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| − | During the height of the worldwide 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic, all North American venues that showed ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' on a regular basis had been closed for nearly three months or more. All ''Rocky Horror'' screenings, [[Conventions]], [[Audience Participation]], and [[shadowcast]] events and activities had been cancelled until further notice. In late June 2020, an influential and long-time cast leader had resigned from a long-held leadership position in response to allegations of failing to act on reports of harassment and abuse | + | During the height of the worldwide 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic, all North American venues that showed ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' on a regular basis had been closed for nearly three months or more. All ''Rocky Horror'' screenings, [[Conventions]], [[Audience Participation]], and [[shadowcast]] events and activities had been cancelled until further notice. In late June 2020, an influential and long-time cast leader had resigned from a long-held leadership position in response to allegations of failing to act on reports of harassment and abuse committed by other members of the cast. Sensing a void in leadership, and seeking to expand their power and influence over the ''Rocky Horror'' "community", a significant number of self-serving, self-appointed, ambitious, and often delusional ''Rocky Horror'' shadowcast members began behaving in full "[[Loretta]] mode", and began to vie for the exalted, yet non-existent position of "#1 King/Queen Shit of Rocky Horror". Operating from the relatively safe and comfortable environment of social media, many of these individuals waged a campaign with the stated goal of seeking out, identifying, purging, and eliminating all "abusers" from the ''Rocky Horror'' "community". Long-time rivalries and hostilities finally reached critical mass, often along generational lines. As a result, an atmosphere of fear, mass hysteria, mistrust, and paranoia gripped the Rocky Horror "community". Augmented with lies, hearsay, gossip, unsubstantiated claims, rumors, false accusations, finger-pointing, character assassination, smears, cruelty, insults, name-calling, and petty jealousies, some people who had been involved with ''Rocky Horror'' for decades were targeted and had their lives negatively impacted. Some of the individuals targeted were not involved in any alleged abuse, nor had they been charged or convicted of any crime in any legal jurisdiction. Friendships ended, and old friends became enemies. It is considered to one of the most significant changes in attitudes towards ''Rocky Horror'' since ''[[Fame]]'' opened in 1980, and like ''[[The Rocky Horror Glee Show]]'' and ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again]]'', it ranks as one of the most unfortunate events in the history of the ''Rocky Horror'' "community". |
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Revision as of 14:48, 30 June 2020
The Great Shadow Cast-Off Of 2020, also known as "The Rocky Horror Karen Show", "Rocky Newbies Show Their Heels", "Revenge Of The Young Queens", "Rocky’s COVID Crack-Up", and "The COVID Generation Coup", were a series of events that took place via social media in the Rocky Horror "community" during the end of June 2020.
Overview
During the height of the worldwide 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic, all North American venues that showed The Rocky Horror Picture Show on a regular basis had been closed for nearly three months or more. All Rocky Horror screenings, Conventions, Audience Participation, and shadowcast events and activities had been cancelled until further notice. In late June 2020, an influential and long-time cast leader had resigned from a long-held leadership position in response to allegations of failing to act on reports of harassment and abuse committed by other members of the cast. Sensing a void in leadership, and seeking to expand their power and influence over the Rocky Horror "community", a significant number of self-serving, self-appointed, ambitious, and often delusional Rocky Horror shadowcast members began behaving in full "Loretta mode", and began to vie for the exalted, yet non-existent position of "#1 King/Queen Shit of Rocky Horror". Operating from the relatively safe and comfortable environment of social media, many of these individuals waged a campaign with the stated goal of seeking out, identifying, purging, and eliminating all "abusers" from the Rocky Horror "community". Long-time rivalries and hostilities finally reached critical mass, often along generational lines. As a result, an atmosphere of fear, mass hysteria, mistrust, and paranoia gripped the Rocky Horror "community". Augmented with lies, hearsay, gossip, unsubstantiated claims, rumors, false accusations, finger-pointing, character assassination, smears, cruelty, insults, name-calling, and petty jealousies, some people who had been involved with Rocky Horror for decades were targeted and had their lives negatively impacted. Some of the individuals targeted were not involved in any alleged abuse, nor had they been charged or convicted of any crime in any legal jurisdiction. Friendships ended, and old friends became enemies. It is considered to one of the most significant changes in attitudes towards Rocky Horror since Fame opened in 1980, and like The Rocky Horror Glee Show and The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again, it ranks as one of the most unfortunate events in the history of the Rocky Horror "community".
