 "Photo: Christopher Hanewinckel")
Men were dressed as women; women were dressed in lingerie, and some wore even less at "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" Friday evening in the K-State Student Union Ballroom.
Some said they felt out of place in their attire, including Jen Kinkade, freshman in animal science and industry. It was her first time at the show, but she went with friends who had been before and told her to dress for the occasion.
After deliberating on what and how much to wear, Kincade decided to wear shorts, fishnets and a tank top.
"We wore fishnets," Kinkade said, "and we were overdressed."
Kinkade said the show was amusing yet shocking.
"I just thought that it was funny, some of the people who wore hardcore, all-out costumes," she said.
Sean Blake, junior in political science, said at a previous showing he attended, people drew a card and performed the action written on it.
At Friday's show, virgins to the production were lined up onstage and auctioned off for items the audience held up.
KQLA-FM 103.5 morning host Mary Renee Smith walked by each virgin, saying "How many STDs do you have?" or "I bet you can open that in your mouth," referring to a condom.
Although many virgins volunteered, some stayed in their seats to avoid embarrassment.
"It didn't shock me, because I've already been there," Blake said. "I mean, the friend that I went with had never gone before. I didn't expect to see so many guys as drags."
Each person who attended was given a bag of props that included a newspaper, crackers, rice and playing cards. When the opening festivities were over and the movie began, people reached for their bags of props.
At certain parts of the movie, the audience imitated the actors using these props. The rice, crackers and playing cards were thrown, and the newspaper was held as a shield from the rain.
"It would have been nice to have seen the movie, so that I had some idea what was going on," Kinkade said. "Actually, what I was thinking when I was sitting there was 'my parents said it was a funny movie.'"
She said it was hard to imagine her parents dressing up for the movie.
"It was odd thinking that my parents saw this," she said. "They said that when you go to 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' you have to dress up. They didn't say how to dress up."
