REAL violence in RHPS
GirlVamp
Not to sound like a jerk, as most of you know I am cool with just about
whatever anyone wants to do in Rocky. But.....
That just sounds like a good way to lose your theater or give Rocky a bad name.
It's all staged in the movie and in the live show and if anyone ever got hurt
in was most likly on accident. It's not really a good idea because some day
someone could get permanent damage if you are not careful (poke out an eye or
something) I know for myself i would feel bad if I hurt someone even on
accident
Claddagh
On 13 Jun 1998 02:13:51 GMT, tcurr...@aol.com (TCurryGirl) wrote:
>
>I think it's pretty cool what we do in our cast...
>
>I play Frank and when I kill Eddie I REALLY wail on him with a plastic pix
>axe.. I mean this poor guy usually bleeds.. bloody nose, bruises, and let's not
>forget WELTS on his back that take 2 weeks to heal..
>
>I also REALLY slap the Janet HARD...
>
>do any other casts part take in these forms of abuse???
We hit Mike (Eddie) upside the head now and again with a
folding chair. Sometimes he blacks out, but it's all in fun, right?
MoogGeek
>
>I play Frank and when I kill Eddie I REALLY wail on him with a plastic pix
>axe.. I mean this poor guy usually bleeds.. bloody nose, bruises, and let's
>not
>forget WELTS on his back that take 2 weeks to heal..
>
>I also REALLY slap the Janet HARD...
>
>do any other casts part take in these forms of abuse???
Hell no!! jeeeeeeeez. not to sound like a mommy or something, but i dont think
thats cool at all... i just stepped oour Brads toe last show and i felt bad.. i
couldnt imagine doing that sort of thing on purpose..... What does your cast
think about it?? i cant imagine that the guy that plays eddie actually likes
being given a bloddy nose... and i know if i were janet and frank really
slapped me, id be taking off my maryjanes and beating the hell outta him/her.
i dont know if its done for humour or "realism" , but i for one dont think its
funny, and im kinda sure the movie was fake....
Allthough there have been a couplea times i wish i couldve kicked the shit out
of someone i was performing with...grrrr...
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Duncan Campbell
TCurryGirl <tcurr...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>I play Frank and when I kill Eddie I REALLY wail on him with a plastic pix
>axe.. I mean this poor guy usually bleeds.. bloody nose, bruises, and let's not
>forget WELTS on his back that take 2 weeks to heal..
>
>I also REALLY slap the Janet HARD...
>
>do any other casts part take in these forms of abuse???
>
Definately not to that extent. I didn't know you had it
in you, Amanda.
Sure, during the creation scene, Frank kicks Riff in the butt
and Riff, hamming it up, falls off stage.
Sure, Janet knees Frank in the nuts... but only the female Franks.
Sure, Frank uses a real whip on Riff, but it is always after
the severity has been discussed between them.
Yes, we've used a *real* axe during the freezer scene. Theatre
management got a bit pissed about that, so now we use a plastic
head... just in case it flew off the handle, ya know?
We've used a real chainsaw during the dinner scene, or just provided
power for the electric knife prop.
Riff has thrown Frank to the ground in an ungraceful replication
of the "oh baby" creation dance. He's shot Frank with a blowtorch.
He's shot Columbia, right between the tits, with a whole can of silly
string. That after secretly replacing her vibrator with rasor blades...
( dinner scene scream )
But damage? Welts? Blood? No, not since Heather Moses left town.
Duncan
Thumper43
Ello
<<do any other casts part take in these forms of abuse???>>
Welp..where shall we begin....
I take ALOT of physical abuse when performing RHPS (wether it be at C35 back in
the day, Teaneck, and now Boonton)
I've been playing Riff Raff for well over 5 years and ask ANYONE for the C35
cast that when Frank kicks me at the wheel....i actually got airborn!!!!
i took falls off of chairs, 7 foot high stages, etc. just for kicks and that
greatest feeling is when its done Sooooo believable..that the audience falls
silent and someone has to check to make sure you're still alive.
I also have been racked acroos the back of the calf with Wombats "real leather"
Bullwhip (left a mark for about 2 months) but i got even and managed to break
his Nose during "Touch-a" ....
Don't ask.
I also remember a night when Wombat was chasing our Rocky at the time through
the theatre...slipped, and broke 3 ribs.
Love and my love for pain,
**HAPPY NOODLE BOY**
Keeper of the *Book of Happy*
"Seems like everybody's got, something
I have not, a reason not to DIE!
So I say DEATH to Mr. Right,
'Cause thats not ME!"
DikOfDeth
Pain in Rocky is going to happen. I rarely go through a week without hurting
SOMETHING. But on purpose?? No. What's the point of that anyway??
The audience is going to assume you're just kidding around, they can't tell
you're ACTUALLY hurting someone, and for me personally, it's not something I
would like to see.
It's not realism. Tim Curry didn't really kill Meatloaf, and Richard O'Brien
didn't really have a laser. They faked it. And so should we.
Q aka Vanessa
Sera, Lilith, I have many names
diko...@aol.com (DikOfDeth) wrote:
>Pain in Rocky is going to happen. I rarely go through a week without hurting
>SOMETHING. But on purpose?? No. What's the point of that anyway??
I agree, Curtis Mashi once commented that he hated the Pheonix theater
because everytime he performed there, he hurt himself. Why on earch would
anyone want to deliberately hurt someone?
>The audience is going to assume you're just kidding around, they can't tell
>you're ACTUALLY hurting someone, and for me personally, it's not something I
>would like to see.
