In the pink world of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”

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On the night of October 12th I lost my virginity.

The host asked me and five other lucky virgins to recreate a Halloween character having an “earth-shattering orgasm.” The crowd mocked us. A few minutes later I found myself bent over a chair when the host burst a symbolic red balloon at me from behind. My latex cherry was in ruins and I wasn’t “Rock horror” Virgo.

The Full Body Cast has performed:“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” in Boston since 1984. The impressive Shadowcast series began at Harvard Square Theater and continues today at AMC Boston Common.

“We are one of the few Cast shadows There is no one in the world who does that every Saturday,” trainersaid a member of the FBC board. The role the coach plays “Rock Horror” is an affair both on and off stage; she is both Actor and assistant prop master. Before “Rock Horror” Coach told the daily she was looking for a creative outlet “that was silly enough to get lost in, but also sexy enough to make me feel empowered and confident.” That’s exactly what she found with FBC and the audiences they serve.

Join in “Rock horror” is an experience like no other, so powerful that words and images can only capture nuances of it. The show is based on an exciting relationship between the cinema screen, the shadow cast and the audience. Within the walls of AMC Boston Common, The 1975 cult film comes to life.

“Rock Horror” is characterized by its combative characters. Coach’s favorite characters – the ones she plays most often – are the stereotypical, square Brad Majors and the self-proclaimed “cute transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania,” Dr. Frank-N-Furter.

“It’s really fun to be in Brad because [he’s] Only [a] dumb stupid man,” Coach said. “I know that Roll like that, like that Well, that can be me on autopilotand I go into Brad’s headspace.”

However, Frank-N-Furter is a bit more of a task for her. “With Frank, I really love being the star of the show and being the toughest bastard on the block, but it’s also a big responsibility because you’re the star so you have to perform really well.” said the coach. The night I interviewed Coach, she played Brad and was also the host. At performances by “Rock Horror” throughout the country, i.eIt is the host’s job to keep warm calls the crowd and performs the virgin ceremonies.

Virgin ceremonies are an important aspect of the “Rock horror” Culture in which virgins (people who have never seen the film with live shadow broadcast) are initiated.

“I invite her on stage and publicly humiliate her that night in any way I see fit,” Coach explained. She added an example: “For Mother’s Day I made a bunch of virgins replay Birth.”

Later that evening, my virgin self experienced a ritual firsthand, in an eerie flurry of fake orgasms and chanting. It culminated in me putting on a wedding dress and marry! Despite all the “public humiliation,” there was no shame. You’re welcome to The Rocky Horror Picture Show as long as you’re willing to, in Frank-N-Furter’s words, “surrender to absolute pleasure.”

In the audience, tThe energy of the show is electric from top to bottom. The audience participates as actively in the experience as the shadow actors, their jokes, shouts and props moving at a remarkable pace. Blinking means missing everything. “Rock horror” doesn’t allow it The audience sits back and watches; it forces them to get up again and again and make the “leap in time”.

The FBC faces a unique challenge every week: keeping a film that’s half a century old up to date. “Everyone has their own take on things,” Coach said. The personalities of the shadow cast shine through on stage and breathe new life into the characters. At the same time, the FBC strives to depict what is happening on the screen as accurately as possible.

Coach explained how experienced performers inspired her acting choices. “I look forward to it [them] for inspiration on…how I can move my face in a certain way [I think] “Oh, I didn’t notice that subtle hand gesture before. If I’m able to do that, maybe it will bring more life to the character.‘” Coach said.

The FBC members support each other in all facets of the performance. The coach particularly emphasized the importance of consent, saying: “[it’s] crazy, crazy, important because the film is sexual in nature and you are performing sexual acts with people you may not necessarily know well.” The FBC promotes a culture of communication both during performances and behind the scenes.

The word that gets to the point “Rock horror” is “family”.“According to Coach, musical alien incest be damned. “People don’t participate in shadowcasting just because they want to perform,” she says said. “You come with the understanding that you’re looking for community.”

The rich heritage that the FBC has inherited through “Rock Horror” spans decades and nations. Theirs is the kingdom of a kind of heaven where sex, absurdity and joy are pure and unbridled.

Coach talked about a moving moment during his performance “Rock Horror” last year with the FBC at the Emerson Colonial Theater. “I remember being Brad and holding and watching my Janet, who was my portrayer Athena [5,000] Glow sticks are bobbing around and I’m like, “What the?” F— Is My Life? This is bizarre.’ That was really very special. And I look forward to doing it again.”

There’s definitely a light on over at the AMC Boston Common.