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Lazy Jacksonville
Fucks
By Gnosis
After much whining and bitching by members of Jacksonville's
population, Jim from Fuel and Max from Movement decided to try and
bring Jacksonville a staple of any medium-sized city's Saturday
nightlife; that is, a midnight showing ofThe Rocky Horror Picture
Show.
A midnight showing of RHPS is a prerequisite for college, a rite de
passage of high school much akin to losing one's virginity or smoking
one's first joint. To have a city of over a million, jam-packed with
teenagers at high schools and three college's worth of the 18-24
crowd, one would think Rocky would do well. One would think there
would be interest in forming a cast.
If one thought this, one would be sorely underestimating the laziness
factor of Jacksonvillians.
Despite massive amounts of advertising and a major word-of-mouth
effort, the most enthusiastic members of the crowd at Fuel one of the
three Rocky Horror nights were over 30 and from Georgia. Though on the
first two Saturdays a decent amount of people came out, it was nowhere
near the number of people who have, over the years, talked about the
lack of Rocky in Jacksonville. Had we those people in a room together,
the room would have to be the size of the Florida Theatre.
After the first two Saturdays, a completely lackluster third Saturday
proved to be the last evening of Rocky Horror in Jacksonville. Some
high school students from Stanton, patrons of Fuel, who had earlier
expressed their excitement at Rocky Horror finally being in
Jacksonville, actually LEFT Fuel after finding out that the final
showing of RHPS would even be free. To get pie. At Village Inn. They
must not have gotten the memo. You get the pie at Village Inn AFTER
you see the midnight movie.
If a specialty night fails because there is no interest, it is much
different than a night that fails because of complete lack of support
but no shortage of complaints. Max had people calling his personal
phone line, asking about Rocky Horror. Where were these people when
the film was up on the screen at Fuel?
There are no excuses for not coming out to a show or a night that you
expressed desire for. If you wanted to see Outkast when they were
going to play at UNF, you should have bought tickets pre-sale.
Pre-sale seems to not have caught on in Jacksonville, much like the
concept of reservations at eateries has not caught on, either. Perhaps
most citizens are just catching onto the whole idea of "no shirt, no
shoes, no service." Who knows?
What I do know, however, is that all those things people whine
about--no good shows in Jacksonville, no good films in Jacksonville,
no good ANYTHING in Jacksonville--are never going to be improved until
we start supporting what amazing new advances in nightlife we DO have.
When a band you like or a bigger act is going to play here, BUY
PRE-SALE TICKETS. When a good film comes to Pablo 9, get your lazy ass
off the couch and drive out to the beach to see it. If we show
support, then bigger and better things will become a reality, not just
the pipe dreams of whiny Art Bar clientele.
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