- Network: FOX
- Series Premiere Date: Oct 20, 2016
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Cox gets the job done in high vamp mode, even if her singing chops aren’t always quite up to par.
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Dutiful, reverent, energetic, expertly crafted and yet utterly incapable of escaping the long shadow of its exotic midnight forbear. The capacity to entertain is still here. The capacity to shock is not. Even as good as she is, Cox’s immaculate-- and historic--performance feels tame compared with Curry’s subversive screen one.
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Fox’s new version is a vibrant adaptation that faithfully captures the spirit of the original. But... there’s also a fatal flaw here that threatens to spoil the whole party. ... [Laverne Cox is] glaringly miscast here. She doesn’t stand out from her misfit horde like Frank should. Her singing isn’t up to snuff with the rest of the cast.
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Movie-izing the event showcases the vibrant production, but at the cost of spontaneous live energy, which would have better served this manic musical. The cast is nonetheless astounding. [21/28 Oct 2016, p.95]
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Visually very different from the film, TV's Rocky Horror Picture Show also boasts superior choreography and wildly inventive costuming. It's a wonderfully dark castle packed with twisted delights.
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Cox not only plays the central character of Dr. Frank N Furter, but she also nearly takes complete ownership of the entire production and would succeed if it weren’t for terrific work by the other cast members.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 34
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Mixed: 3 out of 34
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Negative: 25 out of 34
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