FliegendeWolf 0 #1 July 9, 2003 BEER! for my first paper given at a conference. Do a search on the abstract page for my last name: http://mustec.bgsu.edu/~ftm7/abstracts.htm Edit: so you don't have to wade through all of the other abstracts A Sheep in Wolf’s Corset: Gendered Vocalism and Heteronormative Recuperation in The Rocky Horror Picture Show Steven Reale University of Michigan Although initially a failure, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) eventually became a cult hit, famous for the level of audience participation that any given showing would enjoy. Rocky Horror, a movie about a bisexual, transvestite scientist from the galaxy of Transylvania, effectively opened a space for audience members to explore queer sexuality in a safe, nonjudgmental environment. On the surface, Rocky Horror seems to deliver an overt message of sexual liberation. Some critics have pointed out, however, that beneath this surface exists a subtle message of sexual restraint; that the excess ostensibly promoted by the film in fact serves as a warning. This paper will consider the tension between the themes of restraint and liberation in Rocky Horror through the lenses of feminist, queer, and popular music theories, including Frith and McRobbie’s dichotomy between “cock rock” and “teenybop,” Shepherd’s analysis of gendered vocal timbre, Cusick’s theorization of the gendering of pop-rock vocal performance, and Walser’s discussion of heavy metal transvestism. In doing so, I hope to show that despite the hypersexual trimmings, The Rocky Horror Picture Show serves a conservative cultural function comparable to that of a Nineteenth-Century Bildungsroman: The show is, in other words, a first-person narrative outlining an episode in the coming of age of a very heteronormative protagonist, Brad Majors.A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevin922 0 #2 July 9, 2003 i couldn't find anything by wolf.. you're full of it unless your paper is entitled "A sheep in wolf's corset" i think that is more likley to be clay's though. :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FliegendeWolf 0 #3 July 9, 2003 That's the one, but Clay was my inspiration!A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #4 July 9, 2003 Is it a paper about TPS reports? ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TitaniumLegs 8 #6 July 9, 2003 Hey Hollister Heinies! Did you see this? "A Kiss on the Pineapple: The B-52's and Heterosexuality " (>o|-< If you don't believe me, ask me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueEyedMonster 0 #7 July 9, 2003 Ok I read the part about you (Congratulations; You rock!)... and some of the other stuff. Way too many big words. But the worst part, I understood them all. I swear! I'm not growing up! It's never gonna happen! You can't make me! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FliegendeWolf 0 #8 July 9, 2003 QuoteWay too many big words. But the worst part, I understood them all. I can't say I'm not surprised... A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #9 July 9, 2003 "It's astounding....time is fleeting...." Somebody else do the next line..."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FliegendeWolf 0 #10 July 9, 2003 Madness...takes its toll [69 CENTS PLEASE!!]A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattM 0 #11 July 9, 2003 QuoteIs it a paper about TPS reports? You didn't get the memo? Matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redtwiga 0 #12 July 9, 2003 Woohoo! Sounds interesting (and makes me miss school). Where's the rest of the paper? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #13 July 9, 2003 Quote That's the one, but Clay was my inspiration! Gald I could be of service. Just make sure to go get your own pasture!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #14 July 9, 2003 Quote A Sheep in Wolf’s Corset: Gendered Vocalism and Heteronormative Recuperation in The Rocky Horror Picture Show If anyone ever needs to see the movie, there's a theater here in Cambridge, Mass that plays that damn movie EVERY saturday night at midnite.... no shit.... JumpScars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #15 July 9, 2003 Quotethere's a theater here in Cambridge, Mass that plays that damn movie EVERY saturday night at midnite.... Actually......they have those in LOTS of places. Bring your rice, lighter, and newspaper. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #16 July 9, 2003 wow you get paid to do that?? sounds like that was a fun one to write. Got the whole thing posted somewhere? edit: just read thru all the others too..some interesting ideas i'd like to read as well, but at least a few occasions where the pseudo intellectual bullshit card needs to be throw...____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Girlfalldown 0 #17 July 9, 2003 Madness...takes its toll [69 CENTS PLEASE!!] *** So listen closely Not for very much longer I've got to keep controll (next) -------------- (Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take my posts seriously.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FliegendeWolf 0 #18 July 10, 2003 When I move to Cambridge exactly two weeks from today, I'd love to catch Rocky Horror with you if you're up for it sometime. A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FliegendeWolf 0 #19 July 10, 2003 Zen, I don't have it posted anywhere, but I'd be willing to send you a copy to read if you are interested. This goes for anyone...if you want to read my paper, the long version...not the abridged one I'll be reading at the conference, pm me your e-mail and I'll get it to you.A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sweeney 0 #20 July 10, 2003 (matt) mr im 2 good 2 call or write my friends. this u'll be the last time i ever write your ass Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
