December 2022

After reading this as the intention of the writers, I looked at The Rocky Horror Picture Show differently. I always hated in school how they taught us about symbolism in movies, etc. I always thought that was garbage, but I have learned and now admit that I was wrong in this thinking. Sometimes a “cigar is just a cigar” as Dr. Freud said, but there are cases where this symbolism is real. Looking at The Rocky Horror Picture Show with these glasses on, it made so much sense. Everyone at the Doctor’s castle is weird and they get along and have fun because of this common ground. The two odd people, who would have been considered normal, end up learning that being different is ok. They even become part of the weirdos in the end. We often learn that trying something new means we might find something we like.