Cop A Listen Of Laverne Cox Nailing It As Dr Frank-N-Furter In Rocky Horror

It’s been 40 long years since the timeless classic Rocky Horror Picture Show featured Tim Curry as the iconic Dr Frank-n-Furter, and the only acceptable imitation for the role in FOX‘s reboot is undeniably Laverne Cox

Now we get to hear the first song released from the return to the lab, as Laverne knocks it out of the bloody park with ‘Sweet Transvestite’.
The song isn’t without its faults. It’s well known that the term ‘transvestite’ is a slur for transgender people today, and Laverne told Vanity Fair that she was working with the show’s art director to try and rework the song to make it more sensitive and respectful to the transgender community. 
They came to the conclusion that changing the lyrics would be doing a disservice to the iconic song, and Laverne publicly said that she’s aware of the term’s issues, but recognises that the original song was created in a very different time.
Source: Vulture.
Image: Steve Wilkie/FOX.

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