Recent tv: Rocky Horror revival

[mazephoenix]

Well it was pretty.


Laverne Cox is hard to take your eyes off, but her Frank suffers from a terrible accent.
Reeve Carney is a standout as Riff Raff but Christina Milan lets him down as Magenta, overdoing the crazysexy just a bit. Victoria Justice is a great singer and a fine actress, so her Janet does well. Susan Sarandon's singing was so, so bad. (though I still love her Janet).
Overall it looks too clean and bright, not nearly dangerous enough. Adam Lambert is okay, but no MeatLoaf. This version of "Time Warp" could have rocked more, and Cox would have sung better if she'd not tried so hard to sound like Tim Curry. Her final number is good. The parts with Tim Curry as the narrator were best. By letting a woman play Frank(as they did on Glee too) they are being more conventional, yet still pushing the envelope as Cox is trans. Frank remains the mad scientist upsetting middle class America, the other so to speak. I hope this was something Cox was okay with. She is arresting and beautiful and her being center stage despite the accent is a treat.

Comments

[vanillalime]

I recorded this, but I haven't yet watched it. Last weekend, I watched the original RHPS with the idea of getting into the spirit of the thing before watching this remake. In retrospect, that was probably a mistake, because nothing can compare to the original. I love Adam Lambert, though, (the only live concert I've been to in the last 10+ years was his), so I might just watch until his scene is over.

I'm so happy to hear that Tim Curry was good. I thinks he's had major health problems lately, so I worried that his appearance would be uncomfortable to watch.

[mazephoenix.livejournal.com]

He sits down for his bits, but the narrator does so..he seemed pretty okay(and having fun). I loved Reeve Carney so much as Riff Raff..but the original is hard to beat.