Showing posts with label Rocky Horror Picture Show. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rocky Horror Picture Show. Show all posts

28 July 2008

The French British Connection

It's uncanny. Sometimes it seems that nearly everything I enjoy in the media of has some kind of connection to the UK.

Take Battlestar Galactica. I've known for ages that there are a couple of British characters -- that's obvious. But it wasn't until recently that I found out that one of the main leads, Lee Adama (Apollo), is played by a Brit. Yep, Jamie Bamber is from Hammersmith. Click here to hear his real voice.

Everyone's raving about The Dark Night? British director.

As a kid, I went to the Rocky Horror Picture Show about a dozen times. (Was that sharing too much? I didn't dress up or anything.) It wasn't until years later that I learned how British RHPS truly is. It originated in London, it was filmed in Berkshire ... Tim Curry and Richard O'Brien are both subjects of the Queen ...

I just have to figure out the British angle on a couple of other important things in my life -- Bruce Springsteen and the Mets are two that spring to mind -- and my theory will be complete.