ENOUGH ABOUT THE ROCKY HORROR GLEE SHOW

Why oh why are people so up-in-arms about Glee's Rocky Horror episode? You'd think they took a shit on Tim Curry's face or something? Enough already. If you didn't like it, you didn't like it. I hate to be the one to break the news to you, but when the Rocky Horror Picture Show was first released it got SCATHING reviews from critics too. Now, I love RHPS. I've seen it many, many times. It's irreverent and hilarious and moving and allows people to let themselves go for a while. What Glee did was not the Rocky Horror Show. They are doing a weekly television show that pays homage to all sorts of things in pop culture. Was it their best episode? No. Not by a long shot. Was it the worst? No. Not by a long shot. Look, no high school would ever be allowed to do Rocky Horror as their fall musical. If you think they would, you are either kidding yourself or not a lot of dumbass high schools. It's not really appropriate for a high school. Not because of how gay it is, but because of how sexual it is. (And by the way, I don't know if many of the critics who lambasted Lea Michele for wearing her panties in a magazine are actually WATCHING this show, but it is not as "Disney" as they seem to think it is. Brittany and Santana discussed "scissoring" last week for gay's sake.) Yes, Glee missed the point of the RHPS in a lot of ways, but so do a lot of people. The fact of the matter is, it also got a lot of people to discover or REdiscover the original. As of today the soundtrack to the Rocky Horror Picture show was #6 on iTunes. The Rocky Horror Glee Show was #2. They changed some words. DUH! It's a television show. It didn't really bother me that they said sensational instead of transsexual. Frank'n'Furter was being played by a girl. So what? People know that the network also has a say in the final product that goes on the air, right? People know Ryan Murphy and the writers don't have carte blanche to do and say whatever they want, right? Reasonable people know the rules of network television, RIGHT? Guess not. And for the record, no, Finn did NOT look that great with his shirt off. There, I said it. Then again, he's 28, so he shouldn't have the body fat of a 16 year old. Once again, IT'S A TELEVISION SHOW. What Glee did in this episode is what they do a lot: took something from pop culture and designed an episode around it. It doesn't always make sense when you develop a show that way. Maybe it's just time for them to start getting backlash. I don't know. I just enjoy the show. Some episodes are moving and great and magical; some are fun and silly and stupid; some are unbelievable and pandering, but I always ALWAYS have fun watching it. If all the people having myocardial infarctions over the episode actually watched it, at least we know that Glee's ratings aren't slipping. Having said all this, if you haven't seen Rocky Horror Picture Show, do it sooner than later. It's a blast!!! Now, in case you missed the Rocky Horror GLEE Show, you can watch it below. Enjoy and have a good day, sir.