Sphere Entertainment to adapt The Rocky Horror Picture Show following Wizard of Oz treatment
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Matt Schimkowitz
Summary
A sarcastic opinion piece criticizing Sphere Entertainment's decision to give The Rocky Horror Picture Show the same "Sphere treatment" previously applied to The Wizard of Oz, which involved adding AI-generated backgrounds and cameos from corporate executives. The author frames this as disrespectful to classic cult films and driven by corporate greed.
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The A.V. ClubSphere Entertainment to adapt The Rocky Horror Picture Show following Wizard of Oz treatmentavclub.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledAfter the nauseating financial success of The Wizard Of Oz at the Sphere, which was retrofitted with grotesque AI backgrounds and cameos from beloved millionaires Madison Square Garden and Sphere owner James Dolan and WBD CEO David Zaslav
Sphere Entertainment has settled on the next classic musical to disrespect, and it stars a whole bunch of people that would get flagged at Madison Square Garden
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the cult-classic musical about men learning to stop worrying and love the garter belt
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