The first teaser for Fox's forthcoming Rocky Horror Picture Show is here, but the question remains: Exactly how are they going to do this time warp, again?
Orange is the New Black star Laverne Cox, widely hailed as a slam-dunk choice for gender-bending mad scientist from outer space Frank-N-Furter (played in the film by Tim Curry), gets her big intro here.
But a lot more than just the cast from this 1975 cult classic will need updating to hew to modern sensitivities.
No doubt that the production will find cleverly self-aware ways to address lyrics like "a sweet transvestite from [the planet] Transsexual, [in the galaxy of] Transsylvania," or to shoot iconic scenes of sexploitation that aren't exactly fit for family-friendly network programming.
That high-wire act will have to wait until Halloween, when the live Rocky Horror comes to Fox.
