Help me understand the Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Anonymous
| Ever seen it before. Do people actually go to see this movie every weekend and have so for the lady 45 years or whatever? What happens? Are you supposed to dress in drag or whatever and dance in the theater? Do you see the sane people over and over again every time you go and you know everyone in the rhps local community? It plays at midnight on weekends, right? What happens!!!! |
Anonymous
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In my 20s I went every weekend in DC. It was amazing. I haven't been in years, but it's not something you can explain. If you get it - you get it.
If you've never been, go pop your cherry. It's amazing fun. |
Anonymous
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Went in Georgetown every Halloween while in college (late 80s/early 90s). Lots of intoxication and lots of fun for all! Haven't seen or thought about it in years. Susan Surandon, Tim Curry, Meatloaf - fun music, fun times. Could probably
still do the Time Warp if I tried |
Anonymous
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They show it at E st cinema once a month including this weekend tonight and tomorrow
https://dcrockyhorror.com/calendar I think you should go OP, oh and bring a piece of toast. |
Anonymous
Yes, toast, as well as cards for sorrow, cards for pain. |
Anonymous
| I went a few times in my 20s; went out to drink and then to the movie, but didn't dress up or anything. Learned how to do the time warp though! |
Anonymous
Went a bunch of times in my late teens/early 20s. Midnight showing. We brought toast, toilet paper (Great Scot!), water pistols, newspaper, and maybe a few other easy things. We were always the least prepared. It's a communal experience. I even had the audience participation album. In vinyl. 
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Anonymous
My boss at the time watched it on regular TV. I can't imagine how cut up it was. He said he didn't get it. Of course not! It's meant to be watched in a theater with people yelling out the responses! |
Anonymous
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OP. Everyone is giving you snippets to show they've done it. The cultural event was big years ago, though now it's gotta be pretty dated an experience. The movie came out in 1975. It was something to do for young outsiders on a weekend night. Likely still loud and chaotic depending on the theater. There were regular attendees, and may still be.
Some people dress as the characters. There are certains lines recited with the actors, some in response. Some bring props to align with scenes in the movie (throw toast at screen, put up umbrellas because it's raining, etc.). If you haven't seen it before you're called a virgin. There are music numbers in the movie, the most famous being Time Warp, so there will be people who line up in front and dance the choreography. It's become performance art. You don't have to do any of this but go and watch. But, besides the image of Tim Curry in drag and a young Susan Sarandon playing off her geeky husband, there's not much there for the 1 hr 38 min movie run time. I found much of the movie boring. If you're a teen or young 20s and curious, take your friends and check it out. |
Anonymous
| As a teenager in the 90s from a conservative religious family, it was incredibly fun. But at the time there was nothing like it—and it was my only real exposure to camp, drag culture, etc. It can’t possibly play the same outsized cultural role anymore, and it’s really a young person’s thing. |
Anonymous
Help you understand it?? 1. One of the best soundtracks of all time 2. Tim Curry in black lace lingerie, prancing and dancing while flexing his arms 3. Camp AF Fix not having seen it immediately. |
Anonymous
None of this unusual in pop culture anymore. |
Anonymous
| It's different and something that people can play along to, but also a not very good movie, not very interesting and pretty hokey. But people have fun with it, and they should do that. But you don't need to get it, because there's nothing to get. |
Anonymous
| Tim Curry in drag is so hot. |
Anonymous
| I have never understood the appeal of this movie. |