'The Rocky Horror Glee Show' Recap: What Rocked, What Didn't

Ryan Murphy must have either been shaking his head or snickering over the past few weeks, as the "Is Rocky Horror too risque for Glee?" and "Is Glee too cookie-cutter for Rocky Horror?" and "What's the point of performing Rocky Horror if you're just going to censor the crap out of it?" discussions ran in circles all over the place (here included).  Maybe he wanted to scream, "That's the whole point!" but then stopped himself, remembering he's often prone to giving too much away. And the episode did a fine job of speaking for him, lobbing loads of meta-criticism at itself for putting on Rocky Horror before we even got the chance to do it. As a critic, that can make my job a little less pitchfork-wielding, mob-leading fun. But as a Glee fan, I was proud of the show's ingenuity and pleased with at least most of its message.  And as a Rocky Horror Picture Show fan, I wasn't writhing on the floor with sacrilege-induced stomach pains. For such an ambitious endeavor (on a prime time high school dramedy, no less) I'd call that a decided win. And for an episode about what's too risque to expose to children, there was still so. Much. Shirtlessness.I'm still trying to figure out the best way to approach my Glee recaps. It's a beast of a show, and there's so much to discuss! For an episode of these epic, complicated proportions, a straight-up list of loves and hates was the simplest way to organize my thoughts:

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