BEETLE REVIEWS THE ROCKY HORROR GLEE SHOW

This is my first ever review if a TV episode...so bear with me guys.

Normally I wouldn't review a TV episode...let alone a TV episode of Glee. I'm not very big into Glee to be quite honest. I love the songs they choose to cover and I appreciate how the show is making the arts popular and appealing to the mainstream. I am a big supporter of theatre and the arts and think it's great that this show is getting the news out about it. That said, I don't think the show has an appealing plot or any real staying power so I've more or less just stuck with the Cds they've made. I've never actually seen a full episode of the show until now. I had heard that the show was planning on doing a Rocky Horror tribute episode so me being the big Rocky Horror fan that I am, of course I was intrigued. When the episode was finally released online I gave it a viewing. What was my reaction???? well...it was good for what it was.They added a few more sing-songy parts than were in the original film (understandable, this is a theatre tv show after all) and they chose a chick to play Frank N Furter (A SIN I SAY...A SIN!!!! Probably made this choice so they would not offend the censors) as well as changing a few lyrics (once again...censors). But, surprisingly there was more good than bad. the cover versions of the songs were all pretty fun and definently enjoyable. Adding to the fun was the surprise appearance of Uncle Jesse from Full House playing the role of Eddie (John Stamos) as well as another surprise appearance by Barry Bostwick (Brad from Rocky Horror). The people that were chosen to play Brad, Riff Raff, Magenta, and rocky all fit in quite nicely with their roles (My favorite was Rff Raff of course).

So overall, The episode gets props from me for having the balls to actually do a rocky Horror tribute, quite possibly the raciest movie in history. I'm hoping that the episode will get those virgins out there curious enough to go give the film a rental. While the episode didn't help to spike my interest in the show overall it still did get a respectful nod for doing something quite brave. this is one episode that I reccomend for a Halloween night viewing (online) if there is nothing else scary enough on the TV.

3/5 Stars