Tonight, the tv show Glee will debut its Rocky Horror Picture Show episode. I love love love Rocky. Unfortunately, a few months ago, I tried to introduce some friend to it and it didn't go well. This being Halloween and all (aka, the Holy Grail of Rocky weeks--and my favorite days of the year), I'm chalking the experience up to Norfolk and returning to my love of all the glam and gloom in the film.
I've never seen Glee, but I know about it. It's got good ratings and people in cubicles talk it up. The real, real reason I know about it, though, is because I went to high school with one of its stars, Jayma Mays. When you're from Appalachia and everyone knows everyone, when someone becomes famous, everyone knows about it.
So, I happen to know this: Jayma loves Rocky Horror. In drama class, it was danced to regularly. She even used "Toucha Touch Me" as her audition song for Glee. This is rad. I'm not normally a namedropper and fame doesn't impress me. You know what does impress me? People working hard and doing their thing and getting recognition for it. And having fun. Looks like she's accomplishing all that.
Here's a sneak peek of tonight's episode.
Here's an interview with Jayma about all things Rocky.
