Time Warp

Tim Curry
 The Rocky Horror Picture Show

I have a confession to make.  I am a member of a cult and tonight I attended another meeting at my local chapter.  No it’s not a religious cult, though we sing, sometimes dance, and have sayings like churches do.  I am a member of The Rocky Horror Picture Show cult.

Lately I’ve been in a sort of an induced funk.  I tend to keep a lot of the negativity around it bottled up.  That’s probably why this funk has come about and why it’s staying around.  It’s not that I don’t trust people, it’s just the way I am.  I prefer it that way.  However, as a side note, I am always willing to listen to whatever plagues anyone at any given time.  

Like I do most Saturday nights I went to see a movie.  I almost skipped the ritual this week, in favor of sitting home alone.  I wanted to be alone, and in some since I still do.  Looking back at the evening I’m glad I didn’t skip out on my movie tonight. 

I found a halloween screening of 1975's The Rocky Horror Picture Show.  I thought over the past half week about wanting to go while weighing the pros and cons.  In the end the pros got the better of me.  

I didn’t dress up, I just went.  The theater was pretty desolate, which means I was one of around ten people in attendance.  As the show progressed we sung the songs, yelled at the screen, and danced the time warp.  We did the interactions minus the goodies thrown during various intervals.  For 100 fleeting minutes the funk disappeared and I felt truly happy.  It felt unique to share that with complete and unsuspecting strangers.

Movies have a tendency to do that to me.  They turn a frown around, if even for the shortest of times.  It’s always nice to experience a natural high like that, especially when it’s unexpected.

On my horizon for cinema is a cookout and Inferno viewing as well as a release party for Marvel’s Doctor Strange.  I look forward to sharing those events with friends and family.  It’s a special kind of thing to bring those around me into my world of celluloid.  I wish I was able to share tonight, & this feeling of positivity, with friends and family I am oddly comforted in sharing it with those strangers.