In fact, it's funnier and more amusing when it's soo obvious it's kidding
and it's just silliness.
>It's not realism. Tim Curry didn't really kill Meatloaf, and Richard O'Brien
>didn't really have a laser. They faked it. And so should we.
As to weather Tim Curry and the others really ate Meatloaf, that's for
other's to decide.
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Thumper43
ello
<<Why on earch would
anyone want to deliberately hurt someone?>>
welp, pain induced or received can be considerd a fetish,
and to some people..quite enjoyable!!!
i've said too much.
Arthur Levesque
DikOfDeth (diko...@aol.com) wrote:
DoD>Pain in Rocky is going to happen. I rarely go through a week without
DoD>hurting SOMETHING. But on purpose?? No. What's the point of that
DoD>anyway??
Some people enjoy it. And as long as no DAMAGE is caused, it's not
that big a deal. As Riff Raff, I usually insist on a real whipping from
Frank...
DoD>The audience is going to assume you're just kidding around, they
DoD>can't tell you're ACTUALLY hurting someone...
I dunno, I've seen eyes popping out in the front rows when people
could tell the whip was really connecting...
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RiFF4711
>Some people enjoy it. And as long as no DAMAGE is caused, it's not
>that big a deal. As Riff Raff, I usually insist on a real whipping from
>Frank...
>could tell the whip was really connecting...
Exactly. As a Riff I always insist that I be whipped and kicked at the proper
times. The audience always falls silent when they hear the intensity of the
whip. I think its a great effect. I mean, things ocassionally go wrong (Rob I
believe pointed out that he had been hit in the thigh before...personally, our
Frank once accidentally cracked the whip right across the back of my head and
it ended up cracking right on my cheek...it drew blood, but the audience loved
it, so who am I to complain?). Oh well... violence for the sake of violence is
stupid. Violence for the sake of the audience...well...bring it on. See you all
on the next Jerry Springer....
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Sage4711
yikes, what a weird subject.....
Personally, i play frank, and when i go to kick Riff i barley place my foot on
the small of his back and then BAM i hear this really big crash and fall...yup,
its rob flying 20 feet into the air...and thats the beauty...he does it
himself, so i am not worried if i kicked him into the wall....
Now granted, i have *by accident* caught riff with the whip, and *by accident*
really slapped the janet, but on that account she, oops really kicked me in the
crotch (and it does hurt for girls too ya know!)....but nothing was ever like "
i hate you, take that!!" and then i slug the eddie or something...
yeah, people may enjoy it, but come on now....the whole thing is about creating
an illusion....you really dont have to hurt someone on purpose...thats just
wrong...
love
laURen
Thumper43
Ello
Riff4711 wrote:
<<Rob I believe pointed out that he had been hit in the thigh
before...personally, our Frank once accidentally cracked the whip right across
the back of my head and it ended up cracking right on my cheek...it drew
blood,...>>
Yes..but never DREW BLOOD!!!! (jeez....)
But the whip WAS racked across my claf..left the WORST puffy welt across my
calf for about 2 months...probably would have been bloody, if it didn't have to
go through the pant-leg.
When ya said "drew blood"..did it actually go THROUGH the clothing...or cut
your face?
just curious
Thumper43
Ello
opps..forgot to mention...
laURen wrote:
<<Personally, i play frank, and when i go to kick Riff i barley place my foot
on the small of his back and then BAM i hear this really big crash and
fall...yup, its rob flying 20 feet into the air...>>
yeah..but laURen...you DO have a fantastic job....
Just think of all the people waiting in line to give me a good swift kick in
the ass each week!!!
heehehhee
Kate Pitroff
In article <199806151931...@ladder03.news.aol.com> riff...@aol.com (RiFF4711) writes:
>From: riff...@aol.com (RiFF4711)
>Subject: Re: REAL violence in RHPS
>Date: 15 Jun 1998 19:31:50 GMT
>>Some people enjoy it. And as long as no DAMAGE is caused, it's not
>>that big a deal. As Riff Raff, I usually insist on a real whipping from
>>Frank...
>>I've seen eyes popping out in the front rows when people
>>could tell the whip was really connecting...
>Exactly. As a Riff I always insist that I be whipped and kicked at the proper
>times. The audience always falls silent when they hear the intensity of the
>whip. I think its a great effect. I mean, things ocassionally go wrong (Rob I
>believe pointed out that he had been hit in the thigh before...personally, our
>Frank once accidentally cracked the whip right across the back of my head and
>it ended up cracking right on my cheek...it drew blood, but the audience loved
>it, so who am I to complain?). Oh well... violence for the sake of violence is
>stupid. Violence for the sake of the audience...well...bring it on. See you all
>on the next Jerry Springer....
Folks, please make sure you understand the risks of this scene. I pulled a
stroke (and I'm not bad with a whip -- lots of practice) to avoid hitting a
dumbshit audience member who had decided to move to the floor right before the
whipping scene, and ended up with the whip lash _in_my_eye_. I hit it in
exactly the right place, ie, to the side....about an eighth of an inch to the
left would have blinded me, at least temporarily, if not permanently.
Now, I love this movie as much as the next freak, but I'm not willing to go
blind for it.
Be careful out there, folks.
Kate
"A Jump to the Left"
Tucson, AZ
Jeff Mach
Well, yes, we have done actual whippings...
...but most of our cast consists of practicing sadomasochists, so
what do you expect?
-Jeff Mach
Retired President,
Rutgers Rocky Horror Club
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