It’s a standard line in the stage show.
His voice is in the mix, though I’ve seen claims that it’s actual Richard O’Brien’s voice. Either way - it’s the dominant voice when that line is sung.
Laverne Cox was good, but just not “right”. Her singing was lovely, it just didn’t have the sardonic bite Tim Curry’s did. And I agree with the accent shifting - she was all over the place.
I disliked whoever it was that played Magenta. She sucked. Victoria Justice as Janet also did nothing for me.
It’s difficult - I’ve never seen the stage production, but have watched the movie a ton of times. I kept comparing it to the movie and it came up seriously short. I know many of the actors came from kiddy-TV, and that’s how it felt. A Nickelodeon version.
Glad I stopped watching when the first song started, then. I hear enough kiddy-TV through my SO and her love of Disney Channel.
I only watched the first half but I enjoyed what I saw for the most part. I adore Laverne Cox yet wasn’t expecting much for the particular role. I’d seen a commercial and thought “I can tell she’s trying to imitate Mr. Curry but I can hear her black woman’s voice coming through”. She really changed my mind. There were a few points where she sounded so good I thought she might be lip syncing to the original. Did anyone else notice that? Anyway she’s a great dancer and I thought she did a great job. None of the other cast members really stuck out for me with the exception of the young man who played Riff Raff. Just . . . wow.Also, the actress who was the theater usher in the opening was extraordinarily beautiful.
Not a bad effort, but the music definitely was lacking something - did not have the punch of the original movie soundtrack. Sounded way overproduced - more pop than rock.
Really, really didn’t like the actress playing Columbia.
And I thought the set design sucked. I don’t really see better production values in this remake. Maybe slightly better special effects, but as a spoof of 50’s sci-fi/horror movies the special effects are supposed to be cheesy.
Nice to see they found a spot for Tim Curry, but kind of sad to see how badly the stroke affected him. Yet another thing making me feel old…
Hated it.
There was absolutely no edge to it. The songs had been turned into poppy bouncy tunes, which is not what Rocky is. There was no salacious perversion in the background. The players were… too normal. A blue Mohawk is no longer scandalous. Rocky was wearing too many clothes. The Floor Show was… a floor show.
They took the leering lust out of the show, and turned it into a Mormon stage production.
Bleh.
Tim Curry had a stroke? 
That doesn’t make me feel old but is sure makes me feel sad.
Judging from the costume, precariously.
I caught the last 20 minutes. Meh, I’m not going to go looking for the first 2/3 of the show. It looked to me like they just filmed the production by a theater cast at a midnight showing.
When I first heard Fox was doing this I actually thought it was going to be a live broadcast, which excited me. Too bad that wasn’t the case.
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Over produced, lame and includes commercials. I turned it off with the introduction of the Dr. Frank-N-Ffurter character (a high point in the film replaced with someone being lowered on a boom here. How original.) If you were one of those who were audience members during the heyday of the original film, you too will probably projectile vomit all over your TV screen before you can grab the remote and erase this “production” from your mind.
A Time Warp indeed.
the problem is the original movie release was one of those "you had to be there " moments in time because the shock value is gone … although one review asked if adam lambert was busy when they casted it…
We watched it. It wasn’t bad, it just seemed almost quaint to me. There was no danger in it; the taboos being broken and the boundaries being pushed are not anything that would make the average middle class persons of today uncomfortable. It was like a skit at a convention for The Veterans of the Sexual Revolution.
What little I saw of it actually seemed less edgy than the 2010 Glee episode that involved a high school production of The Rocky Horror Show – and that episode was widely criticized for awkwardly sanitizing the source material.
Motto of the Veterans of the Sexual Revolution: Veni, Veni, Veni
I agree with this analysis, and I think it’s a celebration of how far we’ve come. We can have a sexy romp with distinct gay and S&M themes, active and libidinous female sexuality, and implied nudity, all headed up by a black trans woman, and people are complaining about how safe it all is. It’s like all that weird 1970s SF came true and nobody noticed. It’s wonderful.
To me, the best part was the opening number, Science Fiction Double Feature. I loved that they included Trixie the usherette, who was in the stage show but was replaced by disembodied lips in the movie. I enjoyed Adam Lambert’s performance as Eddie, but found myself wishing that he’d played Frank. Laverne Cox was trying so hard that I wanted to hug her and tell her that she could unwind a little.
All in all, it was a bit of a disappointment, but not a disaster.
Wasn’t a complete waste of my time! Definitely felt safe compared to the original, but it was far more entertaining than some reviews had suggested. I liked the cuts to the audience.
Trixie the Usherette was a great addition, and more fun that watching lips for 4-5 minutes. Probably my favorite change to the movie. I did NOT love Adam Lambert’s “Hot Patootie” Frankly, I had higher expectations for him. I was so looking forward to that number.
I wasn’t wild at first about the new Columbia, but decided I liked that she didn’t just try to copy Little Nell, like Laverne Cox did with Tim Curry. She was probably the low point for me, but to be fair, I don’t envy anyone stepping into that role after Curry. Perhaps Adam Lambert WOULD have been better. I doubt he would have been worse.
Speaking of Tim Curry, I’m glad that they found a role he could handle, and his female assistant was something of a hoot. So sad to see him post-stroke, but good to see him again nonetheless.
I loved it and I’ll tell ya why.
I spent many weekends in my youth participating in Rocky Horror shows playing Magenta, not on a stage really, just acting out parts with my friends in front of the screen at the theater. Rocky Horror was a fun event, it wasn’t just a movie. We all brought our props and we all knew our lines and we all sang along. Everyone made the characters their own while still trying to be the characters on the screen. I think Laverne Cox did an outstanding job. No, she wasn’t Tim Curry. She was Laverne Cox playing the same character Tim Curry played. Magenta looked a lot different too but that’s okay.
If anything I think maybe she was a little too feminine, so instead of transvestite she was more like a sort of masculine woman (I know she’s trans, I’m just saying how it seemed to me) maybe like Grace Jones. It was different. But I have seen other women do Frank N. Furter so it wasn’t a big deal.
Hot Patootie was awful though.