Anonymous wrote:I'm 45 now and I feel like I missed this by 8-10 years. I went a few times in college in the late 90's and I just didn't get it. I still feel it's kind of just silly but again - my friends 10 years older were OBSESSED.

Probably more like 15 years. I’m 60, and it was a big thing when I was in college in the early ‘80’s. That said, I do want to go watch the documentary, because it would be interesting to know where the crowd participation stuff really started. I was under the impression that the place I saw it was one of, if not the, first to make showing it regularly a thing. From some of these comments, I get the feeling that people have kept trying to one up each other on the crowd participation aspect, and it’s gotten a bit overdone.

IYKYK

I am 60 so I watched it in the very early 80s . It was a lot of fun. It's campy AF, but that was part of the appeal. It was not a serious art house movie with a deep plot line. It was silly and fun and garnered audience participation.

I also loved Monty Python's the holy Grail and Life of Brian, as well as the movie Clue that came out way back when.

If you are over the age of 25, you might be much too jaded to watch the movie for the first time as you're watching it with an adult mindset. It's best to watch it for the first time
as a teen or in college

I'm 45 now and I feel like I missed this by 8-10 years. I went a few times in college in the late 90's and I just didn't get it. I still feel it's kind of just silly but again - my friends 10 years older were OBSESSED.

Anonymous wrote: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.

I used to go too. Georgetown.

Great times!

Anonymous wrote:Steps to understand RHPS:

1) jump to the left
2) then step to the right
3) put your hands on your hips
4) bring your knees in tight

Yeah, but it's the pelvic thrust that really drives them insane.

I went once in the mid 90s when I was around 16. So, past its actual prime, but my friends and I already knew the movie and music. It was fun! It felt a little edgy and dirty, but really was just a weird a$$ movie, throwing stuff, and dancing. There are worse things we could have been doing!