Glee’s mediocre reimagining of Rocky Horror wasn’t without its disappointments (a very absent transvestite main character being the most noticeable gaffe – how can you have Rocky Horror without Dr. Frankenfurter?!), but GLAAD seems to take biggest issue with the show’s use of the controversial word “tranny.”
Writes GLAAD:
“The character of Mike Chang offered to play the campy character of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the school’s production of Rocky Horror, but had to back out because his parents didn’t want him “dressing up like a tra**y.” The casual manner in which the word was used is jarring, even if he may have been repeating what his parents said. The show’s inclusion of the word “tra**y” was made ...
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