HTRLLAP: Chapter 17- ...Except Sex.

*Guess what! More spoilers.*

When I first read the prompt for this assignment, I thought "there is no way that I have ever read or seen anything that even remotely suggests sex without saying it." Eventually, I realized that sexual allusions are everywhere, especially in movies like Moulin Rouge that want to keep a PG-13 rating. Then, I re-watched the mother lode of sexual suggestive-ness: Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Anyone who's seen RHPS knows that it's.... crazy. There's no other words. With a plot that is all over the place, a transvestite alien scientist, and raunchy inappropriate-ness everywhere, viewers must be warned. There are four major "almost sex" scenes. Each involve different characters and add immensely to characterizations and plot.

1. The first scene is between Dr. Frankenfurter and his sex toy creation, Rocky. After singing a lovely song about muscles and sweat, a curtain pulls back revealing a bed chamber as the marriage march plays. Rocky and Dr. Frankenfurter walk into it and as the curtain closes, Frankenfurter jumps on top of Rocky, straddling Rocky's chest with his legs. And we all know what happens next. What this shows is that Frankenfurter is infatuated with his creation, and Rocky has a rampant libido and no idea what's going on, making him easy to manipulate later in the movie.




2. Second, we see an interesting encounter between the heroine Janet Wise and Dr. Frankenfurter. Frankenfurter comes into Janet's dimly lit room and seduces her while disguised as Janet's fiancee Brad. When she realizes that her lover isn't Brad, she freaks out, but Frankenfurter convinces her to play along. Behind a screen, the two start kissing and we hear laughing as the screen goes dark. We see that Frankenfurter has a libido worse than Rocky and that he is very persuasive.But we also realize, that Janet isn't as uptight as she seems. She is gradually falling into the castle's decadence.




3. The third scene is almost verbatim to the second. This time however, Dr. Frankenfurter preys on Brad. Once again, using the same words, Frankenfurter convinces Brad to play along and the screen again goes black. It seems Brad has a weak will as well. Janet sees the two men (if you'd like to call Frankenfurter that) together on the camera screen, and she is driven straight into the arms of...




4. ...Rocky! She finds him crying after being chased by some very big dogs, and she just goes for it because she feels betrayed by Brad. Janet sings a very suggestive song and the two are last seen laying together in a box. Later, they're found holding cloth up to hide their naked bodies. This infuriates Frankenfurter and Brad, though both eventually forgive their partners.

From all this suggested sex, viewers clearly see that there is something erotic and strange going on in the castle. Well, they don't clearly see it, but it's understood. Straight up sex scenes would make RHPS just too much to handle. Suggested sex scenes make it awkward, but fun.