The Rocky Horror Picture Show Foreignness and the Other Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Quote #4

BRAD: They're probably foreigners with ways different than our own. They may do some more...folk dancing.

Sometimes, the other is something that is secretly appealing to the protagonists. Janet is repelled by the weirdness in the castle, but Brad is strangely attracted to it. When this happens, the protagonist traditionally gets more than he bargained for. Brad is in for some surprises.

Quote #5

FRANK: Don't get strung out by the way I look. Don't judge a book by its cover. I'm not much of a man by the light of day, but by night I'm one hell of a lover. I'm just a sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania.

Frank enters and immediately declares he's different. His introductory verses, while boastful, are still intended to soothe, or maybe titillate, his timid visitors. He may be different, but he doesn't bite…unless you ask him to.

Quote #6

JANET: Is he, um, Frank I mean—is he your husband?

RIFF RAFF: The master is not yet married, nor do I think he ever will be. We are simply his servants.

Janet's titillated by the prospect of meeting a gay dude. Considering that she's a rural Texas girl in the 1970s, she has probably only heard of this elusive creature, and wonders what one might look like in the wild.