Etiquette and The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Contributed by Myrna the Minx of on July 17, 2006 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

I agree with Elizabeth MacLean about the shocking lack of manners in today’s society. Last night I attended Artown’s presentation of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and was aghast at the breach in etiquette demonstated by so many attendees. As you may know, the rules of The Rocky Horror Picture Show clearly state that all props are to be thrown up and back. However, the toddlers sitting behind me spent all night trying to bean unsuspecting viewers in front of them with toilet paper rolls and spray them with their high-powered water guns. And when I say toddlers, I mean toddlers. There were so many dirty, beastly children running around the show, I could barely concentrate on doing the Time Warp, ridiculing the virgins, or when to yell “asshole” and “slut.”

Their slightly older cousins spent all night yelling about how all the teenage girls who used the excuse of the RHPS to dress up in slutty lingerie (Yeah, its like a second Halloween!) wanted to be “banged.” Obviously, these guys didn’t know the rule about not making fun of people in costume or that all of us were sluts that night–including them–except they were dumb sluts.

So if a parent thinks its a good idea to bring their children to a raunchy movie about alien transexuals, its not my problem right? I mean, I shouldn’t have to worry about corrupting the children of such idiotic parents. I was going to yell all the obscenities I wanted to goddamn it. I was able to remain calm through most of the performance, but the last straw was when I reached down to grab my tiolet paper roll only to ram a toddler’s face down into the pavement who was trying to steal it. I didn’t know he was there, I swear. But toilet paper theft is beyond uncouth. And all the crying and the blood–come on–what a faker. There was a lesson he and his parents (in the frickin’ high-backed chairs) needed to learn, and I think with my help, they did.

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Comments

Thank you, Myrna. It’s nice to know others are appalled by rude behaviour and lack of manners in public around this town.

What the RGJ would not print was the original wording of my letter. The “large retailer” was the Large Discount Retailer in Spanish Springs. Perhaps too obviously referring to Walmart? They do have some very nice employees - but they also have some that in my opinion have no business in a “customer service” position.

Next year I will borrow my neighbour’s large water cannon to bring Rocky Horror and we can sit together and take care of the high back chairs and clean up their children for them!