Having been never home in my younger years due to dance, song, and acting, I never was much of an audience. Yet there are a few big and small screen appearances which are rarely missed by me when they are on. I am at this moment referring to "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", which after the tenth viewing, I stopped counting.
Friends took me to see it at a local arts theater first in 1980. I didn't know what to make of it or the annoying audience. They'd seen it before. A lot of times before. They thought they were part of it. The media made them part of it. But this once, I was overhwelmed into being a stunned audience.
When Tim Curry made his meteoric entrance, a rush went through me. It shook me. How could a man dressed in beads, make-up and female underwear hit me that way? He did. The remainder of his cast faded beside him. It was the pinnacle performance of his career. Sadly consigned to the "cult" list, it didn't hit big on release. But it has been enduring.
Last seen, Tim Curry was in the end of season episode of "Criminal Minds". I didn't get to see the second half, played in the fall of the past year. Tim Curry's around. He's been in a number of roles which all have managed to underutilize his talent. But then, there aren't many roles written which equal "Frank n Furter". So, finally, I am recording it to VCR, and am going to sit back and relax and enjoy the feeling of my younger years, the angelic music, and the "Time Warp" again.
Salut, Tim Curry, wherever you may be!
Pegi
