To the Editor:
Challen Stephens '95's review of the Rocky Horror Picture Show (Oct. 31) assumes that having an entire audience of seasoned Rocky Horror cult members is necessary for a good time.
I think that Saturday night's show proves that this is not the case. The Film Society was not attempting to have a cult show like that in any major city, for we have not shown Rocky at Dartmouth in six years.
There is no cult here. We were not expecting everyone to know the lines; this is why we distributed cards for the "Horror Impaired" and had a floorshow. Our goal was to allow everyone to be able to take part in the fun, bringing Rocky back to life at Dartmouth.
When Sally Rosenthal '95 and I looked out over the crowd and saw an entire sea of newspaper and, later, a goregeous cascade of toilet paper through the air, we knew that "virigins" and veterans were all in the spirit. While for many, it was their "first time," they were certainly treated to a real show and I think they will remember it for a long time.
We threw the biggest party on campus this weekend, and whether the audience responded in unison or not does not matter. What matters is that more than 750 of us celebrated together.
As a member of the audience at Rocky's 15th Anniversary Celebration in New York City, which was lead by the greatest of all Rocky Grandmasters, Sal Piro, I can give a little perspective to what occured in Webster Hall on Saturday.
The 15th Anniversary had 200 in attendance in a tiny theater where no props were allowed -- no rice, no nothing. Webster out-spirited the "cult" by leaps and bounds. Thank you to all the Dartmouth students who made the show possible!