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5 Reasons To Go To A Screening Of The Room

The best time I’ve ever had at a movie was the first time I went to a midnight screening of The Room. If you’re unfamiliar with the movie, you’re not alone. After being released in two Los Angeles theaters in 2003, the film has taken on a completely new identity by being shown in the midnight circuits in various cities across the United States and Canada. It has become this generation’s Rocky Horror Picture Show, drawing audiences who hear about it through word of mouth circulation, attracting an interactive experience that invites the audience to participate in the show. While Rocky Horror has had decades to formalize the etiquette and script and shadow casting protocols, The Room feels like a blossoming secret.

[h2]3) You will repeat its classic lines over and over[/h2]

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The best-known line from the movie is screamed by Wiseau himself: “You are tearing me apart, Lisa!” But there are gems throughout, many of which working just as well out of context as they play in the context of the movie. You will greet your friends with “Oh, hi (friend’s name)!” or perhaps the non-sequitur, “So anyway, how’s your sex life?” Any time you’ll see someone holding an awkward facial expression you’ll shout “Still coming!!” You will respond to any female friend’s statement with “Because you’re a woman!” and a male’s with “Because you’re a man!”

One of the purest joys in seeing The Room with other people is the feeling of communal fun, with anyone welcome to contribute jokes or additions to the movie’s actual dialogue. But then this also extends outside the theater, like any good comedy, where you can reminisce about the most outrageous lines with friends for weeks to come.

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