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* AdaptationalDiversity: All named characters in the original movie were white, now Frank, Magenta and Doctor Scott are black.
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* AdaptationalDiversity: All named characters in the original movie were white, now Frank, Magenta and Doctor Scott are black.black and Frank N. Furter is portrayed by a trans actress with the pronouns changed accordingly.
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This new take on the 1975 cult film (which director Creator/KennyOrtega considers as a tribute to the original rather than a standard remake) features ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' star Creator/LaverneCox as [[GenderFlip Dr. Frank-N-Furter]], Music/VictoriaJustice as Janet, Broadway alumnus Ben Vereen as Dr. Scott, Music/AdamLambert as Eddie, and Creator/TimCurry ([[RemakeCameo the original Frank-N-Furter]]) as the Criminologist.
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This new take on the 1975 cult film (which director Creator/KennyOrtega considers as a tribute to the original rather than a standard remake) features ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' star Creator/LaverneCox as [[GenderFlip Dr. Frank-N-Furter]], Music/VictoriaJustice as Janet, Broadway alumnus Ben Vereen Creator/BenVereen as Dr. Scott, Music/AdamLambert as Eddie, and Creator/TimCurry ([[RemakeCameo the original Frank-N-Furter]]) as the Criminologist.
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* AdaptationalDiversity: All named characters in the original movie were white, now Frank, Magenta and Doctor Scott are black.
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** Riff Raff and Columbia's actors, Reeve Carney and Annaleigh Ashford play a couple in the cinema at the start with Carney being the guy The Usherette makes takes his feet off of a seat.
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** Riff Raff and Columbia's actors, Reeve Carney Creator/ReeveCarney and Annaleigh Ashford play a couple in the cinema at the start with Carney being the guy The Usherette makes takes his feet off of a seat.
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** When Frank and Rocky [[spoiler:are killed]], their bodies are positioned to resemble Michelangelo's famous painting, "The Creation of Adam" (with Rocky in Adam's position and Frank in God's).
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** When Frank and Rocky [[spoiler:are killed]], their bodies are positioned to resemble Michelangelo's famous painting, [[Art/SistineChapel "The Creation of Adam" Adam"]] (with Rocky in Adam's position and Frank in God's).
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%%* BadassFingerSnap: Seems to be the Transylvanian equivalent of clapping in this movie.
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* BadassFingerSnap: Seems to be the Transylvanian equivalent of clapping in this movie.
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* MonochromeToColor: When Bead starts singing "Once In A While", it starts with his face on a black and white monitor but zooms in and fades to colour.
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* MonochromeToColor: When Bead Brad starts singing "Once In A While", it starts with his face on a black and white monitor but zooms in and fades to colour.
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** They didn't bother with a [[LogoJoke/TwentiethCenturyFox Fox logo]] or an [[Creator/RKOPictures RKO tower]] during the floor show and instead had a mock Empire State Building and had Frank lying in a replica of Film/KingKong2005's hand.
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** They didn't bother with a [[LogoJoke/TwentiethCenturyFox [[LogoJoke/TwentiethCenturyStudios Fox logo]] or an [[Creator/RKOPictures RKO tower]] during the floor show and instead had a mock Empire State Building and had Frank lying in a replica of Film/KingKong2005's hand.
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* AbominableAuditorium: The FramingDevice of fans walking into a Gothic mansion of a cinema called the Castle[[note]] [[https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Loma Casa Loma]] in real life[[/note]]. But given the fanbase, it's the kind of thing they'd like. The InUniverse movie is set in the same castle with the now dilapidated Castle cinema sign still outside.
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* AndYouWereThere: Like in the original, Laverne Cox, Reeve Carney, Christina Millian, Annaleigh Ashford, and the Transylvanian ensemble appear as extras during the "Dammit Janet" number. It's made ''very'' clear towards the end of the film that these background characters are actually Frank and the others in disguise (in the original, it's only hinted at).
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* AndYouWereThere: Like AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Frank is now a woman but still calls herself a "Sweet Transvestite" in the titular song.
* AndYouWereThere:
** Riff Raff and Columbia's actors, Reeve Carney and Annaleigh Ashford play a couple in the cinema at the start with Carney being the guy The Usherette makes takes his feet off of a seat.
**Like in the original, Laverne Cox, Reeve Carney, Christina Millian, Annaleigh Ashford, and the Transylvanian ensemble appear as extras during the "Dammit Janet" number. It's made ''very'' clear towards the end of the film that these background characters are actually Frank and the others in disguise (in the original, it's only hinted at).
* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Brad proposes to Janet on [[Creator/MaryShelley Mary Shelley's]] grave outside Denton church. In reality she was buried in Bournemouth, England.
* AndYouWereThere:
** Riff Raff and Columbia's actors, Reeve Carney and Annaleigh Ashford play a couple in the cinema at the start with Carney being the guy The Usherette makes takes his feet off of a seat.
**Like in the original, Laverne Cox, Reeve Carney, Christina Millian, Annaleigh Ashford, and the Transylvanian ensemble appear as extras during the "Dammit Janet" number. It's made ''very'' clear towards the end of the film that these background characters are actually Frank and the others in disguise (in the original, it's only hinted at).
* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Brad proposes to Janet on [[Creator/MaryShelley Mary Shelley's]] grave outside Denton church. In reality she was buried in Bournemouth, England.
* DecompositeCharacter:
** Due to Tim Curry's poor health, The Criminologist has an assistant played by Creator/JayneEastwood who does all his dance moves for him.
** In the stage play a faux cinema worker called The Usherette sings "Science Fiction Double Feature". In the original movie she's replaced by a pair of lips on a black background. Here The Usherette sings it at the start but the DarkReprise is sung at the end by two pairs of lips (The Usherette's and Frank's).
** Due to Tim Curry's poor health, The Criminologist has an assistant played by Creator/JayneEastwood who does all his dance moves for him.
** In the stage play a faux cinema worker called The Usherette sings "Science Fiction Double Feature". In the original movie she's replaced by a pair of lips on a black background. Here The Usherette sings it at the start but the DarkReprise is sung at the end by two pairs of lips (The Usherette's and Frank's).
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* HystericalWoman: The Criminologist's assistant unleashes a long scream after she hears a clap of thunder. Columbia and Janet also have their moments.
* ScreamingWoman: The Criminologist's assistant unleashes a long scream after she hears a clap of thunder. Columbia and Janet also have their moments.
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* ShoutOut: Brad proposes to Janet on Creator/MaryShelley's grave.
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This new take on the 1975 cult film (which director Kenny Ortega considers as a tribute to the original rather than a standard remake) features ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' star Creator/LaverneCox as [[GenderFlip Dr. Frank-N-Furter]], Music/VictoriaJustice as Janet, Broadway alumnus Ben Vereen as Dr. Scott, Music/AdamLambert as Eddie, and Creator/TimCurry ([[RemakeCameo the original Frank-N-Furter]]) as the Criminologist.
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This new take on the 1975 cult film (which director Kenny Ortega Creator/KennyOrtega considers as a tribute to the original rather than a standard remake) features ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' star Creator/LaverneCox as [[GenderFlip Dr. Frank-N-Furter]], Music/VictoriaJustice as Janet, Broadway alumnus Ben Vereen as Dr. Scott, Music/AdamLambert as Eddie, and Creator/TimCurry ([[RemakeCameo the original Frank-N-Furter]]) as the Criminologist.
