Posted by Fiddler Green at 63.242.130.49 on September 19, 2001 at 13:48:54:
In Reply to: J&SBSB the new Rocky Horror? posted by turtle on September 19, 2001 at 08:16:03:
: I've been to two recent Rocky Horrow Picture Shows, in two different states, and both had preshows that included major Jay and Silent Bob references. I spoke to one of the cast members, and he said that they were trying to think of a way incorporate even more J&SBSB material into the live part of the show.
: In the first show, in Cambridge, Mass, they did a live rendition of "Because I got High" while wearing some particularly Jay and Bob like clothing. And in Providence, Rhode Island, they ran the J&SBSB trailer and heckled it like they do Rocky. Both were very funny.
: Is this a trend? Could we see, in ten years, little goth stoners dressing up as Jay and Bob, and Banky and Holden, and Sissy, Missy, and the rest of the Scooby gang, on Saturday nights? Acting out the movie, and yelling and throwing things at the screen?
: "Kevin Smith has NO NECK!"
: "Dammit Banky, let's go screw!"
: Ya never know.
: -turtle
: wondering why she ever decided that it would be cool to go camping in Maine in late September...
While the idea of actually doing the live action stuff with any of the movies is interesting, the only that would NOT be a logistical nightmare would be clerks and that's only because, like RHPS, it's environment is constricted and wouldn't be hard to re-create. The rest of them, I shudder to think, would be a nightmare. On top of that, I have far too much respect for the body of work to even think of doing that.
That doesn't mean, however, I haven't crossed them.
During my experiences with a cast I'm affiliated with in Bowling Green, Ohio (home of Chuckie's Angels [gotta love the plug]) I and my girlfriend were playing Riff and Magenta and while we were getting ready for the space scene, I was struck by an idea. She was all for it and we hurried to change into the clothes we needed. Yes, I fully admit to exploiting my natural resemblence to Silent Bob (not Kevin Smith mind you, for there are several fundamental differences) to the highest, and instead of Riff and Magenta crashing the party, the crowd was treated to a yelling of "Snootch to the Motherfuckin' booooooooootch!" as she was dressed as Jay and I a gold-gat wielding Silent Bob. She spoke all the lines until I "killed" columbia, to which I looked deadpan at the crowd and delivered the "No Ticket" line from Dogma. It went over like a Pro-Wrestler appearing at a Double-Wide show, needless to say. Anyways, the moral to my rambling parable is this: Yes, you can cross the genres if you do it tastefully, but No, you can't recreate the Kevin Smith films in the same manner as RHPS.
A fan of both genres,
Fiddler