Happy Birthday Rocky
The Rocky Horror Picture Show turns 30 this year. I only missed one question on the DMN's trivia page, though there were only 5 questions. I missed the true/false question asking if RHPS has been the longest running theatrical production in history; which evidently is true.
My dear friend Trinity bought me the DVD version a year or so ago, at which point I watched it repeatedly. This may have contributed to the wife leaving (maybe that's another reason to love it…j/k). I had heard about this movie for years, with some people telling me not to waste my time and others who went into rigors, wailing and moaning the fact I hadn't seen it. Being unsure whether it was worth the trouble I had never really gone out of my way to watch it, until Dustin loaned it to me from his extensive movie collection and then I was hooked. I'm shamed to admit to the number of times I've drunkenly and not so drunkenly done the time warp in my living room.
I've never been to a live theatrical performance and curiously I've found that people say the same thing about the live play as they do about the movie. Personally, one of the things I love about the movie is the music, and from what I can tell the audience participation kills all ability to actually watch or hear the movie. So it seems that the movie is more event than actual film screening and I don't think that will float my boat, so to speak. I wouldn't mind giving it a go someday though.
An interesting aside, for Buffy fans, is that Anthony Stewart-Head (Giles) performed in a theatrical production of RHPS. That's why Joss and the other writers were keen to showcase his singing ability in several 4th season episodes and IMOP those were some great scenes…but I digress.