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“Rocky Horror isn’t just a movie. It’s a fucking gateway.”said the frontman of NOFX and punk entrepreneur, Fat Miketo the sellout crowd at the Los Angeles Grammy Museum on October 15. “It makes people feel that not only can they be different, but that it’s better to be different. I heard Rocky HorrorI tried on my mother’s clothes and sang every word”recalled the 58-year-old musician, talking about himself at nine years old.

At 14, he went to Tiffany Theater in West Hollywood for a midnight screening, a rite of passage that has since been repeated by millions around the world following the premiere of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 1975. “That was it. I was transformed. I didn’t feel so alone anymore. I felt like there was a place in this world for me.”he said.

The feelings of Fat Mike were clearly shared by the audience, who had gathered in the Clive Davis Theater of the museum that night to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The intimate audience was accompanied by Tim Curry, Lou Adler and David Foster for a conversation about the impact of film musicals across generations, with Fat Mike moderating the discussion.

When Curry — the “sweet transvestite” Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the film — entered the theater, the fans stood up, some with tears in their eyes, and applauded loudly. Wheelchair-bound since a stroke in 2012, the 89-year-old icon was still fully lucid — as countless witty quips proved — with a vivid memory matched only by his dry wit. He joked about LA traffic, called the Queen Camilla of the UK as “tacky” and revealed that, during rehearsals for the play in the UK, he had initially played Frank-N-Furter with a German accent.

Until Curry He heard a woman on the bus and had an epiphany. “I thought, ‘That’s the voice. That’s who he really is. He’s a hostess with no guests who wants to sound like the Queen and be like the Queen…or be a queen.'”

Gratitude for the film’s contributions to affirming lives and lifestyles—and for the role of Curry as the exaggeratedly sexy mad scientist dressed in satin panties and fishnet stockings — was expressed by both the audience and panelists, including the executive producer of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Adlerto whom Fat Mike called it “a visionary, a California dreamer”.

It was in Adler’s Roxy Theater that the theatrical production made its U.S. debut in 1974, after Adler saw her in London at the insistence of his then wife, the actress Britt Ekland.

Fostera 16-time Grammy-winning songwriter known for commercial songs and production work for artists including Chicago, Michael Buble and Celine Diontalked about his role as the 20-year-old keyboardist in the Sunset Strip production. “My entire experience with the Roxy Theatre, The Rocky Horror Showit was such a phenomenon, such a big part of my life. And here we are, 50 years later, talking about it. So thank you.”

Foster turned to the left, looking at Curry while telling the crowd: “Every night this man gave his all on stage. I watched this for a year and two weeks. And, my God, the people who came to see this show… Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, Dustin Hoffman. I mean, the celebrity roster was just phenomenal.”

That being said, Curry and Adlernow 91, both recalled screening the film version for 20th Century Fox distribution. There was shocked silence among the 60 or so executives in the room, and Curry revealed: “We slipped out of the room.”

In the end it says Adler, “Although we never put any money, any marketing into it, the lines that were being said [para as telas pelo público] node Waverly Theater in New York they were being said in Austin and in Cleveland, they were just natural.” A literal word of mouth.

It was a teacher called Louis Farese Jr. who was apparently the first to respond to the screen, said Adlershouting to Janet (Susan Sarandon): “Buy an umbrella, you cheap bitch.” The responses shouted at the screen and the “shadow cast” that plays favorite characters in theaters were simply a “natural instinct”.

The fan fanaticism and audience interaction that led to its midnight cult film status helped make it The Rocky Horror Picture Show the longest-running cinematic release in history. With its mix of high camp, pre-punk attitude and equal parts parody and tribute to science fiction, horror films and 1950s music, the film more than earned its place in the US Library of Congress.

He even influenced the late DianaPrincess of Wales. Curry remembered that she and the Prince Charles attended a play he was in after Rocky Horror. “They wanted to meet us, so we all lined up. She was introduced to me and said, ‘You were in the Rocky Horror Show‘”he said Curry. “And I said, ‘Yeah, well, I don’t suppose you watched it, ma’am.’ And she said, ‘Indeed, I watched it. That really completed my education.’”

Richard O’Briencreator and composer of the musical piece on which the film is based (and who also appeared as Riff Raff on screen), wasn’t on the evening’s panel, but everyone agreed that it was his songs, born out of a genuine love and knowledge of early British rock and glam, that proved to be the big draw.

“I think the difference in Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar it’s just that the writers were trying to write rock and roll. They were theater writers. AND Richardhe was the source”it says Adler. “He was the truth. He loved rock and roll and was able to make the play not stop for the music, it just kept it moving. It was the plot itself.”

As for a revelation that still requires further clarification? Both Curry as Adler remembered that O’Brien told them that the title of the song that also serves as the de facto soul/motto of the film — “Don’t Dream It, Be It” (Don’t Dream, Be) — was “stolen” of an advertisement. However, no one seemed to remember which product they were promoting.

“Those words — ‘Don’t Dream It, Be It’ — gave me the courage to live my life exactly how I wanted, and I have.”he said Fat Mike. “If I had never seen Rocky HorrorI don’t even want to think about what my life would be like now, and how many other millions of people feel the same way. Who would have dreamed that one film could mean so much to so many people? Well, the people on stage”he said, looking at the panel. “They dreamed. They realized. They didn’t just change millions of people’s lives. They fucking saved millions of people’s lives.”

Currywho released his memoir Vagabond: A Memoir This month, he was courteous in answering questions from audience members — one of whom was crying, while another woman said: “When I first saw him coming down that elevator [no filme] At 14, I thought you were the most beautiful creature I had ever seen. Looking at you today, I feel exactly the same way.”

The ecstatic audience applauded Curry again as panelists considered the film’s legacy and what its status would be in another 50 years. “It seems that whenever the Rocky Horror Picture Show it is necessary because of some social situation, he raises his head”, he said Adler. “And I think he always will. When he’s needed — as we’re aware of today — he’ll be there.”

“When the forces of conservatism grow too strong”, Curry intervened, “A friend of mine in England sent me an email saying, ‘Why are you still living there? [nos EUA]? What is it like to live under the Orange Messiah?’”

As for his personal legacy, Curry belittled her singing and dancing talents — while the public protested vehemently. “I think it is [Rocky Horror]because it is inevitable”, he concluded. “But I’m very, very proud of it. So if that’s my legacy, I’m very happy.”

Text by: Katherine Turman (RS USA)

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