The Rocky Horror Show writer doubts it would be made today

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Richard O’Brien has expressed doubts about whether his hit musical The Rocky Horror Show could be written in modern times. “Good taste should be there but we should even be able to push good taste to one side from time to time and get a little dirty.” Richard O'Brien O’Brien has long been vocal about his own experiences of rejecting expected ideas of gender and described himself as being “70 per cent male and 30 per cent female” in 2013. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free He describes the show’s long-lasting and wide-ranging appeal as something that came from its jolly qualities, despite its “subversive” nature. Last week, O’Brien brushed off criticisms of the language of the musical using the word “transvestite” – now considered an archaic term.