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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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| 21 Mar 2020
| Kathy Shaidle
Posted on 03/22/2020 9:04:27 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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Okay, I saw it once.... There are a few good numbers on the soundtrack, but I never gave it any more weight than those tunes.
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posted on
03/22/2020 9:04:27 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
To: Rummyfan
I saw it once; didn’t like it or the tunes.
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posted on
03/22/2020 9:06:30 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Rummyfan
I don’t believe I’ve ever seen it. However, this article was really amusing.
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posted on
03/22/2020 9:08:36 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("The mark of a decent society is that it resists the temptation to spurn the defenseless.")
To: Rummyfan
Never understood why people rave so heavily about it.
To: Rummyfan
Loved it. Still love it.
The movie itself is so bad it’s good. The soundtrack though is both good and memorable.
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posted on
03/22/2020 9:11:03 AM PDT
by
Artemis Webb
(There are only two genders.)
To: Rummyfan
I’ve only seen it about 45 times. I’m still a newbie.
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posted on
03/22/2020 9:13:05 AM PDT
by
NurdlyPeon
(It is the nature of liberals to pervert whatever they touch.)
To: Rummyfan
I went to a Rocky Horror midnight showing back in high school - one of my friends was really into it at the time. I can still remember people throwing bread at the screen when Dr. Frankenfurter proposes a toast - fun times.
To: NurdlyPeon
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posted on
03/22/2020 9:13:53 AM PDT
by
Fido969
(In!)
To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
Never understood why people rave so heavily about it.
I don't think it's the movie itself as much as the fan participation aspect.
To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
If you’ve been to a
Midnight showing at a
Theater the Show turns
Into a
“Group Participation”
Event.
I think rolls of
Toilet paper are used.
Toast also.
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posted on
03/22/2020 9:15:54 AM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(He Hath Not Given Us A Spirit Of Fear)
To: Rummyfan
I was a big Rocky fan, and saw it more than 30 times (lost count in the 20s). It was a way to spend Saturday night with my friends. We’d hit up a café for dinner first, then go over for the midnight showing of Rocky Horror.
This is what my husband and I often did for dates, as well.
Sometimes, I watch youtube videos of scenes from Rocky Horror, such as Time Warp and Wild and Untamed Thing when Riff-Raff shows up. And I can never forget Sweet Transvestite, when the audience was introduced to Frankie.
A lot of the appeal of Rocky Horror was the audience participation. It was a very interactive experience.
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posted on
03/22/2020 9:17:33 AM PDT
by
exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
To: Tax-chick
Everyone needs to see RHPS at least once in their life. The first time I saw it, I had the same reaction as everyone else: "WTF am I watching?!" It's since grown on me and now I've seen it half a dozen times, including a live floor show and a theatrical production, and I love the soundtrack. Check out tracks like "Hot Patootie (Bless My Soul)" and "Superheroes". Meatloaf is iconic in that movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ByiM97qDc&pbjreload=10
The article makes a good point that a lot have noticed: what was considered shocking and obscene by 1970s standards is now considered "not woke enough" and "insensitive to transgender people"
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posted on
03/22/2020 9:19:40 AM PDT
by
BillyBoy
(States rights is NOT a suicide pact)
To: Rummyfan
Rocky Horror Picture ShowThe greatest audience participation film of all time.
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posted on
03/22/2020 9:20:04 AM PDT
by
sima_yi
( Reporting live from the far North)
To: Rummyfan
Is this about the candidates for the dem presidential nomination?
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posted on
03/22/2020 9:22:27 AM PDT
by
subterfuge
(RIP T.P.)
To: BillyBoy
I think I’m too old, now.
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posted on
03/22/2020 9:24:45 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("The mark of a decent society is that it resists the temptation to spurn the defenseless.")
To: Big Red Badger
Boy the freaks that went on a weekly basis.
They were too pathetic to beat up :)
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posted on
03/22/2020 9:25:44 AM PDT
by
dp0622
(Radicals, racists my curseoint fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
To: Rummyfan
In the early 80s, as a nice young Catholic girl, I was very disturbed by the glorification of debauchery, and aroused at the same time, which made me mad that my feelings had been manipulated in that way. I guess I benefit from knowing the cultural reference points, but I hope my kids never see it.
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posted on
03/22/2020 9:26:09 AM PDT
by
married21
(As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
To: Tax-chick
Time Warp and Meatloaf’s song were good.
Other than that it’s silly garbage for freaks.
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posted on
03/22/2020 9:26:37 AM PDT
by
dp0622
(Radicals, racists my curseoint fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
“Lips! Lips! Lips! Lips!”
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posted on
03/22/2020 9:27:29 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(There is not a climate bedwetter who is not a total hypocrite.)
To: exDemMom
Susan Sarandon in her finest role.
L
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posted on
03/22/2020 9:30:48 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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