Frankenstein in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"(1975)

The Rocky Horror Picture show was released in August, 1975. The show was written and directed by Jim Sharman and Richard O'brien, and later became a smash hit for halloween themed musical films. The Rocky Horror Picture Show plays into Mary Shelley's 1818 Frankenstein in a rather humerous manner, for starts Frankenstein's name is Frank-N-Furter in the show who instead of being a confused and raged monster, Frank-N-Furter genuinely concerns himself with healthy domestic home life relationships, and host's partys for other Transylvanian party goers. Victor, from the original Frankenstein, performs most of his hellish projects in private, and isolation that way he can perform his scientific work in secrecy from his friends and family. In contrast, Frank-N-Furter performs his hellish feats in public, surrounded by his Transylvanian friends who support his behaviors at first, until he kills Eddie, and tries to feed his party a human body on a plate as an act of cannabalism. Rather than avoiding social situations, and diving deep into self isolation, Frank-N-Furter represents the exact opposite, instead he seeks approval from his friends regarding his creations, while also being very open about his personalized desires and his opposition to the Transylvanian crime "straightness".

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14 Aug 1975