{"id":8921,"date":"2017-10-30T16:03:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T21:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/?p=8921"},"modified":"2017-10-30T16:03:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T21:03:53","slug":"rocky-horror-a-hit-with-students-bats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/archives\/8921","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Rocky Horror&#8217; a hit with students, bats"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8922\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8922\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2017\/10\/Costumes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-8922\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2017\/10\/Costumes-200x123.jpg\" alt=\"The winners.\" width=\"200\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2017\/10\/Costumes-200x123.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2017\/10\/Costumes-400x247.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/files\/2017\/10\/Costumes.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The winners.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>by Lindsey Smith&#8211;<\/strong>In true Halloween spirit, students (and bats) gathered at Klinger Neal Theater on Friday night to watch the cult classic <em>The<\/em> <em>Rocky Horror Picture Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Around thirty students showed up for Alpha Psi Omega\u2019s (Theater Honor Society) first event. As if the event wasn\u2019t already spooky enough, two bats decided to fly around the theater halfway through.<\/p>\n<p>Several students competed in the Halloween costume contest portion and included the characters of Kim Possible, Rick and Morty, Bob Ross, and senior citizens. Bob Ross took first place and senior citizens were in second.<\/p>\n<p>Upon entering the theater, everyone was given a piece of paper and some props to use during the movie. Students were encouraged to be interactive as the paper suggests to yell \u201cSlut!\u201d whenever Janet\u2019s character appears, and \u201cAsshole!\u201d whenever Brad\u2019s character appears. Students also blew noisemakers, danced, and threw rice and confetti.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe point of <em>Rocky Horror <\/em>is to be as loud and profane as possible,\u201d Joey Volquartsen, an Alpha Psi Omega member announced before the movie.<\/p>\n<p>Brock Bourek, a first time viewer, definitely had mixed feelings about the parody horror film, but overall he says, \u201cI enjoyed the movie except for the last twenty minutes. Then it felt as though it was dragging on and on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alpha Psi Omega members were excited about the turnout and are eager to put on more events for students in the future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lindsey Smith&#8211;In true Halloween spirit, students (and bats) gathered at Klinger Neal Theater on Friday night to watch the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Around thirty students showed up for Alpha Psi Omega\u2019s (Theater Honor Society) first event. As if the event wasn\u2019t already spooky enough, two bats decided to fly around&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":8922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[205],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8923,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8921\/revisions\/8923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}