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Voted by patrons! Having only seen the movie once in our teens, The Wife and I revisit the flawlessly absurd queer classic for the first time in twenty/thirty years to give Rocky Horror the appreciation it will always, always deserve.

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Omni

I wore out soundtrack after soundtrack as I worshiped this movie and Tim Curry. I'm talking cassette tapes! My teenage montage would include walking from work listening to this music, falling in love with unobtainable gay men, writing fanfiction before I even knew that it existed, and falling asleep to this music while visions of drag queens danced in my head. I have always remembered how the book documentation of the movie described the show's success as being "...a show that had to find its own audience..." In other words, it wasn't an overnight success. Far from it. But interest grew and it became phenomenal. This is how I comforted myself with my own masterpiece brewing in my heart. When Tim Curry says, "Don't dream it, be it," I took that shit to heart and wrote my books. <3

Inala

That was both enjoyable and fascinating because I can't count the number of times I've seen the movie or the live show - not the singalong version - but the original live musical. It's a show that has been in production here in Australia almost constantly, like every few years. We're in the middle of the 50th anniversary tour now. I know that's partly because it's an Aussie cultural icon as Jim Sharman is Australian and Richard O'Brien grew up in New Zealand. But so many famous people have been in the cast and I remember all sorts of legends still exist from the time when Russell Crowe played Eddie/Dr Scott (they're the same actor in the stage show). But it's one of those shows that has had a cast of thousands over the years - singers, comedians, actors, tv personalities, even the New Zealand Prime Minister. I'm not sure you'd know (m)any of them but the current tour is led by Jason Donovan.