The Rocky Horror Glee Show

By Rachel LeGros

This past week’s episode of Glee caused some upset with parents who have children who watch the television show. The episode’s plot was the Glee club doing The Rocky Horror Picture Show for the year’s musical. The cast performed covers of songs such as “Time Warp” and “Dammit Janet,” and to some viewers, was a bit too risqué for television. Maybe one of the most controversial scenes of the episode was the cast’s spin on the song “Sweet Transvestite,” sung by Amber Riley.

The episode also caused some upset with die-hard Rocky Horror fans. On the Youtube videos of the Glee cast performing the songs, there is an abundance of comments stating things such as “I can’t believe they would try to cover Rocky Horror” or “Rocky Horror’s version is so much better.”

With 11.76 million viewers that night, apparently the controversial matter of the episode didn’t matter.