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Aug 26, 2026 4:39 PM
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TaiPan87
It was a big part of my life in High School. I can still sing every word.
HolliHellfire
Truly a loss. Loved everything I ever saw him in. Especially in his not as popular role as Dr. Pool in the movie Oscar.
kInADress
Rest in peace, legend! š
Thisisbullshitalready
You didn't need to be queer to love that performance and Tim in general. Just sayin'
stayme
I always thought āIām going homeā fromRHPS had/has real emotional punch and highlights Tim Curryās excellent vocals.
ManglerOne
NGL The last line of that made me tear up a little.
IBentMyWookie
Iblamemyparentstoo
I saw a midnight showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show at the 12, It changed my life. The audience participation and costumes were amazing and I really felt the comrodery and sheer joy of the event and I knew I was apart of something really special
Antrobus55
Buy an umbrella!
RalphH
Last year I watched it in a cinema in Munich where it has been running since July 1977.
gnomedeplume
It's been a rough 24 hours, two queens in a row
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
He and Dolly were two staples of my childhood. I feel you.
IWantedOneOfThoseLongUsernamesTooSoIGotOne
So when I was 7 or 8 years old, I was alone a lot as a kid and one of the things I did repeatedly was listen to the RHPS album, which my parents had on vinyl.
One day at school I got in trouble all of a sudden and I had *no* idea why. It turned out that I had been singing "Sweet Transvestite" to myself as I was bopping around at recess, and one of the TAs freaked out. Luckily my parents thought the whole thing was hilarious.
Thank you, Tim, for being that sweet transvestite.
Gort207
I went to my grandmother's brother's house when I was about 10. He asked about what type of music for dinner. I said "A Clockwork Orange". Not sure if my mom knew what the movie was but he sure did.
DarnThisStuff
This fucking sucks. š
apairofpetducks
It really does.
What doesn't, though, is your name which I hope is a quote from Edward Scissorhands lol
DarnThisStuff
Yes, it is! Good catch!
Lappyrat92
Itās definitely an important bit of history. I think RHPS is a double edged sword. Itās a lot of peoples first encounter with - I canāt even find the right words. Crossdressing is not trans. But it lives that way in a lot of boomers minds, and RHPS framed it as a ln overly decadent sexual fetish.
WitchIrkalla
It was many people's first encounter with different gender expression, mostly because the act of dressing in non-gender conforming clothing was literally a crime, for a very long time. It wasn't RHPS that framed it as an "Overly decadent fetish" it was the dominant hetero-normative culture. Framing it as a fetish is punitive because it's easy to turn public opinion against something if it's just "a weird sex thing."
However, gender expression, and are not the same thing as a fetish. And yet...
GenXHippie
I played Frank on stage for almost four years and loved every moment of my time with this show and these people.
I truly mourn this morning.
bloodtaker3
Got a cast pic?
GenXHippie
I doubt I do, but a few of the folks may still. This was 1986 so there werenāt a lot of photos happening.
FormerlySable
You arenāt the guy from the 80s weekly version in Austin, TX, perchance?
GenXHippie
I am not, sorry. Modesto, California was my location.
FormerlySable
Eh, figured the odds werenāt good. š
Camelspotting
In 1975 it was a lot more accepted to be flamboyant or do drag (as an actor) or have close male friends. As long as you didn't say you were gay. The late 80s - 90s really did a number on our society.
kiski
It was safer then than it is now. No shade on Curry though, in hindsight I think my first male crush without me even knowing.
lordyhalvey
37 times i saw it. Used to go in Kansas city to the late shows stoned as he'll. He will be missed.
StarscreamAndHutch
ā¦ā¦pation
boobsalot
I saw the movie when it first came out and I loved it. It was funny, erotic, music was great. I went back a few years later and people were throwing toast in the air and shooting squirt guns. I still don't understand that .
UmmonPrime
If you haven't seen a midnight showing of Rocky Horror, do it! One of the best times i've ever had.
SheldonCooperBSMSMAPSHandScDOMGright
Took 3 friends to a midnight show and some bellend walked up and down the aisle near us screaming the lines out. Totally offputting, and we walked out.
bourbonandbaddecisions
I was fortunate enough to see him last year in person. He made a public appearance at a 50th anniversary showing of RHPS. His speech was labored but his mind was still sharp.
zFUBARz
Seeing a live performance is also great, although it's not quite the same of course. Saw it twice at a little underground theatre in Toronto. Frank spent most of a song laying across my girlfriend and my lap.
MyCommentsUsuallyHaveTypos
I saw a live one that was Christmas themed. They threw dildos with red bows tied around them into the audience.
Harm
Seeing the bi-weekly one in Paris is high on my bucket list!
MadamPuddifoot
Even if you've never seen it before?
Definitelynotsteve
Yes, virgins are very welcome! You even get a bumper sticker sometimes!
JimmyWalkerTexasRanger
And a paddling! At least at the live cast/screening each week in my town. https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1bTcxcnZvcW13OXpyaGMxNDNmNjVibHE0Zmc5ODJiNHV0aHNlYWkwaSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/LcutrVkcnLIXe/200w.webp
iamthemurray
I remember someone telling me it was a whole event, you got swag bags she said at one point you were supposed to throw toast at the screen at certain times and what not. Sounded fun, but Ive never seen anybody really give details
Bizarkly
When *I* went -- back in the early seventies -- we had to bring our own toast, rice, umbrellas, flashlights, and everything else. Heard it was wild, so -- the first time -- I sat in the back row, and was *not ready* when the whole theater swiveled on a certain line in the opening number and pointed: "THAT'S YOU!" š®
Asadsadsadclown
I unfortunatly have the experience of dealing with the new generation of LGBTQ+ people that think Rocky Horror is homophobic. Makes me want to beat them with a history book.
bourbonandbaddecisions
My eldest is LGBTQ in mid 20ās and loves this movie. They are actually Suprised that more people in their age group have never seen it.
OverwhelmingSurplusOfDiggity
ā¦what? Why the fuck would they think that?
PTKrieg
Off the top of my head, Frank N. Furter himself calls back to old tropes about non-straight men being predatory in nature. Aside from his actions with Brad and Janet, entering their beds partially via deception, what he does with Rocky is essentially taking advantage of someone with a non-adult mind and can read like a failed grooming attempt.
al3xinw0nderland0000
Because it involves queers existing in a way that isnt politely acceptable, therefore its either directly offensive gor its queerness or its backhanded "this is harmful representation of gay people" shit that never ends
RevolutionOnHerLips
I'm not saying it's appropriate but I saw RHPS when I was 10 and loved it because my mom loved it. It was the second thing I saw with Tim Curry in it, after my first favorite, Legend. Then IT came on TV and I loved that, too. Then I found out he was the villain in Fern Gully? Everything I ever experienced him in, he was fantastic!
DesperateDunn365
Different times. I was born in 85 and the amount of stuff I'd seen by the time I was a teenager was crazy. Movies like this, the excorcist and eventually horizon.
RevolutionOnHerLips
Yeah my mom never tried to hide her horror movie addiction from me so when other kids were afraid of Neverending Story or whatever I was afraid of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre lol
QueenAmy
I saw it when I was 10 and haven't recovered in 40 years. It still nauseates me but I love Tim
RevolutionOnHerLips
Why would it nauseate you?
arikelrecords2000
They throw up every time they perform auto-fellatio. That gag reflex is bad, but not bad enough to not do it again!
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