid would be excited to play Frankenfurter too.